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  • Obituary: Darrell Counard

    Darrell Counard, 79, of Brussels, passed away on April 23, 2016.  He was born on April 27, 1936 to Ervin and Julia (Miller) Counard.  On July 19, 1958, he married Audrey Willems at St. Francis Xavier Church in Brussels. Darrell owned and operated Coun’s “C” Club in Brussels for 49 years.  He loved the supper […]

  • Obituary: Audrey J. Wodack

    Audrey J. Wodack, 88, of Sturgeon Bay, passed away Friday, April 22, 2016 at Algoma Long Term Care following a lengthy illness. She was born with her twin sister, Shirley on July 5, 1927 in Sawyer, the daughter of the late Albert and Erna (Zastrow) Robertson. The family later moved to the country on County S […]

  • Obituary: Violet Marie May

    Violet Marie May, 95, of Sturgeon Bay, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Friday, April 22, 2016. She was born December 9, 1920 to Harold & Lillian Swanson in Calderwood, MI but grew up in Sagola, MI and was a graduate of Channing High School. The beloved mother of Penny (Roger) Schinktgen of Sturgeon Bay, […]

  • Obituary: Imogene “Jean” Kathryn Bennett

    Imogene “Jean” Kathryn Bennett died April 21, 2016 to be with her beloved Tom, her mother, her sisters, and all those who have gone before. She died peacefully in the comfort of her Sister Bay home with family at her side. Arrangements are pending for a Memorial Mass of Christian Burial to be held at a later […]

  • Obituary: Gwendoline Raddatz

    Gwendoline Margaret Raddatz, age 94, passed away on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. She was a resident of the Willowcrest Nursing Pavilion in Sandwich, IL, for the past two years, and a former resident of Joliet, IL and Baileys Harbor, WI. She was preceded in death by her loving husband Robert and mother Louise Rushton and […]

  • Tina Guo Awarded 2016 Bordui Foundation Scholarship

    Tina Guo, a senior at Sturgeon Bay High School (SBHS), has been named the winner of the 2016 Bordui Foundation scholarship competition. She will be awarded $15,000 toward her attendance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Guo was selected from a group of 10 applicants by the foundation’s trustees following consideration of grade point average, test […]

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters Receives Grant for One-to-One Mentoring

    The Door County Community Foundation has awarded Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeastern Wisconsin a Sustainability Grant from the Children & Youth Fund. This grant provides financial assistance to support one-to-one youth mentoring programs in Gibraltar, Washington Island and Sturgeon Bay. “This youth mentoring program is based on a successful model with proven results,” said […]

  • Betty Curzon

    Curzon Ends 45-Year Career with Door County Library

    The heaviest shelves in the Sister Bay-Liberty Grove Library are found in the murder mystery and crime thriller section with authors such as Ian Rankin, John Harvey and Christopher Fowler. It’s no coincidence that this is the genre Betty Curzon, Branch Manager of the library, enjoys reading herself. “I don’t think you can purchase materials […]

  • Jitendra Suman

    Jitendra Suman and Islam’s 21st Century Challenges

    Jitendra Suman, a native of Bhopal, India, brings a rich background of knowledge to the talk, “Islam: 21st Century Challenges,” he’ll give at 1 pm on Thursday, April 28 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 10341 Water St. in Ephraim. He earned his PhD at Barkatullah University in Bhopal, a city of nearly two million people […]

  • Obituary: Sandra L. Feavel

    Sandra Feavel died April 19, 2016. Arrangements are pending for a memorial service to be held at Scandia Village, Sister Bay, in May. Caspersonfuneralhome.com.  

  • Obituary: Ruth M. York

    Ruth M. York (nee Beart) was born January 31, 1920 in Chicago, IL.  She passed peacefully on April 18, 2016,  in Sister Bay, WI. Ruth married Clyde O. York in 1942 and was a dedicated minister’s wife for 41 years in Southport, IN and Cincinnati, OH. – hosting church boards & circles, teaching Sunday school, […]

  • Obituary: Jean Carol Ensign

    Jean Carol Ensign died Thursday, April 14, 2016. She was 80 years old. Jean was born on December 13, 1935 in Dayton, Ohio. Her parents were D.I. Wilson (tool and die engineer) and Alice Wilson (teacher and homemaker). Jean lived in the Dayton area to maturity. She cherished the summers her family spent in Vermillion […]

  • Obituary: William C. Galligan

    William C. Galligan, 83, of Sturgeon Bay, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at Golden Living Center-Dorchester. Arrangements are pending with Huehns Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Sturgeon Bay. A complete life story obituary will be available in the near future. Condolences and guestbook signing may be offered at www.huehnsfuneralhome.com.

  • Obituary: Margot Warch

    April 12, 1939 – April 17, 2016 Margot Warch, who served as Lawrence University’s “first lady” for 25 years as the wife of former President Richard Warch, died peacefully in her sleep at the home of her son, David, in St. Paul, Minn. Margot made her home in Ellison Bay in retirement. The Richard and […]

  • Obituary: Richard R. Schuster

    Richard R. Schuster, 67, of Sturgeon Bay passed away suddenly at home Tuesday evening, April 12, 2016 following an apparent heart attack. He was born August 23, 1948 in Sturgeon Bay, the first born of Roger and Marion (Solway) Schuster. Following his graduation from Sevastopol High School in 1966, Richard served his country in the […]

  • Obituary: Ruth W. Fahey

    Ruth W. Fahey, 98, of Sister Bay, formerly of Sturgeon Bay, passed away early Tuesday morning, April 12, 2016 at Ministry Door County Medical Center with family at her side. She was born Ruth Vand Veere Wagoner on December 29, 1917 in Chicago, IL, the daughter of Raymond and Anna (Nelson) Wagoner. Ruth went to […]

  • Obituary: Sharon Ann Butler

    Sharon Ann Butler, 70, of Sturgeon Bay, died Tuesday afternoon, April 12, 2016, at Ministry Door County Medical Center with family at her side. She was born December 8, 1945 in Milwaukee, the daughter of George C. Butler and Annabelle Nora (Waldon) Butler. Sharon graduated from John Marshall High School in Milwaukee. She moved to […]

  • Obituary: Daniel Harry Peters

    Daniel Harry Peters, 70, of Duvall, passed away at his home surrounded by his family on April 12, 2016.  He was born on August 13, 1945, in Shawano to Calvin “Sam” and Ruth (Shepard) Peters.  After graduating from Sevastopol High School, Dan served his country in the U.S. Army. Dan worked for Emerson Electric for […]

  • Births: April 22, 2016

    Jordan and Daniel Kwarcinski, Sturgeon Bay, are the parents of a son born on April 15, 2016, at Ministry Door County Medical Center, Sturgeon Bay.   Anakaren Garcia and Gabriel Perez, Sturgeon Bay, are the parents of a daughter born on April 11, 2016, at Ministry Door County Medical Center, Sturgeon Bay. Maternal grandparents are […]

  • Sevastopol’s Jody Arbter Wins May Lemke Special Service Award

    Sevastopol School District’s Speech and Language Pathologist Jody Arbter was recently recognized by The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) at an event that annually pays tribute to educators who have advanced the field and the quality of special education services. Arbter received the May Lemke Special Service Award, which is designated to a professional who […]