Obituaries & Guestbook

Claudette Prenger, 83, Suamico, died Friday morning, December 2, 2022 at a Green Bay hospital following a short illness.  The second oldest of five children was born January 30, 1939 in Oconto Falls to Thomas C. and Mary (Padden) Tait Sr.  Claudette attended St. Anthony Elementary School and graduated from Oconto Falls High School with the class of 1957.  Following one year at St. Norbert College in DePere, she transferred to St. Mary’s School of Nursing in Rochester, MN and [...]

Janet Gallagher, 85, Shawano, formerly of Oconto Falls, died Wednesday evening, November 30, 2022 at home in the presence of her two daughters.  She was born October 1, 1937 in Oconto Falls to Wesley and Hilda (Rusch) Christensen.  Janet graduated Oconto Falls High School with the class of 1955 and after graduation, began working for the Oconto Electric Coop. In 1960, she married Tom McDougal and in 1968, purchased the Windmill Bar & Restaurant which they ran together until 1977.  [...]

Susan M. Goltz, 58, Abrams, died peacefully Saturday afternoon, November 12, 2022 at home surrounded by family, following a brief battle with cancer.  She was born December 17, 1963 in Green Bay to Reuben and Lorraine (Lealiou) Kubichka.  Sue grew up in Green Bay and graduated West High School with the class of 1982.  Following graduation, she worked for Luv-it Creamery and delivered newspapers for the News Chronicle and Press-Gazette. On March 28, 1998 she married Peter Goltz at Calvary [...]

Michelle Kubiscik, 55, Oconto Falls, died early Sunday morning, October 30, 2022 at her family residence in Abrams from complications of a 30 year illness with lupus.  She was born April 6, 1967 in Oconto Falls to Chester and Stella (Kotowski) Kubiscik.  Michelle grew up in Abrams and attended Oconto Falls Public Schools, graduating high school with the class of 1985. On November 3, 1986 she married Tim Alberts in Oconto.  Because of Tim’s military commitment, the couple lived in [...]

Joanne Ruplinger, 81, Kelly Lake, died peacefully with her daughters at her side at The Cottages Memory Care in Shawano on Saturday, October 22, 2022.  The daughter of Joe and Ester (Everard) Lotter was born and raised on Beaver Lake Farm.  She attended St. Anthony’s Catholic School and graduated from Oconto Falls High School in 1959.   After graduation she moved to Milwaukee where she met and married the love of her life Roger Ruplinger.  Together they had two daughters.  Mrs. [...]

Alfred “Fred” Morrell, 74, died Monday morning, October 10, 2022 at Bay Area Medical Center in Marinette.  He was born August 2, 1948 in Oconto Falls to Chester and Clarabelle (Whiting) Morrell.  Alfred grew up in Stiles and attended Oconto Falls Public Schools, graduating high school with the class of 1966.  Following graduation, he enlisted in the US Air Force where he served in Thailand during the Vietnam War.  Upon his honorable discharge, he returned to Oconto Falls where he [...]

Germaine Meunier, 91, died early Friday morning, October 7, 2022 at Meadowbrook Healthcare Center.  She was born June 23, 1931 in rural Oconto Falls to Elmer and Elsie (Hansen) Everard.  Germaine grew up in Oconto Falls where she attended public schools, graduating high school with the class of 1949. On September 3, 1950 she married Denver Meunier and they had six children.  Germaine lived all of her life in Oconto Falls where she was once employed at Community Memorial Hospital [...]

Mary Bukowski, 63, Oconto Falls, died suddenly Monday evening, October 3, 2022 at St. Clare ER.  She was born September 12, 1959 in Oconto Falls to Joseph and La Verne (Loberger) Bukowski.  Mary grew up on the family farm in rural Oconto Falls and attended school.  Following graduation from high school, she worked for Bond Pickle in Oconto. Mary lived all of her life in Oconto Falls where she held various jobs through New View Industries in Gillett, working in [...]

John “Jack” Joseph Micoley, 81, Shawano, died peacefully Monday morning, September 12, 2022.  He was born May 15, 1941 in Milwaukee to Bernard “Butch” and Gladys (Greenwood) Micoley and was named after his two grandfathers, John Micoley and Joseph Greenwood.  The Micoley family moved to Oconto Falls when Jack was young and graduated high school.  Following graduation, he entered the US Air Force where he completed his basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and was later stationed [...]

Roger L. Jahnke, 62, Green Bay, died Sunday evening, September 11, 2022 with family present following a one year illness with cancer.  He was born December 19, 1959 in Green Bay to Roy and Maxine (Janssen) Jahnke.  Roger grew up in Abrams where he attended public schools, graduating from Oconto Falls High School with the class of 1978.  Roger lived in the Green Bay area for most of his adult life where he worked as a self-employed carpenter and was [...]