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Delores A. Schmatz

Delores A. Schmatz

Jan 17, 2020

Delores A. Schmatz, age 81, a resident of Manitowoc, entered eternal life late Friday evening, January 17, 2020 at the family residence.

Delores was born on August 11, 1938 in Manitowoc. She was the daughter of the late Raymond and Marie Knier Schuh Sr.  Delores attended Lincoln High School and graduated with the class of 1956.  She...

Diane L. Behnke

Diane L. Behnke

Jan 15, 2020

Diane L. Behnke, age 63, a resident of Manitowoc, passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at Harbor View Assisted Living in Manitowoc.

Diane was born on March 28, 1956 in Manitowoc to the late Roman and Olive (Fritsch) Behnke.  She graduated from Reedsville High School.  Diane had worked at Manitowoc Company for many years until health...

Violet D. Kumbalek

Violet D. Kumbalek

Jan 12, 2020

Violet D. Kumbalek, age 90, a resident of Manitowoc, entered eternal life on Sunday, January 12, 2020 at Aurora BayCare Medical Center, Green Bay.

Violet was born on June 2, 1929 in Brussels. She was the daughter of the late Louis and Freida Kay Maedke.  She had been employed as a custodian at Mirro Aluminum.  On September...

Phyllis A. Leschig

Phyllis A. Leschig

Jan 12, 2020

Phyllis A. Leschig, age 94, a resident of New Holstein, formerly of Manitowoc, entered eternal life on Sunday, January 12, 2020 at Willow Park Assisted Living in New Holstein.

Phyllis was born on January 6, 1926 in Wabesha, Minnesota. She was the daughter of the late Herbert and Orma Ebersold Zeller.  On April 23, 1956 she married...

Doris Mae Brandl

Doris Mae Brandl

Jan 12, 2020

Doris Mae Brandl, age 88, a resident of Cato, entered eternal life with her family by her side on Sunday, January 12, 2020 at her residence.

Doris was born on December 21, 1931 in Cato to the late Gerhard and Elfreida (Fisher) Sickinger. She was a lifetime farmer. Doris and her family farm, Brandland Farms, were awarded...

Robert L. Hablewitz

Robert L. Hablewitz

Jan 11, 2020

Robert L. Hablewitz, age 70, a resident of Manitowoc, entered eternal life while surrounded by his family on Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center.

Bob was born on February 21, 1949 in Manitowoc to the late Elmer and Lillian Decker Hablewitz.  He graduated from Lincoln High School with the class of 1967.  While...

David J. Snider

David J. Snider

Jan 8, 2020

David J. Snider, age 62, a resident of Manitowoc, and formerly of Rochester, MN, entered eternal life on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at Aurora Medical Center in Two Rivers.

Dave was born on April 7, 1957 in Milwaukee to the late John and Donna (McIntyre) Snider.  He graduated from James Madison High School in Milwaukee with the...

Gwendolyn M. Brull

Gwendolyn M. Brull

Jan 5, 2020

Gwendolyn M. Brull, age 83, a resident of Manitowoc, entered eternal life on Sunday morning, January 5, 2020 at the Aurora Medical Center in Two Rivers.

Gwen was born on August 11, 1936 in Manitowoc. She was the daughter of the late Edward and Ann Stein Junk.  Gwen attended Lincoln High School and graduated with the class...

Polly A. Kraemer

Polly A. Kraemer

Jan 4, 2020

Polly A. Kraemer, age 60, a resident of Manitowoc, entered eternal life on Saturday, January 4, 2020 at the Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Green Bay.

Polly was born on September 28, 1959 in Manitowoc. She was the daughter of the late Edgar and Arlene Steeber Knauer.  Polly was a graduate of Roncalli High School with the...

Susan M. Meyer

Susan M. Meyer

Jan 1, 2020

Susan M. Meyer, age 54, a resident of Manitowoc, passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at the Manitowoc Health and Rehabilitation Center.

Sue was born on August 30, 1965 in Manitowoc to Eugene Lemberger and the late Carol (Ruether) Lemberger.  She attended school at Lincoln High School.  Sue was the mother of 10 children and enjoyed...

Noriko Schmidtman

Noriko Schmidtman

Jan 1, 2020

Noriko Schmidtman, age 91, a resident of Manitowoc, entered eternal life on Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at the Hannah Home in Manitowoc.

