Obituaries

David L. Veith

David L. Veith

Feb 27, 2021

David “Sparky” Veith, 64, loving husband, father and grandfather, died unexpectedly on February 27, 2021 at Mercy Hospital. David was born in Oshkosh January 17, 1957 the son of the late Tom and Jean (Boushele) Veith. He graduated from Oshkosh West High School in 1975 and began his working career as an electrician for Lark Electric. He later became a...

Wanda S. Baker

Wanda S. Baker

Feb 26, 2021

Wanda S. Baker, 62 of Oshkosh, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Thursday, February 26, 2021. Wanda was born on November 26, 1958 to the late Bronson and Nancy (Paulick) Baker. She graduated from Oshkosh North High School and went on to work various jobs in her life. Most notably, she worked in the UW Oshkosh biology department and...

Myrna B. Murken

Myrna B. Murken

Feb 25, 2021

Myrna B. Murken, age 98, passed away on the morning of Thursday, February 25, 2021, at Eden Meadows. She was born to the late Frederick and Ingrid (Holleschau) Brechbiel on November 19, 1922, in Iowa Falls, IA. Myrna grew up and graduated high school in Yale, IA. She attended Simpson College in Indianola, IA, and then graduated from Iowa State...

Jeffrey A. Kleinschmit

Jeffrey A. Kleinschmit

Feb 24, 2021

Jeffrey A. Kleinschmit, age 57, passed away on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. He was born in Oshkosh on May 1, 1963 to Robert and Linda (Thompson) Kleinschmit. He is survived by his mother, Linda Kleinschmit; brother, Jerry (Terri) Kleinschmit; and two nephews: Christopher and Ryan Kleinschmit. He was preceded in death by his father Robert. Private family services will be...

Joseph A. Gose

Joseph A. Gose

Feb 24, 2021

Joseph A. Gose, age 61 of Oshkosh passed away at his residence on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. He was born on July 6, 1959 to the late Raymond and Jeanette (Amundson) Gose. Joseph was confirmed at Martin Luther Ev. Lutheran Church. He attended Oshkosh North High School, and then served in the Army National Guard. He loved spending time with...

Robert C. Boehler

Robert C. Boehler

Feb 23, 2021

Robert C. Boehler, age 67 of Green Bay passed away at St. Vincent Hospital on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. He was born on February 19, 1954 to the late Richard and Norma (Rogers) Boehler in Illinois. In his younger years, Robert enjoyed riding motorcycles, playing darts and bowling. He never turned down an opportunity to shoot pool or spend time...

Linda L Armstrong

Linda L Armstrong

Feb 22, 2021

Linda Armstrong was called to her heavenly home on February 22, 2021 at Cobblestone Home of Fond du Lac. She was born July 31, 1950, daughter of the late Allan and Edna Armstrong. Linda was raised on the family farm in the Town of Neenah and graduated from Gillingham School. She worked at Lakeside Packaging of Neenah and Oshkosh for...

Candyce S Clark

Candyce S Clark

Feb 22, 2021

Candyce S. Clark, age 65 of Oshkosh, passed away on Monday, February 22, 2021 at her residence. She was born on December 29, 1955 to the late James and Joyce Clark. Candyce enjoyed watching movies, listening to music, cooking, and fishing. She raised house plants, did tarot card reading, and collecting nick-nacks. Candyce was a people person who was very...

Tylor G. Peterson

Tylor G. Peterson

Feb 21, 2021

Tylor Grant Peterson (49) passed away Sunday February 21, 2021 in Milwaukee, WI. Ty lived the American dream and loved hard. After high school in Orono MN, he climbed the corporate ladder becoming a VP at US Bank. He married twice and had two sons that he loved more than anything (Grant-27 and Seth-22). He was the kind of man...

Terry G. Books

Terry G. Books

Feb 20, 2021

Terry Gene Books, 60, Oshkosh, passed away at Mercy Medical Center on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. He was born in Oshkosh on March 31, 1960, son of the late Richard and Elaine (Wischow) Books. He was preceded in death by life partner Marie Novachek and ex-wife Julie A. (Zabel) Kent. A graduate of Oshkosh North High School, Terry attended Sun...

