Rosemary Isabella Hoffmann, 82, Waterford, died peacefully July 23, 2014, surrounded by her family. She was born May 30, 1932, to the late Urban and Margaret (Goertz) Zeck from Milwaukee. She married the love of her life Edward Hoffmann, May 21, 1948, in Waukegan. The couple spent the last […]

      Daniel W. Kosterman, 85, Lake Geneva, died July 20, 2014, at Lakeland Healthcare Center, Elkhorn. He was born June 14, 1929, in Racine, to the late Arthur and Elizabeth Shibilsky Kosterman. He married Jeanne Tenhagen April 19, 1952. She preceded him in death March 4, 2008. He was a […]

      Charles J. Gerds, 75, died at home in Waterford on July 25, 2014, after an 11-month battle against metastasizing colon cancer. He was a 20-year Air Force veteran, serving as a weapons control systems technician, fixing airplanes in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Germany and England, as well as countless stateside […]

      Annette Sue ‘Meemaw’ (Eastep) Chase, 67, died peacefully, July 5, 2014. She was born on May 13, 1947, in Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., to Jessie Lee and Maggie (Duggar) Eastep. Sue was the loving wife, of 49 years to Deane Chase Jr. Together they cherished four children, Andrea (Steve) Maciosek, […]

    Martha S. Stryker, 75, died peacefully July 23, 2014, at Season’s Hospice and Palliative Care. She was born in Sterling, Ill, on Aug. 28, 1938, to the late Alice and Chester Sherman. She spent her early life in Sterling where she graduated from Sterling High School. She was a […]

      Joan L. Ebbers, 88, Burlington, died July 22, 2014, at Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington. She was born April 12, 1926, to the late Albert and Anna (Yanny) Ebbers in Burlington. She was a lifelong resident of Burlington, graduating from St. Mary’s Grade and St. Mary’s High schools. […]

      Bruce Laird McNeel, 59, died June 11, 2014, at his home in Houston, Texas, after battling cancer. He was born Nov. 4, 1954, to Laird and Dorothy L. (Clausen) McNeel in Burlington. He grew up in Burlington and graduated cum laude from the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor […]

      William A. ‘Bill’ Wright Jr., 67, Rochester, died July 18, 2014, after a long struggle with COPD and related complications. He is best remembered for his passion of music, pride for this country, his commitment to church ministries, but most of all his unending love and sacrifices for his […]

      Lenore Elizabeth (Gieschen) Whisler, 88, died July 18, 2014. She was born Feb. 6, 1926, in Huilsburg, to the late Rev. Theodore and Kathryn (Schertel) Gieschen. On Aug. 15, 1950, she married James Whisler, who preceded her in death on Dec. 24, 1970. She graduated from Union Grove High […]

      Viola M. Ranker, 77, Burlington, died July 16, 2014, at the AVNA Zilber Family Hospice. She was born Oct. 16, 1936, to the late Clarence and Bertha (Wicherts) Paschal in Coletta, Ill. Her early life was spent in Savanna, Ill. On June 29, 1968, she married Kenneth W. Ranker […]