Obituaries

Joanne Martello

Joanne Martello

Feb 24, 2025

Joanne Martello, age 65, passed away on Monday, February 24, 2025 at Select Specialty Hospital in Madison. She was born to the late Rocco Rosario and Ida Maria Martello on November 21, 1959.

She studied music at Lawrence University. She had an incredibly beautiful singing voice.

She was always very proud of her Sicilian heritage. She was a chef-quality...

Mary E. Klatt

Mary E. Klatt

Feb 23, 2025

Mary Ellen Klatt, age 80, passed away on Sunday, February 23, 2025 at The Residence at Oshkosh, with her daughters by her side. For almost 20 years, Mary bravely battled Parkinson's Disease with tenacity, humor, strength, and courage, even in her final days.

Mary was born on Mother's Day on May 14, 1944 in Sheboygan, WI. She was the middle...

Diane Lynn Westphal-Blechl

Diane Lynn Westphal-Blechl

Feb 22, 2025

Diane Westphal-Blechl, 68, peacefully joined her Lord and Savior on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Born on June 25, 1956, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to Beverly and Robert Westphal, Diane was a devoted woman of faith, a loving mother, and a cherished grandmother.

Growing up in Oshkosh, Diane graduated from Oshkosh North High School in 1974. She pursued higher education at the University...

Captain James L. Basiliere M.D.

Captain James L. Basiliere M.D.

Feb 22, 2025

On February 22, 2025, Captain James Basiliere, M.D. passed away after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Dr. James Basiliere was born in Oshkosh, WI, on September 8, 1934, to Loren and Marceda Basiliere. He attended Oshkosh High School where he is remembered as being a gifted athlete. He played as a quarterback for the Oshkosh Comets and was also...

Kenneth E. Lohry

Kenneth E. Lohry

Feb 21, 2025

Kenneth E. Lohry, age 92, of Oshkosh, WI, passed away on February 21, 2025 surrounded by family at Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh. Kenneth was born on November 16, 1932 in Fond du Lac, WI, son of Frank and Elsie (Riemer) Lohry.

Ken was employed for many years at Rockwell International as a machinist and also for a...

Donna Perkins

Donna Perkins

Feb 21, 2025

Donna M. Perkins, age 79, passed away on Friday, February 21, 2025 at Edenbrook of Oshkosh. She was born to the late Michael and Lois (Fuller) Kolb on February 5, 1946 in Oshkosh

Donna graduated from Oshkosh High School in June, 1964

Donna worked at various different jobs, eventually retiring from Walmart.

Donna enjoyed cross-stitch, scrapbooking, crocheting, knitting, ceramics, making...

Janet Joy Ray

Janet Joy Ray

Feb 19, 2025

Janet Joy Ray, age 63 of Fox Crossing, passed away at her residence on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 surrounded by her loving family. Janet was born in Oshkosh on July 29, 1961 to Donald and Jacquelyn (Troxell) Kildsig. She was united in marriage to Jeffrey Ray on October 22, 1983.

Janet’s academic pursuits led her to earn a bachelor’s and master’s...

Sandra Kienert

Sandra Kienert

Feb 17, 2025

Sandra (Sandy) L. (Merkel) Kienert age 77, of Oshkosh, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 17th, 2025 at Bethel home where she had resided for the past 2 years. She was born to the late William Merkel and Beatrice (Ceelen) Getchel on July 2, 1947, in Oshkosh. She married Darwin Kienert on May 21, 1983. He preceded her in death...

Patricia L. Deppe

Patricia L. Deppe

Feb 17, 2025

Patricia "Patty" L. Deppe, age 85, of Berlin, WI, passed away at home on Monday, February 17, 2025.

Patty was born in Oshkosh, WI, on July 16, 1939, daughter of John and Lucille (Dake) Pellinger. She graduated high school and pursued a career in banking. She met her future husband, Richard Deppe, on a blind date, then on June 1,...

Frank Holmes Jr.

Frank Holmes Jr.

Feb 15, 2025

Frank G. Holmes Jr. of Oshkosh went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at the age of 86. He died peacefully surrounded by his family. 

Frank was born in Hancock, WI, on February 6, 1939, to Frank Sr. and Norma (Brown) Holmes. Upon graduating from high school, he served in the Army for three years. Frank...

