Linda L. Wein­berger, 66, of LeRoy, passed away un­ex­pect­edly on Mon­day, Jan. 9, 2023, at SSM Health, St. Agnes Hos­pi­tal in Fond du Lac.   Linda was born the daugh­ter of Mil­ton and Mathilda (Red­man) Blank on No­vem­ber 27, 1956, in Waupun.   She was a 1975 grad­u­ate of La­co­nia High School.   Linda was united in mar­riage to James ‘Chunky’ Wein­berger on No­vem­ber 12, 1977.   She was a long­time em­ployee and ‘Jill of all trades’ at The Feed Mill in Knowles.   Linda was a mem­ber at St. An­drew Catholic Church in LeRoy.   Fam­ily was im­por­tant to Linda and she cher­ished the time spent with them, es­pe­cially her grand­chil­dren.   Linda is sur­vived by hus­band, James ‘Chunky’ of LeRoy; her sons, Jim (Melissa) Wein­berger of Hart­ford and Josh (Sherri Gradel) Wein­berger of Ru­bi­con; her grand­chil­dren, Kendall, Ethan, and Jack Wein­berger; her for­mer daugh­ter-in-law, Mon­ica Wein­berger of Hart­ford; her sib­lings, Bev Schmuhl, David ‘Char­lie’ (Con­nie) Blank, Carol (Keith) Weyer, and Jeff (Mickey) Blank; her sib­lings-in-law, Ken (Shirley) Wein­berger, Patti Wein­berger, Judy (Ron) Rose, Rick Wein­berger, Susan Wein­berger, Nancy (Larry) Bo­gen­schnei­der, An­thony (Kim) Wein­berger, Ger­ard Wein­berger, Todd (Darra) Wein­berger, and Lisa (Den­nis) Fleis­cher. Also, her spe­cial friend and em­ployer, Sue Wein­berger. Fur­ther sur­vived by nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives, and many friends.   She was pre­ceded in death by her par­ents; her in-laws, Jim (Helen) Wein­berger; brother, Gary Blank; and brother-in-law, Tom Schmuhl.   A memo­r­ial Mass of Chris­t­ian Bur­ial took place on Sat­ur­day, Jan. 14, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Fr. Joe Do­minic pre­sid­ing at St. An­drew Catholic Church in LeRoy. A vis­i­ta­tion was held on Sat­ur­day, Jan. 14, from 9 a.m. until the time of the Mass at 11 a.m. at the church. In­urn­ment took place at St. An­drew Ceme­tery in LeRoy at a later date.   Spe­cial thanks to the Brownsville, Knowles, Mayville, and Fond du Lac First Re­spon­ders and the Dodge County Sher­iff’s De­part­ment for the care and sup­port shown to Linda and her fam­ily.   Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com

   Ronald H. Henkel, 72, passed away peacefully with his wife by his side, on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023.   He was born son of Norbert and Elsie (nee Tarr) Henkel on May 2, 1950, in Hustisford.   Ron was a graduate of the class of 1968, at Mayville High School and a graduate of UW-Oshkosh in 1972.   He married his high school sweetheart, Marsha Caves, on November 16, 1974. Together they have a daughter, Terra, and a son, Mason.   Ron worked for John Deere Horicon Works for 28 years and retired in 2005.   He enjoyed golfing with his Cocktail League and worked part-time at the Mayville Golf Club in the Pro Shop.   In 2009, Ron and Marsha moved to Eagle River, and enjoyed living on the Eagle River Chain of Lakes. Many memories were made there with their children and grandchildren. Ron enjoyed many years up north riding on his pontoon boat, tubing with the grandchildren. He loved going to the sandbar, having campfires and musky fishing with his son. Ron and Marsha also enjoyed riding in their Corvette on long distance road trips and were members of the Headwaters Corvette Club. In the winter months their home away from home was in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. He enjoyed reading endlessly on the beach and being with Playa friends. In 2020, Ron and Marsha moved to Malone to be closer to their family.   Ronald is survived by his wife, Marsha, of 48 years; his daughter, Terra (Dean) Backhaus of Oakfield and his son, Mason (Chelsea nee Moser) Henkel of Beaver Dam; his grandchildren, Isabella and Easton Backhaus; and his brothers, Larry of Mayville and Dan of Glen Haven. He is also survived by his two wonderful fur puppies, Whiskey and Bacardi; and by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.   He was preceded in death by his parents, Norbert and Elsie Henkel; brothers, David, Chuck and Richard.   A private family service will take place on January 13 at Graceland Cemetery in Mayville.   The Berndt-Ledesma Funeral Home-Juneau is serving the family. On line condolences may be placed at www.berndt-ledesma.com

