Recent Obituaries
Mary C. Schneider
Feb 6, 2022
Mary C. Schneider (Mary Kay), age 76, a Brillion resident, passed away on Sunday, February 6, 2022. She was born on December 26, 1945 in Appleton, daughter of the late Benedict and Jeanette (DeBruin) Hoersch. Mary graduated from Silver Lake College, Manitowoc. On September 19, 1998, she married Gilbert J. Schneider, and he preceded her in death on January...
Mary J. Hess
Feb 5, 2022
Mary J. (Fleischmann) Hess, age 84, of New Holstein, passed away Saturday, February 5, 2022, at Willowpark Place in New Holstein. She was born July 20, 1937, in Milwaukee to the late Joseph & Ruth (Kayser) Fleischmann. Mary graduated from Messmer High School in Milwaukee in 1955. On April 12, 1958, she married Richard "Dick" M. Hess; Dick preceded her...
Mary Ann Lennie
Jan 30, 2022
Mary Ann "Molly" (Rayburn) Lennie, age 78, of rural Kiel, passed away at her home with her family at her side on Sunday, January 30, 2022. Molly was born, November 20, 1943, in Dayton, Ohio to Mervin & Frances (Tibbles) Rayburn. She grew up in Middletown, Ohio, where she attended and graduated from Middletown High School in 1961. Molly received...
Jean E. Van Frachen
Jan 28, 2022
Jean E. Van Frachen, age 78, loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, passed away on Friday, January 28, 2022 at Bellin Medical Center in Green Bay.
Jean was born on September 17, 1943, in Green Bay, daughter of the late Merlin and Mildred (Johansen) Andersen. She graduated from Green Bay East High School, 1961. One of...
Les E. Ehlenbeck
Jan 27, 2022
Les E. Ehlenbeck, age 73, of New Holstein, passed away Thursday, January 27, 2022, at the Sharon S. Richardson Hospice in Sheboygan Falls with his daughters and other family at his side. He was born October 22, 1948, in Sheboygan to the late Norbert & Laynilda "Nellie" (Schmitz) Ehlenbeck. He attended Holy Rosary Grade School and graduated from New Holstein...
Elmer W. Phipps
Jan 26, 2022
Elmer Phipps, age 87, of rural Brillion, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at his home surrounded by family.
Elmer was born on January 22, 1935 in Glenbulah, Sheboygan County, son of the late Walter and Alma (Laubenstein) Phipps. He was a graduate of Plymouth High School, class of 1952. Elmer served our county in...
Francis "Frank" R. Svatek
Jan 25, 2022
Francis “Frank” R. Svatek, age 87, a Brillion resident, died Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at Bellin Hospital, Green Bay. He was born on July 10, 1934 in Reedsville, son of the late Joseph and Clara (Cisler) Svatek. Frank was a graduate of Reedsville High School, Class of 1954. He was a Veteran of the United States Army serving from...
Richard L. Levash
Jan 25, 2022
Richard “Dick” Levash, age 88, of Brillion, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 25 2022 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton. Dick was born on October 7, 1933 in Brillion, son of the late Wenzel “Jim” and Kate (Wittmann) Levash. He was a graduate of Brillion High School, class of 1951. On October 3, 1956, he married Virginia Jacobs...
John A. R. Behnke
Jan 19, 2022
John A. R. Behnke, age 79, of De Pere, formerly of Brillion, passed away on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at Unity Hospice surrounded by his family.
John was born on July 25, 1942, son of the late John and Gladys (Greve) Behnke. He was a graduate of Brillion High School, class of 1960. John met the love...
Chad R. Siegwarth
Jan 18, 2022
Chad R. Siegwarth, but known to most as Hog, unexpectedly passed away, Tuesday January 18th at his home in Tomahawk, WI. He was born April, 16th 1974 in Appleton, the son of Barbara (Cole) Krepline and the late Kenneth Siegwarth. He was raised in Brillion by his mother Barb and his dad George Krepline. Chad was a graduate of...
