Current Obituaries

Short, Theresa D (Griesbach), of Appleton, age 88, passed away peacefully on Thursday February 2, 2023, at her home surrounded by the love of her family. She was born in Mackville, WI on May 31, 1934 to the late Peter C and Mary (Sanderfoot) Griesbach. Therese was the eighth of thirteen children and grew up on the family farm, with a love of animals, especially horses. On July24, 1952 she married Frank E Short, who preceded her in death, in 2003. They farmed on the north side of Appleton,...

LeRoy N. Coenen, age 79 of Appleton, passed away unexpectedly at home on Monday, January 30, 2023. He was born on November 27, 1943 on the family farm in Little Chute to the late Otto and Marie (Hooyman) Coenen. He was in the Army Reserve for a brief time after graduating from high school. He was still employed at Car City in Appleton and had a great passion for motor vehicles.  In his spare time he enjoyed keeping his yard tidy, gardening and riding his motorcycle with friends. He was...

Karen J. Zirbel, age 81 of Appleton, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 26, 2023. She was born in New London on April 8, 1941 to the late Arnold and Elsie (Bork) Zirbel. She is survived by her brothers and sisters; Beverly (Bob) Glocke, Janet Bielke, Darlene Mosher, Charlotte Van Cuick, Sandra Le Clair, Irene Rothe, Vicki Zirbel, La Wayne (Nancy) Zirbel Orin (Lyn) Zirbel, Argil Zirbel and Jack (Betty) Zirbel. Karen is further survived by many nieces, nephews, other relatives and...

Glenna Jean (Sieber) Handschke age 74, of Hortonville passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at St Elizabeth’s Hospital, Appleton. She was born September 22, 1948 in New London, WI the daughter of the late Ronnel and Pearl (Botker) Sieber. She graduated valedictorian of Hortonville and Hilbert High School.  She was united in marriage to Erwin G. Handschke on August 12, 1967 at Faith Lutheran Church in Appleton and he preceded her in death January 25, 2002. The Lord blessed them...

Peter J. Scovronski, age 80 of Greenville, passed away on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at Silverstone Memory Care, Appleton. He was born on March 15, 1942 to the late Henry and Joan (Giese) Scovronski in Menasha. After graduating from high school, Peter spent a short time in the Army Reserves. On February 6, 1965 he married Kathleen Kandler. He worked for about 37 years with the George Banta Company before his retirement. Peter enjoyed working on cars, especially old cars. He had restored a...

Edward (Ed) Allen Steinberg, 91, of Appleton, passed away on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at the VA Hospital in Milwaukee. Edward was born in Two Rivers, WI on November 10, 1931 to the late John and Viola (Diedrich) Steinberg. Edward married his high school sweetheart, Beverly Ann Yentz, on October 18, 1952; 5 days later he left to serve in the Army for two years during the Korean War. After returning, he and Beverly started a family while Edward and his brothers struck out as entrepreneurs,...

Robert “Bob” Mulheron, age 73 of Menasha, passed away after a hard fought battle from complications of multiple myeloma treatment on Thursday, January 19, 2023 with his family by his side. He was born on April 29, 1949 in Appleton to the late Leroy Mulheron and Mary (Gasper) Mulheron-Rusch. After graduating from high school, Bob joined the United States Marine Corps; his discharge from the Corps was in 1969. On December 5, 1970 he married Ann Springer, and they enjoyed 52...

Marion E. Johnson, age 96 of New Holstein, passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. She was born in Grand Chute on October 18, 1926 to the late Ervin and Rose (Witt) Fickel. On February 23, 1946 she married Thomas Johnson; he preceded her in death in January 2014.  Marion lived almost all her adult life in Greenville, until 2017, when she moved to Willowpark in New Holstein to be closer to her daughter. She was a lifelong gardener who couldn’t wait for spring so she could be...

Barak A. Schmidt, age 45, passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at St. Elizabeth Hospital, surrounded by his loving family following a brief illness. He was born on January 28, 1977 to Anthony Schmidt and Deborah Mollenhauer in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He entered into the United States Army, and set off to make a career of Intelligence Analyst for the Army, for a brief time, the United States Air Force and then he returned to the Army where he retired from in April of 2020. Barak enjoyed...

Harry E. Boll, age 92 of Appleton, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 16, 2023. He was born on May 19, 1930 to the late Harry C. and Tillie (Schomberg) Boll in Sheboygan Wisconsin. In 1951 he enlisted in the United States Army and served in Korea until 1953. On August 28, 1954 he married Carole Hoffman and together they moved to Appleton to start their lives together, and they were together for 61 years until she passed on July 13, 2016.  Harry, along with Carole, were members of...