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Carol M. Ballmann

Carol M. Ballmann

May 25, 2022

Carol M. Ballmann, age 86, a resident of Manitowoc, entered eternal life on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at the Sharon S. Richardson Community Hospice Center in Sheboygan Falls.

Carol was born on July 23, 1935 in Denmark.  She was the daughter of the late Clarence and Hildegard Pinger Hoffman.  Carol was a graduate of Lincoln High School...

Mabel A. Marsicek

Mabel A. Marsicek

May 25, 2022

Mabel A. Marsicek, age 97, a resident of Manitowoc, entered eternal life on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center.

Mabel was born on April 23, 1925 in Manitowoc.  She was the daughter of the late Joseph and Emma Stangel Hlinak.  Mable was a graduate of Washington High School in Two Rivers.  On May...

Lorraine A. Ludwig

Lorraine A. Ludwig

May 25, 2022

Lorraine Ann Ludwig, age 88, a former resident of Manitowoc, passed away peacefully of natural causes on Wednesday morning, May 25, 2022, at St. Vincent Hospital, Green Bay.  For the past two years she resided at the Scandinavian Court Assisted Living Community in Denmark.

Lorraine was born September 28, 1933 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to the late John...

Ruby Kay (Moffatt) Tuschl

Ruby Kay (Moffatt) Tuschl

May 24, 2022

Ruby Kay (Moffatt) Tuschl, age 65, passed away May 24, 2022 at Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center. She was born July 6, 1956 in Manitowoc, daughter of the late Harvey and Evelyn Moffatt Sr. Ruby Kay attended Valders High School, graduating with the class of 1974. On July 28, 1979 she married Gregory William Tuschl at St. Mary's Catholic...

Constance Marie (Budnik) Zoch

Constance Marie (Budnik) Zoch

May 24, 2022

Constance Marie (Budnik) Zoch, age 75, a resident of Manitowoc, entered eternal life on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at her residence.

Connie was born on January 1, 1947 in Manitowoc to the late Eugene and Rosemary (Damman) Budnik.  She graduated from Lincoln High School with the class of 1965.  Connie had worked as a secretary at Lincoln...

Marcus "Marc" R. Heidorf

Marcus "Marc" R. Heidorf

May 23, 2022

Marcus R. Heidorf, 46, of Belmont, WI, passed away on Monday, May 23, 2022 after a long battle with sarcoma.

Marc was born on January 30, 1976 in Manitowoc, WI, to Barbara (Mueller) Wittmann and Philip Heidorf. He was united in marriage to the love of his life, Sarah Werner on July 18, 1998 in Jefferson, WI....

Gary E. Drohman

Gary E. Drohman

May 23, 2022

Gary E. Drohman, age 81, of Manitowoc died peacefully on Monday, May 23, 2022, surrounded by his family. He will be remembered for his adventurous spirit, strong work ethic, loyal friendship, engaging personality and deep appreciation for life and love.

He was born on October 20, 1940 in Grantsburg to the late Floyd and Emily (Daniel) Drohman. ...

Jerold C. Christel

Jerold C. Christel

May 19, 2022

Jerold C. Christel, age 86, passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at Aurora Medical Center, Two Rivers, WI, surrounded by family.

He was born August 28, 1935 in Valders, son of the late Victor and Alverta (Matznick) Christel. Jerry was one of the many great grandchildren of William F. Christel of Valders. In the large family...

Barbara A. Wagner

Barbara A. Wagner

May 17, 2022

Barbara Ann Wagner, 73, of Manitowoc, passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at Bellin Hospital in Green Bay.

She was born on February 20, 1949 in Manitowoc to Evelyn F. Hammerberg.  Barbara grew up and attended school in Manitowoc.  She later worked as a welder at Manitowoc Cranes and as a painter at Hamilton.  Barbara enjoyed...

Sandra L. Bialek

Sandra L. Bialek

May 15, 2022

Sandra L. Bialek, age 82, a resident of Manitowoc, entered eternal life on Sunday, May 15, 2022 at the Sharon S. Richardson Community Hospice in Sheboygan Falls.

Sandra was born on February 6, 1940 in Manitowoc.  She was the daughter of the late William and Viola Zeman Trochil.  Sandra was a graduate of Lincoln High School and...

