19 May 2022

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John A. Paul

John A. Paul


  John A. Paul, 60, of Theresa, passed away on May 12, 2022, at Hope Health and Rehabilitation Center in Lomira.   John was born on July 16, 1961, in Cudahy, the son of the late Jesse and Janet (nee Rassel) Paul. John was an avid fisher and hunter. He was a great uncle and friend to many. John was employed at Gromax Precision Die and Manufacturing in Germantown.   Those John leaves behind to cherish his memory include his siblings, Jim (Jenny) Paul of Ellington, Connecticut, and Joan (David) Bonack of Theresa; his niece and nephews, Jesse, JoAnna, Jack, Jared; other relatives and friends.   In addition to his parents, John was preceded in death by his brother, Joe Paul.  A visitation and funeral service plans are pending. Please check our website, www.myrhum-patten.com for funeral details.  The Myrhum – Patten Funeral and Cremation Service has been entrusted with John’s arrangements. Additional information and guest book may be found at www.myrhum-patten.com.

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Miles L. Buggs

Miles L. Buggs


   Miles L. Buggs, 59, of Mayville en­tered into eter­nal life on Tues­day May 10, 2022.   Miles was born the son of Howard and Agnes (Bor­chardt) Buggs on Feb­ru­ary 15, 1963, in Mil­wau­kee. He hon­or­ably served his coun­try in the Navy, serv­ing from Au­gust 1981 until Au­gust 1984.   Miles was united in mar­riage to Mary Feier­stein on May 7, 1982, in Mil­wau­kee.   He loved his work as an elec­tri­cian.   Miles was an ac­tive mem­ber of Chris­t­ian Life Fel­low­ship and vol­un­teered his skills as an elec­tri­cian for the church and was also very ac­tive with the Mayville Food Pantry.    In his spare time, Miles en­joyed ‘junk­ing’ and col­lect­ing. Along­side his wife and fam­ily, they en­joyed travel and vis­ited many places such as Hawaii, Alaska, and Mex­ico.    Miles is sur­vived by his wife, Mary of Mayville; his fa­ther, Howard Buggs of Mil­wau­kee; his chil­dren, Jacque­line (Nick Derus) Buggs of Mayville, Theresa (Josh) Smith of Mayville, and Daniel (An­drea) Buggs of Juneau; his grand­chil­dren, Riley, George, Alexan­der, Elias, Theodore, and Hadas­sah; his brother, Scott Buggs of Mil­wau­kee; his nephew, Alan (Lisa John­son) Buggs of Mil­wau­kee. He is fur­ther sur­vived by other rel­a­tives and friends.   He was pre­ceded in death by his mother, Agnes.   A fu­neral ser­vice for Miles was held on Fri­day, May 13, at 3 p.m. at Chris­t­ian Life Fel­low­ship in Mayville with Pas­tor Matt Lewandowski of­fi­ci­at­ing. Vis­i­ta­tion will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. until the time of the ser­vice at the church. Mil­i­tary hon­ors will be con­ducted by the Mayville Amer­i­can Le­gion Post #69. A con­tin­ued cel­e­bra­tion of Miles’ life will fol­low the ser­vice with food and fel­low­ship.   The fam­ily is es­pe­cially ap­pre­cia­tive of the crew of the Mayville Food Pantry, home away from home for Miles. A bet­ter sec­ond fam­ily could never be found! Memo­ri­als in mem­ory of Miles can be di­rected to the Mayville Food Pantry, c/o Chris­t­ian Life Fel­low­ship- 113 N. Clark St. Mayville, WI 53050.    Spe­cial thanks the staff of Bay Har­bor of Beaver Dam and Gen­er­a­tions Hos­pice for the care and sup­port shown to Miles and his fam­ily.   Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville served the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com
27 April 2022

