William Lee Weitz

William L. Weitz Jr., age 76, of Oshkosh, passed away on Sunday, May 28, 2017 after a long battle with cancer. He was born on November 2, 1940 to the late William and Mildred (Koehn) Weitz in Oshkosh. William married Suellen Wright on September 7, 1963. Their marriage was blessed with two daughters, Kelly and Sherri Weitz. Suellen preceded him in death on October 10, 1988. William later married Ilse Aissen on July 4, 1990.
William worked as a machinist at Rockwell International for 30 years. He was very involved in coaching hockey and soccer. He helped create the Oshkosh United Soccer traveling team. He also enjoyed golf, fishing, taking care of his yard and watching the Packers. For many years he was involved with the Big Brother/Big Sister program, a member of the Oshkosh Auxillary Police Department and later was an Elk’s Club member and Chaplain.
He is survived by his wife Ilse, two daughters Kelly Jean Weitz, Sherri Lynn Weitz, one brother Dale(Sandy) Weitz, two sisters Karen (Herb) Tesch, Ellen Weitz, Ilse’s children Arnold, Dieter, Heidi, Ingrid, Siegried and their children whom William considered his own grandchildren Kaitlan, Jakob, Sophia, Isabel, Alysa, Olivia, Jakson, and Avery, and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his first wife Suellen and his parents.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00AM on Friday, June 2, 2017 at Calvary Lutheran Church 2580 W. 9th Avenue, with Rev. Robert Rosenberg officiating. Visitation will be held at the church from 9:00AM until 11:00AM. Entombment will be in Lake View Memorial Park.
A memorial has been established.
William’s family would like to extend a thank you to Dr. Karen Gremminger, Fox Valley Oncology and Hematology, Dr. Ammar Alzoubi, and the staff at Evergreen for the care and comfort they had given William and his family.