Myrtle Bauer
Mar 21, 2012
Myrtle H. Bauer, age 100, died Wednesday afternoon, March 21, 2012, at Park View Health Center. Born on February 28, 1912, in Oshkosh, to Harry and Dione (Coffey) Hafemeister, Myrtle married Joseph F. Bauer on August 12, 1935, and he preceded her in death in 1965. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and a long time active...
Betty Leitgeb
Mar 18, 2012
Betty J. Leitgeb, age 80, of Omro, died peacefully Sunday evening, March 18, 2012, at the Omro Care Center. Betty was born February 3, 1932, in Chicago, IL, the daughter of Nicholas and Katerina (Harnaker) Kersch. She married Charles D. Leitgeb on January 6, 1951, in Chicago. Betty taught Middle School in the Omro School District for 24 years, retiring...
Rhonda Gustafson
Mar 18, 2012
Rhonda Gustafson, age 53 of Oshkosh, won her seven year battle with cancer and transitioned peacefully on Sunday, March 18, 2012 with her family by her side. She was born in Nacogdoches, Texas on August 20, 1958 to Darwin and Iva (Davis) Dudley. She graduated from Nacogdoches High School, then went on to earn her Bachelor's Degree in Marketing from...
David Pflanzer
Mar 12, 2012
David Henry Pflanzer, age 70 of Oshkosh passed away on Monday, March 12, 2012 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton. He was born May 7, 1941 in Ashland, Wisconsin to Frank and Martha (Zier) Pflanzer. On August 26, 1967, he married Lucille Schultz in Christ Lutheran Church of Oshkosh. For over 28 years David worked for the United Parcel Service...
Jacob Karst
Mar 12, 2012
Jacob Karst, age 90, of Oshkosh, died Monday, March 12, 2012, at his home. Born on October 14, 1921, in Colorado, to Gottfred and Katherine (Greenenmier) Karst, Jacob married Elizabeth Sawicki on August 20, 1946, in Oshkosh, and she preceded him in death on April 14, 1987. An Army Veteran of WWII, serving in the South Pacific Theatre, Jacob was...
Karen Harris
Mar 10, 2012
Karen A. Harris, age 50, of Omro, died unexpectedly Saturday, March 10, 2012 at her residence. Karen was born June 20, 1961 in Milwaukee, the daughter of Roger and Mary (Johnson) Pagel. She married Jeffrey A. Harris in June of 1997 in Lake Tahoe, NV. Karen had worked at Heritage Wafer for 16 years. Karen deeply loved her family and...
Gerald Mathias
Mar 9, 2012
Gerald W. Mathias, age 64, of Oshkosh, died Friday morning, March 9, 2012, at Crestwood Kilkenny Cottage in Neenah. He was born on May 2, 1947, in Minot, North Dakota, to John and Emma (Mautz) Mathias. An Army Veteran, Gerald was employed by the Veterans Administration at VA hospitals as a nurse's aide until his retirement. He enjoyed reading his...
Lester Nelson
Mar 5, 2012
Lester E. Nelson, age 83, of Redgranite, formerly of Omro and Milwaukee, died Friday morning, March 2, 2012, at Berlin Memorial Hospital. Les was born March 18, 1928, in Burlington, WI, the son of Helmer and Hannah (Grossman) Nelson. Les enjoyed country music, the Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers and watching Survivor on TV. He also liked computer games and...
William Kirch
Mar 3, 2012
William P. Kirch, Jr., age 68, of Omro, died Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh following a short illness. He was born in Milwaukee on June 7, 1943. Bill married his high school sweet heart, Janell E. Werner on September 7, 1963 in Milwaukee. They moved to Omro from Milwaukee in 1975. He and his wife...
Aaron Jowett
Feb 29, 2012
Aaron B. Jowett, age 28, of Oshkosh, passed away suddenly at his home, on February 29, 2012, of heart failure. He was employed and enjoyed his job at Bemis Company, and he also worked as a cook (and son of owners) at Mario's Place. He was born June 6, 1983, to Gary A. Jowett (deceased) and Cynthia A. (Nitz) Martinez....
