Obituaries

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...