05 December 2022

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Loraine T. Weyer

Loraine T. Weyer

   Loraine T. Weyer (nee Ruplinger), 97, longtime resident of Lomira, passed away on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, at the St. Francis Home.   She was born on April 17, 1925, in the Town of Wayne, the daughter of the late Joseph and Alma Ruplinger (nee Weiland).   On May 22, 1946, she was united in marriage to Alphonse Weyer at St. Kilian Catholic Church in St. Kilian.   Loraine and Alphonse farmed in the Lomira and Theresa areas and she worked for 22 ½ years at the West Bend Company as a press operator. Loraine also volunteered at Hope Nursing Home and was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. She liked to spend her time making crafts, knitting, crocheting, and quilting. She especially enjoyed making baby caps to donate for newborns at St. Agnes Hospital.   Alphonse and Loraine enjoyed traveling and enjoyed a trip to Germany and visits to the eastern and western parts of the United States. In their younger days, they enjoyed dancing, but throughout their lives, they were always playing Sheepshead.   Those Loraine leaves behind to cherish her memory include two sons, Donald (Melody) Weyer of Shorewood and Albert Weyer of Mesa, AZ; two grandsons, Nicholas (Rachel Davis) Weyer and Stephen (Alysha) Weyer; great-grandson, Frederick James Weyer; and sisters-in-law, RoseMary Ruplinger, Florence (Benno) Wagner and Florence Munroe. She is further survived by many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.    In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Alphonse; and brothers, Elmer (Charlotte), Joe (Helen), Orville, Harold, and Raymond.    The visitation will be held at St. Francis Home Chapel, 33 Everett St., Fond du Lac, WI on Thursday, Dec. 8, beginning at 1 p.m. followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Adrian Staehler officiating. The burial will be on Friday at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Lomira at 10 a.m.   Loraine’s family would like to thank the staff at both St. Clare Terrace and St. Francis Home for their comfort and care.   Myrhum-Patten Funeral and Cremation Service has been entrusted with Loraine’s arrangements. Additional information and online guestbook may be found at www.myrhum-patten.com.
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02 December 2022

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Werner Emil Herman Steinbach

Werner Emil Herman Steinbach

   Werner Emil Herman Steinbach, 87, joined his Savior in Heaven on November 30, 2022.   Werner was born on April 30, 1935, to Arnold and Elsbeth (Keup) Steinbach in Theresa. He was baptized on May 5, 1935, and later confirmed on June 5, 1949, at Immanuel Lutheran Church.   On July 21, 1968, Werner married his sweetheart, Connie Mae Holle, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Sylvan Grove, KS.    Werner was a lifelong and active member of Immanuel Lutheran Church. He used the gifts and abilities that God gave him faithfully to serve as chairman, secretary, and treasurer at church. He used his voice to praise God by singing as a choir member; accompanying his wife, Connie, in the balcony while she played the organ. Werner worked with the committee that renovated the church basement into a fellowship hall and kitchen. When the congregation celebrated its 150th Anniversary in 1997, he compiled much of the early church history for the anniversary booklet.    Werner worked in area factories and enjoyed farming. He played hymns and polkas on his accordion and in his later years, listened to numerous recordings. He was pleasantly surprised to receive his official high school diploma at age 79.    Werner and Connie enjoyed travelling and experiencing new places. Together, they toured Germany three times, enjoyed lively entertainment in Branson, MO, and visited many historical sites in and around Washington, D.C.    Werner will be deeply missed by his loving wife, Connie; brothers, Norbert (Cheryl) Steinbach; William (Bonnie) Steinbach; and Gordon (Jackie) Steinbach; and his sister, Marian Griepentrog. He is further survived by other relatives and many friends.    Werner was preceded in death by his parents and brother-in-law, Don Griepentrog.   Funeral services for Werner were held on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 11 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church (The River Church), in the Town of Theresa, with Rev. Douglas Zahner officiating. Visitation for Werner was held from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service at 11 a.m. at the River Church. Interment followed the service at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in the Town of Theresa.   Koepsell Funeral Home in Mayville cared for the family. www.Koepsellfh.com
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Pamela Ann Levenhagen

