Obituaries

Feb 18, 2026

Beverly Jane Bergner, age 93, of Shawano, passed away on Wednesday February 18, 2026, in Green Bay. Beverly was born on July 29, 1932, in Shawano to the late Harry and Marie (Lomker) Malley. She was baptized and confirmed at St. James Lutheran Church. Beverly  graduated from Shawano High School in 1950. On August 24, 1957, Beverly...

Feb 18, 2026

Bernice Ann Drews, age 87, of the Town of Belle Plaine, passed away on Wednesday February 18, 2026, in Shawano. Bernice was born on May 13, 1938, in Clintonville to the late Louis and Evelyn (Rasch) Bartz. She graduated from Shawano High School. On October 29, 1960, Bernice was united in marriage to Ray Drews at St....

Feb 17, 2026

Darwin Roger "Dar" Martzke, age 73, of Shawano, passed away at ThedaCare Medical Center in Appleton on Tuesday February 17, 2026. Dar was born on August 13, 1952, in Shawano to the late Willard and Gwen (Mickel) Martzke. He was baptized at St. Jakobi Lutheran Church and confirmed at St. James Lutheran Church. Dar grew up on...

Feb 16, 2026

Barbara Driscoll of Shawano, passed away on Monday, February 16, 2026, at Aurora Hospital in Green Bay. Barbara was born in Shawano, to Edna (Jahnke) Gipp and the late Rudie Gipp. Barbara was united in marriage to Tom Driscoll in 1976. She loved music and gave much of her time to her church, children's hospitals, local clubs,...

Feb 16, 2026

Thomas Arthur "Tom" McClone, age 83, of Bonduel, passed away peacefully at St. Mary's Hospital in Green Bay on Monday February 16, 2026, surrounded by his loving family at his side. Tom was born on January 11, 1943, in Shawano, the son of the late Floyd and Hilda (Meyer) McClone. He grew up on the family farm...

Feb 16, 2026

Brenda Marie Vernetti (Coron), age 60, passed away on February 16, 2026, at Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah. Born on April 7, 1965, to Donald Vernetti Sr. and the late Teresa (Baron) Vernetti. After Brenda graduated from Luther L Wright High School, she went on to proudly serve in the United States Army. Once she exited...

Feb 14, 2026

Mary J. Koepsell, age 69, of Shawano passed away on Saturday February 14, 2026, at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee. Mary was born on December 14, 1956, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to the late Frederick W. and Mildred H. (Schroeder) Gille, Sr. On June 30, 1984, Mary was united in marriage to Bruce Koepsell at St. James Lutheran Church...

Feb 13, 2026

Audrey Ann Marohl, age 83, of Bonduel, passed away on Friday, February 13, 2026, at Bellin Hospital in Green Bay.  She was born on April 22, 1942, to the late Edwin Knueppel and Florence Knueppel Buelow. Audrey graduated from Bonduel High School. On February 3, 1962, Audrey was united in marriage to the love of her life,...

Feb 12, 2026

Patricia A. Mendoza, age 76, passed away on February Thursday 12, 2026, surrounded by her loving family in Shawano. Patricia was born on March 16, 1949, at St. Joseph Hospital in Keshena to the late Gordon and Mae (Kinney) Chevalier. She enjoyed listening to all types of music especially oldies and Christmas music; you could catch her...

Feb 10, 2026

John P.H. Salchow, age 88, passed away on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, surrounded by the love and comfort of his family. He was born on May 13, 1937, to the late George and Hannah Hattie (Dahlmann) Salchow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. John proudly spent his life in uniform serving and protecting in everything he did. While earning his...

Feb 8, 2026

Keith F. Webster, age 65, of Appleton passed away on Sunday February 8, 2026, at St. Elizabeths Hospital. Keith was born on August 13, 1960, in Shawano to the late James and Honorable, Christine (Pierce) Webster, Sr. While in high school he found a true love for boxing. Keith became an amateur boxer, winning the National Golden...

Feb 7, 2026

Lynn Marie Waubanascum, Ah-patch-kowa "Woman who Walks until Dawn" age 50 of Middle Village started her journey to the Spirit World on February 7th, 2026, surrounded by her family.

Lynn was born January 18th, 1976, at Langlade Antigo Hospital to the late Alfred "Big Al" and Rose (Boivin) Waubanascum of James Street Neopit...

Feb 6, 2026

Earl H. Maki, age 83, of Shawano passed away peacefully on Friday February 6, 2026, surrounded by his family at home after a three-year battle with MDS cancer. Earl was born on July 3, 1942, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, to the late Urho and Bernice (Hier) Maki. He graduated from high school in Fitchburg. While in high school Earl...

Feb 2, 2026

Our beloved son, Andrew James "Andy" Zierden, age 42, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 2, 2026, at Theda Care Medical Center in Neenah. Born on August 8, 1983, in Shawano to Betsy Marie (Schmidt) Zernicke and James Zierden.  Andy's stepfather, Thomas Zernicke, became a part of his life in 2007. He also grew up alongside his...

Feb 1, 2026

Peggy A. Creapo, aged 75, passed away on Sunday February 1, 2026, in Oshkosh. Peggy was born on July 18, 1950, in Shawano to the late Victor and Deloris (Arndt) Otto. She graduated from Shawano High School in 1968. Peggy worked at Evergreen Nursing Home for several years. On July 18, 1986, she was united in marriage...

Feb 1, 2026

John Christian Becker, age 66, of Shawano passed away on Sunday February 1, 2026, at his home while under hospice care. John was born on June 25, 1959, in Milwaukee at Mercy Hospital to the late Jacob and Jean (Wiesendanger) Becker. He worked for many years in Milwaukee at Butterfly Cleaners then eventually moved to Shawano to...

Feb 1, 2026

Catherine L. ("Cathy", "Katie", nee Froelich) Mastalir, 93, Kewaunee WI, died peacefully on Sunday, February 1, 2026, with family by her side. Born December 5, 1932, on a farm in Bellevue WI, she was the third child of Albert & Regina (Kaster) Froelich. She attended a rural one-room school that housed all students, grades 1-8, then St...

Jan 31, 2026

Linda Lou Clemins., age 75, of Shawano,  passed away on January 31, 2026. Born on February 21, 1950, in Shawano WI to the late Ruben and Betty (Richards) Giese.

Linda was raised in the Gresham area. She was a lover of cats and other critters. Her first date with Don was Sept 1,...

Jan 31, 2026

Clara Elizabeth "Dolly" Stone, Queen of Sass and Silly, passed her crown down to her daughter and granddaughters on Saturday, January 31, 2026.

Dolly proudly made it to her favorite number—"92," plus one—reaching the age of 93. She was born December 20, 1932, in Keshena to the late Henry Martin and Grace (Grignon)...

Jan 30, 2026

Denise Evon (Stafford) Chamberlin was born on November 17,1939 to Alice (Richard) and William Stafford.  The first of 4 girls.  She grew up in Sault Ste Marie, MI. She married Herold Chamberlin on January 23, 1960, in Sault Ste. Marie and immediately moved to California. They had three children, David (1960), Eric (1962) and Ann Marie (1967)....