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Lee ‘Leo’ Gerard Bauer

Lee ‘Leo’ Gerard Bauer


Lee ‘Leo’ G. Bauer, 54, of Mayville, was called to eternal life on Sunday, April 24, 2022, unexpectedly at his home. Lee was born on October 1, 1967, to Willard and Stella (Nellessen) Bauer. He was a 1986 graduate of Mayville High School. He was united in marriage to Dawn Voss on July 19, 2014. Lee loved golfing and softball. He also enjoyed going to the casino and was an avid Wisconsin sports fan. Lee loved being with people. He was a friend to all which helped him to be the generous person he was. Lee will be missed by many.Lee is survived by his wife, Dawn, and step-daughter, Genesis Miller of Mayville; his mother, Stella Bauer of LeRoy; brothers and sisters, Sharon Wollerman (special friend Mick Jakubek) of Neenah, Cindy (Hank) Hechimovich of Oshkosh, Renee (Dean) Schwartzmiller of Mayville, Ron (Judy) Bauer of LeRoy, Brian (Shawn) Bauer of Mayville, Lori (Darryl) Wasmund of Mayville, and Ann (Brad) Mueller of LeRoy; father-in-law, Chester Voss of Mayville; and brother-in-law, Marvin (special friend Jessica Okon) Voss of Horicon and sister-in-law, Sandy Hintz of Horicon. He is further survived by many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, and many friends.He was preceded in death by his father, Willard; mother-in-law, Marion Voss; brother-in-law, Dave Wollerman; and niece, Samantha Hintz.A funeral service for Lee will be held on Saturday, April 30, at 1 p.m. at St. Andrew Catholic Church in LeRoy with the Rev. Fr. Tom Biersack presiding. A visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at 1 p.m. at church.Koepsell Funeral Home in Mayville is serving the family. www.KoepsellFH.com

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Otto E. Fiedler

Otto E. Fiedler


Otto E. Fiedler, 91, of Iron Ridge, passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at the Beaver Dam Assisted Living Center. Otto was born on May 9, 1930, the son of Gustav and Olga Fiedler in Hustisford. Otto was a 1948 graduate of Mayville High School. He worked at the Herman Mutual Insurance Company in Iron Ridge and retired from the M & I Bank of Mayville in data processing.Otto was a member of St. Matthew’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Iron Ridge. He enjoyed his Model A car and loved to drive it in the Iron Ridge Parade. He was the bowling league secretary, enjoyed his hobby farm and traveling to Germany to visit family.Otto is survived by his brother, Ervin (Janice) Fiedler of Iron Ridge; and also nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Anny (Howard) Mayer.A visitation for Otto was held on Monday, April 25, 2022, from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Iron Ridge.A funeral service began at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Larry Mose officiating. Interment followed at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Cemetery.In lieu of flowers, memorials in Otto’s name may be directed to St. Matthew’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Iron Ridge.The Koepsell Funeral home in Mayville is serving the family. Online condolences may be made at www.koepsellh.com.
19 April 2022

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Joseph A. Herrick

Joseph A. Herrick


   Joseph A. Herrick, 78, of Beaver Dam, died peacefully at home on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, after a courageous battle with esophageal cancer.   Joseph Albert was born on November 25, 1943, in Stevens Point to Herman and Alice (Finnessy) Herrick.   He was united in marriage with Marleen Wollenberg in Portage, on March 30, 1968.   Joe worked for over 20 years as a machinist at Mayville Metal / Danly and retired in 2005.   Joe enjoyed hunting and fishing in his spare time. He loved his family and his grandchildren were important to him. He enjoyed watching the Packer, Badgers, Bucks, and Brewers.   Joseph is survived by his loving wife, Marleen of Beaver Dam; children, Lori Herrick of Brownsville and Stephen (Terri) Herrick of Mayville; grandchildren, Brenna Bruckner (special friend, Tyler Westover) and Brandon Bruckner, Hallie Buchholz, Brodie and Jered Herrick; great-grandchildren, Rilley and Bayley Westover; brothers and sisters, Shirley Plasky, Jim (Elaine), his twin brother, John (Corrine), Jerome, Linda Hungerford, David (Sharon), Jeff, Keith (Doreen); so many nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.   He was preceded in death by his parents; and a sister, Janice Tollefson.   In keeping with Joe’s wishes, there will be no formal services and cremation has taken place.   The family would like to say thank you to the wonderful nurses at Hillside Hospice of Beaver Dam.   The Koepsell-Murray Funeral Home in Beaver Dam is caring for the family. To leave online condolences, or for directions and other information, please visit our website at www.KoepsellFH.com.