Pamela Ann Levenhagen

   Pamela Ann Lev­en­hagen, 64, of Mon­tello passed away Wednes­day, Nov. 30, 2022, sur­rounded by her fam­ily at Martha’s As­sisted Liv­ing in Prince­ton.   Pam was born in Beaver Dam on March 28, 1958, to Robert and Mar­i­lyn (Whitrock) Henkel. She grad­u­ated from Hori­con High School in 1976 and on Sep­tem­ber 30, 1978, Pam was united in mar­riage to Dar­win Lev­en­hagen at Zion Lutheran Church in Hori­con. To­gether, Pam and Dar­win resided in Hori­con for 25 years, rais­ing their two daugh­ters; in 2003 they re­lo­cated to the Mon­tello area.   Pam worked sev­eral jobs through­out her life. She en­joyed her time help­ing chil­dren as an aide in the Hori­con area and the time she spent work­ing at Lake Ar­row­head Camp­ground on Lake Puck­away. Pam loved to be cre­ative. She had the abil­ity to make some­thing beau­ti­ful out of noth­ing. Pam en­joyed doing any­thing artis­tic, but loved draw­ing and wa­ter­color paint­ing most of all. She is known for her col­or­ful flow­ers and shar­ing her love of art with every­one around her.    Pam found the most joy in spend­ing time with her fam­ily; talk­ing and laugh­ing to­gether around the kitchen table, tak­ing golf­cart rides, an­tiquing, mak­ing funny videos with her grand­daugh­ter, and tak­ing evening rides with her hus­band to look for deer. Pam will be re­mem­bered for her in­fec­tious laugh, her warm hugs, her big heart, and her one-lin­ers. She was a sec­ond mom to any­one who needed one, a friend to any­one that could use a long talk or a lis­ten­ing ear, and she had a nat­ural gift to make peo­ple smile.    Pam leaves be­hind her hus­band of 44 years, Dar­win; mother, Mar­i­lyn Henkel of Moun­tain; two daugh­ters, Jenny (Ron) Laack of Mon­tello and Alissa (Dan) Wit­thuhn of Fond du Lac; and three grand­chil­dren, Alexis, Seth and Kai. She is also sur­vived by two sib­lings, Chrissy (Clay) Smith and Hans (Molly) Henkel; sis­ter-in-law, Chris Henkel; grand­pups, Stella Louise and Tucker, as well as other ex­tended fam­ily mem­bers.   Pam was pre­ceded in death by her fa­ther; brother, Jeff Henkel; uncle, Franny Henkel; as well as her ma­ter­nal and pa­ter­nal grand­par­ents.   A Cel­e­bra­tion of Pamela’s Life will be held on Fri­day, Dec. 9, at 3 p.m. at Craw­ford Fu­neral Home in Mon­tello. Vis­i­ta­tion will be held from 1 p.m. until the hour of ser­vice. Pas­tor Mike Vargo will of­fi­ci­ate and in­urn­ment will be pri­vate.   In lieu of flow­ers, do­na­tions to are pre­ferred to the fam­ily for a memo­r­ial that will be es­tab­lished in Pam’s name at Martha’s As­sisted Liv­ing.   Craw­ford Fu­neral and Cre­ma­tion Ser­vice of Mon­tello and Ox­ford is hon­ored to be serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​CrawfordFH.​com
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Werner Emil Herman Steinbach