   Melvin L. Hundt, 84, of Neosho, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, at Aurora Medical Center, in Hartford.   Melvin was born the son of Edwin and Edna (Schultz) Hundt on February 10, 1938, in Hustisford.   He was united in marriage to Louine M. Koepsell on October 1, 1960, at St. Stephen Ev. Lutheran Church in Horicon.   Melvin was a faithful member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Neosho.    Melvin had farming in his heart from early on. He farmed for many years in the Town of Neosho and carried over his love for farming into his work at John Deere, where he worked for many years and later retired. He also worked for Associate Engineering. Melvin was a member of RATS Antique Tractor Club and a lifelong member of Sinissippi Trail Hawks. He enjoyed cheering on the Packers, listening to polkas, camping, deer hunting, and most of all, cutting lawn on his John Deere tractor.    Melvin is survived by his children, Cheryl (Dennis) Bergmann; Daryl (Deb) Hundt; Terry (Dawn) Hundt; and Rhonda Hundt; his three grandchildren, Analisa Hundt, Tyler Hundt, and Terra Hundt; his special friend, Esther Hofmaier; in-laws, Phyllis Ewert, Larry (Lois) Koepsell, and Diane Korth. He is further survived by other relatives and friends.   Melvin was preceded in death by his parents; his loving wife, Louine; and brothers-in-law, Lester Ewert and Gene Korth.    Funeral services for Melvin will be held on Thursday, Jan. 12, at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Neosho, with Rev. Joshua Kesting officiating. Visitation for Melvin took place at church on Wednesday, Jan. 11, from 4 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. and again on Thursday, Jan. 12, from 10 a.m. until the time of service at 11 a.m. Interment will follow the service on Thursday at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Hartford. The family invites you to join them for lunch and fellowship at church after the committal.   The service will be livestreamed on St. Paul’s YouTube channel. Go to www.stpaulsneosho.org and follow the link on the main page to find their YouTube channel.   Koepsell Funeral Home in Mayville is caring for the family. www.Koepsellfh.com

   Cathryn Sue Stieve passed away peace­fully sur­rounded by fam­ily on Wednes­day, Jan. 4, 2023.    Cathy was born in Hus­tis­ford, on Feb­ru­ary 7, 1956, to Don­ald and Teresa (Strasser) Hoff.   On Oc­to­ber 19, 1974, she mar­ried Jef­frey Stieve in Mayville.   Cathy was the won­der­fully de­voted mother of Saman­tha (Michael) Teeters and Marc (Mariah) Stieve. Beloved grand­chil­dren are We­ston, Gar­rett and Beck­ham Teeters, and Scar­lett and Wynne Stieve. Cathy is fur­ther sur­vived by her sib­lings, Michael (Louise) Hoff, Judy Grimes, Pa­tri­cia (Mike) Eck­er­stor­fer, Debra (Terry) Hoff, Betsy (Sam) Stuhr, Jayne (Mike) Feucht, and Jill (Jon) Mitchell.    Mom was a true ex­am­ple of fam­ily first. There was no length she would not go to for her hus­band, her chil­dren, her grand­chil­dren, or her sib­lings. She was our biggest cheer­leader, and the first call we all made in cel­e­bra­tion and in sor­row. She will be missed be­yond words.    A pri­vate fam­ily memo­r­ial ser­vice will be held to cel­e­brate Cathy's life.    Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is car­ing for the fam­ily. www.​Koepsellfh.​com

   Joyce Ann Krueger, (Scarpace), 87, passed away peace­fully, with fam­ily by her side, on Tues­day, Jan. 3, 2023, at her home at Com­pass Point.   Joyce was born at home on March 6, 1935, in Mil­wau­kee to Do­minic and Anne (Restivo) Scarpace.    Joyce was united into mar­riage with the love of her life, George Bernard Krueger, on June 3, 1961, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Mil­wau­kee. Joyce and George built a beau­ti­ful life to­gether rais­ing their five chil­dren. George pre­ceded her in death on Jan­u­ary 31, 1994.    Joyce loved being a grandma or “Nana” to her thir­teen beloved grand­chil­dren. She en­joyed being a part of their lives and watch­ing them grow up. She was ex­cited to be able to at­tend her grand­daugh­ter Court­ney’s wed­ding this past De­cem­ber and was her hap­pi­est sur­rounded by loved ones. Joyce was also able to ex­pe­ri­ence the joy of being a great-grandma to five great-grand­chil­dren and was able to hold, enjoy, and cher­ish all of them within this last month.    