Rosanne Heidenreich
Feb 25, 2012
Rosanne Marie Heidenreich, age 76, of Oshkosh, was called by God to join Him in His eternal home on Saturday, February 25, 2012. Her parents, Frank and Mildred (Stekel) Heidenreich welcomed her as their first child on May 8, 1935, on the family farm in Vernon County, near Yuba, Wisconsin. As a young child, Rosanne attended Jewel School and Hillsboro...
Richard Rasey
Feb 18, 2012
Richard B. "Rick" Rasey, age 53, of Oshkosh, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, February 18, 2012. Rick was born on September 8, 1958 to Francis and Joyce (Hawley) Rasey in Oshkosh. He was educated in Oshkosh, and was in the first class to graduate from Oshkosh North High School. He was an avid photographer in high school. He thoroughly enjoyed...
Norma Mader
Feb 15, 2012
Norma L. Mader passed peacefully into the arms of Our Lord on Wednesday, February 15, 2012. She was born in Oshkosh on May 26, 1916, the daughter of the late Harry and Rena Peterson. She married Laurence Widmer on August 1, 1935, he died January 1960. Norma married Charles Mader on August 30, 1968. Norma was a member of Algoma...
Susan Likeric
Feb 13, 2012
Susan D. Likeric, age 65, of Oshkosh, died February 13, 2012 at Theda Clark Medical Center. Sue was born April 15, 1946, in Milwaukee, WI, the daughter of Emery and Joyce (LaVallee) Likeric. She enjoyed being a beautician earlier in her life. Sue had a fondness for reading and listening to Elvis music. She also cherished the time spent with...
James Williams
Feb 12, 2012
James Lee Williams, age 77 of Oshkosh, died at Harbor Haven in Fond du Lac on Sunday, February 12, 2012. He was born in Oshkosh to Lee Edward and Genivieve (Skidmore) Williams on October 28, 1934. He graduated from Oshkosh High School then served in the United States Marine Corp. for two years. After his service, he moved to Milwaukee...
Peter Mecher
Feb 11, 2012
Peter Mecher, age 78, of Oshkosh, died Saturday, February 11, 2012, at Northpointe Medical & Rehabilitation Center. He was born on May 23, 1933, in Chicago. A WWII Army Air Corps veteran, Peter was employed by the Veterans Administration for many years as a clerk. After retirement, he moved to Oshkosh to be near his elderly mother. It was Peter's...
Stanley Palecek
Feb 6, 2012
Stanley J. Palecek, age 55, of Wild Rose, formerly of Omro, died unexpectedly Monday, February 6, 2012. Stan was born in Oshkosh on August 13, 1956, the son of Ruben and Eileen (King) Palecek. He grew up in Omro and was educated in the Omro School System. He married Patti Rohan on October 8, 1977 at St. Mary Catholic Church...
Beverly Johnston
Feb 4, 2012
Beverly Gladys Johnston, 92, of Omro was accepted into God's hands on February 1, 2012 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Beverly was born on September 12, 1919, in Shawano, Wisconsin, the fourth child of Alice (Olson) and John Monahan's twelve children. She grew up in Omro where she met Charles Johnston at a barn dance, a common...
Gertrude Snelling
Feb 4, 2012
Gertrude M. Snelling, age 99 of Oshkosh died Saturday, February 04, 2012 at Evergreen. She was born on October 10, 1912 in New London, Wisconsin, the daughter of Edward and Pearl (Belonger) Rossey. Gertrude attended parochial school during grade school years and Lincoln High School graduating from high school in June 1930. She then attended Mercy School of Nursing in...
Bernice Leroy-Kent
Feb 4, 2012
Bernice M. LeRoy-Kent, age 89, of Oshkosh, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2012, at Northpoint Medical & Rehab. Bernice was born on October 11, 1922, in Langlade County to James and Marion (Brockway) Tucker. She married George LeRoy on September 2, 1939, in Elcho, he preceded her in death on April 29, 1988; she married Paul Kent on December 16,...
