Obituaries
Albert Joseph Colianni
Apr 27, 2018
Albert Joseph Colianni, 89, passed away on Friday, April 27, 2018, after a courageous battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was born on August 12, 1928 in Oak Park, IL to Assunta Aurora (Mapelli) and Paul Vito Colianni. He graduated from Oak Park High and Loyola University in Chicago. Al worked alongside his brothers in the family business, Colianni & Dire...
Gregory L. Rosenthal
Apr 27, 2018
Gregory L. Rosenthal, 43, died unexpectedly on Friday, April 27, 2018. He was a devoted husband and a loving father, son and brother. Greg worked tirelessly and passionately, serving others as a flight paramedic for 14 years, a job he loved to the end. For many years, he was a volunteer firefighter and first responder for the Kronenwetter Fire Department....
Michelle Lee Maulson Wayman
Apr 22, 2018
Michelle Lee Maulson Wayman, age 29 of Lac du Flambeau, WI died on Sunday, April 22nd at Theda Care Hospital in Appleton, WI. Traditional Native American Services will be held at the Lac du Flambeau Multi-Purpose Building and will start on Wednesday, April 25th at 4:00 PM and continue till Thursday, April 26th with burial at Memorial Cemetery in Lac...
Donald Irven Peterson
Apr 22, 2018
DONALD I. PETERSON Picture will be emailed Donald I. Peterson, 88, Township of Catawba, died on Sunday Morning April 22, 2018, at his home under the care of his family and Flambeau Home Health Care and Hospice. He was born on September 4, 1929, in Pound, Wi., the son of Arne and Thora Peteson. He made his home in the...
Nellie H. Deruiter
Apr 22, 2018
Nellie H. DeRuiter January 15, 1929 – April 22, 2018 Nellie Hilda DeRuiter (nee DeVries) was born to eternal life on April 22, 2018. Born in South Holland, Illinois on January 15, 1929, Nellie was the first-born child of Nellie and Claude DeVries and a first-generation American. She had many happy times growing up with her loving parents, grandparents, sister...
Matthew Thomas Kelly
Apr 22, 2018
MATTHEW THOMAS KELLY Matthew T. Kelly, 95, Phillips, longtime resident of Lugerville, died on Sunday, April 22, 2018, at Lakeside Villa Senior Housing, Phillips, while under the care of Flambeau Home Health Care and Hospice and his family. He was born on November 10, 1922, in Milwaukee, the son of Martin and Frances (Klamer) Kelly. He made his home in...
Bernard David Winston
Apr 21, 2018
Bernard David Winston, age 75, died on Saturday, April 21st at Cumberland Heights in Rhinelander, WI. Bernie was born on June 24, 1942 in Milwaukee, WI the son of Samuel and Annette (nee Rubinstein) Winston. He is survived by his children; Bernard David Winston Jr., Bruce Alan Winston and Ann Marie (Dan) Schaeffer and by 3 grandchildren and by his...
Amy Jo Plowman
Apr 19, 2018
Amy Jo Plowman (Gebhardt), age 43 of Arbor Vitae and Wausau. Passed away on Thursday, April 19, 2018. Amy was born in Wausau to Joseph and Patricia Gebhardt on January 28, 1975. Amy has joined her father in heaven who she loved very much. Amy loved to camp. Have campfires in her backyard where she would play her music and...
Patricia Ann Heikkinen
Apr 18, 2018
Patricia Ann Heikkinen Patricia Ann “Pat” Heikkinen, 69, Prentice, passed away on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, en route via ambulance from Aspirus Wausau Hospital to hospice care at Aspirus Pleasant View, Phillips. She was born in Ely, Minnesota on November 5, 1948 to Stanley and Helen (Bagley) Hueckman, she attended and graduated from Prentice High School in 1966. On December...
Ronald Eugene Mclaughlin
Apr 18, 2018
Ronald Eugene McLaughlin Ronald E. McLaughlin, 82, Township of Flambeau, died at his home on April 18, 2018, after a brief illness. He was born on August 24, 1935, in Cleveland, Ohio the son of James O. and Margaret (Sekel) McLaughlin. He attended and graduated high school in Cleveland, Ohio He was married to Janice Lapinskas in September of 1957....
