Leone Crawford
Feb 1, 2011
Leone C. Crawford passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 1, 2011. Leone was born in Berlin, the daughter of John M. and Amanda (Schrader) Ikeman. Leone graduated from Berlin High School and married William Kendall Crawford of Berlin where they resided and raised their three children. Leone is survived by her children: Kathryn Crawford (Ron) Halliday of Oshkosh, William (Debbie)...
Orval Sweeney
Jan 29, 2011
Orval "Buck" Sweeney age 89 of Oshkosh, passed away Saturday morning, January 29, 2011 at Park View Health Center. Buck was born October 22, 1921 in Salem, Indiana the son of Clotus and Gertie (Hattabaugh) Sweeney. He had three brothers, one sister, and one half-brother. On October 28, 1939, Buck married Clara Walton. They had four children: Danella, Rosalind, Burley,...
Bernice Manske
Jan 29, 2011
Bernice Manske, 94, of Omro, died January 24, 2011, at the Omro Care Center after a short illness. She was born at home on September 3, 1916, to Frank and Rose (Tetzloff) Dulske in the town of Dewey. Bernice married Ahira Barden on October 9, 1937 who preceded her in death in 1950. She then married Herman Manske in 1959...
Kerwin Boyce
Jan 26, 2011
Kerwin F. "Jack" Boyce, age 86, of Oshkosh, died Wednesday morning, January 26, 2011, at Omro Care Center. Born on April 29, 1924, in Embarrass, Wisconsin, to Charles and Selma Boyce, Jack married Ernestine Spann on March 20, 1943, in Shawano, Wisconsin. Ernestine preceded Jack in death on December 14, 2004. A veteran of WW II, Jack served his country...
Esther Desbrow
Jan 23, 2011
Esther Desbrow, age 94, was born to eternal life on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at Bethel Home in Oshkosh. She was born on December 27, 1916 in Oshkosh, the daughter of Hugo and Ella (Merton) Merk. She was a graduate of Oshkosh High School and married Ira Desbrow on September 12, 1938 and together they shared 53 years. In addition...
Steven Docta
Jan 17, 2011
Steve 'Doc' Docta, 51, passed away on Monday, January 17th, 2011. Steve was the second child of Peter and Donna Docta. Steve loved to tinker and was an inventive outdoorsman that crafted his own lures and grew elaborate gardens. He was a Renaissance man whose interests included everything from skydiving, skiing, scuba diving, and hang-gliding to gardening, photography, woodworking, and...
Beatrice Getchel
Jan 10, 2011
Beatrice A. Getchel, age 81, of Oshkosh, died Monday morning, January 10, 2011, at Bethel Home. Born on September 19, 1929, in Oshkosh, to William and Ann (Harnitz) Ceelen, Bea married Robert Getchel on July 4, 1976 in Placerville, California. Robert preceded Bea in death on July 19, 1987. A waitress at Robbins and other various restaurants for 35 years,...
Elaine Staege
Jan 7, 2011
Elaine D. Staege, age 52, of Oshkosh, died Friday evening, January 7, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center. She was born on February 11, 1958 to William and Alicia (Welle) Staege. During her 15 years in Tennessee, Elaine was employed at Bordo Health Care for nine years in the housekeeping department. Elaine moved back to Wisconsin and was employed by Bethel...
William Pressley
Jan 6, 2011
William "Del" Pressley, age 52, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, passed away Thursday morning, January 6, 2011, at his residence. He was born on February 6, 1958, in Colorado, weighing only three pounds, to Donald and DeeAnn (Grandee) Pressley. Del married Annette "Annie" Biernat on February 21, 1998 in Oshkosh. He had asked Annie to renew their wedding vows this year. As...
Dorothy Woldt
Jan 6, 2011
Dorothy M. Woldt, age 95, of Oshkosh, died Thursday, January 6, 2011, at her home. Born on February 3, 1915, in Oshkosh, to August and Metha (Hasley) Woldt, Dorothy was highly educated, obtaining a Masters Degree in English. She attended 13 different colleges, graduating from UW-Madison, Northwestern University, and St. Hilda's College in Oxford, England. She taught high school English...
