Erle J. Deering

Age 72, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2002 at the Clement Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee. Erle was born in Kaukauna on March 12, 1929, son of the late Arnold and Helen (Vandenberg) Deering. On September 13, 1955, he married the former Darlene Eiting in Hollandtown; she survives. During the Korean Conflict he proudly served as a member of the United States Army and was currently a member of the Urban Klister Post #436 of the American Legion. Erle enjoyed his dogs Penny and Bandit, and was an avid reader and Green Bay Packer fan.

He is survived by his wife: Darlene Deering of Kaukauna; four children: Dennis Deering of Kaukauna, Denise (Steve) Knott of Kaukauna; Leanne Wiese of Mountain and her special friend Glenn Springstroh, and Neil (Laurie) Deering of Kaukauna; five grandchildren: Amy Wiese, Aaron and Scott Deering, Kasey and Kristin Knott; two step-grandchildren; Kelly and Nicole Knott; three brothers: Roy (Joyce) Deering of White Lake, John (Nancy) Deering of California, and Peter Deering of Arizona; two sisters: Rosemary (Kirby) Hester of Port Angelus, Washington and Ann Bowers of Kaukauna; four sisters-in-law: Ella Mae (Bob) Vande Wettering of Kaukauna, Betty Lou Thon of Darboy, Alverne (Paul) Broeren of Manawa, and Therese Eiting of Kaukauna. Erle was preceded in death by his parents, Darlene’s parents Lester and Cora (Arts) Eiting, and by brothers-in-law Lawrence Bowers, Harlan Eiting, and Ken Thon.

The funeral liturgy for Erle will be held at 10 AM on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 at HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH, 309 Desnoyer Street in Kaukauna with Fr. Jack Mullarkey officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday (TODAY) from 4 – 8 PM and again at the church on Tuesday from 9 AM until the hour of the service.

Dear Dad: I got to share the last eighteen hours of your life with you and spend them by your side. It was by far the hardest thing I have ever done, but I want you to know that they were the best eighteen hours a child could have asked for. What other time in my life has afforded me the opportunity to kiss you a thousand times in the passing of eighteen hours and tell you that I love you? What other time in our lives have we both stood still for eighteen hours so that I could touch you and hold you and revel in the warmth of your skin and the shape of your face? What other time in our lives could possibly cause me so much sorrow, yet leave me feeling full of your life? I am lost without you and I thank you, for in eighteen hours you have given me strength to go on.

Love, your daughter Denise.

The family would like to extend their thanks to the gang at Ho-Ho’s for filling Erle’s life with joy and laughter. Thanks also to the nurses and staff at the VA Medical Center in Milwaukee – thank you for treating him like he was your own.

Fargo Funeral Home
400 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Kaukauna, Wisconsin 54130
920-766-6200