Obituaries

Duane Johnson

Duane Johnson

Feb 26, 2018

Duane A. Johnson, 59, of Johnson Creek passed away on Monday, February 26, 2018 at home surrounded by his loving family.

Duane and his twin sister Diane were born on March 2, 1958 in Waukesha to Kenneth and Garnet (Johnson) Johnson. During his working years, Duane was a truck driver by trade.  He enjoyed snowmobiling, ice fishing,...

Edward Bauch

Edward Bauch

Feb 13, 2018

Edward R. Bauch, 89 of Watertown, passed away on February 13, 2018 at Dycora Transitional Health.

Edward was born on March 6, 1928 in Milwaukee, the son of Otto and Anna (nee Abuya) Bauch. He devoted himself to his late wife Eleanore whom he married on July 9, 1949.  Edward retired from AO Smith and was a...

Margo Ketelhohn

Margo Ketelhohn

Feb 10, 2018

Margo C. Ketelhohn, age 76, of Watertown, passed away on Saturday, February 10, 2018, after a long courageous battle with Alzheimer’s.

Margo Charlotte Wright was born on December 9, 1941 in Pontiac, MI to Hazel (Broker) and Harvey Wright.  She was baptized. The family moved to West Allis, WI in 1945. She was confirmed at Cleveland Avenue...

Cortney Dean

Cortney Dean

Feb 7, 2018

Cortney Shannon Dean, 33years old, passed into the loving arms of Jesus, Wednesday, Feb 7, 2018.

Cortney was born March 20, 1984, in Omaha, NE, to Steve and Donna Dean.  In 1985, the family moved to Maple Grove, MN where she attended the Courage Center  Preschool Program.  In 1987, she moved to Troy, MI and attended school...

Beverly Raabe

Beverly Raabe

Feb 7, 2018

Beverly J. Raabe, 66, of Watertown passed away on Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at home.

Beverly was born on February 4, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan the daughter of Joseph and Evelyn (Dokey) Stuke.  She married Daniel Raabe on April 7, 1989 at St. Mark’s Ev. Lutheran Church. Beverly was a member of St. Mark’s Ev. Lutheran Church. ...

Darrell Sullivan

Darrell Sullivan

Feb 6, 2018

Darrell Sullivan, 81, of Waterloo passed away on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at his home.

Darrell was born on November 19, 1936 in the Town of Portland, the son of Guy and Violet (Gulseth) Sullivan. He served in the US Army from 1957-59. He married Marlyne “Molly” McGovern on Nov. 18, 1961 and the two enjoyed 56...

Lila Dombrowski

Lila Dombrowski

Feb 1, 2018

Lila B. Dombrowski, 91, of Watertown passed away on Thursday Feb. 1, 2018 at the Heritage Homes in Watertown.

Lila was born on Feb. 10, 1926 in Lowell, WI the daughter of Leonard and Leta (Klug) Gernetzke.  She married Phillip Worthen. He passed away along with their daughter Jerilynn on March 2, 1966. She later married Gilbert...

Cindi Thompson

Cindi Thompson

Jan 31, 2018

Cindi L. Thompson 59, of Watertown passed away on Wednesday January 31, 2018 at home.

Cindi was born on April 14, 1958 in Aurora, IL the daughter of Marilyn Thompson.  Cindi was a homemaker and was known as kind, generous, forgiving and strong. Cindi was known to always put others before herself.  Above all, she loved her...

Joyce Nielsen

Joyce Nielsen

Jan 25, 2018

Joyce A. Nielsen, 91, of Watertown passed away on Thursday, January 25, 2018 at Highland House Assisted Living with her loving family by her side.

Joyce was born on February 18, 1926 in Milwaukee the daughter of Edwin and Johanna (Scheid) Wandsnider. Joyce married Howard Fischer and the two were blessed with three children. After Howard’s untimely...

Paul Burns

Paul Burns

Jan 20, 2018

Burns, William Paul

MONTELLO – Paul Burns, age 87, of Montello, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 20, 2018, surrounded by his family. Paul was born in the Black Earth area on May 17, 1930, one of 11 children to the late Peter and Regina (Leary) Burns. He served in the U.S. Navy on the Battleship USS...

