Obituaries

Margaret Viola "Tootie" Rice

Margaret Viola "Tootie" Rice

Dec 1, 2015

Margaret Viola (Behrent) Rice, age 90, passed away quietly at her home December 1, 2015. She was born September 8th, 1925 in Appleton, to the late Edwin and Margaret Behrent. Tootie left her home town and moved to California after marrying her true love, Stanley Rice, in 1944. The couple lived in Garden Grove and later Weaverville, California, until Stanley's...

Michiel van Alem

Michiel van Alem

Nov 29, 2015

Michiel van Alem, age 99, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on Sunday morning, November 29, 2015. He was born in Kessel NB, Netherlands on August 18, 1916, son of the late Machiel and Johanna (van Hoorn) van Alem. On May 3, 1945, Giel married Elisabeth “Beth” van Lith; preceded him in death in 2014. He is survived by...

Sarah Stewart Taylor

Sarah Stewart Taylor

Nov 28, 2015

Sarah Stewart Taylor, age 93, passed away peacefully on November 28, 2015 at Appleton Medical Center where her family had gathered to be with her. She was born on January 30, 1922 in Philadelphia, PA, the first of three children of Helen Kraemer and Harry Gordon Stewart. After graduating with honors in English from the University of Pennsylvania in 1943,...

Lynne Richardson

Lynne Richardson

Nov 27, 2015

Lynne Richardson, 72, passed away on Friday, November 27, 2015, at Appleton Medical Center.

Lynne was born on February 8, 1943, in Mt Kisco, New York to the late Harold and Dorothy (Field) Leahy. She was an avid HAM radio operator and was a Middletown Rhode Island HAM Radio Emergency Coordinator. Lynne would do phone patches with her radio to...

Mary DeKleyn

Mary DeKleyn

Nov 26, 2015

Mary DeKleyn, 81, passed away on Thursday, November 26, 2015 at St. Paul Home. Mary was born on February 9, 1934 in Antigo to Willis and Jean (Ably) Darling. Mary enjoyed being outdoors, spending time in her flower garden, traveling and playing bingo. Most of all she was very proud of her family and she cherished the time they spent...

Allan Lee Mayer

Allan Lee Mayer

Nov 25, 2015

Allan Mayer, age 54 of Appleton, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at St. Elizabeth Hospital. He had a passion for snowmobiling, and working on engines. Allan was a life-long mechanic and enjoyed fixing cars.

Allan is survived by his mother Margaret Mayer; his sister Emmy (Dawn Barron) Mayer; girlfriend Diana Seefeldt; special friends, Kenneth (Mandy) Kruse, Ray...

Cynthia A. Vanden Oever

Cynthia A. Vanden Oever

Nov 24, 2015

One of God's very special children, Cynthia A. Vanden Oever, our beloved daughter and sister, passed away on November 24, 2015 at the age of 62 at her home in Appleton. Cindy grew up in Kimberly, the oldest child of Agnes & the late Joseph Vanden Oever. Attending Robert Plamann School, she was a proud graduate of the class of...

Agnes R. Tatera

Agnes R. Tatera

Nov 23, 2015

Agnes Tatera, age 90, of Appleton, passed away on Monday, November 23, 2015 at Carolina Manor in Appleton. She was born on January 18, 1925 in the Town of Lyndon, to the late Anthony and Rose (Hudzinski) Szymanowski. Agnes grew up on a farm during the Great Depression as the youngest of eight siblings and without a father who died...