Obituaries

Jan 4, 2016

Ronald Beschta, 66, passed away on Monday, January 4, 2016 with his family by his side after a four month struggle with cancer at Appleton Medical Center.

Ron was born on May 31, 1949 to Willard and Lucille (Kohl) Beschta. On December 8, 1973 he was united in marriage to Belinda Recker at St. Bernard Catholic Church. Ron retired from...

Jan 3, 2016

Jan 3, 2016

Jan 3, 2016

Margaret A. Grissman, 98, passed away on Sunday, January 3, 2016 at Brewster Village.

Marge was born on November 3, 1917 to Cornelius and Harriet (Jansen) Hartjes. On April 21, 1938 she was united in marriage to Edward F. Grissman. She was a wonderful cook and enjoyed gardening, canning, polka music and camping. She also was a volunteer for St....

Jan 2, 2016

Elaine Schneider, age 77 of Weyauwega, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 2, 2016 at the Appleton Medical Center. Elaine was born in the Shawano County town of Sheply, daughter of the late Edward and Alma (Olson) Wilke. She was a graduate of the Marion High School, and on August 25, 1962, married Louis Schneider in Clintonville. Their marriage was...

Jan 2, 2016

Jim Ziolkowski, age 73 of Menasha, passed away with his family by his side, on Saturday morning, January 2, 2016, at Theda Clark Medical Center. Jim was born in Neenah on July 18, 1942, son of the late Frank and Louise (Mueller) Ziolkowski. He was a graduate of St. Mary's High School, and served four years in the United States...

Jan 1, 2016

Marion L. Fischer, age 93, of Appleton, passed away peacefully on January 1st, 2016 at Rennes Nursing & Rehab. Marion was born on June 4th 1922, in Appleton, Wisconsin, daughter of the late Arnold and Sarah Hickinbotham.

Marion grew up in Appleton and loved to go dancing as a young girl. At the age of 21, Marion married Robert Fischer....

Jan 1, 2016

Jan 1, 2016

Evelyn Haessly, age 94 of Little Chute, passed away at the Appleton Medical Center on January 1, 2016. Evelyn was born in Kaukauna on May 25, 1921, daughter of the late Joseph and Catherine (Wagner) Hornung. She attended Holy Cross Catholic School, and was a graduate of the Kaukauna High School. On June 23, 1941, she married Bernard Haessly at...

Dec 31, 2015

Dec 31, 2015

Dec 29, 2015

Arlene H. Krueger, age 95, passed away after a short illness on Tuesday, December 29, 2015. She was born in the Town of Woodville to the late Edward and Amanda (Schubring) Franzke on December 4, 1920. Arlene married Melvin Krueger in Forest Junction on January 11, 1941. Arlene and Melvin worked together on their family farm until moving to Appleton...

Dec 29, 2015

Dec 28, 2015

Ruth M. Boelter, 83, passed away on Monday, December 28, 2015 at Appleton Medical Center.

Ruth was born on March 23, 1932 to Arnold and Eileen Heinke. She graduated from Weyauwega High School in 1950. On June 17, 1950 she was united in marriage to Arlin O. Boelter and they celebrated 65 wonderful years together last June. Ruth worked at...

Dec 28, 2015

Dec 27, 2015

Dennis Klapper, age 67 of Crandon, Wisconsin, formerly of Appleton, passed away on December 27, 2015. Dennis was born on January 17, 1948 to Robert and Virginia Klapper. He was a graduate of Menasha High School where he was a three sport letterman, excelling in football, track and wrestling. and the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. He served his country as...

Dec 27, 2015

Dec 26, 2015

Donald R. Curtis, 89, of Appleton passed away on Saturday, December 26, 2015 with his family by his side. Don was born on January 16, 1926 in Chicago to Ida (Hansen) Curtis and Christian (Kusk) Curtis immigrants from Horne-Fyn-Denmark and Knustrup (Jylland) Denmark.

Don is survived by two children; Craig (Sherry) Curtis of Appleton, Kay (Jon) Rinehart of Hortonville and;...

Dec 26, 2015

Karen M. Derks, age 51, of Kimberly, fearlessly passed away on Saturday, December 26, 2015, with her family at her side. Karen battled adrenal cancer for twelve and a half years. She was born on June 14, 1964 in Kaukauna to Leo and Joan (Bambery) Killian. Karen married the love of her life, Steve Derks on September 6, 1986 at...

Dec 25, 2015