Bryan William Mahute

Bryan William Mahute

May 13, 2022

Bryan William Mahute, age 50, a Manitowoc resident passed away Friday, May 13, 2022 at Vince Lombardi Cancer Center, Aurora BayCare of Green Bay, after a brutal battle with stage 4 lung cancer, which he faced head on and put up a magnificent fight.

Bryan was the beloved son of Larry and Mary Mahute of Chicago &...

Charles F. Windus Sr.

Charles F. Windus Sr.

May 9, 2022

Charles J. Windus, Sr. "Chuck", age 76, died Monday, May 9, 2022 at Aurora BayCare Medical Center, Green Bay.

He was born September 10, 1945 in Manitowoc, son of the late Helen and Erwin Windus. Chuck went to Brother School in Mount Calvary and later graduated from Lincoln High School, Manitowoc, with the class of 1964. From...

Ken L. Woitkovich

Ken L. Woitkovich

May 7, 2022

Ken L. Woitkovich, age 53, a resident of Manitowoc, entered eternal life on Saturday, May 7, 2022.

Ken was born on January 2, 1969 in Manitowoc.  He was the son of the late Leon and Theresa Jagodzinski Woitkovich.  He attended Lincoln High School and had been employed at the Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry.  Ken enjoyed cooking, fishing, camping...

Geraldine Welnicke

Geraldine Welnicke

May 6, 2022

Geraldine Welnicke, 90, of Manitowoc, passed away on Friday, May 6, 2022 at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center.

She was born on August 20, 1931 in Manitowoc to the late Edwin and Alice (Bruechert) Bialek.  Geraldine grew up and attended school in Manitowoc.  She later married Edwin Welnicke on August 27, 1949 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church...

Robert A. Krcma

Robert A. Krcma

May 4, 2022

Robert A. Krcma, age 75, a resident of Manitowoc, passed away with family by his side on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at his residence.

Bob was born on January 15, 1947 in Manitowoc to the late Richard and Jeanette (Orth) Krcma.  He graduated from Lincoln High School with the class of 1965.  While taking classes in electronics...

Dorothy E. Dicke

Dorothy E. Dicke

May 2, 2022

Dorothy (Jagemann) Dicke was born in Manitowoc June 13, 1927 to William and Ethel (Naumann) Jagemann.  She died May 2, 2022 surrounded by loving family.  Dorothy graduated from Lincoln High school in 1945, and married Bill Dicke at St. Boniface church on July 31, 1948.

Dottie had 94 blessed years of a wonderful healthy life filled with...

Lenore C. Christel

Lenore C. Christel

May 1, 2022

Lenore Christel, age 88, entered eternal life on May 1, 2022. Lenore was the youngest child of Henry and Barbara Hunsader of Manitowoc.

Lenore is survived by her husband of 63 years, Chuck Christel, three children: Judy (Chuck) Stangel, Peter Christel, and Jean Christel, three grandchildren, Erin (Jim) Spencer, Kelsey (Zach) Buehl, and Matthew (Bridget Suda) Stangel,...

Carole Betty Smith

Carole Betty Smith

Apr 26, 2022

Carole B. Smith, age 88, a Manitowoc resident, entered eternal life on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at her residence.

Carole was born on January 28, 1934 in Kenosha, to the daughter of the late Carl and Emma (Gurgel) Kluender.  She was confirmed in Milwaukee in 1947 at St. Lucas Lutheran Church.  Carole graduated in 1952 from Mary...

Karen Ann Lippert

Karen Ann Lippert

Apr 21, 2022

Karen A. Lippert, age 64, entered eternal life with family by her side early Thursday morning, April 21, 2022, at her brother Allen's residence in Two Rivers where she had been residing since 2020.

The following content was written by Karen to express in her own words her thoughts and feelings as you read her obituary.

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Lindy Rae Backus

Lindy Rae Backus

Apr 21, 2022

Lindy Rae Backus, age 63, a resident in the town of Newton, entered eternal life on Thursday, April 21, 2022 at the family residence with family by her side.

Lindy was born on June 5, 1958 in Manitowoc.  She was the daughter of the late Raymond and Dolores (Meihsner) Luisier.  Lindy attended Lincoln High School and graduated...

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