Obituaries

Duane A. "Butch" Mayer

Duane A. "Butch" Mayer

Aug 5, 2024

Duane A. “Butch” Mayer, 83 of Watertown, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 5, 2024, at The Marquardt of Watertown.

Duane was born October 22, 1940, in Beaver Dam, the son of Arnold and Jeanette (Johnson) Mayer. On October 12, 1959, Duane was united in marriage with Hazel Borck and the couple shared many happy years of marriage together before her...

Thomas J. Frakes

Thomas J. Frakes

Aug 1, 2024

Thomas J. Frakes, 82, of Watertown, passed away on Thursday, August 1st, 2024, at Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital.

Thomas was born October 24, 1941, in Milwaukee, the son of Raymond and Elizabeth (Perusick) Frakes. In 1963, Tom married Linda McDow.

Thomas loved and lived life to its fullest. He possessed a strong work ethic that he instilled in others. Thomas was mischievous and...

Linda L. Goetsch

Linda L. Goetsch

Jul 27, 2024

Linda L. Goetsch, 72, of Watertown, passed away on Saturday, July 27, 2024, at her home surrounded by her loving family.

Linda was born on November 29, 1951, in Milwaukee, the daughter of John and Patricia (Kubicek) Lord. She married the love of her life Ken Goetsch on October 23, 1976, at St. Jerome’s Catholic Church in Oconomowoc and the couple...

Jose Guadalupe Campos Jimenez

Jose Guadalupe Campos Jimenez

Jul 23, 2024

Jose Guadalupe Campos Jiménez, 61 of Marshall, passed away on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at his home surrounded by family.

Jose was born on May 14, 1963, in San Gabriel, the son of Leonides Campos Guerrero and Higinia Jiménez Gomez. In 2014, he married Maria De Lourdes Montes De Oca Perez. In his free time, Jose enjoyed fishing and hunting. He...

Roy Lewis

Roy Lewis

Jul 19, 2024

Roy Lewis, 76, of Watertown, passed away on Friday, July 19, 2024, at his home.

Roy was born on October 2, 1947, in Earle, Arkansas, the son of Jeff and Rosetta (Jones) Lewis. He was baptized early in life at the Baptist church in Earle. He was a graduate from Dunbar High School in Earle. Roy was a retired interstate semi-truck...

Mary Ann Harter

Mary Ann Harter

Jul 16, 2024

Mary Ann Harter, 85, of Waterloo, passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at her home surrounded by her loving family.

Mary Ann was born on July 5, 1939, in Woodstock, IL, the daughter of Frank and Katherine (Behlke) Urban. She worked at Perry Printing in Waterloo for over 33 years, retiring in 2003. In Mary’s free time she enjoyed gardening,...

RitaRae M. Prahl

RitaRae M. Prahl

Jul 15, 2024

RitaRae M. Prahl 82, of Lebanon, passed away on Monday, July 15, 2024 at Aurora Medical Center in Summit.

RitaRae was born on Jan. 3, 1942 in Stevens Point, WI the daughter of Ray and Rita (Checolinski) Kaskey. She graduated from Wausau Senior High in 1959 and attended UW- Stevens Point. RitaRae held various office jobs during her career, including children's...

Gaynel E. Christensen

Gaynel E. Christensen

Jul 9, 2024

Gaynel E. Christensen of Tomahawk, passed away July 9th, 2024, while in the care of her daughters.

Gaynel worked at Briggs and Straton, Big Boys, Hartland Plastic, Arn and Dales, Johnson Tool as well as working in health care.

As a child, she dragged saplings out of the swamp in Lugerville, Wi. for a penny a tree. She later trapped and sold...

Patricia Ann Svatos

Patricia Ann Svatos

Jul 8, 2024

Patricia Ann Svatos, 71, of Watertown, passed away on July 8, 2024, following a rapid decline with Dementia. She is living her eternal life in Heaven with her Lord and has been reunited with her husband once again.

Patricia was born on November 15, 1952, in Watertown, the daughter of Leslie and Francis (Behling) Engelke. At the young age of 21,...

Venus C. Lemke

Venus C. Lemke

Jul 1, 2024

Venus C. Lemke, 62, of Waterloo, passed away surrounded by her loving family at St. Luke’s Hospital of Milwaukee.

Venus Cobacha was born on March 20, 1962, in Dulag, Leyte, Philippines, the daughter of Dioscoro and Lourdes (Mangantilao) Cobacha. She delighted in recounting childhood stories, sharing fond memories of growing up with her siblings in the Philippines.

