Category: People
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Obituary: Curtis Allen Lustila
Curtis Allen Lustila, 35, of Green Bay passed away unexpectedly at Aurora Bay Care Medical Center on May 14, 2017. He was born September 25, 1981 in Algoma to Jeffrey and Cynthia (Tuttle) Lustila. Curt graduated from Sturgeon Bay High School in 2000 and then attended Technical College in Green Bay for carpentry and cabinet […]
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Obituary: Kenneth Virgel Watters
Kenneth “Socky” Virgel Watters, 92, of Sturgeon Bay, died May 14, 2017 while at his daughter and son-in-law’s home in the Town of Nasewaupee. He was born May 8, 1925 in the Town of Clay Banks, the son John “Jack” and Rosetta (Anderson) Watters. Ken attended Sawyer School. From 1940-1942, he sailed the Great Lakes while […]
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John D. Thenell, 88, Sturgeon Bay, died May 14, 2017, at Door County Medical Center. He was born April 28, 1929, in Sturgeon Bay to the late Walter and Laura (May) Thenell. John attended Sturgeon Bay High School and graduated with a business degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison. John married the love of his life Darlene […]
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Obituary: Dr. Michael J. O’Brien
Dr. Michael J. O’Brien, age 73, died Friday, May 12, 2017 of complications related to diabetes. He was born in Green Bay on August 2, 1943 to Dr. Erwin J. and Margaret (Hart) O’Brien and attended St. Patrick’s Grade School and Premontre High School. At Premontre, he played on the basketball and golf teams. He […]
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James Michael Hitt (Red/Redman) was born February 7, 1949 to the late John and Helny Jane Hitt. Red died peacefully in the loving arms of his family at 7:50 pm, Thursday, May 11 2017, after a lifelong battle with muscular dystrophy. Every time life tried to knock him down, he got right back up and tried again. […]
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Kathleen Ann Balzan, 74, formerly of Sturgeon Bay, died May 11, 2017, at Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village in Sister Bay. She was born April 2, 1943, in Sturgeon Bay, the daughter of James B. and Arlene C. (Novak) Nemec. Kathy graduated from Lincoln High School in 1961. She was a manager at Younkers in Sturgeon Bay […]
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Gerald J. Fabry, 76, of Brussels, died suddenly on May 10, 2017. He was born Aug. 26, 1940 in Brussels to Wilbur and Mildred (Virlee) Fabry. Gerald graduated from Brussels High School in 1958 and then attended the UW-Green Bay University Extension for one year. On Sept. 15, 1962, he married Donna Duquaine at St. […]
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Betty Juline Gigstead Stoeger, 89, of Sturgeon Bay, died May 10, 2017, at her home with her family by her side. Betty now safe in God’s loving arms, saved by grace not of her own works. Saved through her faith in Christ’s sacrifice on that Old Rugged Cross. Betty was born on April 18, 1928, […]
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Marilyn I. Grose, 89, of Sturgeon Bay, died Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Green Bay. She was born September 11, 1927 in Fairview Park, Ohio, the daughter of the late John Howard MacLennan and Vera Sophia (Frese) MacLennan. Marilyn graduated from Sturgeon Bay High School in 1945. She worked at the […]
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Warren Gustafson, of Sister Bay, died peacefully Sunday, May 7, 2017. Warren was born on August 5, 1930 at the Zenith Radio Tower Station in Mount Prospect, IL where his parents Norma (Militzer) & Gilbert Gustafson resided. In 1938 his family moved to River Forest, IL. Warren graduated from Oak Park-River Forest High School in 1950 […]
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Memorial Services for Marion Unger and Bob Yttri
MEMORIAL SERVICES Marion Joan Unger A memorial service will be held May 25 at 11 am at Stella Maris Parish, 8013 Highway 57, Baileys Harbor for Marion Joan Unger, who died Nov. 2, 2016. Celebration of Life for Bob Yttri at Red Putter May 20 The Red Putter Mini Golf in Ephraim is now open […]
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Niki and Brandon Peterson, Sturgeon Bay, are the parents of a girl born May 10, 2017, at Door County Medical Center, Sturgeon Bay. Maternal grandparents are Anne and Brian LaPlant, Sturgeon Bay. Paternal grandparents are Patti and Don Peterson, Sturgeon Bay. Nicole Serratos and Chris Buckley, Sturgeon Bay, are the parents of a boy born […]
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Faye Blank Named 2017 Certified Tourism Ambassador of the Year
The Door County Visitor Bureau (DCVB) named Faye Blank the 2017 Certified Tourism Ambassador (CTA) of the year at their National Travel & Tourism Week breakfast at Stone Harbor Resort in Sturgeon Bay on May 10. Blank, who works at the High Point Inn in Ephraim, was announced the winner during the breakfast. The Door […]
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Making A Difference with Literacy Door County
Two years ago, social worker Pat Scieszinski of Sturgeon Bay was thinking about things she’d like to do when she retired in May 2016, knowing that she wanted those things to make a real difference in someone’s life. Encouraged by a friend, she attended a meeting of Literacy Door County (LDC, Inc.) and was intrigued. […]
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Rollins Breaks Half Marathon Age Group Record at Door County Race
The hills of the Door County Half Marathon course proved no match for the legs of Nancy Rollins at the 10th edition of the race in Peninsula State Park May 6. Rollins set an unofficial record for women in the 70 – 74 age group, crossing the finish line in 1:47:18 to top the previous […]
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A Raucous Bunch of Marines: Son Uncovers Story of His Father’s 40 Thieves
You only have to look at Sturgeon Bay newspaper archives of the 1960s to learn that Frank Tachovsky was a mover and shaker in the city. He was on his second term as mayor when appointed to serve as the city’s postmaster in 1966, which forced him to give up his mayorship and his day […]
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Family Vacation Traditions Changing in Door County
John Zywicke remembers vacations to Door County through the photos he’s taken. Seated around a table in the lounge of The Rushes Resort, he can pull up memories of this place from two, three decades ago. There was the time he and his son, Jacob, played atop a huge pile of sand that had been […]
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Door County Musicians on Their Favorite Instruments
We asked some of Door County’s best-known musicians: if you had to pick just one instrument from your collection to play, which would it be? Dorothy Scott: Custom-Made Model T35 “The wood comes from Palmer Johnson’s and it’s custom made by Tony Louscher in Green Bay. There’s only about four or five of these bad […]
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Joel Gunnlaugsson: Washington Island’s Advocate and Everyman
Joel Gunnlaugsson sat at his living room table explaining his frustrating love for the island he calls home. But the Washington Island native spoke softly, like talking about his own four children as he told his youngest boy not to hang on the drawers in the kitchen beneath endless stacks of folded clothes. It’s a […]
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A Woman with Stories to Tell: Behind the Byline of Patty Williamson, PhD
Patty Williamson has told many stories in her eight-plus decades on earth but there is one whose memory prompts a smile from Patty greater than the imagination of her fellow Marceline, Missouri, resident Walt Disney. It didn’t involve an interview with a famous local figure and it certainly didn’t follow standard journalism protocol in format […]