Obituaries

Dec 8, 2019

Benedict "Bennie" Vincent Banaszynski, Sr., age 81, of Cecil, passed away on Sunday, December 8, 2019. Bennie was born on March 26, 1938, in the Town of Angelica, to the late Walter and Evelyn (Blaser) Banaszynski.  Bennie was united in marriage to Sandra Krueger in Pulaski, on September 8, 1956.  He lived in the Angelica and Cecil area his...

Dec 6, 2019

Kenneth W. Welch, age 79, of Bowler, passed away on Friday, December 6, 2019 at his home. Kenny was born on September 2, 1940, in the Town of Red Springs, to the late Myron and Lillian (Mohawk) Welch. Kenny worked in Milwaukee for many years until his retirement, he then returned to Bowler. He was an avid outdoorsman who...

Dec 4, 2019

Richard "Dick" Cook, age 90, of Shawano, passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at his residence. Richard was born on April 6, 1929, in Rochester, Indiana, to the late Harry and Bertha (Wolf) Cook. He graduated from Rochester High School. Dick went on to proudly serve his country in the United States Army from 1950-1952 and...

Dec 1, 2019

June Irene (Westphal) (Buss) Bethke passed away on December 1, 2019. June was born on June 5, 1927, in the Town of Almon, Wisconsin, to the late William and Hannah (Weisnicht) Westphal. She was baptized at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Wittenberg, Wisconsin and later confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Zachow, Wisconsin, where she grew up....

Dec 1, 2019

Randall R. Denning, age 82, of Chicago, formerly of Neopit, passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2019 in Chicago. Randall was born on January 4, 1937, in Bemidji, Minnesota to the late Ralph and Letitia (Dailey) Denning. Randall was the grandson of the last hereditary Chief of the White Earth Ojibwa. He graduated from Shawano High School with the...

Dec 1, 2019

Lori Ann King, age 53, of Shawano, passed away at her home on Sunday, December 1, 2019. Lori was born on March 23, 1966, in Sheboygan, to the late Delbert and Rosetta (LaRock) Schlichting. On February 10, 1996, Lori was united in marriage to Michael King at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Keshena. She worked as a...

Nov 29, 2019

Allen Roy Hartleben, age 76, of Cecil, passed away on Friday, November 29, 2019 in Appleton. Allen was born on July 2, 1943 in the Town of Morris to the late Arnold and Caroline (Kunzak) Hartleben.  He served in the United States Army.  He was a house mover and after that he was a truck driver for...

Nov 29, 2019

James A. Dahl, Sr., age 80, of Shawano, passed away on Friday, Novmeber 29, 2019 at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Shawano. James was born on July 31, 1939, in Milwaukee, to the late Arthur and Eleanor (Meyer) Dahl. James was a wonderful cook and baker. He spent 60 years of his life sharing his passion with others, from...

Nov 29, 2019

Michael E. Dobratz, age 66, of the Town of Red Springs, passed away on Friday, November 29, 2019 at St. Luke's Medical Center – Milwaukee, surrounded by his family. Michael was born on June 15, 1953 in Shawano, to the late Eugene and Arlene (Finke) Dobratz. Michael was united in marriage to Katharina Sperberg on August 31,...

Nov 26, 2019

Lorena L. Thoms, age 83, of Keshena, passed away at her home on Tuesday, November 26, 2019. Lorena was born on October 2, 1936, in Keshena, to the late Marvin and Evelyn (Olson) Wilber. She attended St. Joseph's Indian Boarding School in Keshena; Gresham High School; the University of Wisconsin – Madison; Eastern Montana College of Billings, Montana; Native...

Nov 26, 2019

Dorothy M. "Dolly" Burr, age 82, of Shawano, passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2019. Dolly was born on January 14, 1937, in Sheboygan, to the late Harold and Norma (Zurheide) Oldenburg. She attended Washington Grade School and graduated from North High School in Sheboygan in 1955. Dolly received her nursing degree from Lutheran Deaconess/General Hospital of Chicago, Illinois...

Nov 23, 2019

Terri A. Olson-Buettner, 64, reached the end of her strong fight with recurring cancer, most recent being Acute Myeloid Leukemia, on November 23, 2019. She passed away with family at her side in the ICU at ThedaCare Neenah.

Terri was born January 14, 1955, in Shawano, to the late LeRoy and Arbutus (Moesch) Olson. She graduated from...

Nov 23, 2019

Jerry L. LaViolette, age 79, of Shawano, passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2019. Jerry was born March 27, 1940 in Oconto to the late Clarence and Carol (Christensen) LaViolette.  Jerry graduated from Oconto High School in 1958.  On May 1, 1965 he married Joyce Kozlowski in Little Suamico.  Together the couple raised two children.  Jerry served in the...

Nov 22, 2019

Our beautiful beloved, Marie C. "Amow Sōhpamah – Honey" LaTender began her journey to the spirit world on Friday, November 22, 2019, in Green Bay, with loved ones by her side.

Honey was born on October 23, 1941, in Keshena, to Simon and Marcella (Lawe) LaTender. She lived her whole life on her homelands, the Menominee Reservation,...

Nov 20, 2019

Audrey (Rueckert) Moede, age 85, of Cecil, passed away on Wednesday, November 20, 2019. Born on June 2, 1934, in Cecil, Wisconsin, Audrey is the daughter of the late Frank and Meta (Karstedt) Rueckert.  Audrey was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith at Immanuel Lutheran Church, White Clay Lake.  She graduated from Bonduel High School in 1952.  On...

Nov 19, 2019

Robert Lee "Bobby Dinks" Boyd, Sr., age 78, of Gillett, passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 in Shawano. Robert was born on December 12, 1940, in Keshena, to the late Leslie and Madeline (O'Conner) Boyd. He attended St. Joseph Catholic School and Bonduel High School. Robert was a mill worker for the Menominee Tribal Enterprise and a Game...

Nov 18, 2019

Waldo L. "Buck" Wacožumąąnį Martin, age 73, of Madison, passed away on Monday, November 18, 2019 in Fitchburg surrounded by his family. Buck was born on August 25, 1946, in Tigerton to the late Edwin and Margaret (Welch) Martin. He received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. On August 19, 1978, Buck was united in marriage...

Nov 16, 2019

Gloria June Nacotee, age 59, of Keshena, passed away Saturday, November 16, 2019, in Neenah. Gloria was born on January 22, 1960 to the late Joseph and Susan (Dodge) Summers.  She was united in marriage to Thomas M. Nacotee, Sr., on May 5 th , 1990 in Keshena.  Gloria loved picking berries, riding in the back 40,...

Nov 16, 2019

Donald "Donnie" Walter Darm, age 89, passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2019, at his home with his family by his side.  Don was born in Milwaukee on February 1, 1930, to the late George and Laura (Witt) Darm.  In 1931 Don's family moved to Shawano after they purchased a farm and started the Oak Grove Dairy. ...

Nov 15, 2019

Ralph R. Armitage, age 83, of Cecil, passed away with his wife by his side, on Friday, November 15, 2019.  Ralph was born on July 23, 1936 to the late Ervin and Ethel (Scarsbrough) Armitage in Underhill.  He served in the United States Air Force and on October 9, 1970 he was united in marriage to Alice...