Obituaries

Raymond M. Danke (Ray Ray) age 45 of Shawano, has gone to be with the Lord. Ray passed away on October 25, 2017, in Louisiana, surrounded by family and friends. He was the son of the late Michael L. Danke, Sr. and Theresa (Bushman) Marohl. Raymond was a very fun loving guy who always wanted to make people laugh and...

Alice B. Emmer, 88, passed away on June 25, 2018. She was a resident of American Grand Assisted Living Home at the time of her death. Private funeral services for immediate family were held on June 26, 2018. No formal services are planned.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and pending.

Ruthelle Nieuwenhuis, 87, passed away on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at St. Paul Home with her daughters by her side.

Ruthelle was born on June 8, 1930 to Clifford and Esther (Farney) Nussbaum in Forrest, Illinois. She was united in marriage to Carl Nieuwenhuis on December 18, 1950. Ruthelle worked for Les and Joyce at the Abel Insurance Company and...

Following various health difficulties, Roy Dingeldien passed peacefully on January 30, 2018. He was surrounded by his loving family. Roy began his life on August 7th, 1941 in Navarino, Wisconsin. After high school, he joined the United States Army in 1958 and served until 1960. Roy married his wife Linda Gerard on November 6th, 1965, at St. Mary Catholic Church...

Sandy Gunther (Heidke-Schmidt), age 78, peacefully entered her heavenly mansion on July 13, 2021, at her home in Appleton.

Sandy was born October 13, 1942, to late parents Albert and Christine Schmidt in Clintonville, and graduated from Clintonville High School in 1960.  She had two daughters from her first marriage with Ted Heidke.  In 1991 Sandy married Donald Gunther.  Sandy...

Barbara Louise Dier, 84, died in her sleep in the early hours of Jan. 3, 2021. At the time of her death, Barbara was recovering from hip surgery at the ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Barbara was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Aug. 15, 1936. She grew up in Minneapolis, Detroit Lakes (Minnesota) and graduated from International...

Sherry Lawson Gates of Appleton passed away on October 7, 2012 at the age of 77.

The daughter of Leonard and Lucille Lawson, she was born in Chicago and graduated from Fenger High School there in 1953. She attended Blackburn College in Carlinville, Ill., for two years, where she met Earl R. Gates. They married on Jan. 28, 1956; in...

JoAnn Kuehl of Neenah, passed away peacefully at her home on July 11, 2016. She was born to the late Lyle and Evelyn Blek, and married Frank Kuehl on Valentine's Day, 1959, and shared fifty seven years together. Together they operated Kuehl Electric in Neenah for many years.

JoAnn is survived by her husband: Frank Kuehl of Neenah; three sons:...

Betsy A. Wilfer, age 61, passed away on Monday, January 11th, with her husband, Paul of 35 years by her side after her courageous battle with cancer. Her constant strength and bravery teamed with her bright smile, love to serve and above all, loving spirit impacted everyone around her.

Betsy was born to Jerome and Mary Berenz in 1959 and...

Maureen Ruppel, age 68, passed away at Appleton Medical Center on Saturday, July 20, 2013. Funeral arrangements are pending at this time.

Rev. James A. Deckert of Kimberly, Wisconsin, died Saturday, April 20, 2019. He was born December 21, 1939, in Dubuque, Iowa, the second of four sons to Alice B. (Bloom) and Charles J. Deckert. Jim was raised in Dubuque and graduated from Dubuque Senior High School.

Jim served in the United States Navy on destroyers in the North Atlantic as...

Susan (Susi) Louise Cavness was born and lived in Peoria, Illinois with her parents Tom and Ruth Gorsuch, two older sisters and one older brother.  In her freshman year of college, she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes with the complication of cataracts in both eyes, causing blindness that was resolved by surgery. In her struggle with breast cancer, Susi...