Daniel “Dan” Lyons, age 65, a longtime resident of Naperville, IL, passed away at home August 9, 2023, with his family at his side after a courageous fight from esophageal cancer diagnosed in October, 2022.   He was born on April 3, 1958, in Beaver Dam. He was raised in Horicon, and lived in Milwaukee, after college, moving to Indianapolis, IN, after his marriage and eventually settling in Naperville, IL, in 1992 where he raised his family.   Daniel is survived by his loving wife, Mary Lyons (nee Kuehnle) whom he married June 21, 1986, at Nativity Catholic Church in Dubuque, IA; father of his devoted sons, Michael (Barbara) Lyons from Atlanta, GA, and Sean (Kathleen) Lyons; and “Papa” to his adored grandchildren, Kaden and Ella from Mt. Juliet, TN; sister, Kelly Anderson from Horicon; brother, Patrick (Carol) from Hayward; nieces and nephews, Becca, Aaron, Jackson and Eljah Keneally, Luke, Melissa, Jonathon, and Grace Riehbrandt, Aubrey Anderson, Madalyn and Hunter Lyons.   He was preceded in death by his parents, Clifford and Carrie Lyons (nee Benter).   Dan was a lifelong lover of the outdoors, sports, and physical fitness. Growing up on the Horicon Marsh provided many opportunities for a “Tom Sawyer” childhood as Dan would say; hunting, fishing, and playing pick-up sports provided daily entertainment.   Dan graduated from Horicon High School and was the quarterback for the Marshmen football team, leading the school to its only undefeated season in the school’s history. He went on to graduate from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh with a Bachelor of Science degree where he continued to play football, was a member of the Letterman’s Club and the Conference Athletic Scholastic Honor Roll.   After graduation he became a Private Investigator for Wollermann & Corcoran, Inc. Investigative Services. Dan went on to a long career in consumer products as a Senior Manager of Category Management and Development for Unilever, Pactiv, Reynolds Consumer Products and Mead Johnson Nutrition, retiring in 2015 from corporate life. As a self-taught gym rat his whole life and continuing his passion for physical fitness and helping others to achieve their fitness goals, Dan returned to school to obtain his W.I.T.S certification as a Personal Trainer.    He loved his retirement job at the YMCA and was especially proud of his work with the youth and older clients as well until his final retirement in 2022. He continued to make it to the gym throughout his cancer journey which was a great source of pride and motivation for him. More than any job, Dan loved his family and never missed an opportunity to support and cheer for anything his sons were involved in from sports to academics to dancing. He cherished his newest title of Papa and couldn’t wait for each trip to Nashville to give his grandchildren all the attention he could. Dan also came to love summertime at their cottage on Frentress Lake, relaxing on the patio, taking boat rides on the Mississippi, and enjoying all the July 4th shenanigans. He was a member of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Naperville, IL.   For those who would like to leave a lasting tribute to Dan’s life, memorial donations may be directed to the Lyons Family Trust of 2012 toward an educational fund for his current and any future grandchildren or to the Illinois Conservation Foundation, (please indicate your intention in the memo). Dan’s family would like to thank the care teams at the Edward Hospital Cancer Center, the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Proton Center and Sun Crest Hospice for their care and support.   Visitation was held on Sunday, Aug. 13, from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 44 S. Mill St., Naperville. Additional Visitation was Monday, Aug. 14, from 8:45 to 9:45 a.m. at the funeral home and process to St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 1500 Brookdale Rd., Naperville, IL 60563 for a 10:30 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial. Private interment was at Oak Hills Cemetery, Horicon.   For information, please call 630/355-0213 or visit www.friedrich-jones.com.

