28 November 2022

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Marjorie Ann Junger

Marjorie Ann Junger

March 27, 1933 -No­vem­ber 23, 2022   Mar­jorie (Er­sk­ine) Junger passed away peace­fully at home on No­vem­ber 23, 2022, at the age of 89.   She was born on March 27, 1933, in Mil­wau­kee, the daugh­ter of Wal­ter and Mar­garet (Ahrens) Er­sk­ine.   She grad­u­ated from Bay View High School and went on to ob­tain her BA in Ed­u­ca­tion from Uni­ver­sity of Wis­con­sin - Mil­wau­kee. She was a mem­ber of Tri-Sigma Soror­ity.    On July 19, 1953, Marge mar­ried Eu­gene (Gene) Junger in Wash­ing­ton DC, where Gene served in the US Coast Guard. They lived a year-long hon­ey­moon, tak­ing in the sights, en­joy­ing mu­si­cal the­aters, and cel­e­brat­ing July 4th with fire­works on the White House Lawn, be­fore mov­ing back to the Mil­wau­kee area.   Marge taught sixth grade in the Mil­wau­kee Pub­lic School sys­tem. Dur­ing this time, their first child was born. The fam­ily moved to Cu­d­ahy, where she later gave birth to three other chil­dren. In 1966, they moved to Wauke­sha where they lived for over 30 years.   Marge was a long-time mem­ber of the Home­mak­ers Club of Singing Hills dur­ing this time. She was a Girl Scout leader at Bant­ing El­e­men­tary and was ac­tive in the PTA.   After her chil­dren began school, Marge was a sub­sti­tute teacher in the Wauke­sha Pub­lic Schools. She later went to work at The Grand at the Brook­field Square Mall and then be­came em­ployed for Kohl’s De­part­ment Stores. She worked at the sec­ond Kohl’s store to open, long be­fore they be­came a na­tional chain, and was a faith­ful em­ployee there for 24 years.    In 1997, Gene and Marge re­tired to Brownsville, where they spent many happy years to­gether. She was an ac­tive mem­ber of Trin­ity Methodist Church of Lomira. Marge en­joyed trav­el­ing, es­pe­cially to Jack­son­port in Door County, where she loved to visit rel­a­tives and rem­i­nisce about her sum­mers up there. She loved to crotchet - di­rect­ing the work to char­i­ta­ble causes, en­joyed craft­ing, and get­ting to­gether with fam­ily. She was an ac­tive com­mu­nity mem­ber of Brownsville for many years. Marge and Gene cel­e­brated their 69th an­niver­sary this past sum­mer.   Marge is sur­vived by her hus­band, Eu­gene; chil­dren, Richard (Pen­nie) Junger, Linda (Ned) Lash­ley, Bar­bara (Christo­pher) Keay, and Thomas (Kath­eryn) Junger; grand­chil­dren, Ben­jamin, Tyler, Emily, Jill, Jacob, An­gela, Trevor, Zachary, Casan­dra, Gre­gory, and Vi­vian; six great-grand­chil­dren; and her brother, Wal­ter (Geor­gianna) Er­sk­ine.   She was pre­ceded in death by her par­ents.    In lieu of flow­ers, the fam­ily wishes memo­ri­als be given to Trin­ity Methodist Church of Lomira.    VIS­I­TA­TION: Mar­jorie’s fam­ily will greet rel­a­tives and friends on Sat­ur­day, Dec.10, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Trin­ity United Methodist Church of Lomira, 300 Church Street, Lomira, WI, 53048.   MEMO­R­IAL SER­VICE: A Memo­r­ial Ser­vice for Mar­jorie will take place at 1 p.m. at Trin­ity United Methodist Church of Lomira, with Rev­erend Mu­longo Mpoyo of­fi­ci­at­ing. Bur­ial will take place at 3 p.m. at Emanuel Ceme­tery.   Ki­et­zer-Miller Fu­neral Home has been en­trusted with Mar­jorie’s arrange­ments. Ad­di­tional in­for­ma­tion and guest book can be found at www.​myrhum-​pat­ten.​com.
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Evelyn Lorraine Krug

