Lloyd A. “Kicker” Wa­gener passed away on Sep­tem­ber 4, 2022 in his home. He was 93.   Lloyd was born Oc­to­ber 20, 1928, in Hori­con to Arthur and Mary Wa­gener, join­ing two sis­ters, Pearl and Alice and one brother, Ray­mond.   Lloyd at­tended Hori­con Pub­lic School and was a 1946 grad­u­ate. One of his proud­est mo­ments was when he and his bas­ket­ball team­mates won the Lit­tle Ten Bas­ket­ball Cham­pi­onship in 1944-45. Lloyd was very ac­tive in sports at Hori­con High School: all four years par­tic­i­pat­ing in foot­ball, bas­ket­ball, and track, and base­ball three years.    After grad­u­a­tion Lloyd worked at John Deere until he was called to serve his coun­try in 1951 in U.S. Army in the 2nd Ar­mored Di­vi­sion called the ‘Hell on Wheels’ Di­vi­sion sta­tioned in Ger­many.    Lloyd and Ber­nice Schwartz were mar­ried in Hori­con on Jan­u­ary 24, 1953.    Lloyd was proud to live and work in Hori­con, for John Deere Hori­con Works, Stok­ley Van Camp and the City of Hori­con De­part­ment Pub­lic Works.   In 1956 Lloyd’s in­ter­est in com­mu­nity ser­vice for his home­town began. He served the City of Hori­con as a mem­ber of the Hori­con Fire De­part­ment, the Hori­con School Board and the Rock River Hills Golf Course Board of Di­rec­tors.    After his re­tire­ment Lloyd served the City of Hori­con as third dis­trict al­der­man, then as mayor. He also served on the Oak Hill Ceme­tery Board of Trustees until the time of his death.   Lloyd was very ac­tive ad­vo­cat­ing for vet­er­ans through the Amer­i­can Le­gion, hav­ing served many lead­er­ship roles on the local, dis­trict and state level even­tu­ally being elected as the com­man­der of the Wis­con­sin Amer­i­can Le­gion. Lloyd went on to con­tinue his ad­vo­cacy for nearly 20 years on a na­tional level, and an ac­tive board mem­ber on the Le­gion-spon­sored Bad­ger Boys State for nearly 30 years. He was also a mem­ber of the Vet­er­ans of For­eign Wars, 40/8, and the I.O.O.F. bet­ter known as the Odd Fel­lows.    As busy as Lloyd was, he found time to enjoy bowl­ing, fish­ing, and hunt­ing with his fa­ther Art, his uncle Del, son Ed­ward, brother-in-law Glen Muen­chow, and friend Norb Key.    Sur­vivors in­clude his chil­dren, Ellen Sun­der­land of Hori­con, Faith (Don) Klostre­ich of Yuma, AZ, Linda Wa­gener of Madi­son, and Ed­ward (Vicki) Wa­gener of Cam­bridge; grand­chil­dren, Jill (Jaeme­son), Kai­ley, Dharma, Traci (Dar­rell), Holli, Kelli, Brian (Chelsea); great-grand­chil­dren, Jay, Tyler, Trevor, Amanda, Justin, Whit­ney, Jor­dan, Bray­den, Levi, Kiley; great-great-grand­chil­dren, Alese, Bella, Eliza, Birdie, Cata­laya, Je­seth, Yaya; and many nieces and nephews.   Lloyd was pre­ceded in death by his wife, Ber­nice, who passed away on No­vem­ber 17, 2017. They were mar­ried for 69 years. He was also pre­ceded in death by his par­ents, Arthur and Mary Wa­gener; two sis­ters, Pearl Young, Alice Wa­gener; one brother, Ray­mond Wa­gener; brother-in-law, Rus­sell Young; sis­ter-in-law, Lu­cille Wa­gener; and son-in-law, Stephen Sun­der­land.    A cel­e­bra­tion of life will be held at Zion Lutheran Church Hori­con on Lloyd’s birth­day, Thurs­day, Oct. 20, at 12 p.m. with the Rev. Daniel Vojta of­fi­ci­at­ing. Vis­i­ta­tion will be held on Thurs­day, Oct. 20, from 10 a.m. until the time of the ser­vice at 12 p.m. In­urn­ment will take place at Oak Hill Ceme­tery, Hori­con with mil­i­tary hon­ors pro­vided by the Hori­con Amer­i­can Le­gion Post #157 and the Army Honor Guard.   In lieu of flow­ers, memo­ri­als may be made to Zion Lutheran Church Hori­con or Hori­con Amer­i­can Le­gion Post 157 build­ing fund.    Spe­cial thanks to Home In­stead and Hill­side Hos­pice care­givers for their car­ing and sup­port of Kicker and his fam­ily.    Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Hori­con is serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com

