Obituaries

Feb 7, 2022

Ronald G. Coats, age 81, of Winneconne died Monday, February 7, 2022, at Ascension Mercy Hospital in Oshkosh, surrounded by his children.  Ron was born October 11, 1940, to the late Clair and Dorothy (Kallas) Coats. He was a 1958 graduate of Winneconne High School. On September 30 1961, Ron married Mary Doro in Winneconne and they made...

Feb 4, 2022

Dorothy V. (Stephenson) Jones passed away in Rio, Wisconsin, on February 4, 2022.  Dorothy was born on February 8, 1933, to Theodore E. and Vera M. (Quinney) Stephenson in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.  Her family moved to Madison, Wisconsin, and she graduated from Madison East High School in 1951.  She attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she was the...

Feb 1, 2022

Merle "Bud" Carpenter, age 101, of Omro, died Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at Park View Health Center in Oshkosh. He was born on the family farm in the Rushford Township on December 13, 1920, to the late Arthur and Mabel (Flanigan) Carpenter. Bud graduated from Omro schools and was attending UW-Madison, where he was on the boxing team,...

Jan 28, 2022

Paula Jean (Schimelpfenig) Marks passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family after an eight month stay at St. Luke's Hospital in Milwaukee due to cancer.

Paula was born to Herbert and Wilma (Shubert) Schimelpfenig on February 4, 1951. The third of seven girls in the family. Paula grew up in the Omro area (Springbrook)...

Jan 24, 2022

Patricia Jane Christianson age 89, died January 24, 2022, at her home.

Patricia Christianson was born Patricia Jane Kellogg in 1932 in the town of Wyocena, WI. As a young child, she moved with her parents to a farm in Allenville where she also attended grade school. She graduated from Winneconne High School. Pat married Verne...

Jan 22, 2022

Clara Miller was born on June 6, 1921, on the John Kainz farm in Vernon, WI. As a child, she was the oldest at the schoolhouse and had to go in early to start the fire for everyone else. In 1935 Clara married Elmore Semrow; they lived in Muskego and had five children. A hard-worker, she spent 29...

Jan 20, 2022

Richard "Slippery" Lee Christianson Sr. age 83, of Larsen, died Thursday, January 20, 2022, at Heartwood Homes in Appleton. He was born on November 4, 1938, to the late Birdell "Bud" and Lucille (Cornelius) Christianson. On December 6, 1958, Dick married Judy Tesch at Trinity Lutheran Church in Neenah. For many years Slippery owned and operated 3C's Liquor...

Jan 19, 2022

Crystal Diane (Poss) Harris, age 36, born 2 May 1985 on Williams AFB, Arizona passed suddenly, unexpectedly, and peacefully in her sleep on 19 January 2022.

Crystal brought light, love and a little bit of attitude to her family and everyone she met. She was a free soul who cared more about others and her desire...

Jan 13, 2022

Thomas Metz passed away peacefully at the age of 92 on January 13, 2022, on the Metz-Wiesner family farm in Winneconne, Wisconsin.  He was preceded in death by the love of his life, Sharon Metz (nee Wiesner) on June 19, 2020.  Tom was the final living member of the 681 Jefferson Street Metzes of Oshkosh, which included his...

Jan 12, 2022

Tim S. Sorenson, 56, died unexpectedly Wednesday, January 12, 2022, in his home surrounded by his family. He was born May 17, 1965, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to the late Donald and Minerva Sorenson. After graduating high school in 1983 he joined the workforce and met his soon to be wife in 1994. In August of 1996 he married...

Dec 28, 2021

Richard "Dick" Kreager, age 85, of Omro, passed away at Evergreen Retirement Community in Oshkosh with his loving wife Millie by his side on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, after struggling with Parkinson's Disease for 6 years. He was born on April 9, 1936, in Seneca Falls, New York to William and Hazel (Taylor) Kreager; he was the middle...

Dec 26, 2021

Nick Frank Calabrese Jr., 58, Neenah, WI, passed away on December 26, 2021, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton. Nick was born August 28, 1963, at Fort Knox, Kentucky to Nick F. Calabrese Sr. and Shirley J. Martin Calabrese. Nick served in the U.S. Army Reserves. On July 10, 1999, he married Judith Ann Laabs. For several years...

Dec 26, 2021

John G. Meinen, of Winneconne, passed away at home with his family by his side on Sunday, December 26, 2021, at the age of 89. He was born in Oshkosh to the late John and Emma Meinen. John served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps., Semper Fi, a way of life he lived and taught his children....

Dec 22, 2021

Jerome "Jerry" Lee Olkiewicz, 72, Eureka, passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2021. He was born the son of William and Stella (Berlowski) Olkiewicz. Jerry served with the United States Army from July 1969 through July 1971 where he spent his military career as a medic in Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX. He worked in general psychology,...

Dec 22, 2021

Robert A. Ochowicz, age 81, of Oshkosh, passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2021. His wife, Kathleen A. Ochowicz, age 65, of Oshkosh, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 28, 2021.  Bob and Kathy were married for 43 years.

Robert was born April 20, 1940, to the late Hilbert and Jennifer (Pruski) Ochowicz.

He...

Dec 14, 2021

Marie Magdelena Eckstein of Winchester passed away on Tuesday December 14, 2021, at the age of 96, surrounded by family and friends. She was born on August 10, 1925, to Florence (Ambroson) Waag and Hans Martin Waag in the Utica township of Crawford County, WI. In 1948, Marie married her life partner, Dr Neil T Eckstein to whom...

Dec 12, 2021

Marguerite "Marge" Selig, age 89, of Winneconne, died Sunday, December 12, 2021, at home with her grandchildren and great-granddaughter by her side. She passed peacefully, fully knowing it was time to join the many family members that had preceded her and her Savior, Jesus Christ.

She was born May 10, 1932, in Appleton Wisconsin to Joseph...

Dec 11, 2021

Lawrence "Larry" R. Carley, age 89, of Oshkosh passed away at Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh on Saturday, December 11, 2021. He was born January 28, 1932, in Berlin, Wisconsin to Arden and Kathryn (Guenther) Carley. Lawrence attended Bell Grade School in rural Omro and Omro High School, where he was involved in choir, drama, FFA, graduating in...

Dec 10, 2021

James Kovatch died Friday, December 10, 2021.

James, 40 years young, AKA Jayme, Rainbow, Cuz, Jim-bo, Bro/Solo.

A little about him, he had a huge heart. He would always start a visit with "how is it going? how are the kids and the family and special friends?" James loved being outside, cars, music, and...

Dec 10, 2021

There comes a time in your life where the most amazing person you've met walks in and says, "Hey," and you just know that's the one. For me that was 13 years ago. Then as time progresses you realize you were wrong and that amazing just doesn't cut it because they are so much more than that. Over...