Betty Jean Chapman; 86, Delavan, died April 15, 2014, at Ridgestone, Delavan. She was born Feb. 15, 1928, in Kansas City, Mo., to the late Theodore F. and Ollie M. (Case) Johnson. She married Donald E. Chapman on Sept. 14, 1946, in Chicago. He died Nov. 11, 2007. She was […]

Robert N. Daniels, Kansasville, died on his 95th birthday, April 15, 2014. He was born in Brighton Township on April 15, 1919, to the late Emil and Molly (Ketterhagen) Daniels. He had lived in Brighton his entire life and attended St. Francis Xavier School. On June 12, 1943, he married […]

Miriam E. ‘Mim’ Paulson, 84, Burlington, died April 15, 2014, at Waterford Senior Living. She was born in Salem, Mass., on July 18, 1929, to the late George and Annie (Thompson) Gagnan. She lived in Massachusetts until 1965, where she graduated from high school. On June 21, 1964, in Woburn, […]

Candi Soetenga, 93, died April 12, 2014, at the Comfort House in Pella, Iowa. She spent much of her adult life as a medical professional, but preferred her life not be summed up by a medical diagnosis. She read once of “Genug Syndrome.” Genug is an old Yiddish term for […]

        Arnold G. ‘Arnie’ Himebauch, 86, Town of Waterford, died April 14, 2014, on his family farm. He was born on the farm Aug. 27, 1927, to the late Delbert and Martha (Walbreck) Himebauch. He married Julie A. Mehring on April 17, 1948, at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, […]

Brian K. Bertschinger, 43, Rochester, died peacefully April 13, 2014, surrounded by family and friends. Survivors include his loving wife, Kim (Tretow); his parents, Donald and Christine Bertschinger; mother-in-law, Mary Tretow; sister-in-law, Karen (Trevor) McCarthy; brother-in-law, Russell (Nicole) Tretow; nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by Glenn Tretow. […]

Sophie ‘Sherry’ Deutsch, 92, Burlington, died April 13, 2014, at Arbor View Communities, Burlington, surrounded by her family. She was born in Milwaukee on May 14, 1921, to the late Joseph and Sophie (Svitek) Hromada. She spent her early and young adult life on the north side of Milwaukee and […]

Mary Louise Tennessen, 78, Burlington, died April 13, 2014, at her home. She was born Sept. 29, 1935, in Arkansas City, Kan., to the late William and Alta Marie (Foskett) Hills. She spent her early life in Tucson, Ariz., and Pueblo, Colo. On April 15, 2000, in Burlington, she married […]

Richard F. ‘Dick’ Schenning, 90, Lily Lake, died April 13, 2014, at Geneva Lake Manor. He was born Dec. 23, 1923, in Silver Lake on to the late Otto C. and Florence E. (Strasburg) Schenning. He spent his early life in Silver Lake and Wheatland Township, graduating from Wilmot High […]

  Andrew ‘Andy’ George Hansen, 102, Union Grove, died April 11, 2014, after a brief illness. He was born in Racine in 1912 and lived an early life of farming. He joined the Racine County Highway department in his mid-life years and until he retired in 1977. He was known […]