Joyce A. Schilz, 86, Burlington, died Dec. 25, 2012, at Aurora Memorial Hospital. She was born Nov. 10, 1926, to the late Joe and Cyrilla (DeGrave) Kresken in Waterford. She spent her early life in Waterford and graduated from Waterford High School in 1944. On Sept. 15, 1951, she married […]

August ‘Augie’ Baumeister, 90, Burlington, died Dec. 22, 2012, at Waterford Senior Living Center. He was born Dec. 11, 1922, to the late Charles and Anna (Willick) Baumeister in the Town of Rochester. His early life was spent in Rochester helping out on the family farm. He attended St. Thomas […]

Bernice H. Clark, 95, Waterford, died Dec. 22, 2012, at Linden Grove-Mukwonago. She was born April 14, 1917, in Burlington, to the late August John and Fern Ethel (Welch) Huening. She graduated from Waterford High School and was the first woman supervisor for the Town of Waterford. She loved her […]

Harold Fennema, 95, died Dec. 14, 2012, in St. Anthony, Minn., after a long illness. Survivors include his wife, Jeanette; son, David (Susanna); daughter, Kathleen; grandson, Jeffrey (Kyleen); great-granddaughter, Olivia; brother, Marvin, and many nieces and nephews. A memorial service is Saturday, Dec. 29, at noon Faith United Methodist Church […]

Esther Belle Lewis, 83, Burlington, died Dec. 20, 2012, at her residence. She was born July 18, 1929, to the late Andrew and Bonnie (Holman) in Lyons. Her early life was spent in Lyons where she attended grade school. Survivors include her children, Suzanne Vassallo, John (Judy) Lewis, Deborah Lewis […]

Eleanor Lillian (Salvesen) Thayer, 95, died quietly of natural causes Dec. 21, 2012. She was born in Chicago Nov. 30, 1917. She worked for the coin handling division of the Keene Corporation in Chicago for more than 40 years until her retirement in 1979. While residing at the Francis Meadows […]