   Stella M. Bauer, 90, of LeRoy, passed away peace­fully on Tues­day, Aug. 8, 2023, at Hos­pice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac.   Stella was born on May 28, 1933, to Frank and Ernes­tine (Rott) Nel­lessen. She was a grad­u­ate of Mayville High School Class of 1951 and was united in mar­riage to Willard “Bill” Bauer on Au­gust 30, 1952, at St. An­drew Catholic Church in LeRoy.   Stella was em­ployed at Mayville Metal for many years until her re­tire­ment in 1996.   Stella was a long­time mem­ber of St. An­drew Catholic Church in LeRoy. She was a mem­ber of the Chris­t­ian Moth­ers, the prayer line, served as a St. An­drew’s “Angel,” worked on the fu­neral com­mit­tee, and helped with the an­nual Ok­to­ber­fest chicken din­ner for many years. She en­joyed gar­den­ing, lis­ten­ing to the Brew­ers and Pack­ers, and trips to the casino with her daugh­ters to try her luck on the quar­ter ma­chines! More than any­thing, Stella loved spend­ing time with her fam­ily, es­pe­cially the grand­chil­dren and great-grand­chil­dren and at­tended many of their sport­ing and music events. Hol­i­day gath­er­ings were very im­por­tant to her, and many cher­ished fam­ily mem­o­ries were made.    Stella is sur­vived by her chil­dren, Sharon Woller­man (Michael Jakubek) of Neenah; Cindy (Hank) Hechi­movich of Oshkosh; Renee (Dean) Schwartzmiller of Mayville; Ron (Judy) Bauer of LeRoy; Brian (Shawn) Bauer of Mayville; Lori (Dar­ryl) Was­mund of Mayville; and Ann (Brad) Mueller of LeRoy; her daugh­ter-in-law, Dawn Bauer; her sis­ters-in-law, Mar­ion Ruddy of De­Pere; Pa­tri­cia Ster­nat of Lomira; Ar­lien Bauer of LeRoy; and Pa­tri­cia Nel­lessen of Fond du Lac; her grand­chil­dren, Melissa (Rob) Ernst, Tri­cia Woller­man, Shanna (An­thony) Mor­gan, Brad (Amy) Hechi­movich, Blaine Hechi­movich, Lucas (Emily) Hechi­movich, Nikki (Tyler) Zir­bel, Eric (Jes­sica) Schwartzmiller, Kasey (Travis) Borken­hagen, Corey Bauer, Tasha Bauer, Troy (Rachel) Bauer, Bri­anna “Sr. Car­o­line Marie” Bauer, Ash­ley (Bran­den) Kluge, Cody (Kelsey) Was­mund, Jesse Was­mund (Katie Tighe), Gen­e­sis Miller, Abbie (Sean) Krapfl, and Bran­don (Megan) Mueller; 25 great-grand­chil­dren; nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives and friends.   Stella was pre­ceded in death by her par­ents; her hus­band, Bill; her son, Lee; her son-in-law, David Woller­man; her grand­daugh­ter, Kayla Hechi­movich; her brother, Vince, and sis­ter-in-law, Ar­lene Nel­lessen; her brother, Roger Nel­lessen; her sis­ter, Do­lores, and brother-in-law, Jerome Scharf; her sis­ter, Thelma, and brother-in-law, Roger Stof­fel; her in-laws, Her­man and Sabina Bauer, Richard and Lor­raine Bauer, Gor­don Ruddy, Eu­gene Bauer, and Den­nis and Dar­lene Bauer.   A Mass of Chris­t­ian Bur­ial was held on Fri­day, Aug. 11, at 12 p.m. at St. An­drew Catholic Church, LeRoy, with Rev. Fr. Ser­gio Lizama pre­sid­ing. A vis­i­ta­tion was held on Fri­day, Aug. 11, from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. at St. An­drew Church. A pri­vate fam­ily en­tomb­ment took place at the Shrine of Rest Mau­soleum in Fond du Lac.   The fam­ily ex­tends their heart­felt ap­pre­ci­a­tion to the staff at Hos­pice Home of Hope, Fond du Lac, for the com­pas­sion­ate care pro­vided to Stella dur­ing her final days.    In lieu of flow­ers, memo­ri­als may be di­rected to St. An­drew Catholic Church Restora­tion Fund.   Koepsell Fu­neral Home, Mayville is serv­ing the fam­ily. On­line con­do­lences may be made at www.​Koepsellfh.​com.

