Bernadette "Birdie" R. Bouressa
Apr 28, 2023
Bernadette "Birdie" Bouressa, age 88, of Kimberly, passed away on April 28, 2023. Birdie was born on May 26, 1934 to the late John Henry and Martina (Van Beek) Kneepkens. She was a 1952 graduate of Kimberly High School. She married Dr. Philip Bouressa on June 1, 1957 at Holy Name Catholic Church in Kimberly and they enjoyed over 64...
Annelise Jensen
Apr 28, 2023
Annelise Jensen died on April 28, 2023 at age 94 in Appleton, Wisconsin. She was born on April 7, 1929 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Annelise was the youngest of eight children and grew up in Copenhagen during WWII. She graduated University with a teaching degree and taught school in Denmark for several years. She married A. Kristian Jensen in 1951. They...
Lois Olive Simons
Apr 27, 2023
Lois O. Simons, 92, passed away Thursday, April 27, 2023, at home with her family after a lengthy battle with End Stage Renal Failure.
Lois was born January 14, 1931, in Kaukauna, WI, the daughter of Thurston (Bud) Lambie and Florence (Flo) West Lambie. Lois had rheumatic fever which prevented her from graduating high school. She did later earn a...
Kenneth E. Grissman
Apr 27, 2023
Kenneth Edward Grissman, 77, passed away at ThedaCare Hospital in Appleton on April 27, 2023, following complications from an abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. He was born on January 24, 1946, the son of Edward and Margaret (Hartjes) Grissman. Ken graduated from Kaukauna High School in 1964. He graduated from UW Madison in 1969 with a degree in Sociology, and received a Masters of Science in...
Janice L. Janssen
Apr 27, 2023
Janice “Jan” L. (Lambrecht) Janssen, age 79, of Kimberly, passed away on April 27, 2023. She was born on November 4, 1943, in Shawano, Wisconsin to the late Lester and Bernice (Christiansen) Lambrecht. She married her high school sweetheart, William “Bill” Janssen, on April 24, 1964.
Jan graduated from Gillet High School in 1961. She attended school to become a...
Robert "Bob" F Much
Apr 27, 2023
Robert "Bob" F. Much, age 77, passed away on April 27, 2023 at his home. He was born on July 30, 1945 in New London, Wisconsin to Martin and Elvera (Helms) Much.
He is survived by his children; Randy Much, Lisa (Steve) Broehm, Rob (Lynn) Much and Lori (Al) Elmer, grandchildren; James Lecker, Jr, Melissa (Eric) Siebold, Landon Much,...
Dr. Dirk Thomas Fisher
Apr 26, 2023
Dr. Dirk Fisher of Appleton, passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2023. He was 69 years young. Dirk was born on September 9, 1953, in Rhinelander, WI to the late Joseph and Mary Alice Fisher. He grew up in Rhinelander, and graduated as Valedictorian from Rhinelander Union High School in 1971. He earned a Zoology degree, Phi Beta Kappa, from the...
Barbara Ann Richardson
Apr 26, 2023
Barbara A. Richardson, 91, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. She was born on June 20, 1931, in Eau Claire, WI, the daughter of the late Walter and Olga (Berg) Black. Barb was united in marriage to Elmer Richardson on October 1, 1981, and he preceded her in death on July 31, 2010. She was a member of...
Elizabeth A. Kilsdonk
Apr 23, 2023
Elizabeth A. Kilsdonk, San Diego, California, passed away April 23, 2023 in California, surrounded by close friends, after a brief illness. She was born March 27, 1955, in Kaukauna.
Bess (Betty) is survived by her brother, Patrick (Linda) Kilsdonk, Kronenwetter; her brother, Jay Kilsdonk, Appleton; her niece, Emily (Stephen) Balsley, and their daughter, Stella, Madison; and niece, Sarah Macias, and...
Franklin "Hank" Henry Diestler
Apr 23, 2023
Franklin H. “Hank” Diestler Jr, age 86, passed away peacefully on April 23, 2023, at Living Tree Assisted Living. Hank was the son of Franklin Henry and LuLu (Peters) Diestler Sr. He was born September 13, 1936, in Appleton, and spent his childhood there. Following high school Hank met Joanne Leitzke, the young lady destined to become the true love...