Herbert Stewart

Herbert Stewart

Feb 13, 2025

Herbert R. Stewart, age 93, passed away at Ascension Mercy Hospital on February 13, 2025. He was born to the late Walter and Charlotte (Fink) Stewart on November 3, 1931, in Oshkosh, WI. He married Marjorie Malkowsky on October 11, 1958.

He graduated from Oshkosh High School and went on to join the US Navy then worked for many years with...

Brewer Thomas Beck

Brewer Thomas Beck

Feb 12, 2025

Brewer Thomas Beck, died unexpectedly on February 12, 2025 at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.

He was born on January 21, 2025 to Tristan Beck and Carissa Lampe. Though his time on earth was short, Brewer was very loved by not just his family, but all of the doctors and nurses that got to meet and care for him as well. Brewer...

Scott C. Rothe

Scott C. Rothe

Feb 8, 2025

Scott C. Rothe, age 67, of Oshkosh, WI, died on Saturday, February 8, 2025, after a battle with cancer. He was born in Denver, CO on December 18, 1957, to Richard Rothe and Marilyn (Rothe) Mc Cormick. During his younger years he inherited his father's wanderlust, during that time he worked in several states including California, Colorado, and Wyoming.

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Richard Nelson

Richard Nelson

Feb 7, 2025

Richard E. Nelson, age 98 died February 7,2025 at Bethel Home. He was born February 14, 1926, to Carl B and Anna (Anderson) Nelson in Ruthven, Iowa. He was baptized as a child of Christ in 1926 at Zion Lutheran Church in Ruthven.

Richard graduated from Ruthven Public School in 1943 and also graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from...

Charles Edward Cason Jr.

Charles Edward Cason Jr.

Feb 7, 2025

The Reverend Canon Charles E. Cason Jr., age 87 of Oshkosh, Wisconsin passed away peacefully on Friday, February 7th, 2025, after a 5-month battle with cancer. Charles was born on November 16th, 1937, in Vidalia, Georgia to Charles E Cason Sr. and Sarah Lou Dugger. He graduated from Statesboro High School in 1955, where he enjoyed working at the radio...

Jon Peterson

Jon Peterson

Feb 6, 2025

Jon C Peterson, age 70, of Crivitz Wisconsin, formerly of Oshkosh, passed away unexpectedly at home on February 6, 2025. Jon was born on September 13, 1954 in Oshkosh to Kenneth Peterson and Bonnie Peterson Denis. He attended Oshkosh area schools and Trinity Episcopal Church.

Jon had a variety of jobs throughout his life and moved around quite a bit. He...

Ross Wandschneider

Ross Wandschneider

Feb 6, 2025

On February 6, 2025, Ross Foutaine Wandschneider of Oshkosh, WI passed away at the age of 89. He was peacefully surrounded by his loving family, devoted friends, loyal former Neenah High School baseball players and kind scholarly teachers.

Ross, a 1954 St. John's Military Academy graduate, a graduate of UW in 1958 and 1959. His teaching credentials were in...

Anthony "Tony" E. Skupas

Anthony "Tony" E. Skupas

Feb 6, 2025

Anthony “Tony” E. Skupas, age 85 of Manitowish Waters, passed away on February 6, 2025 at Heartland House, Wautoma. He was born on January 4, 1940 in Green Bay, WI, son of Edward and Norma (Goudy) Skupas. On April 29, 1961, he married Judith M. Sharratt in Fond du Lac, WI.

Tony was a 1958 graduate of L.P. Goodrich High School...

Lillian L. Williams

Lillian L. Williams

Feb 6, 2025

Lillian L Williams age 93 of Oshkosh passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 6, 2025, at Evergreen Retirement Community, and has been reunited with her loving husband Arthur, who preceded her in death January 8,2010, after almost 59 years. She was born in Oshkosh on August 17th,1931 and lived here her entire life.

On June 30th, 1951, she married Arthur H....

Judith Stertz

Judith Stertz

Feb 5, 2025

Judith Stertz, loving mother, and loyal friend, has crossed her final plate after a full game of life. She passed away peacefully, with her son Randy Stertz-Jill by her side, in the final inning of her remarkable journey. Survived by her brother Henry Weitz, niece Shelly-Luke Sherry, good friend/cousin Shirley Lang along with other family and friends. Judy was known...