Roy Gabrielson
May 8, 2020
Roy "Bud" Gabrielson, age 87, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 8, 2020, at his home in Oshkosh, after a long battle with cancer. Roy was born in Oshkosh on December 11, 1932, to Roy D. and Emma Gabrielson. He attended Oshkosh High School, and in 1952 enlisted in the US Army, where he fought in the Korean War. He...
Marceita Knaack
May 8, 2020
Marceita M. Knaack, 78, passed away peacefully May 8, 2020 at Aurora Hospital in Oshkosh. She was born June 28, 1941 in New London WI to the late Milton and Marjorie (Miller) Morack. Marceita graduated from New London High School, class of 1959. Marceita married Norman Groeschel on November 28, 1959. Together they had 5 children. On November 23, 1983...
Louise Covill
May 4, 2020
Louise Ann Covill, age 78, passed away on Monday, May 4, 2020. She was born on February 21, 1942 the daughter of the late Edward and Vivian Covill. She worked at the Berlin Foundry for many years and retired from Mercy Medical Center. She greatly enjoyed family, gardening, collecting ladybugs and the Packers. Louise will be sadly missed by all...
Judith Kandler
May 1, 2020
Judith Kandler passed away on May 1, 2020. She was born in Royalton, WI on January 3, 1940 to Elizabeth (Wilson) and Jack Kelley. She attended Oshkosh State College, (now known as Univery of Wisconsin – Oshkosh), where she was a cheerleader. Judith spent over 20 years teaching children at Sacred Heart. She loved her family and always enjoyed spending...
Cynthia Chappa
Apr 29, 2020
Cynthia Lucy Chappa, 65, a long-time resident of Oshkosh, passed away on Wednesday, April 29, after a brave eight-month battle with ovarian cancer. She was born at Loring Air Force Base in Maine, on November 5, 1954, raised in Omro, WI, and graduated from Lourdes Academy in 1973. Cynthia graduated from University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh with a Bachelor of Science. She...
David Schlichting
Apr 25, 2020
David N. Schlichting, age 68, passed away at Aurora Medical Center on Saturday, April 25, 2020. David had suffered many years from complications from his exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam. David was born on July 12, 1951 in Oshkosh, the sixth child of Edward and Ella Schlichting. He attended Oshkosh West High School an after his senior year, joined...
Steven Reimer
Apr 17, 2020
Steven Clark Reimer, 70, of Omro, passed away surrounded by his family on April 17, 2020. Steve was born on August 11, 1949 to the late Betty and Gaylord Reimer. He was the oldest of their two sons, with a younger brother named Gary. From an early age Steve was a highly motivated young man. In his teen years he...
Miriam Hasse
Apr 17, 2020
Miriam Elizabeth Hinderaker Hasse, age 101, passed away peacefully on April 17, 2020 at her Gabriel's Villa home. She was born November 7, 1918, in Essex, Iowa, to Emily and Sigfred Nordstrom, the youngest of four children. Later the family moved to Sioux City, Iowa where she graduated in 1936 from Central High School, then to Minneapolis, MN, where she...
James Ostertag
Apr 16, 2020
It is with great sadness that the family of James Stephan Ostertag announces his passing on Thursday, April 16th, 2020. Born on September 6th, 1987, in Oshkosh, WI to James Grant Ostertag and Lori Jean Lane (Bullock), James was instantly loved and adored by his family. James was named after his father and their bond would prove inseparable. Often describing...
Florence King
Apr 9, 2020
Florence King, 97, a lifetime Omro resident, died at Park View Health Center on April 9, 2020. She was born on September 25, 1922 in the Town of Rushford. Florence was the fifth of seven children born to Frank and Maggie (Maslowski) Kallas. After graduation from Omro High School in 1940, Florence enrolled in Green Lake County Normal and completed...