Ruth M. Kimball

Ruth M. Kimball

Feb 20, 2021

Ruth Marie Kimball, age 58, passed away suddenly. Daughter of Vervaine (Watson) Kimball and Eugene H Kimball. Heavenly angels carried Ruth to be with Jesus on February 20, 2021 at Park View Health Center with her mother, her brother, Steven, and her special sister-in-law Vickie at her side. Ruth attended Lincoln school. She worked at Lakeside packaging for 33 years....

Loretta C. Hoversten

Loretta C. Hoversten

Feb 20, 2021

Loretta Clarice Hoversten passed away on February 20, 2021 in Oshkosh, WI. She was born August 31, 1934 at Dunn Center, ND to Rudolph and Ottilia (Gorder) Pletan, the 10th of 11 children. After graduating from Dunn Center high school as Valedictorian, Loretta graduated, Magna Cum Laude, from Concordia Lutheran College (Moorhead, MN) in May 1958, with a major in...

Thomas "Tom" B. Philipp

Thomas "Tom" B. Philipp

Feb 18, 2021

Thomas “Tom” B. Philipp, age 74 of Oshkosh, passed away at his residence on Thursday, February 18, 2021. He was born in Oshkosh on March 6, 1946 to the late Bertrand and Cecilia (Griedl) Philipp. Tom graduated from Lourdes High School in 1964. He attended Milwaukee Technical Institute after high school and then worked for the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern for...

Charles Julien Blackerby

Charles Julien Blackerby

Feb 17, 2021

Charles J. Blackerby, of Oshkosh, passed away unexpectedly on February 17th, 2021. Mr. Blackerby was born on May 17th, 1932, in Rensselaer, Indiana, the only child of Clyde and Anna Blackerby. He graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor's degree and commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force in 1954. He spent three years on active duty...

John Bartelt Jr.

John Bartelt Jr.

Feb 17, 2021

John Bartelt Jr., age 91 of Oshkosh, passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at Aurora Medical Center, with family at his side. He was born to the late John and Flora (Mischke) Bartelt on July 6, 1929 in Kiel, WI. He married JoAnn Kolb on July 15, 1950 in Cleveland, WI. John was a veteran of the United States...

Richard L. Schoonover

Richard L. Schoonover

Feb 17, 2021

Richard L. Schoonover, age 86, passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. He was born August 9, 1934 in Janesville, WI to the late William and Nora Schoonover. He married Marion Sass on September 12, 1959 at the Church of Peace in Fond du Lac. They were married 58 years until her passing in 2017. Richard worked at Krambo Meat...

James H. Kossel

James H. Kossel

Feb 15, 2021

James “Jim” Henry Kossel, age 80, of Oshkosh, passed away due to complications of Alzheimer’s on Monday, February 15, 2021. He was born in Oshkosh on November 21, 1940 to Richard and Lois (Bridge) Kossel. Jim graduated from Omro High School and the Oshkosh Institute of Business Education. He entered the US Marine Corps in March of 1962 and was...

Rick R. Hart

Rick R. Hart

Feb 14, 2021

Rick R. Hart, age 72 of Neenah, passed away on Sunday, February 14, 2021. He was born in Oshkosh on June 6, 1948 to Robert and Betty (Wachholz) Hart. Rick graduated from Oshkosh West High School in 1966. He served in the United States Navy as a hospital corpsman from 1967 until 1970. He eventually retired from a lifetime career...

Angela E. Schaefer

Angela E. Schaefer

Feb 11, 2021

Every life leaves a trail of beautiful memories…our family sadly lost a wife, sister, aunt, godparent and friend but heaven gained an angel. Angela “Angie” Schaefer passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 11, 2021 at the age of 66 from a courageous battle with cancer. Angie’s love of life did not come to an end with her death. We will...

Philip A. Karpowitz Sr.

Philip A. Karpowitz Sr.

Feb 11, 2021

Philip A. Karpowitz, age 66, passed away at home on Thursday, February 11, 2021. He was born to the late Edward and Joyce Karpowitz on December 30, 1954 in Milwaukee. He attended Custer High School in Milwaukee. Philip served his country in the United States Air Force. He married the love of his life, Audrey Ollech on February 5, 1976...