Eugene"Gene" Ervin Birschbach
Jan 16, 2022
Eugene (Gene) Ervin Birschbach, age 86, of New Holstein died Sunday, January 16, 2022, at Ascension Calumet Hospital, Chilton, surrounded by his loving family. Gene was born on September 29, 1935 to Martin Sr. and Elma (Schmitz) Birschbach. He lived on the family farm in Mt. Calvary, Wisconsin and attended school in Mt Calvary. Gene served his country in the...
Donald E. Spletter
Jan 11, 2022
Donald E. Spletter, age 91, of Chilton, died on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at A Bridge Care Concepts in Chilton. Don was born February 10, 1930, to Paul and Esther (Hintz) Spletter in New Holstein. He had 10 brothers and sisters. On December 17, 1948, he married Madeline Best in Elkhart Lake. They had five children; Marsha (Jim) Lisowe, Donna...
Richard "Dick" Giese
Jan 9, 2022
Richard “Dick” Giese, age 84, a Brillion resident, died Sunday, January 9, 2022 at Bellin Memorial Hospital, Green Bay.
He was born on April 24, 1937 in Green Bay, son of the late Frank and Hattie (Mikle) Giese. On June 10, 1961 he married the former Shirley Seidl in Seymour. She preceded him in death on July...
Paul D. Mueller
Jan 7, 2022
Paul D. Mueller, 68, of St. Anna, died at home January 7, 2022, due to COVID related Pneumonia. He was born in Kewaunee County on June 3, 1953, son of late Mary F. (Barrette) Mueller Olszewski and John G. Mueller. Paul attended New Holstein Schools, graduating in 1971. On May 28, 1977, Paul married the love of his life, Annie...
Paul C. Lemke
Jan 7, 2022
Paul C. Lemke, age 97, of Hilbert, passed away on Friday, January 7, 2022 at Riverwood Estates in Manitowoc.
Paul was born on December 18, 1924 in the town of Rantoul, son of the late Edward and Elsie (Klessig) Lemke. He owned and operated his own dairy farm for many years until his retirement. Family was very...
Ronald Elmer Zarling
Jan 5, 2022
Ronald E. Zarling, age 87, of New Holstein, passed away Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at Willowpark Place Assisted Living in New Holstein. He was born June 2, 1934, in Milwaukee to Erwin & Harriet (Dietrich) Zarling. On November 29, 1958, he married Doris LaFountain in Milwaukee; she passed away on January 18, 2020. Ronald was a member of the New...
Alois "Bingo" G. Horzewski
Dec 30, 2021
Alois G. “Bingo” Horzewski, age 91, a Brillion resident, died Thursday, December 30, 2021 at Brillion West Haven. He was born on June 3, 1930, in Milwaukee, son of the late Alois and Alice (Sosinski) Horzewski. Alois graduated from high school. On October 27, 2007 he married the former Evelyn Pribbernow in Brillion. Alois enjoyed the Green Bay Packers,...
Charles "Chuck" A. Richter
Dec 28, 2021
Charles A. Richter, age 71, of Brillion, passed away unexpectedly from cardiac arrest on December 28, 2021 while vacationing in Jamacia.
Chuck was born on September 14, 1950 in Green Bay, son of the late Carl and Helen (Wunsch) Richter. He attended school in Brillion, graduating from high school on May 29, 1968. After graduation, Chuck worked...
Anthony "Tony" J. Thome
Dec 27, 2021
Anthony "Tony" J. Thome, age 54, of Malone "Johnsburg" passed away unexpectedly Monday, December 27, 2021, at his home. Tony was born March 25, 1967, to Elmer & Lorraine (Nitschke) Thome. He attended CPES Schools and graduated from New Holstein High School in 1985. Tony drove semi for over 28 years. He began driving for several different trucking firms before...
Carol Propson
Dec 24, 2021
Carol Jean Propson, age 77, of Brillion, died on December 24, 2021, at Brillion West Haven. She was born December 16, 1944, daughter of the late Randolph and Florence (Binsfeld) Propson.
Carol was a 1962 graduate of Brillion High School after which she began a 14 year career as the Office Manager at Wisconsin Public Service Corporation...
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