Lois E. Earnest, 85, of Delavan, died Aug. 16, 2013, at Vintage on the Ponds in Delavan. She was born July 14, 1928, in Racine, to the late John and Vashti (Shimmins) Nelson. She married Calvin Earnest on May 15, 1948, in Delavan. He preceded her in death on Oct. […]

  Scott A. “Straiter” Strait, 52, of Whitewater, died on Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, at Mercy Hospital in Janesville. He was born on Feb. 22, 1961 in Fort Atkinson, to Kermit and Marlene (Egstad) Strait. He married Kelly Sweno on June 12, 1993 in Whitewater. He attended St. Patrick Catholic […]

  Gerald F. Schulz, 70, of Sheboygan, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013 at Sharon S. Richardson Community Hospice. Gerald was born July 25, 1943 in Tomah, Wis. to Lloyd and Verna (Jensen) Schulz. He graduated from Wisconsin Dells High School, Class of 1961. On Sept. 21, 1963, Gerald and […]

Marian Shannon, 89, of East Troy, found peace Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013 in Waukesha. Born on Sept. 1, 1923 to parents John and Ann Miller in Jefferson, Wis. Shannon married her late husband Lynn, on Oct. 17, 1946 in West Allis and moved to East Troy in 1979. Marian worked […]

William “Bill” A. Kingzett, age 96, of Evergreen, Oshkosh, died on Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. He was born Feb. 14, 1917 in Clyde, N.D., to parents John H. and Garnet (Clopper) Kingzett. He graduated from Calvin High School in Calvin, N.D., and attended the University of North Dakota. William married […]

Patricia Ann Roche Pfeil Wheeler, 84, known affectionately as Tissie, Pat or Granny, died in her sleep Aug. 11, 2013. Pat was born on May 29, 1929, at St. Anne’s Hospital in Chicago, to Eleanor and Joseph Roche. Her two younger sisters, Carol and Mary, both predeceased her. Growing up […]

Harold L. DeWeerd, 82, of Delavan, died Aug. 4, 2013, at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee. He was born March 6, 1931, in Orange City, Iowa, to the late Tony and Adrianna (Van Peursem) DeWeerd. He attended Orange City Christian School and Northwestern Academy in Orange City. He graduated […]

Chestine R. Smith, 51, of Sharon, died Aug. 1, 2013, at his home. He was born Oct. 14, 1961, in Elgin, Ill., to Edward and Jeanine (Halverson) Smith. Survivors include his daughter, Katherine (Jaquan) Boyd; stepson, Nicholas Warshaw; mother, Jeanine Smith; and sister, Heather Horcher. Services were held 1 p.m. […]

Bessie L. Schell, 82, of Darien, died Aug. 5, 2013, at her home. She was born March 21, 1931, to the late George and Estell (Barker) Greene. She married Edward Schell on Sept. 1, 1951, in Elkhorn. He died on March 8, 2008. She was a member of the American […]

Charlotte M. MacDonald, 81, of Elkhorn, died Aug. 2, 2013, at Lakeland Health Care Center. She was born May 12, 1932, in Lincoln, Neb., to the late Charles and Ann (Priebe) Wheeler. She married Gordon MacDonald in 1961. He died in 1988. She was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran […]