Obituary Listing

Ruth E. Fox

Ruth E. Fox

Jun 10, 2014

Ruth E. Fox, age 82, of Fond du Lac, died Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at Hospice Home of Hope. She was born on August 17, 1931 in Fond du Lac, the daughter of Emmet L. and Gertrude (Cleveland) Freiberg. Ruth graduated from Horace Mann High School in 1949. On August 7, 1954 she married Elmer F. Fox in Fond du...

Hazel A. Petrie

Hazel A. Petrie

Jun 10, 2014

Hazel A. Petrie, 86, of St. Francis Terrace, passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at Hospice Home of Hope. She was born in Fond du Lac on November 6, 1927, the daughter of William and Mary (Charbonneau) Detweiler. Hazel attended schools in Fond du Lac, graduating from Fond du Lac Senior High School in 1945. Prior to her marriage she...

Dolores Mary Corbett

Dolores Mary Corbett

Jun 3, 2014

Dolores M. Corbett, 91, formerly of 1062 Fourth Street, died Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at the St. Francis Home. Dolores was born on a cold blizzard day on January 22, 1923, in Fond du Lac, a daughter of Leo and Bertha Marcoe. Dolores was the oldest of three children. She graduated from St. Mary’s Spring Academy in 1941. She attended...

Richard J. "Dick" Hoffman

Richard J. "Dick" Hoffman

Jun 2, 2014

Richard “Dick” J. Hoffman, 84, of Fond du Lac, died Tuesday, June 2, 2014 at St. Agnes Hospital. He was born May 13, 1930 in Fond du Lac, the son of John P. and Bertha O. Dachefski Hoffman. He worked for Dick Brothers Bakery for 42 years. He was a US Army veteran serving in the Korean War, stationed in...

Iris L. Purcell

Iris L. Purcell

May 30, 2014

Iris L. Purcell, 84, of Fond du Lac, passed away Friday, May 30, 2014 at her residence. She was born May 7, 1930 in Orange County, CA, the daughter of B. Cecil and Francis (Levering) Wilson. On May 4, 1952, Iris married the love of her life, James E. Purcell, at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, NV....

Joseph C. Shwed

Joseph C. Shwed

May 30, 2014

Joseph Charles Shwed, 75, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 30, 2014 at his home. The son of John Shwed and Anna Toth, Joe was born in Ashford, WI on September 1, 1938. He was a graduate of L.P. Goodrich High School in 1957. Joe then married the love of his life, Joan Ransom, on September 3, 1960. Together, they...

Allen K. Stigen

Allen K. Stigen

May 24, 2014

Allen K. Stigen, 77, of Rosendale, went to his heavenly home on Saturday, May 24, 2014. He passed away at Appleton Medical Center. He was born June 22, 1936 in North Dakota, the son of Ole and Julia Quam Stigen. On December 21, 1954 he married Avis G. Hanson. Allen was a member of Peace Lutheran Church in Rosendale. He...

Kirby K. Kaysen

Kirby K. Kaysen

May 24, 2014

Kirby K. Kaysen, 70, of Van Dyne, died Saturday, May 24, 2014 at his residence with family and friends at his side. He was born November 14, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of the late Adolph and Mildred Konecny Kaysen. Kirby graduated from Hebron Indiana High School in 1961. He was an alumni of Butler University with a BS...

Laverna  M. Jacky

Laverna M. Jacky

May 23, 2014

Laverna M. Jacky, age 93, of Fond du Lac, died Friday, May 23, 2014 at her residence. She was born on December 2, 1920 in Fond du Lac, the daughter of Oscar and Anna (Simon) Jacky. Laverna worked at Huber Paint and Glass earlier in her life. She loved the outdoors, and she spent many hours weeding and caring for...

Marilyn J. West

Marilyn J. West

May 22, 2014

Marilyn J. West, 78, of Fond du Lac, died Thursday, May 22, 2014 at All About Life Nursing Home. She was born October 27, 1935 in Waukegan, IL, the daughter of Michael and Jeanette Houghtelling Wancho. Marilyn married Donald Boyd and he preceded her in death. On December 24, 1966 she married Carl D. West in Kingsford, MI and he...