Joyce is sur­vived by her chil­dren, Eliz­a­beth (Gary) Hoff­man, Jean (Jim) Freuck, James (Lisa) Krueger, Debra (Jeff) Maki­nen, and Gail (Loren) Woy­ach; her grand­chil­dren, Daniel (Leah Brooks) Hoff­man, Erica (Will) Boeck­en­haur, Kyle (Emily) Freuck, Dou­glas Hoff­man, Jen­nifer (Jerry Davi­son) Hoff­man, Michael Krueger, Jor­dan Maki­nen, Court­ney (Aaron) Kr­uschke, Mathew Krueger, Casey Maki­nen, Jef­frey Maki­nen Jr., Macy Woy­ach, and Tessa Woy­ach; her great-grand­chil­dren, Colin and Evan Freuck, Gio­vanni and Gi­anna Hoff­man, and Eloise Davi­son. She is fur­ther sur­vived by her sis­ter, Jean Schramm; brother-in-law, Robert (Bon­nie) Krueger; sis­ter-in-law, De­lores Krueger; and many other fam­ily mem­bers and friends.   Joyce was pre­ceded in death by broth­ers, An­thony and Philip; and sis­ter, Mar­guerite.    A Mass of Chris­t­ian Bur­ial took place on Wednes­day, Jan. 11, at 3 p.m. at Saint Frances Cabrini Church with the Rev. Fr. Kevin Har­mon. Vis­i­ta­tion took place from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. at the church. A pri­vate in­urn­ment with im­me­di­ate fam­ily will take place at an­other date at Holy Cross Ceme­tery in Mil­wau­kee.    In lieu of flow­ers, Joyce’s fam­ily is ask­ing for Masses said in Joyce’s name, or a do­na­tion in mem­ory of Joyce to Com­pass Point at Three Pil­lars.org. https://​thr​eepi​llar​s.​salsalabs.​org/​donation/​index.​html   The fam­ily would like to thank the staff at Com­pass Point and Gen­tiva Hos­pice for their care and com­pas­sion.    Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville served the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com

   Duane R. "Melf" Gourlie, 76, life­long Mayville res­i­dent, passed away peace­fully on Jan­u­ary 3, 2023, at An­gels Grace Hos­pice in Oconomowoc, with his lov­ing wife, Denise, by his side.   Melf was born on Sep­tem­ber 9, 1946, to Bertha and Ray­mond Gourlie in Hart­ford. He was a 1965 grad­u­ate of Mayville High School and true Car­di­nal Alumni. He humbly re­ceived the Katie award in 2014.   Melf mar­ried his high school sweet­heart, Denise Bonack, at St. An­drew’s Parish on De­cem­ber 9, 1967, and they raised their two chil­dren in Mayville.   He worked for Mayville En­gi­neer­ing Com­pany as a CAD en­gi­neer, re­tir­ing in 2003.   Melf lived his life by the Golden Rule and the 4Fs, Fam­ily, Friends, Foot­ball and Fun. Fam­ily was very im­por­tant to Melf and if you had the plea­sure of know­ing him, he treated every­one like fam­ily. He was a proud fa­ther and an even prouder grand­fa­ther. Melf was a ded­i­cated fam­ily man that was al­ways pre­sent at his chil­dren’s and grand­chil­dren’s events. He also loved his fam­ily of blue­birds that re­turned each spring. He fed, housed and nur­tured them, so that he and Denise could enjoy them.   Friends were fam­ily to Melf. He loved shar­ing a vodka gim­let or two, golf­ing, trav­el­ing, va­ca­tion­ing, line danc­ing, fish­ing and just shoot­ing the breeze. When he was out for his daily walk, he would al­ways stop and say hi. He was a pas­sion­ate golfer and spent his free time on the course with his bud­dies. He was blessed to have two hole in ones. Melf was also a huge Cubs fan, and his friends gave him a good rib­bing about that one.   Car­di­nal Foot­ball ran through his veins. He was proud to be a part of the Mayville sev­enth and eighth grade foot­ball pro­gram for many years. Melf had the plea­sure of work­ing with so many boys, be­com­ing their role model and men­tor, even his grand­son. He be­lieved in work ethic and that hard work pays off. He was es­pe­cially proud see­ing his final sev­enth grade team take the field this year at Camp Ran­dall and fol­lowed them every step of the way.   Melf loved to laugh and loved it even more when he could make peo­ple laugh. He thought life should be full of fun and to live every mo­ment to its fullest. He used humor to spread joy. If you were lucky enough to catch him on the stage, you know what I am talk­ing about. Melf had some great roles with the Marais Play­ers, KML play­ers and the Hart­ford Play­ers, not to men­tion his Lip Sync Days. He had fun por­tray­ing the Judds, Blues Broth­ers, Hill­bil­lies and many more with his part­ner in crime, Den­nis, and even one with his other broth­ers, Don and Dale. He had the role of Candy in “Of Mice and Men” where he showed his se­ri­ous side. Melf’s final role was Bud the Stud and he had so much fun with it.