   Diane Mary Louise Comp­ton, 75, of Waupun, passed away un­ex­pect­edly on Mon­day, July 31, 2023, at Waupun Memo­r­ial Hos­pi­tal.    Diane was born on July 27, 1948, in Illi­nois and re­cently cel­e­brated her 75th birth­day sur­rounded by fam­ily and friends. She was adopted in in­fancy by Her­man and Erna (Hun­dert­mark) Fo­er­ster.   Diane grad­u­ated in 1966 from Green Bay West High School.   Diane was pre­vi­ously mar­ried to Terry Bowlby, fa­ther of Tom Bowlby. She was later united in mar­riage to Michael Comp­ton on April 26, 1975 in Green Bay. They resided in Green Bay for 10 years be­fore mov­ing to the Waupun area.   Diane en­joyed going to the casino, rid­ing her Harley 125 in her younger years and going to con­certs. She loved tend­ing to her flow­ers, bird watch­ing and swim­ming. Diane looked for­ward to trav­el­ing, camp­ing and fish­ing with fam­ily and friends. She was a mother fig­ure to many and will be deeply missed.   Diane is sur­vived by her chil­dren, Tom Bowlby, Niki Comp­ton Hill and Michaela (Paul Con­rad) Comp­ton; three grand­chil­dren, Chance Bowlby, Oliver Wa­ter­worth and Caiden Con­rad; ex­tended fam­ily, Kim Cos­grove; and her spe­cial dog, Nala.   She was pre­ceded in death by her hus­band Michael Comp­ton and her par­ents, Her­man and Erna Fo­er­ster.   A Cel­e­bra­tion of life will be held for fam­ily and friends at the Comp­ton Fam­ily home (Mom’s house) at 3 p.m. on Sat­ur­day, Aug. 12.Kohls Com­mu­nity Fu­neral Home, www.​kohlsfh.​com

   Noreda G. Hanni, 85, of Mayville passed away peace­fully with fam­ily by her side on Wednes­day, Aug. 2, 2023, at Au­rora Med­ical Cen­ter in Grafton.   Noreda was born in Dodge County on Au­gust 17, 1937, to Arnold and Mabel (Pahl) Pagel. She at­tended Hori­con schools.   She was mar­ried to Roland “Rol­lie” Hanni on June 21, 1959, in Mayville.   Noreda was em­ployed many years with Mayville Metal until her re­tire­ment.    Noreda was a mem­ber of St. John Ev. Lutheran Church in Mayville.   She loved spend­ing time with her fam­ily, es­pe­cially her grand­chil­dren and great-grand­chil­dren and en­joyed cheer­ing them on in their base­ball, soft­ball, and hockey games.    Noreda is sur­vived by her chil­dren, Karen (Bob) Wendt of Mayville, Tim Hanni of Mayville, Randy (Sherri) Hanni of Mayville, and Con­nie Hanni of Hori­con; her sis­ter, Elaine Birr of Beaver Dam; nine grand­chil­dren; 14 great-grand­chil­dren; other rel­a­tives and friends.   She was pre­ceded in death by her par­ents; hus­band, Roland, in 2001; son, Jerome Hanni; sis­ters, Donna Neitzel and Lois Pagel; brother, Duane Pagel; one grand­daugh­ter; and one great-grand­son.   A pri­vate fam­ily fu­neral ser­vice will be held at St. John Ev. Lutheran Church in Mayville. In­ter­ment will take place at St. John Ceme­tery in Mayville.    Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is serv­ing the fam­ily. On­line con­do­lences may be made at www.​koepsellfh.​com.