James  T. Schroeder

James T. Schroeder

May 18, 2014

James T. Schroeder, 53, of the Town of Friendship, died Sunday, May 18, 2014, at the Hospice Home of Hope. He was born October 25, 1960, in Fond du Lac, the son of Alfred M. and Helen J. Lamb Schroeder. He was a 1978 graduate of L.P. Goodrich High School. In 1980, he moved to Brookfield and later Menomonee Falls,...

Linda L. Commo

Linda L. Commo

May 18, 2014

Linda L. Commo, 64, passed away Sunday, May 18, 2014 at Grancare Assisted Living in Fond du Lac. She was born on August 22, 1949 in Fond du Lac, the daughter of Dale and Lillian (Bell) McAuly. Her family and friends will remember Linda for the laughter and good times that she brought them. Two of her passions were shopping...

Marion G.  Hannes

Marion G. Hannes

May 16, 2014

Marion G. Hannes, 81, of Fond du Lac, died Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Hospice Home of Hope. She was born December 13, 1932, in Fond du Lac, the daughter of Fred and Elsie Kielberg Rebedew. She was a graduate of Fond du Lac High School. On August 18, 1962, she married Thomas J. Hannes at St. Louis Church....

Marian H. Jost

Marian H. Jost

May 15, 2014

Marian H. Jost, 98 formerly of Fond du Lac, died Thursday. May 15, 2014 at Villa Loretto Nursing Home in Mount Calvary. She was born in Marshfield, Wisconsin on August 13, 1915 the daughter of James and Theresa Maulter Felten. On June 10, 1939 she married Arnold M. Jost in Marshfield. Arnold preceded her in death on November 12, 1973....

Arlene K. Conners

Arlene K. Conners

May 15, 2014

Arlene K. Conners, 88 of Fond du Lac, died Thursday, May 15, 2014 at Artisan Senior Living, Fond du Lac. She was born on January 19, 1926 in Lamartine the daughter of Eugene J. and Emma M. Stumpf Wild. She married Daniel R. Conners in Dubuque, Iowa. He preceded her in death in February 1991. She attended Lincoln Grade School...

Elaine A. Mahnke-Gorski

Elaine A. Mahnke-Gorski

May 14, 2014

Elaine A. Mahnke-Gorski, 82, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at Harbor Haven Health and Rehabilitation Center in Fond du Lac. She was born in Milwaukee on May 31, 1931, the daughter of Theofil and Sabina (Drozewski) Radziejewski. Elaine married Eugene Mahnke in 1951 at St. Stanislaus Church in Milwaukee. He preceded her in death on January 28, 1995. On...

Dolores K. Mueller

Dolores K. Mueller

May 14, 2014

Delores K. Mueller, 82, of Fond du Lac passed away Wednesday May 14, 2014 at All About Life Nursing Home in Fond du Lac. She was born December 25, 1931 in Fond du Lac, the daughter of Carl and Kathryn (Smet) Goron. She married Forrest Mueller at St. Louis Church in Fond du Lac on October 1, 1955. He preceded...

David H. Braun

David H. Braun

May 13, 2014

David Harold Braun passed away on May 13, 2014 at the age of 77. He was born on July 16, 1936 in Appleton, WI to Ambrose and Julie (nee) Bertram Braun. On December 10, 1977 he married Dorothy "Dot" (nee) Johnson Braun at Presentation Church in North Fond du Lac. He became a husband, father, & a grandfather all within...

La Verne J. "Boots" Wolf

La Verne J. "Boots" Wolf

May 13, 2014

La Verne "Boots" J. Wolf, 86, a resident of the St. Francis Home, died Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at the home. She was born on June 20, 1927 in the Town of Black Wolf the daughter of Alfred and Esther Madous Abraham. On May 6, 1950 she married Forrest E. Wolf at St. Peters Lutheran Church, Fond du Lac. She...

Gordon R. Nelson

Gordon R. Nelson

May 12, 2014

Gordon R. Nelson, 94 of Medford, Wisconsin died Monday, May 12, 2014 at the Fond du Lac Lutheran Home. He was born on November 15, 1919 in Little Black Township, Taylor County the son of Otto and Mathilde (nee Nelson) Nelson. On May 21, 1955 he married Delores Tylke at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Medford. Gordon was a veteran of...