   Sherri Lynn Clark (nee Krueger), 52, of Mayville, was called home to her Lord and Savior on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022 with her family right by her side.    Sherri was born on February 22, 1970, in Fond du Lac to Dennis and Alice (nee Walters) Kreuger.    She graduated from Mayville High School in 1989.   On July 17, 1999, Sherri was united in marriage to Jerry Clark at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Mayville.    Sherri loved her job as a production support coordinator at Mayville Engineering and loved the people she worked with. She also had a love affair with tanning and in her eyes it was a must do. Above all, Sherri loved her family and always put her children first.   Those Sherri leaves behind to cherish her memory include her loving husband, Jerry; two daughters, Marissa and Morgan Clark; two sisters, Jennifer (Joel) Harmsen and Samantha (Curtis) Schlieve; a brother, Dan (special friend Nikki Rauch) Krueger; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.   In honor of Sherri’s wishes, a private family service has been held. Burial of Sherri’s cremated remains was in Graceland Cemetery in Mayville.   Myrhum-Patten Funeral & Cremation Service has been entrusted with Sherri’s arrangements. Please consider signing Sherri’s online guest book and share a private condolence with the family at www.myrhum-patten.com.

   Dawn M. Hampton, 50, passed away on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, at Fort Atkinson Memorial Hospital in Fort Atkinson.   Dawn was born the daughter of Russell and Sheri (Welsch) Hampton on February 25, 1972, in Moline, IL.   She attended Mayville High School and was part of their Special Education Program.   Dawn was employed at Green Valley Enterprises in Beaver Dam and Opportunities in Fort Atkinson.   Dawn was a member of ARC and the Special Olympics competing in broad jump, 50m run, and swimming. She attended classes at St. Coletta’s in Jefferson.   Dawn loved all animals, even snakes. Dawn especially loved her three Golden Retrievers, Buck, Lucy, and Toby.   Dawn is survived by her parents; brother, Craig (Sara) Hampton; uncle, Roland Welsch II; and aunt, Barbara (Fred) Grelle. She is further survived by numerous cousins and other family members.   Dawn was preceded in death by her grandparents and other family members.   There will be a gathering in remembrance of Dawn’s life on September 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Discher Park Pavilion, located at 800 N. Finch St., Horicon, WI 53032.   Koepsell Funeral Home in Mayville is caring for the family. www.koepsellfh.com

   John Bernard Belligan passed away Friday, June 24, 2022, at the age of 94 years.   He was the beloved husband of Winona I. (nee Schultz); loving father of Laurie (Daniel) Morgan, Brenda (Robert) Streblow, Bruce Belligan, Carolyn (James) Panka, Linda (Michael) Ballmann, Connie (John) Schreib, Cathleen Vanasse; dear grandfather of 12 and great-grandfather of 11; brother of Joseph (Celia) Belligan, Michael (Diana) Neirink.   He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Rose Lohaus and Catherine Heim; brothers, Martin, Florian, Bernard (Ben) and Peter; sons-in-law, Wayne Zinns and Charles Vanasse.   John was a truck driver and a member of the Teamsters for 30 years.   He enjoyed cook-outs, throwing horseshoes, playing cribbage (he was a master pegger), bar dice (boxcars were his friend), playing all kinds of cards with family and friends. He would always look forward to a trip back to Mayville for Audubon Days where he met up with relatives coming from all over the country and another trip with his brothers to Las Vegas.    A graveside service and inurnment to be held at St. Mary's Cemetery in Mayville on Saturday, Sept. 17, at 10 a.m.   Memorials, if so desired, can be made out to Tunnel to Towers Foundation.