Wilma Esther Howe, 92, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died May 6, 2014, at River Hills West Health & Rehabilitation Center. She was born on Jan. 16, 1922, in Burlington, to the late Martha and Otto Yahnke. She graduated from Burlington High School and attended Adele Ballou Beauty School, […]
Obituaries
Information on services for recently deceased residents
JAMES D. SIMONDS, M.D.
James D. Simonds, M.D., 54, left his family too soon on April 16, 2014, at his home on Browns Lake when he was called to and blessed with the promise of eternal life. He was born in Racine, to the late Paul and Patricia (Leiby) Simonds. He attended St. John’s […]
KATHLEEN T. LEE
Kathleen Therese Lee, 75, Burlington died May 5, 2014, at Village Glen in Lake Geneva. She was born Aug. 28, 1938, to the late Thomas and Catherine (Goldrick) Redmond in Chicago. Her early life was spent in Chicago. She graduated from Proviso East high School and Loyola University. On Jan. […]
MELISSA A. KEMPKEN
Melissa ‘Missy’ Ann Kempken, 22, Burlington, died May 4, 2014, after a courageous battle with esophageal cancer at the University of Chicago Medical Center. She was born Aug. 14, 1991, to Mike and Debbie (Ehrhart) in Burlington. Her early life was spent in Burlington. She graduated from St. Thomas […]
EILEEN MEHRING
Eileen Mehring, 78, Burlington, died April 30, 2014, at East Troy Manor. She was born Aug. 25, 1935, to the late Fred and Florence (Johnson) Runge in Owatonna, Minn. Her early life was spent in Meriden where she graduated from Owatonna High School. In 1953 she married Edwin Mollé. Together […]
MARY L. KOENEN
Mary Lynn Koenen, 78, Burlington, died April 30, 2014, at Kindred Nursing and Rehab. She was born March 8, 1936, to the late Kenneth ‘Bud’ and Lorraine (Reuschlein) Hawkins in Burlington. She resided in Burlington her whole life and graduated from both St. Mary’s Grade School and St. Mary’s High […]
MARGARET M. GOODWIN
Margaret M. Goodwin, 86, Burlington, died April 29, 2014, at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee. She was born March 13, 1928, in Duluth, Minn., to the late William and Gladys (Mathias) Murray. She spent her early life in Oak Park, Ill., where she graduated from high school before attending […]
DOROTHY L. HENSGEN
Dorothy L. Hensgen, 87, Burlington, died at home Monday, April 28, 2014. She was born in Kenosha on July 3, 1926, to the late James Harvey and Edna (Schaumberg) Stone. She spent her early life in Kenosha where she attended school. On Sept. 10, 1949, she married Bernard Hensgen […]
JOHN D. MAZZA
John D. Mazza, 19, cherished and adored son, brother, uncle, grandson and cousin, died April 26, 2014. He was born on July 12, 1994, in Clearwater, Fla. He spent his early life in Florida before moving to Wisconsin in 2007. He was currently attending Burlington High School. He loved fast […]
BERNADINE I. HENNINGFIELD
Bernadine I. Henningfield, 89, Elkhorn, died April 26, 2014, at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center, surrounded by her family. She was born on Jan. 5, 1925, to the late Alex and Mary Baumeister. She was born and raised on her parent’s dairy farm, and lived in the Elkhorn and Burlington area […]