Anita Quanbeck

Anita Quanbeck

Jan 17, 2018

Anita Quanbeck of Watertown passed into the loving arms of God on Wednesday, January 17, 2018, winding down a courageous 9 ½ year battle with multiple myeloma. She was 74.

Anita was born on February 1, 1943 in Latvia, the first daughter of Juris and Made Buncis. Those familiar with world history understand that Latvia...

Donald Grueneberg

Donald Grueneberg

Jan 17, 2018

Donald L. Grueneberg, 76, of Waterloo, passed away on January 17, 2018 at Watertown Regional Medical Center with his loving family by his side.

Donald was born on September 21, 1941 in Madison, Wisconsin the son of Lester and Lila (Miller) Grueneberg. He graduated from Madison West High School in 1960. After graduating high school, Don faithfully...

Marvel Blank

Marvel Blank

Jan 16, 2018

Marvel L. Blank, 78 of Watertown passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at Watertown Regional Medical Center.

Marvel was born on February 6, 1939 in Lake Mills, Wisconsin the daughter of Joe and Elta Hoffman. Marvel married Robert Blank on March 24, 1962 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Watertown and the two enjoyed 46 years...

Genevieve Patterson

Genevieve Patterson

Jan 13, 2018

Genevieve L. Patterson 80, of Watertown passed away on Saturday January 13, 2018 at Clearview Nursing Home in Juneau.

Genevieve was born on September 29, 1937 in Wabeno, WI the daughter of Edmund and Marian (Schmidt) Wolfgram.  She married the love of her life, Roger on August 8, 1959 at St. Rita’s Catholic Church in Milwaukee.  Genevieve...

Phyllis Schmid

Phyllis Schmid

Jan 13, 2018

Phyllis R. Schmid, 70, of Watertown, Wisconsin went to be with her Lord on Saturday, January 13, 2018 at her home.

Phyllis was born on February 12, 1947 in Cambridge, Nebraska, the daughter of Clarence and Dorothy (Luhman) Schmid. Phyllis was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and was a resident at Bethesda Lutheran Communities for...

Albert Troyke

Albert Troyke

Jan 6, 2018

Albert F. Troyke, 97, child of God, died Saturday, January 6 at his home in Park Terrace at Marquardt Village in Watertown.

A service to celebrate his life and witness to the Resurrection will be on Wednesday, January 10 at 11 a.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Watertown, with the Rev. David Groth officiating. A visitation...

Geraldine Bergdoll

Geraldine Bergdoll

Jan 4, 2018

Geraldine A. Bergdoll 78, of Watertown passed away on Thursday January 4, 2018 at Marquardt Health Center.

Jerri was born on December 26, 1939 in Watertown the daughter of Alvin and Clara (Berg) Boje. She married Franklyn Bergdoll on June 27, 1959 in Watertown. She worked as a lab tech at Carnation in Oconomowoc, secretary at Temp...

Carolyn Wolter

Carolyn Wolter

Dec 5, 2017

Carolyn J. Wolter 80, of Watertown, passed away on December 5, 2017 at home.

Carolyn was born on November 25, 1937 in Clyman the daughter of Raymond and Loretta (Indra) Richter.  She was a graduate of Watertown High School.  Carolyn worked as a meat processor for Doskocil Foods for 30 years retiring on May 1, 1995.  She...

Irene Fosdal

Irene Fosdal

Dec 5, 2017

Irene J. Fosdal, 96, of Watertown passed away on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at Marquardt Health Center.

Irene was born on August 30, 1921 in Eagle Grove, Iowa the daughter of John Emil and Mary (VanHouten) Hazemann. She married Alfred Fosdal on August 8, 1940 in Decora, Iowa and the two enjoyed 62 years of marriage together...

Scott Pfeifer

Scott Pfeifer

Dec 4, 2017

Scott D. Pfeifer, 52, of Watertown, Wisconsin passed away on Monday, December 4, 2017 at his home.

Scott was born on August 15, 1965 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin the son of Donald and Elizabeth (Baumgartner) Pfeifer. Scott’s family remembers him as a free spirit. Scott preferred the outdoors to anything else. He loved to fish, canoe, kayak, camp...