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William A. Musack

William A. Musack


   William A. Mu­sack, 88, of Theresa passed away on Mon­day, April 11, 2022, at Hope Health and Re­habili­ta­tion in Lomira with his fam­ily by his side.   Bill was born the son of William and Selma (Krueger) Mu­sack on No­vem­ber 25, 1933, in Theresa Sta­tion.   He was united in mar­riage to Mary Van Nor­man on April 9, 1988, in North Fond du Lac.   Bill served his coun­try hon­or­ably in the US Army serv­ing from 1953 to 1955.   He was a mem­ber of St. Peter’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Theresa and a mem­ber of the Theresa Amer­i­can Le­gion Post #270.   Bill had worked at Gen­eral Tele­phone, and then was a jour­ney­man line­man, and also drove truck for over 20 years.   Bill is sur­vived by his chil­dren, Con­nie (Mar­lin) Kuehl of North Fond du Lac, Stan Mu­sack of Fond du Lac, Lau­rie Rein­hart of Oshkosh, Nancy Bar­rett of Arkansas, Nan­nette Lem of Vir­ginia, Tammy (Loren) Sorheim of Theresa Sta­tion, Selma (John) Bor­son of Crys­tal Lake, Illi­nois; his step-chil­dren, Dar­ryl (Shari) Van Nor­man of Theresa, Lynan (David) Wiese of Mayville, Lisa (Paul) Klein­maus of Rosendale; his sib­lings, Vir­ginia Wen­dorf of Mayville, Alan Mu­sack of Hart­ford, Jea­nine Stre­blow of Mayville, Ger­ald Mu­sack of Theresa, and Lloyd Mu­sack of Farm­ersville; his 26 grand­chil­dren, many great-grand­chil­dren and other rel­a­tives and friends.   He was pre­ceded in death by his par­ents; his wife, Mary; son, Ken Mu­sack; daugh­ter, Penny; daugh­ter-in-in­fancy, Vicki; and broth­ers, Clar­ion and Don­ald.   A vis­i­ta­tion for William was held on Sat­ur­day, April 16, from 10 until 11 a.m. at St. Peter's Ev. Lutheran Church in Theresa. The fu­neral began at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Jon A. Lear­man of­fi­ci­at­ing. In­ter­ment fol­lowed at Union Ceme­tery in Theresa. Mil­i­tary Hon­ors were con­ducted by the Theresa Amer­i­can Le­gion Post #270.   Memo­ri­als may be di­rected to St. Peter’s Ev. Lutheran Church, The Theresa Amer­i­can Le­gion Post #270, or the Red Cross.   Koepsell Fu­neral Home served the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com
07 April 2022

