OBITUARIES

Myrtle Trowbridge
Oct 23, 2011
Myrtle Marie (Van Epps) Trowbridge was born on April 10, 1921 to Floyd Phelps Van Epps and Letha Irene (McCone) Van Epps in Yankton, South Dakota. Her great grandparents were pioneers who homesteaded the Dakota Territory in the mid-1800s. Myrtle was the oldest of eight children: Marvin Floyd, Leonard Wayne, Donald Eugene, Jean Elaine and Joyce Lorraine (twins), Joanne Louise...

Elmer Kraft
Oct 21, 2011
Elmer E. Kraft, age 85, passed away Friday, October 21, 2011 at his grand- daughter's home in Hancock. He was born July 4, 1926 in Manchester, WI, the son of Ervin C. and Minnie Kraft. Elmer operated an aluminum siding installation business for many years. He also was employed by Westra Construction of Waupun for sometime. Elmer enjoyed the outdoors...
Ida Gerdes
Oct 19, 2011
Ida Lucia Gerdes, age 88, of Wautoma peacefully passed away early Wednesday morning, October 19, 2011 at Heartland House, CBRF surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Springfield, MA on May 6, 1923, the daughter of Peter and Maria (Morelli) Lucia. Ida was united in marriage to Roland D. Gerdes on August 16, 1947 in Springfield, MA. Upon...
Ellen Bartels
Oct 19, 2011
Ellen S. Bartels, age 95 of Wautoma, passed away early Wednesday morning October 19, 2011 at Heartland House, Wautoma. She was born June 6, 1916 in Eland, WI, the daughter of Nels and Mary (Larson) Anderson. She married Kenneth F. Bartels on August 7, 1939 in Wittenberg. He preceded her in death on December 23, 1979. Ellen graduated from Central...
Hildegarde Abbott
Oct 18, 2011
Hildegarde M. "Hilda" Abbott, age 100, formerly of Almond and Wautoma, passed away Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 18, 2011 at St. Michael's Hospital, Stevens Point. She was born May 29, 1911 in Berlin, the daughter of Albert F. and Lola (Kelley) George. She married Milton H. Abbott on Feb. 20, 1932 in Rockford, IL. He preceded her in death on July...

