Eliz­a­beth “Betty” M. Bauer, 96, of LeRoy, passed away on Sun­day, Oct. 16, 2022, at St. Fran­cis Home in Fond du Lac.   Betty was born the daugh­ter of Arthur Sr. and Marie (Hoff­man) Krapfl on Jan­u­ary 2, 1926, in LeRoy.   She was united in mar­riage to Jerome Bauer on July 20, 1946, at St. An­drew’s in LeRoy.   Betty was a life­long and faith­ful mem­ber of St. An­drew’s Catholic Church in LeRoy.   Betty’s faith and fam­ily were very im­por­tant to her. Betty was part of a rosary mak­ing club, in­clud­ing fam­ily, friends, and church mem­bers. Over her life­time, she made thou­sands of rosaries for the mis­sions over­seas and any­one in need of a rosary. Betty was a mem­ber of St. An­drew’s Chris­t­ian Moth­ers So­ci­ety. She en­joyed gar­den­ing and mak­ing de­li­cious desserts and baked goods, es­pe­cially her tortes and sticky buns. To­gether with her hus­band, they farmed in the Town­ship of LeRoy.   Betty is sur­vived by her six chil­dren, Paul (Kerry Lee) Bauer of Portage; Mary (Calvin) Cud­no­hoske of West Bend; Joan Ven­nie of Beaver Dam; Allan (Lynette) Bauer of LeRoy; Ger­ard (Mary) Bauer of Sis­ter Bay; and LuAnn (David) Nims of Camp­bell­sport; 14 grand­chil­dren; 22 great-grand­chil­dren; one great-great-grand­child; sis­ters-in-law, Marge Krapfl of LeRoy and Mary (Gene) Hoff­man of LeRoy. She is fur­ther sur­vived by nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives, and friends.   Betty was pre­ceded in death by her par­ents; her lov­ing hus­band, Jerome; grand­son, Nathan; son-in-law, James Ven­nie; sib­lings, Mar­garet Schrauf­nagel, Alice Bauer, Marie Schrauf­nagel, Helen Wein­berger, Arthur Krapfl Jr., and John Krapfl.   A Mass of Chris­t­ian Bur­ial will take place for Betty on Fri­day, Oct. 21, at St. An­drew’s Catholic Church in LeRoy at 11:30 a.m. with Rev. Fa­ther Joe Do­minic pre­sid­ing. Vis­i­ta­tion will take place on Fri­day, Oct. 21, from 10 a.​m.​to 11:30 a.m. at St. An­drew’s Catholic Church. In­ter­ment will fol­low the ser­vice at St. An­drew’s Ceme­tery in LeRoy.   In lieu of flow­ers, memo­ri­als can be made to St. Fran­cis Home in Fond du Lac or St. An­drew’s Catholic Church in LeRoy.   Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is car­ing for the fam­ily. www.​koepsellfh.​com   The fam­ily that prays to­gether, stays to­gether.

   Louis Frederick Schultz III, age 72, of Fond du Lac, called Home on October 15, 2022.    He was born on July 18, 1950, in Hartford, to the late Louis and Louise (nee Guell) Schultz. He was raised in the Lutheran faith and ensured that his children also had the same Christian foundation. He fondly talked about his youth spent in the quarry town of Nasbro.   Louis loved to make people laugh and usually at the expense of himself or various political figures. He was an avid sports fan and enjoyed watching his son and grandchildren play a variety of sports. For years he enjoyed writing letters to local papers about various social issues.    Those left behind to cherish his memory are his children, Louis Schultz (Kaci), Lisa Schultz; grandchildren, Natalie , Samuel, Louis V, Elayna, Kiirsten, Hanna, and Jackson; siblings, Don Schultz, Margaret (Bob) Garkey, Wayne (Bonnie) Schultz, Dale Miller (brother-in-law), Marty (Anna) Schultz, Ann (Steve) Geschke, Mark (Margie) Schultz, John Schultz, and Juanita (Jim) Ancil; aunts, Marge Kaiser, Ruth Schultz; one uncle, Melvin (MaryAnn) Guell; and numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews.    In addition to his parents, Louis was preceded in death by his sister, Shorty Miller and brother, Dale Schultz.   VISITATION: Louis’ family will greet relatives and friends on Sunday, Oct. 23, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 605 Highland Avenue, Brownsville, from 12 p.m. until 3 p.m.   FUNERAL SERVICE: A funeral service for Louis will be held at 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, with Reverend William Carter officiating. Burial will take place on Monday, Oct. 24, at 9 a.m. in St. Paul’s Cemetery.    Louis spent much of his life with a diagnosis of epilepsy. It is with this, that we direct others to the Epilepsy Foundation to learn more about this condition, as so little is still understood. More information can be found at www.epilepsy.com   In lieu of flowers, donations to Winnebago Lutheran Academy (www.wlavikings.org) and WELS Mission (www.wels100in10.net)    Myrhum-Patten Funeral and Cremation Service has been entrusted with Louis’ arrangements. Additional information and online guest book can be found at www.myrhum-patten.com.