Werner Emil Herman Steinbach

   Werner Emil Herman Steinbach, 87, joined his Savior in Heaven on November 30, 2022.   Werner was born on April 30, 1935, to Arnold and Elsbeth (Keup) Steinbach in Theresa. He was baptized on May 5, 1935, and later confirmed on June 5, 1949, at Immanuel Lutheran Church.   On July 21, 1968, Werner married his sweetheart, Connie Mae Holle, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Sylvan Grove, KS.    Werner was a lifelong and active member of Immanuel Lutheran Church. He used the gifts and abilities that God gave him faithfully to serve as chairman, secretary, and treasurer at church. He used his voice to praise God by singing as a choir member; accompanying his wife, Connie, in the balcony while she played the organ. Werner worked with the committee that renovated the church basement into a fellowship hall and kitchen. When the congregation celebrated its 150th Anniversary in 1997, he compiled much of the early church history for the anniversary booklet.    Werner worked in area factories and enjoyed farming. He played hymns and polkas on his accordion and in his later years, listened to numerous recordings. He was pleasantly surprised to receive his official high school diploma at age 79.    Werner and Connie enjoyed travelling and experiencing new places. Together, they toured Germany three times, enjoyed lively entertainment in Branson, MO, and visited many historical sites in and around Washington, D.C.    Werner will be deeply missed by his loving wife, Connie; brothers, Norbert (Cheryl) Steinbach; William (Bonnie) Steinbach; and Gordon (Jackie) Steinbach; and his sister, Marian Griepentrog. He is further survived by other relatives and many friends.    Werner was preceded in death by his parents and brother-in-law, Don Griepentrog.   Funeral services for Werner were held on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 11 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church (The River Church), in the Town of Theresa, with Rev. Douglas Zahner officiating. Visitation for Werner was held from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service at 11 a.m. at the River Church. Interment followed the service at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in the Town of Theresa.   Koepsell Funeral Home in Mayville cared for the family. www.Koepsellfh.com
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Gregory R. Schmidt

Gregory R. Schmidt

   Gre­gory R. Schmidt, 53, passed away at his home in Hori­con on Sat­ur­day, Nov. 26, 2022.    Greg was born on Sep­tem­ber 5, 1969, to Dale and Helen (Schowal­ter) Schmidt in Beaver Dam.   He grad­u­ated from Hori­con High School. He also re­ceived his de­gree from Evan­gel Col­lege in Spring­field, MO, in psy­chol­ogy and Bib­li­cal Stud­ies. Greg was a mem­ber of Elm­brook Church in Brook­field, and at­tended Chris­t­ian Life Fel­low­ship.    Greg’s re­la­tion­ship with God was some­thing that has al­ways been im­por­tant to him. At Elm­brook Church, he was a very ac­tive mem­ber hold­ing youth and adult Bible stud­ies. Greg also had a love for the great out­doors. Some of his hob­bies in­cluded camp­ing, ca­noe­ing, hik­ing, bik­ing, and pho­tog­ra­phy. Greg’s pas­sion for help­ing peo­ple showed daily at Clearview where he was a CNA for many years.    Greg will be deeply missed by his mother, Helen; his sis­ter-in-law, Teresa (John) Eisen­menger; and many rel­a­tives and friends.   Greg was pre­ceded in death by his fa­ther and his brother, Michael.    A Cel­e­bra­tion of Life ser­vice for Greg took place on Sat­ur­day, Dec. 3, at 11 a.m. at Chris­t­ian Life Fel­low­ship in Mayville, with Pas­tor Matt Lewandowski of­fi­ci­at­ing. Vis­i­ta­tion for Greg was held at Chris­t­ian Life Fel­low­ship from 10 to 11 a.m. In­urn­ment took place on a later date.   Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville cared for the fam­ily. www.​Koepsellfh.​com
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Joyce M. Schmidt