“All the World’s a stage and all the men and women are merely play­ers; They have their exits and their en­trances, And one man plays many parts” – William Shake­sp­heare   Melf leaves be­hind his wife and biggest sup­porter, Denise; his two chil­dren, Car­rie (Scott) Hurst and Mike (Renee) Gourlie. He was a proud grand­fa­ther to Corbin and Carly Schroeder. Melf wel­comed Ryan (Kath­leen) and Randy (Cassi) Hurst into his fam­ily along with their chil­dren, Berkley, Kol­bie and Stephen. He loved his broth­ers, sis­ters-in-law and broth­ers-in-law, Don (Dorie), Den­nis (Pam), Dale (Karen) Gourlie, May­nard Laufen­berg, Dean Bonack, Dale (Sue) Bonack, Lee (Steph) Bonack; and many nieces, nephews, rel­a­tives and friends.   Melf was pre­ceded in death by his lov­ing mother, Bertha Gourlie; fa­ther, Ray­mond Gourlie; sis­ter, De­lores Laufen­berg; mother-in-law, Ruth Bonack, and fa­ther-in-law, Oscar Bonack.   A Mass of Chris­t­ian Bur­ial took place on Mon­day, Jan. 9, at 12 p.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church in Mayville with the Rev. Fr. Tom Bier­sack pre­sid­ing. Vis­i­ta­tion was held on Mon­day, Jan. 9, from 10 a.m. until the time of the ser­vice at 12 p.m. at the church. Bur­ial took place at St. Mary’s Ceme­tery in Mayville. A con­tin­ued cel­e­bra­tion of Melf’s life took place at The Meat­ing Place in Mayville fol­low­ing the ceme­tery prayers.   The fam­ily would like to thank the nurses and care­givers at An­gels Grace Hos­pice, Oconomowoc, for keep­ing Melf com­fort­able and pass with dig­nity and peace. They would also like to thank the Mayville com­mu­nity for all the kind words and sup­port through this dif­fi­cult time.   In lieu flow­ers, the fam­ily would like to honor Melf’s name by send­ing do­na­tions to Bag­gin’ for a Cure (Na­tional Ex­change Bank) as they sup­ported Melf and his wife through this tough time or do­na­tions in Melf’s mem­ory to An­gels Grace Hos­pice, Oconomowoc.   Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville served the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com

   Helen M. Ja­quet, 77, of Hori­con passed away peace­fully on Wednes­day, Dec. 28, 2022, at the Re­mem­brance Home in Beaver Dam.   Helen was born Au­gust 9, 1945, the daugh­ter of Au­gust and Dorothy (Kruel) Ja­quet in Hori­con. She was a grad­u­ate of Con­cor­dia Lutheran Col­lege.    Helen was a Lutheran school teacher and began her teach­ing ca­reer in Michi­gan. Later, she moved back to Hori­con to care for her mother, Dorothy. At this time, she also taught at St. Stephen’s Ev. Lutheran School in Hori­con for many years. Helen was a fos­ter par­ent and later op­er­ated the Ja­quet Day Care Cen­ter out of her home.   She was a life­long faith­ful mem­ber of St. Stephen Ev. Lutheran Church in Hori­con.   Helen en­joyed gar­den­ing with her mother. She loved craft­ing and sewing. Helen es­pe­cially en­joyed the com­pan­ion­ship of her three golden re­triev­ers and her cats.   Helen is sur­vived by her sis­ter, Ruth Ul­rich of Hori­con; her adopted son, Michael (An­nick) Ja­quet and their daugh­ters, Au­tumn and Eliyana; her adopted daugh­ter, Maria Ja­quet and her daugh­ter, Trin­ity; her nieces and nephews, Lisa (Todd) Wanie (Helen’s guardian), Linda (Robert) Wil­son, Larry (Jamie) Ul­rich, Diane (Doug) Flouro, Sherry Ja­quet, Chris­tine Villa, Carol Car­lin, Con­nie (Roger) Mack­lin, Cur­tis Ja­quet and Colleen (James) Hoth-Ja­quet. She is fur­ther sur­vived by other rel­a­tives and friends.    She was pre­ceded in death by her par­ents; her sis­ter, Em­i­lie; and her broth­ers, Robert, Arthur and Ed­ward; and her nephew, Carl Ja­quet.   A memo­r­ial gath­er­ing for Helen was held at St. Stephen Ev. Lutheran Church in Hori­con on Wednes­day, Jan. 4, from 10:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. A Memo­r­ial Ser­vice began at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Daniel See­hafer of­fi­ci­at­ing. In­urn­ment will be at Oak Hill Ceme­tery at a later date.   In lieu of flow­ers, memo­r­ial do­na­tions in Helen’s name may be made to St. Stephen Ev. Lutheran Church or St. Stephen Ev. Lutheran School.   The Koepsell-Mur­ray Fu­neral Home in Hori­con is car­ing for the fam­ily. On­line con­do­lences may be made at www.​koepsellfh.​com.