Lynda M. Brunsch
Apr 16, 2018
Lynda Brunsch (Anderson), a long-time resident and former business owner residing at Lakeshore Assisted Living passed away peacefully on April 16, 2018, at age 74. She is survived by her husband Brian Brunsch after 52 years of marriage, daughter Kelly Karsky (Brunsch) and her husband Steve with grandchildren Kylie, Kori and Kole of Prior Lake, Minn., her son Brad Brunsch...
Arlene C Hackbarth
Apr 15, 2018
Arlene C. “Pinch” Hackbarth, 84, of Tripoli, Wisconsin, passed away Sunday, April 15, 2018 at House of the Dove Hospice in Marshfield.
Pinch was born May 20, 1933 in Rudolph, Wisconsin to William and Clara Pagels. She married Keith H. Hackbarth on July 24, 1954 in Wisconsin Rapids. She attended Hillview grade school in Rudolph and graduated in 1951 from Lincoln...
Sandra Ann Northrop
Apr 14, 2018
SANDRA NORTHROP Sandra Ann Northrop, 53, former Phillips resident, died at her home in Clearwater, Florida, on Saturday, April 14, 2018. She was born in Ashland, Wisconsin, on September 19, 1964. She was a 1982 graduate of the Phillips High School, and earned a Nursing Degree from the Pasco-Hernando State College in Florida. She was working in Florida as a...
Reubin Arnold Schmidt
Apr 13, 2018
REUBIN A. SCHMIDT Reubin A. Schmidt passed away at his home while under the care of his family and Flambeau Home Health and Hospice on April 13, 2018, at the age of 92. Reubin was born on July 14, 1925, in Thorp, WI, to parents Fredrick and Frances (Verkielen) Schmidt. Reubin grew up in the Thorp area, working on the...
Leonard L Matz, Phd
Apr 10, 2018
Leonard Lee Matz, PhD, age 79 of Arbor Vitae, Wisconsin, formerly of Appleton, New York, passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. Leonard is survived by his wife of 52 years, Marilyn J. Matz (Jones), his daughter, Michelle M. (Matz) Wartak and husband Martin of Cambridge, Massachusetts, three brothers, Dennis M. Matz and wife Ann of...
Lois M Leggett
Apr 8, 2018
Lois M. Leggett, age 74, of Tomahawk, passed away on Sunday, April 8, 2018 at Sacred Heart Hospital.
Lois was born on March 10, 1944 in Tomahawk to Wayne & Regina (Likwarz) Egelkrout. She was married to Neal F. Leggett on July 20, 1962 in Tomahawk. She was a CNA at Sacred Heart Hospital and worked on the AODA unit for...
Myron Schepp
Apr 7, 2018
Myron “Hunce” Schepp, age 91, formerly of Tomahawk, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at Rennes Health Center in Rhinelander under the care of Ministry Hospice.
Hunce was born on May 11, 1926 in Wausau, to Walter & Mabel (Seefeldt) Schepp, the oldest of 5 boys. At the age of 17, Myron enlisted with the US Navy. After the...
Elizabeth "Bette" Ann Bonnee (Welzien)
Apr 5, 2018
Elizabeth A. Bonnee (Welzien) of Arbor Vitae passed away on April 5th after a long battle with cancer. Bette was born on September 6, 1927 in Theinsville, Wisconsin to Servatius Demerath and Anna (Mielke) Demerath. She married Gerald “Jerry” John Welzien on June 7, 1947. They were married 49 years. Bette raised 5 children, while being an active member of...
James F. Brahm
Apr 3, 2018
James F. Brahm, 80, Woodruff, died April 3, 2018, Dear brother of the late Fr. Harold Brahm S.J., the late Rosemary (the late Edward) Wagner, the late Florence (Larry) Lavota, the late John, the late Raymond (the late Barbara), and Edward (Arlene). Beloved uncle of many nieces, nephews. Further survived by other relatives and many friends. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery,...
Willy H. Bauerle
Apr 3, 2018
Willy Hermann Bauerle, age 92 of Lac du Flambeau, WI died on Tuesday, April 3rd at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield, WI. Willy was born on January 16, 1926 in Germany the son of Hermann and Anna (nee Geiser) Bauerle. Willy is survived by his daughters; Nancy (David) Schwartz of Highland Park, IL and Eva (Dane) Petrie of Morrow, OH...