Evelyn Lorraine Krug

   Eve­lyn Lor­raine Krug (nee Ehrhardt), 87, passed away peace­fully on No­vem­ber 22, 2022.   Eve­lyn was born on July 13, 1935, in the Town of Lomira to Mau­rice and Lav­ila Ehrhardt.   She was united in mar­riage to Don­ald Krug on Au­gust 16, 1958, at Emanuel Church, and to­gether they raised two chil­dren. Don­ald passed away on Feb­ru­ary 12, 1992.   Eve­lyn grad­u­ated from Lomira High School in 1953. She at­tended Dodge County Nor­mal School and earned a de­gree in ed­u­ca­tion. She started her ca­reer teach­ing in a one-room school­house be­fore tak­ing a break from ed­u­ca­tion to be a farmwife. Later, she spent 18 years as a para­pro­fes­sional (teacher’s aide) in the Lomira School Dis­trict.   Eve­lyn had a strong faith and was a long­time and in­volved mem­ber of Trin­ity United Methodist Church in Lomira. She was a tal­ented mu­si­cian, in­clud­ing singing alto for many years with the church choir and ear­lier in a trio with three Ehrhardt Sis­ters. She also played the sax­o­phone and ac­cor­dion. Eve­lyn had a pas­sion for pho­tog­ra­phy and travel, and she loved to com­bine the two. She en­joyed de­vot­ing time to local youth, and she was a 4-H leader of the Lomira Clover Leaves Club for nearly 50 years.   Eve­lyn loved her fam­ily dearly, and those she leaves be­hind to cher­ish her mem­ory in­clude her two chil­dren, Lori (Tim) Colleran and Steve Krug; four grand­chil­dren, Kel­lie (Bill) Jacob, Daniel Krug, Anna Krug, and Emilee (Jeff) Simon; six great-grand­chil­dren, Aiden Krug, Brady Jacob, Gra­ham Hocher, Allie Jacob, Brynn Jacob, and Ada­line Simon; sis­ters, Lois Hartwig and Lynette (George) Sher­man and brother, Robert (Janet) Ehrhardt. She is fur­ther sur­vived by nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives, and friends.    In ad­di­tion to her par­ents and her hus­band, Don­ald; Eve­lyn was pre­ceded in death by her step­mother, LaV­erne Ehrhardt; brother, Ronald Ehrhardt; sis­ter, Carol Dall­man; and broth­ers-in-law, Arlen Hartwig and Mark Dall­man.   A Cel­e­bra­tion of Eve­lyn’s life will be held at a fu­ture date in the spring or sum­mer of 2023.   In lieu of flow­ers, con­tri­bu­tions in Eve­lyn’s mem­ory may be di­rected to Trin­ity United Methodist Church in Lomira.   The fam­ily would like to thank the doc­tors, nurses, and staff at Hope Se­nior Liv­ing / Hope Health and Re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion in Lomira and at St. Croix Hos­pice for their care and com­pas­sion.   Myrhum-Pat­ten Fu­neral & Cre­ma­tion Ser­vice has been en­trusted with Eve­lyn’s arrange­ments. Please con­sider sign­ing our on­line guest book (www.​myrhum-​patten.​com) to share your con­do­lences with the fam­ily.
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25 November 2022