Joyce M. Schmidt

Joyce M. Schmidt, 78, of Kewaskum, was called home to be with her Lord on November 28, 2022, at Kathy Hospice in the Town of Polk, surrounded by the love of her family. Joyce was born on August 3, 1944, in West Bend, the daughter of the late Walter and Isabelle (nee Peters) Goeden. On April 4, 1970, she was united in marriage to Ralph “Ralphie” Schmidt at Holy Angels Catholic Church in West Bend.Joyce was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Kewaskum. She loved working at Holy Trinity Catholic School, where she was a playground supervisor. She also cared for elderly sisters at St. Joseph Convent in Campbellsport and later she was employed at Pick N Save as a deli worker. Her favorite activity to talk about and do was helping out at Holy Trinity Church and School tutoring children with reading. Joyce enjoyed baking food for friends and family, reading, doing word finds, and collecting angels. Above all else she loved and cared deeply for her husband, Ralph.Those Joyce leaves behind to cherish her memory include her daughter, Christine Holliman of Caledonia; a sister, Mary Ann (Al) Hupfer; a brother, Edward (Carole) Goeden; sisters-in-law, Margaret (Ralph) Goeden – Chapman and Alice Schmidt; two brothers-in-law, Joseph Schmidt and Raymond (Betty) Schmidt; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.In addition to her parents and husband, Joyce was preceded in death by her brothers, Father Earl Goeden OFM Cap., Herbert (Barbara) Goeden, and Richard Goeden; her brothers-in-law, Leander Schmidt and Walter Schmidt; two sisters-in-law, Catherine (Matthias) Schickert, Lena (Eugene) Wiedmeyer, Darlene Schmidt, and Barbara Schmidt; and her parents-in-law, Emil and Margaret (nee Doll) Schmidt.Visitation: Joyce’s family will greet relatives and friends at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 305 Main Street, in Kewaskum on Saturday, December 3, 2022, from 10 a.m. until Noon.Mass of Christian Burial: A Mass for Joyce will be held at Noon at the church on Saturday with Rev. Jacob Strand officiating. Entombment will take place on Monday, December 5, 2022, at Washington County Memorial Park in West Bend at 10 a.m.The family would like to extend a heartfelt appreci ation to Linda, Tony, Cindy, friends and neighbors, for their love and care over the years.Memorials to Holy Trinity Church and School or St. Lawrence Seminary, Mount Calvary are appreciated.The Myrhum – Patten Funeral and Cremation Service has been entrusted with Joyce’s arrangements. Additional information and guest book may be found at www.myrhum-patten.com.
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Harry Jacob Batzler

Harry Jacob Batzler

Harry Jacob Batzler, 96, of Ashford went to his heavenly home on Saturday, November 19, 2022. He was born on March 22, 1926, in St. Kilian, the eldest son of Oscar and Loretta Batzler (nee Kohl). He attended Hillside School and worked on the family farm during his youth. He met the love of his life, Olive Marie Mueller, who lived just a mile away from his boyhood home. They were married on June 7, 1947, at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church in Campbellsport. Harry and Olive were married for 71 years. Olive passed away in October 2018. Harry lived most of his life in Ashford, where he and Olive raised five children. He was a life-long member of St. Martin’s Catholic Church. Harry started Batzler Trucking in 1949. He hauled milk to local cheese factories and he owned and operated a small sand and gravel business. Harry enjoyed the simple pleasures in life. His favorite past times were smoking his pipe, mowing the lawn, watching the Packers and All-Star Wrestling, and eating breakfast at Diner 67. He took pride in his children and grandchildren and the continued legacy of the business he created - Batzler Trucking.Survivors include his children, Madonna (Gregory) Drake, Theresa (Bob) Dunkleberger, Jake (Kathy) Batzler, Claire (Dennis) Beck, and Tony (Jolene) Batzler; grandchildren, Sarah (Hector) Drake Ricart, Saul (Katy) Sopoci Drake, Monica (Joe) Drake Pierce, Teresa Drake, Heidi (Andy) DeNure, Heather (Al) Helsell, Kristy (Mike) Piotrowski, Ryan (Jenni) Dunkleberger, Harrison Batzler, Halley Batzler, Hillary (Scott) Ketter, Jacob Beck, Emily (Nick) Whitty, Jordan (Paige) Beck, Miranda (Steve) Neuy, Melanie (Jeremy) Wagner, Jill (Colton) Renderman, and Jared Batzler; 22 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; siblings, Manuel (Dorothy) Batzler and Mary Ann (George) Weninger; in-laws, Leo Mueller, Harold (Kathryn) Mueller, Rose Guell, Bea Mueller, Pat Mueller; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many, many friends. Everyone knew Harry.Harry was preceded in death by his wife, Olive; parents; grandchildren, Chelsey Drake, Hannah Batzler, and Dennis Beck, Jr.; grandson-in-law, Dean Kenowski; brother, Hilary (Joy) (Darlene) Batzler; in-laws, Donna Batzler, Elizabeth and Edward Theusch, Joseph (Arlene) Mueller, Jr., Rita and John Spoerl, Gordon Guell, Lloyd Mueller.Mass of Christian Burial was held on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at 2 p.m. at St. Martin’s Chapel, Ashford (N1271 Minnie Lane, Campbellsport). Rev. Mark Jones officiated and burial followed in St. Mar - tin’s Cemetery.Visitation was Tuesday, November 29, 2022, from 11 a.m. until time of Mass at St. Martin’s Chapel, Ashford.The family of Harry Batzler would like to thank the staff at St. Francis Home for their enduring love and heartfelt care of our dad these past months.Memorials are appreciated to St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Ashford. Twohig Funeral Home is serving the family with guestbook and condolences at www. twohigfunerals.com.
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Donald J. Batzler