James Brusius
Jan 4, 2011
James W. Brusius, age 65, died at St. Luke's Hospital in Milwaukee on Tuesday, January 4, 2011. He was born in Oshkosh to Glenn and Josephine (Mies) Brusius on July 21, 1945. Most people never knew his first name; he was simply, "Toothy." Toothy had a lot of friends that loved him. He graduated from Lourdes High School in 1964....
Lorraine Bloechl
Jan 4, 2011
Lorraine C. Bloechl, age 92, of Oshkosh, died Tuesday morning, January 4, 2011, at Evergreen Retirement Community. Born on August 27, 1918, in Oshkosh to Charles and Laura (Ziebell) Koehn, Lorraine married Frank Bloechl and they were married for fifty years before Frank's death on April 13, 1991. A long time member of Peace Lutheran Church, Lorraine enjoyed baking, cooking,...
Evelyn Voight
Dec 31, 2010
Evelyn L. Voight, age 49 of Oshkosh, died on December 31, 2010. She was born to Vernon and Annis (Jackson) Jolin on February 8, 1961. A kind, quiet individual, Evelyn would do anything for anybody. She was fun, hard working, and loved to cook and clean. She enjoyed sitting and watching the fire while camping or enjoying cook outs with...
Donna Nolte
Dec 30, 2010
Donna Nolte, age 73, of Omro, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 30, 2010, at her home with her son by her side. Donna was born November 23, 1937, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Hector and Irene (Fuller) Fraser. She retired as a bookkeeper from Winnebago County Mental Health. Donna loved nature, and would often take trips just to...
Elsie Raddatz
Dec 28, 2010
Elsie C. Raddatz, age 92, of Oshkosh passed away Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at Evergreen Retirement Community. Born on February 7, 1918 to Ferdinand and Emma (Hoernke) Totzke, Elsie married Gordon Raddatz on November 22, 1952. Together with Gordon, Elsie helped with the operations of their dairy and poultry farm for many years. She was also a member of Peace...
Verna Jones
Dec 23, 2010
Verna Jones, age 96, of Omro, passed away Sunday evening, December 19, 2010 at Aurora Medical Center. Verna was born June 23, 1914, in Manawa, WI, the daughter of Albert and Hattie Voss. She had attended Oshkosh Normal and received her teaching degree. Verna had taught as a teacher, substitute teacher, and Piano teacher in the lower grades in the...
Helen Wollangk
Dec 22, 2010
Helen H. Wollangk, age 95 of Oshkosh, died at Oakwood Manor on Wednesday, December 22, 2010. She was born in Oshkosh to William and Anna (Knapwurst) Greenman on August 29, 1915. On April 3, 1943 she married Gilbert O. Wollangk. After just 12 years he died on November 19, 1955. To support her family, Helen worked for Oshkosh B'Gosh, Miles...
David Seefeld
Dec 20, 2010
David William Seefeld, 53, passed away at his home in Spokane, Washington, on Monday December 20, 2010. Born in Milwaukee on June 12, 1957, the son of Kenneth and Shirley Seefeld, David grew up in Oshkosh and graduated from Oshkosh North High School. In 1979 he graduated Cum Laude from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota with a BA in...
Ronald Fauk
Dec 18, 2010
Ronald D. "Hap" Fauk died at Park View Health Center on Saturday, December 18, 2010 at the age of 64. He was born in Oshkosh to Lorraine Fauk on October 30, 1946. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy shortly after birth Ron did not let that affect him He graduated from Oshkosh High School in 1964. He attended U.W. Oshkosh then moved...
Paul Doolittle
Dec 17, 2010
Paul J. Doolittle, age 77, of Omro, passed away, Friday, December 17, 2010 at Webster Manor. Paul was born in Stevens Point on August 28, 1933. He served his country in the US National Guard from 1951 to 1962. In his younger years, Paul enjoyed his farmette; raising hogs for his children and grandchildren, who showed and garnered many awards...
