Herbert “Mike” Biersack, 85, of East Troy, died Dec. 2, 2016, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Nov. 5, 1931, to Joseph and Dorothy, in Milwaukee, where he was raised and graduated from St Pius High School.   He married Elizabeth (Pekel) on Aug. 8, 1953, at St. […]

      Howard Philip Nelson, 71, of Whitewater, died Dec. 1, 2016, at his home. He was born in Fort Atkinson, Oct. 31, 1945, to the late Wendell and Dorothy (Lidbury) Nelson. He graduated from Whitewater High School in 1964. He was a member of the Lauderdale-LaGrange Fire Department […]

Stephen “Willie” Frederick Schenk, 65, of Whitewater, died Nov. 30, 2016, at his home. He was born in Monroe, March 27, 1951, to the late Donald and Donna (Smith) Schenk. He graduated from Albany High School in 1969. He married Marjorie Kay Beitlich on April 1, 1993, in Cold Spring. […]

      Larry Huttner, 86, of Darien, died Nov. 28, 2016, at William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison. He was born at home in East Troy on April 27, 1930, to George and Ila (Castleberry) Huttner. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict. He […]

William C. Hoefs, 99, died Nov. 9, 2016, at Pine Haven Christian Home, Sheboygan Falls. He was born March 3, 1917, in Mukwonago, to Otto B. Hoefs and Antonia Wedel Hoefs. He graduated in 1935 from the high school in Rochester, Wisconsin. He married Marion Box on April 25, 1942, […]

Lawrence J. ‘Larry’ Rouce, 77, Burlington, died Nov. 23, 2016, at his home. He was born March 19, 1939, in Chicago, to the late Adolph and Edythe (Schally) Rouce. He graduated from Elkhorn High School before attending Barber School in Chicago. On June 18, 1961 he married Joyce Schulz. They […]

Mitchell A. Venema Sr., 89, of Delavan, died Nov. 25, 2016. He was born in Holland Feb. 2, 1927, to August and Fannie (Kooistra) Venema. He married Ann Sjoerdsma Jan. 9, 1952, in Delavan. He was a farmer for 58 years and a longtime member of Delavan Christian Reformed Church. […]

Jean F. Greene, 88, of East Troy, died Nov. 23, 2016, surrounded by her family. She was born to Martin and Frances (Cash) Welch on Aug. 22, 1928, in East Troy. She graduated from East Troy High School. She married the late Robert Greene on July 15, 1950, at St. […]

      William “Bill” F. Klein, 90, died Nov 22, 2016, at Agrace Hospice in Janesville. He was born in Beloit on July 10, 1926, to Floyd and Anita (Wright) Klein who lived in Sharon. He grew up and graduated from Delavan High School in 1944 where he played […]

Lorraine L. Peplinski, of Whitewater, “kicking heals” her soul found her way to heaven Nov. 16, 2016. This feisty little German lady was born on the farm in Mukwonago Sept. 24, 1922, to the late Henry and Clara (Hennig) Schmidt. Lorraine always said she was “29 and holding.” We enjoyed […]