Earl Kaehn
Oct 17, 2011
Earl C. Kaehn, age 84, of Bancroft, passed away Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield. He was born July 17, 1927 at Birmingham, Michigan the son of Edward and Helen (Whittaker) Kaehn. He married the former Anna Christine Hawkins. She preceded him in death in April 2003. Earl served his country in the Navy during World War...
Lucas Thielman
Oct 11, 2011
Lucas E. "Luke" Thielman, age 19, of Mt. Morris passed away unexpectedly early Tuesday morning, October 11, 2011 as a result of an automobile accident. He was born October 26, 1991 the son of Edward and Susan (Henson) Thielman. Luke was a 2010 graduate of Wautoma High School. He enjoyed spending many hours helping his "G-Pa" with jobs around his...
Thaworn Chinawong
Oct 11, 2011
Thaworn "Thai" Chinawog, age 64, of Wautoma, passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at her home surrounded by her loving family and close friends. She was born April 26, 1947 in Adudhya, Thailand.She battled for years against cancer and in the last year and a half, battled a brain tumor. She farmed rice in Thailand and later came to the...
Patricia Goldberg
Oct 11, 2011
Patricia A. "Pat" Goldberg (nee Sanger), age 64 of Wautoma, passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at her cottage in Mercer, WI. She was born March 5, 1947 in Hartford, the daughter of Arthur and Marcella (Maher) Sanger. Patricia married Richard T. Goldberg on August 3, 1968. Patricia and her husband resided in Cascade for many years until retiring to...
Marie Fritz
Oct 8, 2011
Marie Sadie (Quick) Fritz, age 76, passed away from this world on the morning of October 8th, 2011. She joins her husband, Lyle, who passed away earlier this year on May 18th. They would have celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on November 10th of this year. Marie was born on August 10th of 1935 to Floyd and Sadie (McCandles) Quick....
John Wetmore
Oct 8, 2011
John F. Wetmore, age 84, of Hancock, passed away Saturday morning, Oct. 8, 2011 at Silver Lake Manor in Wautoma. He was born August 4, 1927 in Hancock, the son of Franklin J. and Mary (Edge) Wetmore. He married Colleen B. Detlor on Sept. 27, 1950 in Hancock. John was a graduate of Hancock High School and later Coyne Electric...
Esther Gear
Oct 5, 2011
Esther Johanna (Wrasse) Gear - born June 25, 1923 - died October 5, 2011 at her daughter's home in Plover, Wis. Aged 88, Esther was very much at peace in this final stage of her life. Esther's husband, Bernard Gear, sons Ray and Carl Gear, and parents Bertha and Otto Wrasse precede her in death, along with sister Lillian Putskey...
Beatrice Juslen
Sep 29, 2011
Beatrice (Welch) Juslen, age 80, of Redgranite Wisconsin died unexpectedly on Thursday, September 29, 2011 surrounded by family, love and prayers. She was born to this life December 29, 1930 in Brookfield, Illinois, the daughter of Emma and Ethan Welch. Her childhood was spent in the Chicago land area until her family relocated to Fremont Wisconsin in the early 1940s...
Richard Martin
Sep 27, 2011
Richard H. Martin was born in Menasha, Wisconsin on May 7, 1934 the fourth son of William E. and Laura (Edwards) Martin. Richard passed away in the morning of September 27, 2011 at Evergreen Manor. Dick was a 4 sport letter winner every year at Wautoma High School graduating in 1953. It was in High School that he met his...
Barbara Sennholz
Sep 27, 2011
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Russell Billman
Sep 25, 2011
Russell L. "Russ" Billman, Sr., age 75 of Plainfield, passed away Sunday afternoon, September 25, 2011 at his home with his loving family by his side after a short, courageous battle with lung cancer. He was born April 1, 1936 in Wild Rose, Wisconsin, the son of Clarence and Grace (Blair) Billman. He married Susana "Sue" Martinez on February 3,...

Jamie Saeger
Sep 18, 2011
Jamie Lee Saeger, age 20, of rural Bancroft, passed away Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011. He was born Feb. 21, 1991 at Great Bend, Kansas the son of Robert C. and Laura J. (Czlapinski) Saeger. Jamie was a 2009 graduate of Hancock Wesleyan Learning Center. He had been employed by Heartland Farms since April of this year. Jamie loved the outdoors...
Walter Knurowski
Sep 6, 2011
Walter J. Knurowski, age 81, of Mount Morris, passed away Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 6, 2011 at Berlin Memorial Hospital. He was born Nov. 6, 1929 at Abrams, Wisconsin the son of Albert and Anna (Perdonia) Knurowski. He married the former Delphine Bialk on June 19, 1954 in Milwaukee. She preceded him in death on Oct. 12, 2005. He served his...

Matthew Krimpelbein
Aug 28, 2011
Matthew Krimpelbein, age 80, of Wautoma, passed away Sunday evening, August 28, 2011 at Wild Rose Hospital. He was born July 6, 1931 in Milwaukee, the son of Heinrich and Eva (Wagner) Krimpelbein. He married Darlene G. Mashock on November 24, 1956 in Milwaukee. She preceded him in death on June 9, 2001. Matthew served his country in the United...
William Burmeister
Aug 23, 2011
William A. "Billy B" Burmeister, age 57, longtime Wautoma business owner passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at his home. He was born November 11, 1953 in Berlin the son of Emil and Erma (Pilger) Burmeister. Billy was employed by Campbell Tree & Land Co. of Wautoma and also worked as a bartender at Camp Waushara on Silver Lake. He...
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