Obituaries
Peter Jensen
Jul 4, 2017
Peter Edwin Jensen, 86, died Tuesday, July 4th, 2017 at the Terrace Estates in Sheboygan after courageously fighting cancer for over a year. He leaves his wife of 63 years, Norma (Dietz) Jensen; his sons, Karl (Eva) Jensen and William "Bill" (Michelle) Jensen; his daughter, Anne (John) Jensen-Graczyk; five grandchildren, Nicholas (Mia) Graczyk and Anna, David,...
Thomas Badura
Jul 4, 2017
Thomas J. Badura, 59, of Sheboygan, passed away on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at St. Nicholas Hospital. Tom was born May 23, 1958 in Sheboygan to Robert and Elizabeth (Federer) Badura. Tom was a graduate of North High School. He then went on to attend LTC and graduated from MSOE in 1994 as his class respondent...
Maude Simmelink
Jul 1, 2017
Maude Simmelink, age 99, of Sheboygan, departed this life to be with her Savior on Saturday July 1, 2017 at Terrace Place. She was born on April 1, 1918, to Gerhard and Nellie Dekker. She attended Sheboygan Christian Grade School and graduated from Sheboygan Central High School and Sheboygan Business College. She was office manager at...
Thomas Butzen
Jun 29, 2017
Thomas Butzen, of Sheboygan, peacefully passed away Thursday, June 29, 2017 at Aurora Medical Center in Grafton. He was 73 years old. Thomas was born July 1, 1943 in Sheboygan, the son of Elmer and Joyce (nee Koehn) Butzen. He graduated from Sheboygan North High School in 1961. Tom started Butzen Contracting 50 years ago, a...
J.C. Horton
Jun 28, 2017
J.C. Horton, age 91, passed away peacefully Wednesday, June 28, 2017. He was born in Oklahoma on December 16, 1925 to the late James and Ada Horton. J.C. served in the U.S. Navy for 21 years. Following his military service, he began working at Kohler Company in the maintenance department until retiring in 1997. He was...
Jim Gainer
Jun 28, 2017
Jim D. Gainer, of Sheboygan, formerly of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, passed away early Wednesday morning, June 28, 2017 at Meadowview Manor in Sheboygan. He was 74 years old. Jim was born October 18, 1942 in Johnstown, PA, the son of Thomas W and Icie "Marie" (nee McCauley) Gainer. He graduated from Franklin High School, and went on...
Florence Baxter
Jun 27, 2017
Florence Baxter peacefully met her Savior on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, in the early afternoon at Sheboygan Senior Community, where she resided for many years. She was born on November 12, 1911, in Sheboygan, daughter of Helena "Lena" and Ernst Becker. She married George Baxter on October 5, 1935 at St. Andrew Lutheran Church and they...
Jean Leuck
Jun 23, 2017
Jean Louise Leuck, age 92, of Sheboygan, died Friday morning, June 23, 2017 after a short stay at Sunny Ridge Nursing Home. She was born April 13, 1925 in Sheboygan to Christ and Amelia (Weinberger) Weber. She attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School and was a graduate of Sheboygan North High School, Class of 1943, with perfect...
Patricia Schreiber
Jun 18, 2017
Patricia "Patty" Faith (Bemis) Schreiber, age 78, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, June 18th, 2017 after emergency surgery. She passed peacefully surrounded by her loving family. She was born on April 3, 1939 in Sheboygan to the late Francis "Pete" and Grace Bemis. Patty was a lifelong resident of Sheboygan, attended Central High School and continued her...
Ellyn Muckerheide
Jun 16, 2017
Ellyn J. Muckerheide, of Sheboygan, passed away Friday, June 16, 2017 at Sunny Ridge. She was 54 years old. Ellyn was born June 25, 1962 in West Bend, the daughter of Carl and Georgia (nee Waldkirch) Muckerheide. She graduated from Kewaskum High School in 1980. An avid Green Bay Packer and Wisconsin Badger fan, Ellyn was...