 Ken­neth “Ken” W. Reimer, 85, of Lomira was called home to be with the Lord on Sat­ur­day, Oct. 15, 2022.   He was born on May 9, 1937, to the late Os­wald and Car­o­line (nee Balt­ha­zor) Reimer in Fond du Lac. Ken grad­u­ated from Lomira High School and was a three-sport ath­lete and four-year var­sity let­ter win­ner.   On April 18, 1959, he was united in mar­riage to his high school sweet­heart, LuEllen Buerger, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Lomira.   Ken hon­or­ably served in the United States Army. He worked at Wid­mer’s cheese in Theresa for 12 years. Then started his sales­man­ship at Kindt Lum­ber. He moved on to work at Micro De­sign be­fore be­com­ing the top sales­man for North Amer­i­can Phillip Light­ing. Ken then started his own light­ing busi­ness until he re­tired.   He was one of the founders that started the Lomira Girls’ soft­ball pro­gram. Ken en­joyed bowl­ing and loved golf. He taught all his chil­dren and grand­chil­dren to golf and was very com­pet­i­tive with all of them. He later pur­chased his cot­tage for his wife’s 50th birth­day pre­sent in Wau­toma. Ken en­joyed cut­ting the grass and teach­ing his grand­chil­dren. He es­pe­cially en­joyed spend­ing time with all his fam­ily and will be missed by all who knew him.   Those Ken leaves be­hind to cher­ish his mem­ory in­clude his lov­ing wife of 63 years, LuEllen Reimer; four daugh­ters, Mon­ica (Michael) Haefs, Marissa (Terry) Gassner, Na­talie (Tom) Scharschmist, and Re­becca (Garry) Miller; 14 grand­chil­dren, Shan­non (Ryan) Zahn, Leigh (Rick) Ram­czyk, Jill (Nick) Shul­tis, Erik (Beckie) Haefs, Kur­tis (Tay­lor) Haefs, David (In­grid) Gassner, Cas­san­dra (Brett) Ku­biskewski, Matthew (Kath­leen) Gassner, Cal­lie (Scott) Chris­ten­son, Kate­lyn Bloch, Mark (Hai­ley Rusch) Scharschmist, Mitch Scharschmidt, Bryce Miller, and Brett (fiancée Kaylee Mauer) Miller; 24 great-grand­chil­dren with one more on the way; a brother, Ger­ald “Gerry” (Rachel) Reimer; six sis­ters-in-law, Michele Reimer, Mary Ann Bates, Donna May Her­man, Au­drey Buerger, Jean Buerger, and Joan Buerger; two broth­ers-in-law, Michael Buerger and Dean (Steffie) Buerger.   In ad­di­tion to his par­ents, he was pre­ceded in death by his brother, James “Jim” Reimer; sis­ter-in-law, Gladys Buerger; and five broth­ers-in-law, Fran­cis Her­man, Wally Bates, Con­rad Buerger, Joseph Buerger, and William “Bill” Buerger.   A pri­vate Memo­r­ial Mass in re­mem­brance of Ken will be held.   The Myrhum-Pat­ten Fu­neral Home of West Bend has been en­trusted with Ken’s arrange­ments. Ad­di­tional in­for­ma­tion and guest book may be found at www.​myrhum-​pat­ten.​com.

