Obituaries

Feb 17, 2014

Feb 17, 2014

Bruce James Knaack, age 68, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, February 17, 2014 with his family and friends at his side. He fought a valiant battle against a devastating disease, ALS, diagnosed in March of 2013. Bruce was born to the late Fred and Hilda Knaack on May 15, 1945 in Appleton. He graduated from Appleton High...

Feb 16, 2014

Feb 15, 2014

Feb 15, 2014

Feb 15, 2014

Sharon Wichman, age 71, passed away at Brewster Village, Appleton, on Saturday, February 15, 2014. Sharon was born on May 20, 1942, in Appleton, to the late William H. and Lucille (Gruber) Hanson. She married Thomas Wichman on July 22, 1961, in Appleton; he preceded her in death on November 29, 2000 . Sharon was focused on her family her...

Feb 15, 2014

Feb 14, 2014

John Heier, age 73 of Kimberly, passed away in the early morning hours of Friday, February 14, 2014, with the love of his life by his side. John was born January 28, 1941 in Oconto, to the late John and Beatrice (Benson) Heier. He loved to tell stories of growing up on the farm. After high school, John went to...

Feb 14, 2014

Ginny Berkley was reunited with her soul mate and husband of over fifty years on Valentine's Day, 2014, when she passed away peacefully at the age of 88. Ginny was born in Omaha, Nebraska on April 3, 1925, to Bert C. and Mae (Barnum) Ranz. She married Wayne Berkley on June 24, 1950. They lived in several places in WI...

Feb 13, 2014

Feb 13, 2014

Janice Curtin, age 49, of Darboy, lost her battle with cancer and was born to her eternal life on Thursday afternoon, February 13, 2014 surrounded by her family. She was born on July 23, 1964, in Port Washington, daughter of Franklin and Norma (Hennig) Groth. Janice graduated from Grafton High School in 1982 and later from M.A.T.C. with an associate...

Feb 13, 2014

Feb 13, 2014

Evelyn M. (Brandstrom) Steiner, Age 87 of Appleton, passed away on February 13, 2014. She was born on June 28, l926 in Milwaukee, WI to John and Julia (Wigren) Brandstrom. Evelyn graduated from Milwaukee's North Division High School in l944. On October 21, 1945 she married Carl Steiner in Seattle, WA. They lived in Milwaukee until the summer of 1963...

Feb 12, 2014

Audrey C. Wydeven, age 93, of Appleton, passed away peacefully at Appleton Medical Center on Wednesday, February 12, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. Audrey was born on November 18, 1920, in Ladysmith, to the late Lawrence and Pearl (Ewer) Douglas. On August 26, 1939, she married Martin Joseph Wydeven of Kimberly; he preceded her in death on April 1,...

Feb 11, 2014

Feb 9, 2014

Laura “Blythe” Huseman, age 87, of Greenville, Wisconsin entered eternal life on Sunday, February 9, 2014. She was born April 1, 1926, in Shenandoah, Iowa, the daughter of the late Richard Burris and Laura (Warner) Snodgrass. On September 29, 1946, Blythe married her loving husband Eugene “Gene” Huseman.

Blythe loved reading, fashion, drawing, skating, dancing, and painting. After retiring, Blythe...

Feb 8, 2014

Bernard Tennessen, age 100, of Kaukauna, passed away on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at Appleton Health Care Center. He was born on December 9, 1913, in Dundas, the son of the late John and Catherine (Peters) Tennessen. Bernard is survived by his children: Judy (Karl) Korth of Greenville, Cletus (Gail) and Ken (Laurie) Tennessen both of Menasha; many grandchildren and...

Feb 8, 2014

David Hammond, age 58 of Appleton, passed away February 8, 2014 at Appleton Medical Center, following a brief but courageous battle with illness. Dave was born in Appleton on August 9, 1955, son of the late Clark and Helen (Pelky) Hammond. He was a 1974 graduate of Appleton West High School, and that same fall began working at Miller Electric....

Feb 8, 2014

Feb 8, 2014

Malachi Joshua Dufek passed from his parents' arms and into the arms of Jesus on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at 9:30 p.m. Malachi lived for 40 precious hours where he only knew love in the care of his family. He is, and always will be, greatly missed and remembered. Malachi is survived by his parents, Nick and Christina Dufek, his...