Ernest Babbitz
Apr 7, 2020
Ernest "Gramps" Babbitz II, passed away peacefully at Parkview Health Center on April 7, 2020 at the age of 82. He was born on January 8, 1938 to Ernest Babbitz and Elizabeth (Acheson) Babbitz in Oshkosh, WI He married his wife of almost 59 years, Margaret (Peg) Holz, on July 15, 1961 in Oshkosh where they lived and raised five...
Arlene Zarling
Apr 5, 2020
Arlene Zarling, age 91, passed away on April 5, 2020. She was born October 21, 1928, to Gerhart and Edna (Bearwald) Schumacher. Arlene is survived by her son, Dennis (Peggy) Zarling; and grandchildren, Danielle (Nate Abraham) Zarling, and Andrew Zarling. She is preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence E. Zarling; siblings, Hilbert Schumacher, Carol Miller, and Leon Schumacher. Arlene...
Anthony Fink
Apr 2, 2020
Anthony "Tony" G. Fink, age 61, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 2, 2020. He was born in Oshkosh on October 26, 1958, son of the late Jerry and Suzanne (Young) Fink. He graduated from Omro High School in 1977 where he excelled at many sports. After graduation, Tony served four years in the U.S. Army where he served his...
James Benson
Apr 1, 2020
James Allen Benson, 81, passed away on April 1, 2020. Dr. Benson was born on April 27, 1938, in River Falls, WI, to the late Carl Edwin Benson and Helen Elizabeth (Hawkins) Benson and grew up in New Richmond, WI. He earned a Bachelor's degree from Wisconsin State College, Eau Claire as well as a Master's Degree and a Doctorate...
Lee Muegge
Mar 31, 2020
Lee A. Muegge, age 79, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. He was born in Oshkosh on March 28, 1941 the son of the late Arthur and Erna (Ziebell) Muegge. On April 20, 1963 he married his wife of 56 years, Joanne Blau. Lee started his own garage door installation business, Lee's Garage Door Service. He...
Pearl Dawson
Mar 30, 2020
Pearl Bahr Dawson, age 90 died March 30, 2020. She was born in 1929, daughter of William and Margaret Bahr. Pearl is survived by her husband of 67 years, Robert Dawson; five sons, Jeffrey (Laura) Dawson of Milwaukee, William Dawson of Oshkosh, James (Donald Fenlon) of Green Bay, Daniel (Amy) Dawson of Oshkosh, and John Dawson of Plover; five grandchildren,...
June Lowe
Mar 28, 2020
June L. Lowe, age 91, passed away peacefully at Alten Haus in Neenah on Saturday, March 28, 2020. She was born in Milwaukee on June 13, 1928, daughter of the late Viola Craw. June worked at Omro City Hall for many years. She enjoyed shopping, driving her scooter in the 4th of July parade in Omro, spending time with friends,...
Janice Nelson
Mar 21, 2020
Janice "Jan" Anne Nelson, age 68, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, died peacefully on Saturday, March 21, 2020, at the Waterford, in Oshkosh, after a challenging battle of heart disease and cancer. Jan was born in Madison, Wisconsin, on October 9, 1951, to Arthur Willis and Edith Hope (Larson) Anderson. She was a graduate of Robert M. LaFollette High School and the...
Saralou Reid
Mar 15, 2020
Dr. Saralou "Sally" Reid (née Leavy), age 89, passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2020. She was born in Vincennes, Indiana on December 9, 1930, the daughter of the late James and Bertha Eunice (DeBerry) Leavy. She grew up in Bicknell, Indiana. On September 7, 1963 she married her husband of 56 years, Dr. Ronald H. Reid in Bloomington, Indiana....
Joyce Gilbert
Mar 15, 2020
Joyce Gilbert age 89, of Omro passed away Sunday evening March 15, 2020 at Edenbrooke Manor. Joyce was born on November 13, 1930 to Miles and Madge (Smith) Cundy. She is survived by her children, Deborah (Jim) Robinson of Oshkosh, Jeffrey Gilbert of Oshkosh, and Robert Gilbert of Green Bay; grandchildren Julie, Jeffrey Jr., Mickey, and Robert Jr.; great-grandchildren, Tiffany,...
