Alice Marie Anderson
Feb 19, 2026
Alice Marie Anderson, age 86 of Appleton, WI passed away peacefully on February 19, 2026, surrounded by family after living courageously with Alzheimer’s disease and ultimately succumbing to B-cell lymphoma. She was born to Carl and Grace (Morstad) Anderson on February 5, 1940, in Leeds, ND.
Alice’s calling was that of service. She learned early about lifelong care for others from...
Norma Ann McElrone
Feb 19, 2026
Norma Ann McElrone, age 89, passed away peacefully on February 19, 2026, at a senior care facility. She was born on April 12, 1936, the only child of Rudulph and Anna (Tabac) Telzerow in Elyria, Ohio.
Norma is survived by a son and daughter and three grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Louis “Mac”, her eldest son and...
Bruce M. Ames
Feb 16, 2026
Bruce Michael Ames of Appleton, WI died suddenly February 16, 2026, at the age of 65. He was born on January 5, 1961, in Watertown, NY, to Walter S. and Isabel D. Ames. Bruce met his loving wife of 38 years, Judy Ames, at a college football game in Syracuse, NY. This is where they married in 1987 and welcomed...
E. Thomas Roocks
Feb 15, 2026
Erwin Thomas Roocks, age 85, of Appleton, passed away on February 15, 2026, at Oakridge Gardens Nursing Center, Menasha. He was born on April 2, 1940, in Appleton, WI, son to the late Erwin and Ruth (Lemke) Roocks. He was the second of four children. He graduated from Menasha High School in 1958. Tom worked at the Banta Corporation Midway...
Mich M. Steenbekkers
Feb 15, 2026
Mich Steenbekkers, age 80, passed away at his home in Darboy, USA on February 15, 2026, surrounded by his family.
Mich was born in Aarle-Rixtel, Noord Brabant, the Netherlands on September 3, 1945.
At age 17, he began his lifelong career in nursing, starting in psychiatric care. His work spanned many areas of care, from pediatric to geriatric and nearly everything in...
Curtis A. Peters
Feb 15, 2026
Curtis Peters, 45, passed away after a brief illness on February 15, 2026. He was born on March 29, 1980, to his parents Daniel and Patti (Trice) Peters.
Curtis was born in Neenah and attended Appleton East High School. He taught himself how to play any instrument he got his hands on, especially the piano and guitar. He was very passionate...
Joyce Elaine Wadel
Feb 15, 2026
Joyce Elaine Wadel, age 95, of Appleton, passed away peacefully on February 15, 2026, and in her final days, she was surrounded and comforted by those she loved. She was born on August 2, 1930, in Shiocton, daughter of the late Walter and Verona (Wagner) Pingel.
Joyce married Floyd Wadel on May 27, 1950, and together celebrated over 68 years of...
Steven J. Smith
Feb 14, 2026
Washington D.C., Passed away unexpectedly on Feb. 14, 2026. He was born on April 3, 1958 in the Kaukauna area. He was the son of his late parents Kenn and Beverly Smith and is also predeceased by sister Maxine Smith. Steve grew up in the Kaukauna area. He received a Master’s Degree from Purdue University and began his career working...
Karen Yvonne Laddusaw
Feb 14, 2026
Karen Yvonne (Norenberg) Laddusaw was born on November 6,1940, to Walter and Ruby Norenberg. On July 12, 1958, Karen was united in marriage to the love of her life, James Laddusaw, at St. John Lutheran Church in Dumont, Minnesota.
In 1969, Karen and her family became members of St. Andrew Lutheran Church, where she and James spent many years faithfully serving...
Naomi Mary Rodgers
Feb 13, 2026
Naomi Rodgers, 86, died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on February 13, 2026, at Rennes Rehab in Appleton, Wisconsin.
She was born June 18, 1939, in Leaf Valley Township, Minnesota, the youngest of nine children born to Mathias Thoennes and Mathilda (Drewniak) Thoennes. She was raised on a family farm, where she developed the strong work ethic that carried through her...
Donald A. Montonati
Feb 12, 2026
Donald Montonati, 93, passed away peacefully surrounded by his children, on February 12, 2026. He was born on January 11, 1933, to his late parents Raymond and Lucille (Gerrits) Montonati.
Don was born and raised in the Menasha area. He attended St. Mary grade school and graduated from St. Mary High School. A year after high school, he went to work...
Paul William Neujahr
Feb 12, 2026
Paul William Neujahr, age 71, passed away on February 12, 2026, at his home. He was born on September 24, 1954, to William and Corinne (Larson) Neujahr. Paul spent his earliest years in Lomira before the family relocated to Appleton when he was 10. He graduated from Fox Valley Lutheran High School in 1972. Following high school he worked a...
Shirley May Rae
Feb 11, 2026
Shirley M. Rae, age 84, passed away on February 11, 2026, at Edenbrook of Appleton. She was born on May 9, 1941, in Neenah, the daughter of Alvin and Estelle (Podolski) Stratton. Shirley was united in marriage to James Rae on August 22, 1964, and he preceded her in death in 2005. She enjoyed coloring books, watercolor painting, completing puzzles,...
William "Bill" F. Heitl
Feb 10, 2026
William “Bill” F. Heitl, 76, of Hortonville, passed away peacefully at home on February 10, 2026, after a year-long battle with cancer, surrounded by his loving family.
Bill was born on June 8, 1949, in Menasha to the late Fred and Lorraine (Jaskolski) Heitl. He was a 1968 graduate of Menasha High School.
He spent 40 years as a dedicated machinist at...
Lorraine M. Krenz
Feb 9, 2026
Lorraine Martha (Kromrei) Krenz, age 89, of Appleton, WI, passed away unexpectedly on February 9, 2026, at Ascension-St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton. She was born on December 6, 1936, in Wausau, WI, the daughter of the late Theodore and Margaret (Damrow) Kromrei. She graduated from Wausau High School. On August 10, 1957, she married Franklin Krenz in Wausau. During their...
Jan F. Stachowicz
Feb 8, 2026
Jan “Stack” Stachowicz went home to our Lord and Savior peacefully on Sunday, February 8, 2026.
Jan was born May 8, 1939, in Menasha to the late Andrew and Frances (Hawley) Stachowicz. He attended St. Patrick’s grade school in Menasha and graduated from Menasha High School in 1957. After high school, he worked as an offset printer for George Banta Corporation...
James R. Hannemann, Sr
Feb 8, 2026
James “Jim” R. Hannemann, Sr., a longtime resident of Mercer, WI, passed away on February 8, 2026, at the age of 78. Jim was born to Helmuth and Verona Hannemann in Appleton, WI, on May 24, 1947.
Jim attended first grade in a one room schoolhouse before moving to a school that had two grades per classroom.
In May of 1965 Jim...
Dennis "Vinnie" VanBoxtel
Feb 6, 2026
Dennis “Vinnie” VanBoxtel, age 74 of Appleton, WI passed away on February 6, 2026. He was born to Sylvester and Delores (Arnoldussen) VanBoxtel on May 16, 1951 in Green Bay, WI. After graduating from Seymour High School with the class of ’69, he went on to take some additional courses at the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. Dennis worked...
Pamela Jean Murphy
Feb 6, 2026
Pamela Jean Murphy, age 54, passed away on February 6, 2026, at her home following a long struggle to find answers about her health. She was born on December 16, 1971, in Troy, MO and was raised there with her siblings Patricia, Martin, Melissa and Jennifer. In 1985 the family moved to Appleton, WI, and soon after, Pam graduated from...
Terrance J. Siebers
Feb 6, 2026
Terrance Siebers, 66, passed away with his family by his side on February 6, 2026. He was born on July 22, 1959, to his parents James and Jeanette (McGrath) Siebers.
Terry was born and raised in Kaukauna WI. He graduated high school when he was in the United States Army. When he was discharged, he went on to become a truck...
