Obituaries

Irene D. Reinhardt (Nichols), age 85, died on August 22, 2016 in Appleton. Irene was born, in Appleton, the daughter of the late Walter and Henrietta (Pankow) Nichols. Irene married Roger Reinhardt on October 12, 1957 in Menasha. He preceded her in death on April 18, 2004. In retirement Roger and Irene enjoyed golfing and traveling with friends. A few...

Steven M. “Steve” Hildeman, 65, Village of Fox Crossing, passed away on October 24, 2017 at his home with his family by his side. He had fought a courageous battle with cancer. Steve was born on March 18, 1952 in Clintonville to Don Hildeman and Clare (Hopkins) Hildeman. He attended Menasha High School. On April 28, 1973 he married the...

Michael John Pfefferle of Appleton passed away at the age of 50 on July 4th, 2021, surrounded by family, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Appleton on May 14, 1971, the son of John and Lynn C. Pfefferle. Mike was a graduate of Xavier High School and Marquette University. On September 14, 2002, Mike was

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Michael C. “Mike” Loeper, age 69, of Appleton, passed away unexpectedly, at his home, on Sunday, March 1, 2020, of natural causes. Mike was born on December 21, 1950 he was a lifelong resident of Appleton, Wisconsin. He first attended Xavier but then was a graduate of Appleton West High School. After graduation he was employed with Stokley Vancamp and...

Gerald “Jerry” Waller, age 63, of Neenah passed away peacefully December 23, 2012. Jerry had Cerebral Palsy and lived life to the fullest. He worked at many places including Goodwill Industries. He was a frequent camper at Camp Waubeek in Wisconsin Dells. He liked country music, often attended Country USA and loved going to Disney World. He had an engaging...

Joseph “Joe” Martin Riedel, Jr. resided in his home for 65 years and passed away there on December 13, 2021 at the age of 90.

Joe was one of nine children born to the late Joseph and Christine (Von Feldt) back in the year 1931 in Kimberly, WI.  He attended Kimberly High School.  Shortly after, he joined the Air Force....

Richard (Dickie) Edward (he would always say the “E” stood for “Elegant”) La Rock passed away peacefully on January 18,  2020 at the age of 82. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN in early October. It was at this time that he was placed in the care of his son and daughter in law...

After a long and tiring battle with kidney disease, David “Abomb”  “Big Dave” Adamovich passed away in his sleep at home. Just how he had wanted. He had been talking to his loving wife, Holly throughout the night.  He was feeling happy and strong one last time and went back to sleep. His first peaceful sleep in a very, very...

Charles A. Kaufman, was called to his heavenly home on Thursday, February 1, 2018.

Chuck was born on March 30, 1928 to Joseph and Lorraine (Dunsirn) Kaufman. On February 9, 1957 Chuck was united in marriage to Lorraine Wolosek at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Appleton. He was a veteran having served in the US Army in Korea. Chuck worked...

Donald L. Vorpahl, age 87 peacefully passed away on January 11th, 2021 with family at his side. Donald was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin to Harvey and Alice Vorpahl. He studied music from a young age and earned a bachelor’s degree in music from Lawrence University. Following graduation, he studied journalism in Madison, where he met the love of his...

Charles (“Chuck”) Hartzheim, City of Menasha (formerly of the Town of Caledonia, Waupaca County), husband, father, grandfather and Attorney at Law, passed away on March 27, 2021, age 79 years.

After graduating from St. Norbert University in DePere, WI, Chuck received his law degree at Marquette University Law School and went on to practice law for 50 years. First with...

Carol (Popp) Kahler, age 80, passed away on January 8, 2018. She was born in Brillion on June 8, 1937, daughter of the late Emil and Edna (Labitzke) Popp. Carol was baptized on June 27, 1937 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Brillion. The family relocated to Neenah in 1941 where Carol attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School and was confirmed on...

Ronald Morris Wolf and Mary Louise Wolf passed away unexpectedly in a house fire on September 24, 2020.

Ron was born on April 2, 1943. He retired from the Neenah Paper Mill where he thoroughly enjoyed being a supervisor. Ron spent his time caring and nurturing for others, watching NASCAR, and spending time with his family and dogs.

Mary was born...

Renesmee Ivette Perez-Mac Donald received her wings on Sunday morning, February 22, 2015 at St. Elizabeth Hospital. She will be greatly missed by her loving parents; Veronica Mac Donald and Junny Perez: her maternal grandparents; Mike and Nicole Mac Donald: her paternal grandmother; Ivette Perez: and her great grandparents: Kathy and Gary Marien, Denise Kubisiak. Renesmess will not be forgotten...