Driven by the virtue for...

Rev. Dr. Charles R. Sanders

Rev. Dr. Charles R. Sanders

Jun 30, 2024

Rev. Dr. Charles R. Sanders, 92, of Lake Mills, WI, passed away on Sunday, June 30, 2024, at The LakeHouse in Lake Mills.

Charles was born on February 19, 1932, in Menomonie, WI, the son of Henry and Carel (Jensen) Sanders. He married the love of his life Darleen Osgood on October 25, 1952, in St. Cloud, MN and later passed...

Robert Lee Lischka

Robert Lee Lischka

Jun 29, 2024

Lischka, Robert Lee “Bob”, age 89, passed away at UW-Madison Hospital on Saturday, June 29, 2024 after a brief illness. Bob was born on July 16, 1934 in Beaver Dam. He was the fifth of twelve children born to Alois and Anna (Cigelske) Lischka. Bob graduated from the one-room Richwood Grade School and attended Watertown High School. Bob enlisted in...

Miriam R. Hinkes

Miriam R. Hinkes

Jun 25, 2024

Miriam R. Hinkes found eternal peace at 81 years old on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, surrounded by family.

Miriam was born October 14, 1942, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Joseph (Shirley) Leibrecht and mother Theda Mae Cornelius. She graduated from Juneau High School in Milwaukee and attended business college for Medical Secretary. She was working at the Wisconsin Telephone Company...

BurnaDeane L. Quamme

BurnaDeane L. Quamme

Jun 25, 2024

BurnaDeane L. Quamme, 95 of Reeseville, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at Columbus Health and Rehab.

BurnaDeane was born on November 30, 1928, in Watertown, WI, the daughter of Raymond and Marie (Bartosch) Kuehnemann. She attended St. Bernard’s grade school and graduated from Poynette High School. She married the love of her life Lloyd Quamme on October 11,...

Gerald L. Hall

Gerald L. Hall

Jun 24, 2024

Gerald L. Hall, 91, of Waterloo, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family on Monday, June 24, 2024.

Gerald was born on October 18, 1932 in Tomah, WI, son of Charles and Florence (Gray) Hall. He graduated from Tomah High School in 1950. He married his high school sweetheart, Willow Ayers on August 28, 1952, in Providence,...

Timothy J. Kortendick

Timothy J. Kortendick

Jun 22, 2024

Timothy J. Kortendick, 62 of Watertown, passed away on Saturday, June 22, 2024, at Watertown Regional Medical Center surrounded by his loving wife and children.

Tim was born April 3, 1962, in Oconomowoc, the son of Kenneth and Shirley Jean (Allworden) Kortendick. On April 6, 2013, Tim married Wendee Niehoff, after spending many happy years together since 1995, at St. Mark’s...

August Thomas Granzig

August Thomas Granzig

Jun 20, 2024

August “Augie” T. Granzig, age 56, of Waterloo, passed away on June 20, 2024, at his home.

Augie was born on November 4, 1967, in Chicago, the son of August and Diane (Chibici) Granzig. On June 24, 1995, Augie married Katherine Zizzo in Las Vegas, NV, and the couple was blessed with one son, August Joseph “A.J.” After attending trade school,...

John Frazier Klink

John Frazier Klink

Jun 17, 2024

John Frazier Klink, 59 of Watertown, passed away on Monday, June 17, 2024, at his home.

John was born June 9, 1965, in Milwaukee, the son of Douglas and Marcella (Enderlin) Klink. He grew up in the Whitefish Bay area and graduated from Whitefish Bay High School. John went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in political science from Miami University...

Judith Josephine Baumann

Judith Josephine Baumann

Jun 6, 2024

Judith (Boltz) Baumann, age 82, passed away peacefully in her sleep from Alzheimer’s on June 6th, 2024 at her home with her loving husband, Wayne at her side. Judy was born June 8, 1941, in the town of Concord, WI to Richard and Dorothy (Borchardt) Boltz of Sullivan, WI. She attended the Village of Sullivan Grade School, graduated from Jefferson...

Michael R. Friedl

Michael R. Friedl

Jun 1, 2024

Michael Robert Friedl, 69, son of Glenn and Barbara (Stauss) Friedl, was born in Milwaukee on July 28th, 1954. He lived in Berlin, WI and Madison with his 5 siblings before coming to Watertown, where he graduated from high school in 1972. He moved to Florida, where he found Jesus, which changed the course of his life. He was a...

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