Janice Woodke
Jul 15, 2025
Janice “Jan” Woodke, 79, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, after a long battle with cancer, on July 15, 2025. She was born on October 23, 1945, to her parents Charlie and Anna (Sparks) Hiatt in Marian, Indiana.
Jan was raised in Marian until she was in her teens. The family relocated to De Pere and then Appleton. She graduated...
Lyman W. Depner
Jul 15, 2025
Lyman W. Depner, was born July 24, 1932, in Oconto Falls, WI, son of the late Christ and Helen (Schlack) Depner. He was a 1951 graduate of Menasha High School. Lyman married Joan Wolff on January 17, 1953, at St Patrick’s Catholic Church in Menasha. He was formerly employed by the Menasha Fire Department, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and...
Barbara A. Stevens
Jul 14, 2025
Barbara Stevens, age 94, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 14 at St. Paul Manor in Kaukauna, Wisconsin. She was born on December 24, 1930 to the late John Tevlin and Jesse (Lyons) Tevlin. On June 2, 1956 she married Robert Stevens and they spent 57 wonderful years together. Barbara was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother who...
Peter Jensema
Jul 13, 2025
Peter James Jensema, age 56 of Cloverleaf Lakes, joined his heavenly Father in heaven on July 13th following complications from a heart attack. He was born on October 23, 1968 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin to Mark and Elizabeth Jensema. At the age of 14, Pete was in a hunting accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down and wheelchair dependent....
James Robert Hoffman Sr.
Jul 13, 2025
James “Jim” Hoffman Sr., age 75, earned his wings on July 13, 2025, after a battle with congestive heart failure. Born on January 12, 1950, in Kaukauna he was the beloved son to Robert and Dorothy (Hooyman) Hoffman. He graduated from Kaukauna High School. He was a devoted husband and father.
Jim loved growing up with all his siblings and always...
Allan Adrian Mader
Jul 13, 2025
Allan Adrian Mader, age 75, passed away at home on July 13, 2025, surrounded by his family and their love. He was born May 10, 1950, to Adrian and Lucille (Halbach) Mader. He grew up in Sherwood. Following high school, he entered the U.S. Army and served for just under two years. Upon returning home to Sherwood he began work...
Richard "Buzz" Hinz
Jul 12, 2025
Buzz Hinz, age 93, passed away on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at his Appleton home to join his Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, in heaven. Buzz was born on November 17, 1931, in Kansas City, Kansas, to the late Richard F. and Amanda (Schoenick) Hinz. His family moved to Appleton in August of 1944, and he attended St. Paul Ev....
Lawrence Edward Hupf
Jul 10, 2025
Larry E. Hupf, 77, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Thursday, July 10th, 2025. He was born on October 13th, 1947, in Green Bay, the son of Edward Hupf and Joanna (Gregg) Johnson. Larry attended Wabeno High School graduating with the class of 1966. After High School Larry proudly served his country in the US Army. He is a...
Orville R. Crane
Jul 9, 2025
Orville Crane, age 91, passed away on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at ThedaCare Medical Center in Neenah. Orv was born May 10, 1934, on the home farm in the Winnebago County town of Poygan, son of the late Richard and Matilda (Achterberg) Crane.
He was a graduate of Hortonville High School, entered the United States Marine Corps in 1951, and served...
Laura L. Patterson
Jul 7, 2025
Laura Lee Patterson, age 56, passed away July 7th, 2025. She was born September 16th, 1968, to Ed and Jackie Broeren. She married Mark Patterson on September 28th, 2007.
Her younger years were filled with tap dance lessons, family trips and picnics, helping in the garden, skating at Gem Roller Rink with her friends, and lots of music.
After high school, Laura...
Laura Patterson
Jul 7, 2025
Laura Lee Patterson, age 56, passed away on July 7, 2025. Funeral arrangements are currently pending.A full obituary will be updated as it becomes available and services are planned.Please check back.
Catherine M. Gordee
Jul 6, 2025
Catherine Marie Gordee of Dale, Wisconsin, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, is resting peacefully in the care of her family and her Savior, Jesus Christ. Born on July 8, 1951, Catherine “Cathy” was the daughter of Reverend LeRoy and Catherine Pearl Ade, and the treasured wife of Randall E. Gordee, with whom she shared fifty beautiful years of...
Helen Marie Medlicott
Jul 4, 2025
Helen M. Medlicott, 69, passed away just before the fireworks on Friday, July 4, 2025, surrounded by her family after a several year battle with MAC lung disease. Helen was born on February 4, 1956, in Shullsburg, Wisconsin, the daughter of John and Eileen Corley. Helen spent her childhood working on her family’s dairy farm and attended St. Mathews Catholic...
Betty M. Jacobs
Jul 4, 2025
Betty M. Jacobs, 90, passed away on Friday, July 4, 2025. She was born on March 26, 1935, in Brothertown, the daughter of Norman and Ethel (Mathers) Wettstein. Betty enjoyed playing bingo, completing puzzles, and going to lunch with her caregiver and friend.
Betty is survived by her two sons: Dennis (Doris) Kempen and Bruce Kempen; 5 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren;...
Deborah A. Knauer
Jul 3, 2025
Deborah Ann Knauer (Orsted), age 70 of Iola, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully on July 3, 2025, at Aurora BayCare Medical Center, surrounded by her family. Born in Sturgeon Bay on December 6, 1954, to Orval and Patricia Orsted, Deb grew up in Door County and graduated from Gibraltar High School in 1973. She studied English Literature at Ripon College and...
Richard C. Moore
Jul 3, 2025
Richard Charles Moore “Rich”, age 82, passed away on July 3rd 2025 due to complications following a stroke. He was born March 14th, 1943 in Oak Lawn, Illinois, as an only child to the late Charles and Edith (Gordon) Moore.
He attended school in the Oak Lawn/Chicago area until he made his way to Michigan State where he was a founding...
Jennifer Lynn Fairchild
Jul 2, 2025
Jennifer Fairchild, 49, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on July 2, 2025. She was born on June 25, 1976, to her parents James and Carol (Keller) Stewart in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Jennifer spent some time in Colorado but settled in the Fox Valley. She graduated from Kaukauna High School in 1994. She has 3 children and loved them fiercely, along with...
Joan Catherine Botker
Jul 2, 2025
Joan Catherine Botker of Grand Chute, Wisconsin, passed into God’s loving arms on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, after a courageous two-year battle with ovarian cancer. She left this world the same way she lived, with grace, strength, and the positivity that everyone who knew her will never forget.
Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, to the late Carl and Helen (Rothe) Krause. Joan...
Margaret A. Pennings
Jul 2, 2025
Margaret Pennings, age 92, of Kimberly, WI, passed away peacefully on July 2, 2025, surrounded by her loving family while being held in the arms of the Lord.
Margaret was born on April 2, 1933, to George and Johanna (Ver Hallen) Koenen and was raised in Combined Locks, WI. A proud graduate of Kimberly High School, she was the valedictorian of...
Joyce C. Meyer
Jul 1, 2025
Joyce Carol Meyer (MacKenzie), age 83 of Neenah, WI passed away peacefully on July 1, 2025. She was born to Irvin and Lydia (Seely) MacKenzie on December 13, 1941 in Gladstone, MI, where she lived until the age of 82. After graduating high school, she married the love of her life, Kenneth Meyer, and together, they raised 3 children in...
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