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Dennis Lee Vetter

Dennis Lee Vetter

Dennis Lee Vetter, 78, of Iron River, WI passed away Friday, November 18, 2022 from Stage 4 cancer. Dennis was born October 7, 1944 in Plymouth, WI, the son of Leland and Vivian (Staege) Vetter. He is a graduate of Kewaskum High School. On August 17, 1968 he married Jeanette Von Ende. Together they raised 2 children, Lea and Eric. Dennis received his Bachelor’s degree from UW-Whitewater and his Master’s and Educational Specialist degrees from UW-Superior. Dennis was employed as a teacher and cross country/track & field coach at New Richmond, Mayville, & Fond du Lac and administrator at Oshkosh, Phillips, & Ashland School Districts. For over 2 decades, Dennis and Jeanette owned and operated Anderson’s Chequamegon Motel in Ashland, Evergreen Acres Farm and Campground in Benoit, and Shady Oaks Tourist Homes on Iron Lake in Iron River. After retirement, Dennis and Jeanette moved to Iron River. Dennis enjoyed running marathons and cross-country skiing. He completed 22 American Birkebeiner cross-country ski races in Hayward. In 1982, Dennis became the 53rd citizen skier in the world to complete the “World Loppet” series of cross-country ski races in North America and Europe. Together with his son Eric, Dennis raised purebred Simmental beef cattle and showed at the Ashland and Bayfield County Fairs and Wisconsin State Fair. Dennis was a great supporter of Lea and Eric in their participation in sports, music, 4-H, and academia throughout high school and college. Dennis is survived by his wife Jeanette; daughter Lea (Steve) DeCramer of Joliet, IL; son Eric (Carmen) Vetter of Urbana, IL; granddaughter Emma DeCramer; sisters Gloria (Joseph) Boden of Black River Falls; Gelane (Carl) Firme of Sun Prairie; Diane Jaeger of Campbellsport; Jeaneen (John) Kudek, Elaine (Frank) Poos, brother Dale Vetter, sister-in-law Carol Vetter all of Kewaskum; and numerous nieces and nephews. Dennis is preceded in death by his parents, brother Jerry Vetter, brother-in-law Jack Jaeger, and nephew Joey Boden. A private service will be held at a later date. A memorial fund is being established. The Frost Home for Funerals is assisting he family with arrangements. To view this obituary please visit our website at HYPERLINK "http://www.bratleyfamilyfuneralhomes.com" www.bratleyfamilyfuneralhomes.com.
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Doris M. Bonlender

Doris M. Bonlender

Doris M. Bonlender (Bruessel), age 90 years, of Kewaskum passed away peacefully on November 15, 2022, at Froedtert West Bend Hospital. Doris was born in Kewaskum to Jacob and Bernetta (Reindl) Bruessel on October 9, 1932. She married Robert “Bob” Bonlender on July 30, 1955, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Kewaskum. Bob passed away in 2007.Doris was employed at Amity Leather Products for many years before retirement.Along with Bob, she enjoyed all types of gardening, polka dancing, sheepshead card parties, and having fun with “other peoples’ kids.” Doris and Bob were the “fun aunt and uncle” to many. Doris also enjoyed embroidery, making many gifts for friends and relatives through the years.Those Doris leaves behind to cherish her memory include her sisters, Janice Thill, Vi Lache, and Carol (Dennis) Weiss; brother-in-law, Karl Ryan; sister-inlaw, Louise Bonlender; along with many other relatives especially her faithful BFF, Judy Benike. In addition to her parents, Doris was preceded in death by her husband, Robert; brother, Jacob Bruessel, Jr; and brothers-in-law, Allen Thill, Peter Lache, Leo, Ervin, Harold, Joe, and Andy Bonlender, and Don Plageman; and sisters-in-law, Audrey Siers, Margaret, Eileen, and Betty Bonlender, Fern Ryan, and Florence Plageman.Mass of Christian Burial was held on Tuesday, November 22, at 11 a.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church (305 Main St. – Kewaskum, WI 53040) with Rev. Jacob Strand officiating. The family greeted relatives and friends on Tuesday at Church from 9 a.m. until the time of Mass. Interment was at Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery following Mass.Memorials in Doris’ name can be directed to Holy Trinity Catholic School in Kewaskum or the charity of your choice.Thank you to all the heroes. . .the Lifestar Ambulance EMTs, the Emergency Room and Third-Floor doctors, nurses, and staff at Froedtert West Bend Hospital, and last but not least the professional, caring, and fun staff at Kettle Moraine Gardens in Kewaskum.Myrhum-Patten Funeral & Cremation Service has been entrusted with Doris’ arrangements. Please consider signing our online guest book (www.myrhumpat ten.com) to share your condolences with the family.nd officiating. The family greeted rel _ atives and friends on Tuesday at Church from 9 a.m. until the time of Mass. Interment was at Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery following Mass. Memorials in Doris’ name can be directed to Holy Trinity Catholic School in Kewaskum or the charity of your choice. Thank you to all the heroes. . .the Lifestar Ambu _ lance EMTs, the Emergency Room and Third-Floor doctors, nurses, and staff at Froedtert West Bend Hospital, and last but not least the professional, car _ ing, and fun staff at Kettle Moraine Gardens in Ke _ waskum. Myrhum-Patten Funeral & Cremation Service has been entrusted with Doris’ arrangements. Please con _ sider signing our online guest book (www.myrhumpat ten.com) to share your condolences with the fam _ ily.
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Tracie Jane Adelmeyer

