Obituaries

Barbara Louise Dier

Barbara Louise Dier, 84, died in her sleep in the early hours of Jan. 3, 2021. At the time of her death, Barbara was recovering from hip surgery at the ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Barbara was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Aug. 15, 1936. She grew up in Minneapolis, Detroit Lakes (Minnesota) and graduated from International...

Sherry Lawson Gates

Sherry Lawson Gates of Appleton passed away on October 7, 2012 at the age of 77.

The daughter of Leonard and Lucille Lawson, she was born in Chicago and graduated from Fenger High School there in 1953. She attended Blackburn College in Carlinville, Ill., for two years, where she met Earl R. Gates. They married on Jan. 28, 1956; in...

JoAnn E. Kuehl

JoAnn Kuehl of Neenah, passed away peacefully at her home on July 11, 2016. She was born to the late Lyle and Evelyn Blek, and married Frank Kuehl on Valentine's Day, 1959, and shared fifty seven years together. Together they operated Kuehl Electric in Neenah for many years.

JoAnn is survived by her husband: Frank Kuehl of Neenah; three sons:...

Maribeth "Betsy" "Gigi" Anne Wilfer

Betsy A. Wilfer, age 61, passed away on Monday, January 11th, with her husband, Paul of 35 years by her side after her courageous battle with cancer. Her constant strength and bravery teamed with her bright smile, love to serve and above all, loving spirit impacted everyone around her.

Betsy was born to Jerome and Mary Berenz in 1959 and...

Maureen Ruppel

Maureen Ruppel, age 68, passed away at Appleton Medical Center on Saturday, July 20, 2013. Funeral arrangements are pending at this time.

Ruth Van Heurck

Ricky L. DeGroot

Rev. James A. Deckert

Rev. James A. Deckert of Kimberly, Wisconsin, died Saturday, April 20, 2019. He was born December 21, 1939, in Dubuque, Iowa, the second of four sons to Alice B. (Bloom) and Charles J. Deckert. Jim was raised in Dubuque and graduated from Dubuque Senior High School.

Jim served in the United States Navy on destroyers in the North Atlantic as...

Susi Cavness

Susan (Susi) Louise Cavness was born and lived in Peoria, Illinois with her parents Tom and Ruth Gorsuch, two older sisters and one older brother.  In her freshman year of college, she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes with the complication of cataracts in both eyes, causing blindness that was resolved by surgery. In her struggle with breast cancer, Susi...