Harold Hoffman
Jun 14, 2017
Harold Hoffman, age 90, of Sheboygan passed away peacefully Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at Sheboygan Senior Community surrounded by his family. Born January 8, 1927 in Sheboygan to Harry and Sarah Hoffman (nee Blackman), Harold grew-up helping in his family's Hoffman's Grocery store at 12th and Michigan opened by his parents in 1929. He attended North...
David Colton
Jun 13, 2017
David Collin Colton, age 60, left this world on Tuesday, June 13th as peacefully as he lived. David was an incredible husband, father, brother, uncle, son, friend and confidante. David loved anything that allowed him to relish the beauty of nature. David was a devoted and loving husband to Mary Lou (Jochimsen) Colton. David brought joy...
Roland Otten
Jun 12, 2017
Roland J. Otten, with assurance of eternal life through his faith in Jesus Christ, departed this life for glory on June, 12, 2017. Roland was born on Sept. 2, 1921 to John C. and Katherine (Zeeman) Otten. On March 3, 1944, he married Jane Ribbens. They enjoyed 54 years of life together before she entered glory...
Thomas O'Reilly
Jun 8, 2017
Thomas P. O'Reilly, 70, of Sheboygan, passed away on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at Sharon S. Richardson Community Hospice in Sheboygan Falls. He was born April 11, 1947 in Chicago, IL to Gerald and Mary (Garrity) O'Reilly. He graduated from DePaul University in 1970. On June 14, 1969 he was united in marriage to Josephine S....
Winifred McKnight
Jun 4, 2017
Winifred L. McKnight, age 85, entered Eternal Life on Sunday, June 4, 2017. She was born Sept. 7, 1931 in Tulsa, OK to the late Herman and Opal (Caffey) Bransford. She lived in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the 1930's. Her family moved to Long Beach, CA to get away from the dust bowl,...
Esther Pastoor
Jun 2, 2017
Esther T. (Hoekstra) Pastoor, age 94, of Sheboygan, WI went to be with her Lord and Savior on June 2, 2017. Esther was born on July 17, 1922 in Little Rock, Iowa. She was one of seven children of the Rev. Engelhart and Stella Furda. She received a teaching degree from Central College (Pella, IA) and...
Roseann Schwartz
May 27, 2017
Roseann Schwartz, 77, of Sheboygan, passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at Countryside Manor. Roseann was born on May 3, 1940 to Helmuth and Rose (Dummer) Boettcher. On December 9, 1961 she was united in marriage to the love of her life Thomas Schwartz. Roseann is survived by her husband Thomas, children; Cindy (Joe) Leet,...
Kathleen Lamb
May 26, 2017
Kathleen "Kathy" A. (Yerkman) Lamb, age 62, of Cascade, passed away peacefully Friday, May 26, 2017 surrounded by her family at the Sharon S. Richardson Hospice facility. She was born on August 4, 1954 to the late Carl and Fay (Pilling) Yerkman and a graduate of Sheboygan South High School. Kathy was a devoted wife and...
John Fengler
May 26, 2017
John W. Fengler, age 95, of Sheboygan Falls, went home to his Lord and Savior on Friday, May 26, 2017 at Pine Haven Christian Home in Sheboygan Falls. He was born December 20, 1921 in Rochester, Minnesota to Earl and Lucille (Hazleton) Fengler. He graduated from high school in Minneapolis and was a graduate of Lawrence...
Jane Smolinski
May 22, 2017
Jane F. Smolinski, 63, of Sheboygan, passed away on Monday, May 22, 2017 at Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Hospital. She was born June 20, 1953 in Sheboygan Falls to Russell and Dorothy (Lohr) Vandermus. Jane was a 1971 graduate of Sheboygan Falls High School. On December 26, 1975, she was united in marriage to Harold Smolinski, they...
