Obituaries

Jun 3, 2019

Herman Thomas Krebsbach, age 91, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on June 3, 2019, at Willow Lane in Appleton. Herman was born on April 2, 1928, son of the late Peter and Pauline (Birschbach). He was the youngest and last survivor of 12 siblings who grew up on a farm in St. Cloud, Wisconsin. He was a trained...

Jun 3, 2019

Lorraine J. Richard, age 92 of Appleton, died peacefully at her home on June 3, 2019. She was born Lorraine J. Burian in Chicago, Illinois in 1926 to the late John and Bertha (Ziska) Burian. They later moved to a farm in the Adams/Friendship area.

Lorraine was the former president of the Rebecca Lodge, Wisconsin Rapids, the Neenah/Menasha Elks Ladies,...

Jun 1, 2019

Jeanne C. Maas, 96, a lifetime Kimberly resident, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Saturday, June 1, 2019.

Jeanne was a woman of great faith and it was her faith that helped her live independently, have a good life and a love for all people. Attending mass and praying the Rosary were part of her daily life. Jeanne...

Jun 1, 2019

Joyce Laree Larscheid, age 92, of Appleton, was greeted in heaven by family and friends on June 1, 2019 in Appleton. Joyce was born on February 27, 1927 in Green Bay to Mildred (Mead) Hoagland. After a short time there, her family made a home in Appleton. She was a graduate of Green Bay West High school. On August 6,...

May 31, 2019

Krista J. Mischler, 62, passed away in her home after a courageous fight with lung cancer on May 31, 2019. She was lovingly surrounded by her devoted family. She was born in Appleton, Wisconsin on March 13, 1957 to the late James and Virginia (Goerl) Pulling. After graduating from Kimberly High School in 1975 she enlisted in the United States...

May 31, 2019

Passed away on May 31, 2019 at Oakridge Gardens at the age of 86. Jean was born on November 1, 1932 to Edward and Vera (Hessler) Freitag of Milwaukee, WI. Jean’s mom passed away when she was three and Edward married Jeanne DuPuis, who raised Jean and her brother Clark as her own children. The family then moved to Gillett,...

May 30, 2019

May 29, 2019

Gerald K. “Jerry” Reetz, 90, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 29, 2019.

Jerry was born on April 30, 1929 to Carl and Ruth (Purdy) Reetz in Appleton. On February 9, 1952 he was united in marriage to Rose Schelfhout at Holy Spirit in Kimberly. Jerry worked for 25 years as a marketing manager at Wisconsin Tissue Mills. He was...

May 27, 2019

Timothy Vanevenhoven, 55, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, May 27, 2019, at ThedaCare Medical Center, Appleton. He was born on November 16, 1963, in Kaukauna, the son of Roger “Pete” and Mary (Lamers) Vanevenhoven. Tim was united in marriage to Sue Giordana on July 31, 1986, at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Kaukauna. In his youth, he was a 1977 State...

May 27, 2019

Amoretta R. (Verboort) Kortz, age 100, of Kaukauna, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 27, 2019 at St. Paul Elder Services, Kaukauna.

She was born on May 11, 1919 in Kaukauna, the third daughter of the late John and Catherine (Kerkhoff) Verboort. She became a RN at Holy Family Hospital in Manitowoc, WI and then worked at Theda Clark Hospital...

May 27, 2019

Nancy H. Belling, 84, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 27, 2019 surrounded by family.

Nancy was born on March 15, 1935 in Appleton, the daughter of Esther J. Heaton. On May 9, 1959 she was united in marriage to her high school sweetheart and the love of her life, John Belling. He preceded her in death November 11, 2012....

May 26, 2019

Rudy Cerbolles, age 41, of Little Chute, passed away peacefully on May 26, 2019, after a courageous battle with cancer. He is survived by his loving parents: Divina and Richard Goodwin; and his sisters: Angelina and Angelica. Rudy was a proud member of the United States Army, serving during the Afghanistan conflict.

The visitation for Rudy will be held on...

May 25, 2019

H.J. (Duke) Thomas, age 91 of Appleton, passed away on May 25, 2019 at the Renaissance Health Care Center, where he has resided for the past 7 years.

Duke was a veteran of the Korean War where he served as a paratrooper in the Rangers. He worked as a switchman for the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad for 41 years until...

May 24, 2019

May 24, 2019

Alice Mary LeFevre, age 84, passed away with her sons by her side on May 24, 2019, at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Alice was born on June 27, 1934, in Kimberly, Wi, daughter of the late John and Florence (Wall) Phelan. After graduating from Kimberly High School, she accepted a job at Zwickers Knitting Mill. Alice married her love, Wayne LeFevre,...

May 23, 2019

Gale A. Harrington, age 87, passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2019. He was born in Waupaca on October 22, 1931, son of the late Perry and Winifred (Harris) Harrington. On March 31, 1951, Gale married Florence Matte in Milwaukee.

Gale served his country in the US Air Force from 1950 until his honorable discharge in 1954. He worked as...

May 22, 2019

Hal was born October 6, 1924 in Ripley, Ontario, Canada, son of the late Thomas and Nellie (Robertson) Donnelly. As a young man, Hal was home-schooled, and lost his mother at the age of 10. He graduated high school at the age of 17, and began building model airplanes in the family garage. With encouragement from his science teacher, applied...

May 22, 2019

John Michael Micke, age 71 of De Pere, entered into eternal life on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. He was born on July 28, 1947 to the late Urban and Catherine (Van Handel) Micke. Following graduating from Kaukauna High School in 1965, John attended FVT College, where he took Agri-Business. He enjoyed dancing, and would meet his sweetheart, Mary Beth Dworak...

May 22, 2019

Clarence Albert Balck passed away suddenly Wednesday evening May 22, 2019 at St. Paul’s Elder Care in Kaukauna, WI at the age of 94. He was also known as Chubby to his closest friends. Clarence was born on March 17, 1925 to Albert & Anna (Sasnowski) Balck.

Clarence was employed at Thilmany Pulp and Paper Company for 44 years as...

May 21, 2019

Age 94, of Appleton passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. She was born on December 16, 1924 in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, daughter of the late John and Josephine (Zwick) Van De Hey. She was married to the late Robert A. Frank, raised their 3 children and ran the family farm in St. John,...