James (Jim) Allen Schultz
Apr 23, 2023
James (Jim) A. Schultz, 83, passed away on Sunday, April 23. Jim was born on February 27, 1940, in Appleton to Roy and Lucille (Presteen) Schultz. Jim was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church. Jim graduated from Appleton High School in 1958, and served in the U. S. Air Force from 1959 to 1963 in Texas, California,...
Wayne C. Wiedenhaupt
Apr 22, 2023
Wayne C. Wiedenhaupt, 89 of Kaukauna, passed away on April 22, 2023, after a 2-month battle following a stroke. Wayne was born to Norman and Caroline (Hopfensperger) Wiedenhaupt on June 26, 1933, in Sherwood WI.
Wayne started his working career at Thilmany in Kaukauna in 1951, becoming a first-class electronics technician in 1972. He worked his entire career at Thilmany...
Joseph J. Calvey
Apr 20, 2023
Joseph James Calvey Sr., “Pops,” age 78, suddenly passed away at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Appleton, WI on Thursday, April 20, 2023 after suffering a heart attack. As the son of the late Bernard and Ruth (Abler) Calvey, Joe was born in Sheboygan, WI, on December 18, 1944.
After graduating from St. Mary’s Springs High School in Fond du...
Angel
Apr 19, 2023
Angel Daniel Martinez-Abarca, age 18, of Menasha, passed away unexpectedly at home on April 19, 2023.
Visitation for Angel will be held on Friday, April 28, 2023, at St. Therese Catholic Church, 213 E Wisconsin Ave, Appleton, WI, from 3:00pm until 6:00pm. The Funeral Liturgy (in Spanish) will be held at 6:00 pm.
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Lawrence James Maharg
Apr 18, 2023
Lawrence James Maharg, 79, of Graton, California passed away on April 18, 2023, with his devoted and loving wife Karen by his side. Born on June 28, 1943, in Cass City, Michigan to Maxine Trudeau and Ken Maharg. Larry was the eldest of four sons. He rose every morning faithfully at 5am to milk the cows and help his dad on...
Barbara Lois Laursen
Apr 17, 2023
Barbara Lois Laursen, 94, of Appleton, WI, passed away peacefully on April 17, 2023.
Barb was born on March 31, 1929, in Petoskey, MI to William and Dorothy Hewitt.
Barbara attended the one room school in Conway, MI, where she graduated from 8th grade in June of 1942 and during that time, she participated in 4H. She then attended...
Donald Francis Pottner
Apr 17, 2023
Donald Francis Pottner, age 89 of Appleton, WI died peacefully with his loved ones at his side on April 17, 2023. Don was born on December 23, 1933 in Neenah, WI to the late Gregory and Lorraine (Kloepfel) Pottner.
Don was the second oldest of seven children. He attended St. Patrick’s Grade School and graduated from Menasha High School with...
Kathy L. Sturm
Apr 15, 2023
Kathleen “Kathy” Lois Sturm (LeBouton), age 89 of Menasha, WI passed away on April 15, 2023. She was born to Ferdinand LeBouton and Jennie (Doubek) LeBouton-Brzycki on February 26, 1934 in Menominee, Michigan. She graduated with honors from St. Mary High School with the class of ’52 and went on to work for Kimberly Clark for 8 years. She married...
Dennis Edwin Ruh
Apr 14, 2023
Dennis Edwin Ruh, age 82, of De Pere, passed away on April 14, 2023 at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay. Dennis was born on December 29, 1940 in Newton, Wisconsin to the late Jacob and Lorena (Brocker) Ruh. He was a graduate of Valders High School, Class of 1959. He was the Owner and Operator of Denny’s American Classic...
Theodore Otto Daelke
Apr 14, 2023
Theodore O. Daelke, was called home at the age of 88 to be with Jesus, on Thursday, April 13, 2023. Ted was born on November 29, 1934, Thanksgiving Day, the son of Arthur and Emily (Scheffler) Daelke. He became a child of God on March 15, 1935, at St. John Evangelical and Reformed Church, Appleton. Ted graduated from Appleton High...
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