Tracie Jane Adelmeyer

   Tra­cie Jane Adelmeyer, 33, passed away on Sun­day, Nov. 20, 2022.   She was born on April 12, 1989, to Mark and Dar­lene Adelmeyer in Fond du Lac.    Tra­cie grad­u­ated from Waupun High School in 2010 and since high school has been going to the Green Val­ley En­ter­prises SNAP pro­gram.   Tra­cie will be re­mem­bered by her joy­ful and free-spir­ited na­ture. Her joy­ous and some­times mis­chie­vous smile, sense of humor, sur­pris­ing sass and sweet gig­gle cap­ti­vated all those who knew her. Tra­cie would ask Mom to make her “hair pretty” every morn­ing, leav­ing the house with a bounce in her step on the way to the bus. She could often be found car­ry­ing her fa­vorite books and stuffed an­i­mals along on her many ad­ven­tures. These in­cluded camp­ing, hik­ing, bik­ing, and swim­ming with fam­ily, and car rides to “nowhere” with Dad. She loved hang­ing out and spend­ing time with her brother and sis­ters, par­tic­u­larly swing­ing and sit­ting on the porch. She was mes­mer­ized by and loved ba­bies and chil­dren, es­pe­cially her nieces and nephews. She was gen­er­ous with giv­ing hugs and ex­pressed her love with a kiss, fol­lowed by the words “very much.” She will be fiercely missed and in our hearts for­ever.    Tra­cie is sur­vived by her par­ents; sib­lings, Jamie Adelmeyer, Jackie (Jon) Ste­gall, Janessa (Jeff) Adelmeyer, Eric Adelmeyer, and Angel (Jason) Imm; nieces and nephews, Juliet and June Ste­gall, Mason and Mor­gan Schwo­erer, Milo and Benno Mitchell; and a large com­mu­nity of fam­ily and friends.   Tra­cie was pre­ceded in death by her ma­ter­nal grand­par­ents, Helen Gun­drum and Bernard Gun­drum; pa­ter­nal grand­par­ents, Mon­ica and Ar­mond “Jack” Adelmeyer; nephew, Daniel Lee; and many beloved aunts, un­cles, and cousins.   Vis­i­ta­tion took place on Sat­ur­day, Nov. 26, from 9:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church, 653 Mil­wau­kee St., Lomira, WI, 53048.   A Mass of Chris­t­ian Bur­ial fol­lowed the vis­i­ta­tion at the church on Sat­ur­day at 12 p.m. Bur­ial fol­lowed in St. Mary Ceme­tery.   In lieu of flow­ers, memo­ri­als in mem­ory of Tra­cie can be di­rected to the Autism So­ci­ety at www.​aut​ismg​reat​erwi.​org or to the Epilepsy Foun­da­tion of Wis­con­sin at www.​epi​leps​ywis​cons​in.​org    Ser­vices were in the care of Uecker-Witt Fu­neral Home, 524 North Park Av­enue, Fond du Lac, WI, 54935. Ad­di­tional in­for­ma­tion and guest­book can be found at ueck­er­witt.com
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Susan K. Milton