Donald J. Batzler

Donald J. Batzler, 87, of Campbellsport passed away unexpectedly on Monday, November 21, 2022, at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac.He was born on January 16, 1935, in the Town of Wayne, the son of Adolph and Mary (nee Weninger) Batzler. On August 22, 1959, Don married Virginia G. Bingen at St. Matthew Catholic Church in Campbellsport.Don truly loved his faith, wife, large family, his dog, Rover, who was his best buddy, farming with his son, driving his lawn mower and going to the family pond. He was very proud of his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. He loved the outdoors, working on repair projects in his shed, all animals, Western movies and his favorite store, Fleet Farm. He worked at Regal Ware for 40 years and passed his work ethic to his family.Don is survived by his wife, Virginia; children, Kathy Batzler Dworak (Rick) of Oshkosh, Fred (Lois) Batzler of Campbellsport, Lori (Brent) Terry of South Carolina, Sherri (Jim) Hanrahan of Green Bay, Carrie (Tim) Rand of Oshkosh, and Jodi (Chris) Guido of Oshkosh; grandchildren, Alex (Jen) and Ashley (Ali) Dworak, Rick (Jackie), Justin (April), Anna and Kayla Batzler, Josh and Evan Hanrahan, Jacob and Katie Rand, Emily (Mike) Brueske and Haley and Taylor Guido; great-grandchildren, Rylan Dworak, Harper and Paisley Dworak, Emma and Donovan Batzler, June and Isla Batzler, and Jackson Brueske; other relatives and friends.Don was preceded in death by his parents, Adolph and Mary; grandson, Tyler Batzler; father and mother-in-law, George and Regina Bingen; brother and sister-in-law, Alan and Leona Batzler; and his beloved dog, Nicky.Visitation will be Friday, December 2, from 11 a.m. until time of Mass at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church, 406 E. Main St., Campbellsport.A Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, December 2, at 1 p.m. at St. Matthew Catholic Church. Rev. Neil Zinthefer will officiate and entombment will follow in the Chapel of the Risen Christ Mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery in Fond du Lac.The Batzler family extends a special thank you to Jackie Batzler, the Campbellsport EMS, the chaplain, doctors and nurses at St. Agnes Hospital and the Twohig Funeral Home.The Twohig Funeral Home is serving the family with online guestbook and condolences at www.twohigfunerals.com.
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