Noriko was born on September 9, 1928 in Japan. She was the daughter of the late Sadaaki and Fujiko Nakama Kisai.  On March 2, 1971 she married Richard Schmidtman.  He preceded her in death in...

Dolores V. Becker

Dolores V. Becker

Dec 30, 2019

Dolores V. Becker, age 91, a resident of Manitowoc, entered eternal life late Monday evening, December 30, 2019 at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center in Manitowoc.

Dolores was born on October 5, 1928 in Weyauwega. She was the daughter of the late Edmund and Dorothea Zaudke Koplien.  Dolores was a graduate of Weyauwega High School with the...

Lucille "Lucy" L. Kubichka

Lucille "Lucy" L. Kubichka

Dec 29, 2019

Lucille L. Kubichka, age 86, a resident of Manitowoc, entered eternal life of Sunday, December 29, 2019 at Shady Lane Nursing Care Center, Manitowoc.

Lucy was born on April 8, 1933 in Fish Creek, Door County. She was the daughter of the late Lester and Mary Nelson Copiskey.  In past years Lucy was employed with Mirro Aluminum...

Thomas A. Thiel

Thomas A. Thiel

Dec 26, 2019

Thomas A. Thiel, age 59, a resident of Manitowoc, entered eternal life on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at Aurora Medical Center in Two Rivers.

Tom was born on August 14, 1960 in Manitowoc to Marion (Waack) Thiel and the late Donald Thiel.  He graduated from Lincoln High School with the class of 1978.  Tom had been employed...

Iva A. Beerntsen

Iva A. Beerntsen

Dec 22, 2019

Iva A. Beerntsen, age 91, a resident of Green Bay, entered eternal life on Sunday, December 22, 2019 at Tender Hearts Assisted Living in Green Bay.

Iva was born on May 17, 1928 in Manitowoc. She was the daughter of the late George and Aleida Anderson Klug.  Iva attended Lincoln High School and graduated with the class...

Barbara "Barbie" A. Anhalt

Barbara "Barbie" A. Anhalt

Dec 21, 2019

Barbara "Barbie" A. Anhalt, age 57, a resident of Green Bay, entered eternal life on Saturday morning, December 21, 2019 at the Aurora Bay Care Medical Center in Green Bay.

Barbie was born on August 5, 1962 in Manitowoc. She was the daughter of Dolores Girardi Anhalt and the late Lawrence J. Anhalt.  Barbie was sent to...

Sharon A. Hoppe

Sharon A. Hoppe

Dec 16, 2019

Sharon A. Hoppe, age 76, a resident of Manitowoc, entered eternal life on Monday, December 16, 2019, at the Aurora Medical Center in Two Rivers.

Sharon was born on August 26, 1943 in Sheboygan. She was the daughter of the late Howard and Elsie Neuwirth Hoppe.  Sharon attended Lincoln High School and graduated with the class of...

Karen S. Gustafson

Karen S. Gustafson

Dec 15, 2019

Karen S. Gustafson, age 80, a resident of Manitowoc, entered eternal life while surrounded by her family on Sunday, December 15, 2019.

Karen was born on April 5, 1939 in Platteville to the late Isaac and Hazel (Omundson) Enderson.  She graduated from Blue Earth High School in Blue Earth, MN with the class of 1957.  Karen attended...

Alfred "Fritz" A. Boeder

Alfred "Fritz" A. Boeder

Dec 12, 2019

Alfred "Fritz" A. Boeder, age 86, a resident of Manitowoc, entered eternal life on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at Aurora Medical Center in Two Rivers.

Al was born on July 1, 1933 in Manitowoc to the late Alfred and Grace (Kukral) Boeder.  He graduated from Lincoln High School with the class of 1951.  Al had enlisted in...

Karl J. Schulze-Berge

Karl J. Schulze-Berge

Dec 6, 2019

Karl J. Schulze-Berge, age 84 a resident of Manitowoc, passed away on Friday, December 6, 2019 at Rivers Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center in Manitowoc.

Karl was born on March 6, 1935 in Uckendorf, Germany. He was the son of the late Karl and Johanna Sophia Schulze-Berge. Karl was employed as an electrical engineer for Manitowoc Ice...

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