Susan K. Milton

   Susan K. Milton, 74, previously of Mayville, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, at her home in Grafton.   Susan was born the daughter of Dr. Oliver and Hazel (Weiss) Herman on October 16, 1948.   Susan married Patrick Milton on December 26, 1970, in Allenton. They were married for 35 years.Susan attended UW-Whitewater, where she received her bachelor’s degree in teaching.   She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and was also treasurer.    Susan was a devoted mother, wife, and partner. She loved traveling and spending time with loved ones. Susan enjoyed the outdoors, gardening, birdwatching, and flowers and was a member of the Nature Conservatory. She was an educator and loved teaching her students, many whom she still has active friendships with today. Although she is survived by her family, her extensive friendships span from California through Wisconsin and as far away as Mexico and Turkey. Susan was a truly amazing woman. Susan will follow the path the Lord God has set for her in eternity and is joined with loved ones we have already paid tribute to. We await the opportunity to join hands with her in the future.   Susan is survived by her children, Matt (Katie) Milton; Ryan Milton; Allison Milton (Troy Wheeler); grandchildren, Emma Milton, Grace Milton, Porter Milton, Olivia Milton, and Frances Milton; and her loving partner of 15 years, Tony Weasler; and the Weasler family (Children, Grandchildren, and Spouses).    Susan was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Patrick; and her sister, Patty Herman.   A celebration of life service for Susan began on Friday, Nov. 25, at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Mayville with Rev Fr. Joe Dominic presiding.    Koepsell Funeral Home in Mayville is caring for the family. www.Koepsellfh.com
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Delmar G. Kohl

Delmar G. Kohl

   Del­mar G. Kohl, 90, of Beaver Dam passed away on Sun­day, Nov. 20, 2022, at Beaver Dam Mem­ory Care.   A vis­i­ta­tion for Del was held at the Koepsell-Mur­ray Fu­neral Home in Beaver Dam on Fri­day, Nov. 25, from 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. A fu­neral began at 11:30 a.m. with the Rev. Jesse Gul­lion of­fi­ci­at­ing. Grave­side mil­i­tary rites con­ducted by the Beaver Dam Amer­i­can Le­gion Post #146 fol­lowed at the fu­neral home. In­ter­ment was at High­land Mem­ory Gar­dens in the town of Tren­ton, Wis­con­sin.   Del­mar George was born on April 15, 1932, the son of George and Gertrude (Kennedy) Kohl in Beaver Dam.   On Sep­tem­ber 12, 1959, he was united in mar­riage with Shirley Borchert at Zion Ev. Lutheran Church in Colum­bus.   Del served his coun­try in the United States Air Force from 1952 to 1956. He had been em­ployed as a welder in the ex­per­i­men­tal shop at John Deere Hori­con Works for over 29 years, re­tir­ing in 1992. He was a mem­ber of Peace Lutheran Church in Beaver Dam. He was also a mem­ber of the Beaver Dam Amer­i­can Le­gion Post #146. Del was ac­tive in the com­mu­nity and very much en­joyed vol­un­teer­ing at the Beaver Dam Hos­pi­tal, Syl­van Cross­ings, the Bethesda Fair and Meal on Wheels.    Del will be deeply missed by his son, Tim Kohl of Beaver Dam and his daugh­ter, Deleen (Tyler) Nehls of Kenosha; grand­chil­dren, Tatum Nehls and Austin Nehls; and his spe­cial friend, Carol Tay­lor of Beaver Dam. He is fur­ther sur­vived by other rel­a­tives and friends.   He was pre­ceded in death by his par­ents; his wife, Shirley, in 2013; brother, Gor­don Kohl; sis­ter, Marge Adamzak; and nephew, Paul Kohl.   Memo­r­ial do­na­tions in Del’s name may be di­rected to the Beaver Dam Amer­i­can Le­gion Post #146.   The fam­ily wishes to ex­tend their heart­felt thanks to the staff of the Charleston House, Beaver Dam Mem­ory Care and to Hos­pice Hope SSM of Fond du Lac for their won­der­ful and com­pas­sion­ate care of Del. Your kind­ness will al­ways be re­mem­bered.   The Koepsell-Mur­ray Fu­neral Home in Beaver Dam is car­ing for the fam­ily. On­line con­do­lences may be made at www.​koepsellfh.​com.
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