   An­drew Paul Sabatke, 62, of Jef­fer­son lost his bat­tle with heart dis­ease and di­a­betes on Sep­tem­ber 26, 2022.   Andy was born Au­gust 15, 1960, to Robert and Bar­bara (Fehling) Sabatke of Hori­con. He grad­u­ated from Hori­con High School in 1978.   Andy worked in many types of sales jobs, but even­tu­ally found his true call­ing work­ing with de­vel­op­men­tally dis­abled adults in a va­ri­ety of set­tings.   Andy is sur­vived by his son, Jonathan of Prairie du Sac; his com­pan­ion of 15 years, Karen An­der­son; her daugh­ter, Bianca; grand­chil­dren, Owen and Nali; and their dogs, Chauncey, Cecil, and Ruby. Andy is also sur­vived his sis­ter, Deb (Jeff) Janke of Hutchin­son, MN; his niece, Jes­sica of Fargo, ND; grand­niece, Zoe Theis of Hutchin­son, MN; and nephew, Stephan (Faye) Janke of Wood­bury, MN; an uncle, Don­ald Sabatke of McFar­land; spe­cial long time friends, Ellen and Sarah Decker; many cousins, and many won­der­ful friends.   Andy was pre­de­ceased by his fa­ther and mother, Robert and Bar­bara; and a nephew, Tim Janke.   There will be a Cel­e­bra­tion of Life in Andy's mem­ory on Sat­ur­day, Nov. 5, from 2 to 7 p.m. at Rock River Tap, 110 Lake St in Hori­con. A Prayer Ser­vice will be held at 5 p.m.   Memo­ri­als ap­pre­ci­ated to the fam­ily to help cover ex­penses.

   John Phillip Wahlen, Jr., 76, of Theresa, passed away Oc­to­ber 12, 2022, peace­fully at home.   He was born in Mil­wau­kee on Sep­tem­ber 9, 1946, to Ruth Ros­now Wahlen Knox and John Wahlen.   He met his wife Margery But­ler in Au­gust of 1971 and pro­posed in Oc­to­ber. They were mar­ried in West Bend on May 13, 1972.   John felt that every­one that he met was his friend, no mat­ter how well he knew them. He did have many great friends who he has known most of his life.   John worked at the United States Postal Ser­vice Plant in Mil­wau­kee for 37.5 years. He started out as a mail han­dler and worked his way to an elec­tronic tech­ni­cian. John kept all the equip­ment run­ning so we could get our mail.   He en­joyed work­ing on cars and mo­tor­cy­cles. When he met his wife, he had a 1957 Chevy that he had com­pletely re­built. He had started out work­ing as a mo­tor­cy­cle me­chanic to work through col­lege.   John was ac­tive in his church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat­ter-Day Saints. He helped to start the Rich­field His­tor­i­cal So­ci­ety, and worked with the YMCA and the Boy Scouts of Amer­ica.   John spent twelve years liv­ing his dream of trav­el­ing across the United States and Alaska in an RV with his wife. He made many friends as he trav­eled.   John leaves be­hind his wife of 50 years, Margery But­ler Wahlen; three chil­dren, John Phillip Wahlen III, Joy Elaine (Eric) Wag­ner, and Fred­er­ick Major (Ar­i­ana) Wahlen; grand­chil­dren, Zach­ery Wahlen, Eliz­a­beth Wahlen, Emma Wag­ner, Re­bekah (Jacob) David, Mada­lynn Wag­ner, Rus­sell Wag­ner, Owen Wag­ner, Kevin Ramirez, and Bella Wahlen; broth­ers, James (Sharon) and Keith (Joanne); sis­ters, Kaye Hud­son and Ivy (James) Rit­ten­house; step-brother, Wal­ter (Har­riet) Knox; and step-sis­ter, Chere (Rod­ney) Iver­son. He is fur­ther sur­vived by his mother-in-law, Daisy But­ler; cousins, Thomas Williams, Susan Williams, Sally William Mor­gan, Robert Nuss, James Nuss, Todd Noble, Paul Noble, and Glen Noble; as well as nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives and friends.   A memo­r­ial ser­vice for John will be held on Thurs­day, Oct. 27, at 12 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat­ter-Day Saints (347 N Coun­try Lane, Fond du Lac, WI 54935). Fam­ily will greet rel­a­tives and friends on Thurs­day at Church from 10 a.m. until the time of ser­vice. In­urn­ment will be at Theresa Union Ceme­tery.   Memo­ri­als in John’s name came be di­rected to Leukemia So­ci­ety or the Mus­cu­lar Dy­s­tro­phy As­so­ci­a­tion.   The fam­ily would like to thank the doc­tors, nurses, and staff at St. Agnes Hos­pice Hope for their care and com­pas­sion.   Myrhum-Pat­ten Fu­neral & Cre­ma­tion Ser­vice has been en­trusted with John’s arrange­ments. Please con­sider sign­ing our on­line guest book (www.​myrhum-​patten.​com) to share your con­do­lences with the fam­ily.

