Category: Obituaries
Door County obituaries submitted to the Peninsula Pulse.
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Obituary: Gertrud Elizabeth Meyer
Jan. 10, 1927 – Feb. 8, 2019 Gertrud Elizabeth Meyer, 92, of Sister Bay died peacefully with loved ones by her side at Scandia Village. She was born in Bremen, West Germany, the daughter of the late Friedrich and Anna (Hoyer) Meyer. Gertrud studied education in Germany before obtaining her Ph.D. from Mount Mary University in Milwaukee. She worked […]
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The Rock of Northern Door: Community Thanks the Caspersons
The moment happened 47 years ago, but the memory is clear to Chris Forbes. A day earlier she had taken her young daughter Stephanie to the hospital wrapped in blankets and struggling to breathe. Hours later she went home with only the blankets, lost in the disbelief, experiencing the numb fog that arrives when a […]
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July 8, 1927 – Jan. 28, 2019 Rosemary Utzinger, formerly of Fish Creek, died in Largo, Florida. She was born in Sparland, Illinois. Rosemary Dennis grew up in Farmington, Illinois, on a large dairy farm operated by her father and brothers. In 1946, she married Verle Utzinger in Farmington, Illinois. They had three children. Rosemary […]
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March 15, 1938 – Feb. 4, 2019 (Age 80) Harlan Patrick Bauldry of Egg Harbor died at Bellin Hospital with his family by his side. He was born in Sturgeon Bay, the son of the late Harry Sr. and Avila (Trepanier) Bauldry. Harlan graduated from Sevastopol High School in 1956. He married Patricia Mosgaller on […]
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Aug. 11, 1925 – Feb. 5, 2019 (Age 93) Sylvia Mae Londo died peacefully at home. She was born in Sturgeon Bay, daughter of the late Richard and Florence (Werkeiser) Ash. Sylvia attended Sevastopol High School and was a lifelong member of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Valmy. On June 5, 1948, she was […]
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Feb. 18, 1941 – Feb. 4, 2019 (Age 77) “Welcome to beautiful Door County in wonderful Wisconsin!” Those were the words that greeted friends and family and were added to the many county and town board resolutions that Leo thrived on creating for the future and “betterment” of the place he called home: Door County, Wisconsin. Leo Walter […]
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Jan. 2, 1941 – Feb. 4, 2019 (Age 78) Mary Elizabeth Newgaard Aznoe of Sturgeon Bay died at Sturgeon Bay Health Services, where she resided after a fall in August of 2018. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was the daughter of James O. and Margaret (Orthober) Newgaard. Mary and her parents moved to Sturgeon Bay from Minneapolis […]
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Jan. 22, 1969 – Jan. 31, 2019 Andrea Feest, 50, of Sturgeon Bay died as the result of a heart attack. She was born to Clayton and Mary Feest and grew up on the family farm in the Maplewood area. Andrea will be missed and remembered by her brothers and sisters and their families: Joe (Beth) […]
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Remembering A Basketball Junkie: John Toppe Dies at 79
Door County lost a lifetime of basketball knowledge Jan. 27 when John Toppe, who coached the sport at all four mainland high schools, died at the age of 79. Toppe’s coaching career spanned 50 years, four schools and every level of the sport. Some teams were awful; some teams scraped the pinnacle of the sport, […]
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OBITUARY: John Elmer “Coach” Toppe
John Elmer “Coach” Toppe, 79, died with his wife by his side on Jan. 27, 2019. He was born Aug. 8, 1939, to Elmer and Florence Toppe, the youngest of five children. He grew up and spent most of his life in Sturgeon Bay,. After high school, he decided to follow in his parents’ footsteps and […]
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Matthew Martens, 44, of Green Bay, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019. Matthew’s life will be honored with a funeral service held at 11 am Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 at Zion Ev. Lutheran Church in West Jacksonport with Pastor Peter Lindemann officiating. Relatives and friends may visit with Matthew’s family at Huehns Funeral Home in Sturgeon […]
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David Carl Bergwin, 75, of Baileys Harbor, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019 at Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Green Bay. He was born on May 26, 1943 in Sturgeon Bay, the son of the late Edmund and Leona (Becker) Bergwin. David will be missed by many loving family members and friends. To honor his wishes, […]
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OBITUARY: Mildred “Millie” F. Myers
Mildred “Millie” F. Myers, 79, of Sturgeon Bay, died Jan. 24, 2019 at the Skilled Nursing Facility. She was born June 6, 1939 in Philadelphia to Alfred and Margaret (Dunn) Myers. Millie was raised in Colwyn, Deleware County, Pennsylvania and attended Catholic school for ten years in southwest Philadelphia. She started working at St. Francis […]
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Hank Anderson, 69, of Sturgeon Bay, died unexpectedly Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. Son of Marie (Schinkten) Anderson and the late Kenneth “Stutz” Anderson, he was born May 21st, 1949, in Wausau. He graduated from Abbot Pennings High School in 1967 and from UW-Oshkosh in 1971. He married Lynn Gilchrist in 1975. Although they divorced, they […]
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OBITUARY: Margaret “Marge” Gustafson
Margaret “Marge” Gustafson, 87, of Sturgeon Bay died at her home in the Town of Gardner on Jan. 12, 2019. She was born February 26, 1931 in West Allis to Vincent and Margaret (Davis) Randazzo. On Dec. 29, 1960 she married Norman C. Gustafson. He preceded her in death on March 11, 2004. She and […]
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Cindy Ann Jessen, 61, of Sturgeon Bay and Roscoe, IL, died at her home in Sturgeon Bay on Jan. 8, 2019. She was born March 19, 1957 in Waco, TX to Richard and Nancy (O’Connor) Kohlhagen. Cindy graduated from Rockford West High School and attended Western Illinois University. On July 23, 1977, she married Terry […]
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Jerome Mark Heinz, 92, Sturgeon Bay, formerly of New Berlin, died Jan. 19, 2019, at Sturgeon Bay Health Services. He was born Jan. 15, 1927, in Milwaukee to Joseph and Evelyn (Lucht) Heinz. On Sept. 10, 1949, he married Irene Betty in West Allis, she preceded him in death Nov. 14, 2017. Jerome worked for […]
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Barbara Ann Forbes, 82, of Sturgeon Bay, died Sunday morning, Jan. 13, 2019. She was born May 24, 1936, in Sturgeon Bay to Martin and Ella (Schultz) Kust. In 1954, she graduated from Sturgeon Bay High School as salutatorian. After graduation, she worked for several years at the Door County Court House. On Feb. 10, 1962, […]
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Nancy Elise Wiegand, 79, of Sturgeon Bay, died Wednesday morning, Jan. 9, 2019 at Door County Medical Center with family at her side. She was born April 11, 1939 in Sturgeon Bay, the daughter of Ward R. and Lois Vivian (Anderson) McAllister. Nancy graduated from Sturgeon Bay High School in 1957. She worked at WDOR […]
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Dorothy E. Tice, 95, of Sturgeon Bay, died Wednesday morning, Jan. 9, 2019 at Sturgeon Bay Health Services surrounded by her family. She was born Jan. 23, 1923 in Portage County near Stevens Point, the daughter of the late Frank and Gertrude (Kieliszewski) Wnuk. Dorothy graduated from Stevens Point PJ Jacobs High School in 1940 […]