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Shirley A. Quandt

Shirley A. Quandt


   Shirley A. Quandt, 87, of Mayville passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at Summit Aurora Hospital in Oconomowoc, following a fall.    Shirley Anne Schultz was born on September 3, 1934, in Mayville, daughter of Erwin and Edna Metke Schultz. She grew up on Henninger Street and was a lifelong member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, where she was baptized, confirmed, and married. Shirley was a 1952 graduate of Mayville High School.    Shirley was united in marriage to Edgar ‘Red’ Walter Quandt on September 17, 1955, and their 49-year happily-ever-after centered around Mayville.   Shirley enjoyed being a homemaker.   She was a 50-year Dodge County elections worker and in her young adult years also worked as a secretary (administrative assistant) for the West Bend Company, Maysteel, and Schinderle Insurance.    In her spare time, Shirley enjoyed collecting Hummel figurines and cheering on the Packers. Her service included Senior Luther League, Aid Association for Lutherans, singing with the church choir, and quick response to many committees. She liked to travel with Edgar, created perfect needlepoint, beautiful cut-out Christmas cookies, and could wrap a gift as if prepared for a photo shoot. Her phenomenal recall of detail is fondly recounted by her grandchildren, of whom she was exceptionally proud; “Before there was Google, there was Grammy”.   Survivors include her son Greg and wife Teresa of Peachtree City, GA; her grandchildren, Matthew Quandt and wife Rebecca of Arlington, VA, Lindsay Quandt Gossner and husband Joel of Atlanta, GA, and Joshua Quandt and wife Jada of Atlanta, GA; sister-in-law, Violet Schultz of West Bend; her first great-grandchild, James Edgar Quandt of Arlington, VA, was happily anticipated; her niece, Christine Bauer and husband Joe of Peoria, AZ; her nephew, David Quandt and wife Christine of Lomira; extended friends and family also affectionately recall her kind-hearted, thoughtful, and determined soul.   Shirley was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar; and brothers, Gordon and Willis ‘Dick’ Schultz.   A private family graveside service was held with Pastor Kenneth Schaub officiating. A public memorial service will be held at St. Paul’s Lutheran in Mayville, on May 21, at 12 p.m., visitation prior from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Luncheon following services.    Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church (General or Music) or the Mayville Park Pavilion Memorial Trust.   Koepsell Funeral Home in Mayville is serving the family. Online condolences may be shared at www.koepsellfh.com

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Amber B. Plato

Amber B. Plato


   Amber B. Plato of Iron Ridge passed away Sun­day, Feb. 20.   She was born on July 21, 1999, in Dane County, the daugh­ter of Der­rick Plato and Tammy Well­hoe­fer.   Amber was a young, tal­ented, and as­pir­ing artist, ded­i­cated pet mom and mo­ti­va­tion to oth­ers.   After grad­u­at­ing from Hori­con High School in 2018 as a 4-year honor stu­dent, she en­rolled in the Art Ed­u­ca­tion pro­gram at Car­roll Uni­ver­sity. Al­though she was un­able to com­plete her stud­ies, she con­tin­ued to cre­ate beau­ti­ful art pieces. Those for­tu­nate enough to meet her ac­quain­tance would soon re­al­ize her gen­tle and com­pas­sion­ate spirit. But, her pos­i­tive, con­sid­er­ate and sup­port­ive na­ture was es­pe­cially in­spir­ing to those clos­est to her.   Such a kind and beau­ti­ful soul, taken from us much too soon, will be dearly missed……but NEVER for­got­ten.   Amber is sur­vived by her fa­ther, Der­rick Plato of Iron Ridge; mother, Tammy Well­hoe­fer of Neosho; sib­lings, Ash­ley and Tey­gan; aunts, Michelle Plato of West Chicago and Car­rie (Wal­ter) Pfeil of Wit­ten­berg; cousins, Devin Plato of Bran­don, Wal­ter Jr., Tren­ton, and Jay­don Pfeil. She is fur­ther sur­vived by aunts, un­cles, cousins, other rel­a­tives, and friends.   She was pre­ceded in death by her grand­par­ents, Stew­ard and Ju­dith Plato, and Shirley Well­hoe­fer.   Re­cep­tion will be held at Berndt-Ledesma Fu­neral Home in Hart­ford, on Sat­ur­day, April 23, at 10 a.m., a short memo­r­ial ser­vice at 12:30 p.m. and a lun­cheon pro­vided at 1 p.m.