   Edward “Ed” R. Krahn, 62 of Tucson, AZ, passed away on Sunday, April 17, 2022.   Ed was born on October 5, 1959, the son of Kenneth Krahn. Upon graduating from Lomira High School in 1977, Ed went on to serve in the US Marine Corp. After serving in the Marines, Ed moved to Denver, Colorado, where he drove truck professionally.   Throughout his adult life, Ed lived in Colorado, Alabama and Arizona. He was a prolific reader, enjoyed history, debating politics and current events.    Those Ed leaves behind to cherish his memory include his father, Ken Krahn; five sisters, Annette Weber of Hailey, Idaho, Kim (Steele) Hatter of Cortez, Colorado, Juanita (Brian) Okon of LeRoy, Wendy Giese of Fond du Lac, and Maria (Joel) Sampson of Lanesboro, Minnesota; nieces, Gretchen, Andrea, Catherine, Jessica, Hailey, Julia and Nora; nephews, Brock, Jamie and Benjamin; other relatives and friends. He will be missed by all who knew him.   Ed was preceded in death by his mother, Shirley (nee Rowley) Troyan; and his loving stepmother, Camille Krahn.   A graveside service in remembrance of Ed will be held on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 11:30 a.m. at Union Cemetery in Theresa.   The Myrhum-Patten Funeral Home of West Bend has been entrusted with Ed’s arrangements. Additional information and guest book may be found at www.myrhum-patten.com.

   Vir­ginia R. Laabs (Keup), 91, of Mesa, AZ. went home to be with her Lord and Sav­ior on Tues­day, Oct. 4, 2022, at Ban­ner Bay­wood Med­ical Cen­ter in Mesa.   Vi­rig­inia was born the daugh­ter of William and Bertha (Roedi­ger) Keup on March 19, 1931, in Theresa, and was bap­tized and con­firmed at Im­manuel Lutheran Church (Hocheim.)    She was a 1949 grad­u­ate of Mayville High School.   Vir­ginia was united in mar­riage to Her­man Laabs on June 25, 1950. They spent most of their mar­ried life in West Bend, where they were ac­tive mem­bers of St. John's Lutheran Church. Vir­ginia will be fondly re­mem­bered for her tremen­dous cook­ing and bak­ing skills, as she loved to make meals for fam­ily and friends and many spe­cial oc­ca­sions. She loved music, es­pe­cially in the church set­ting. She sang in var­i­ous church choirs over the years and passed the love of music on to her three sons.   After re­tire­ment and mov­ing to Ari­zona, Vir­ginia be­came an ac­tive vol­un­teer along­side Her­man, a WW2 pilot, in the Ari­zona Wing of the Com­mem­o­ra­tive Air Force at Fal­con Field Mesa. They par­tic­i­pated in many events there such as Vet­er­ans Day ac­tiv­i­ties hon­or­ing mil­i­tary pi­lots from WW2 to pre­sent.    Vir­ginia is sur­vived by her sons, Jim (Janis) Laabs of Mesa, AZ, Tom (Susan) Laabs of Mesa, AZ, and Rev. Bruce (Barb) Laabs of Wa­co­nia, MN; her grand­chil­dren, Erin, Ben, Andy, Heather, and Heidi; and great-grand­daugh­ter, Au­rora; fur­ther sur­vived by nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives, and friends.   She was pre­ceded in death by her par­ents; her hus­band, Her­man, in 2015; an in­fant son; sis­ters, Sylvia Athey and Lois Groth; and brother, Mar­tin Keup.A Res­ur­rec­tion Cel­e­bra­tion for Vir­ginia will take place at St. John Ev. Lutheran Church in Mayville on Sat­ur­day, Oct. 29, at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Bruce Laabs of­fi­ci­at­ing. Vis­i­ta­tion will take place from 12 p.m. until the time of the ser­vice at 1 p.m. at the church in Mayville. In­ter­ment will take place at Hochheim Ceme­tery with a light lun­cheon to fol­low at the church.    Memo­ri­als in lov­ing mem­ory of Vir­ginia may be di­rected to the Col­lege Schol­ar­ship Fund at Christ Green­field Lutheran Church, Gilbert, AZ.   Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com