Obituaries
Mary Lou Zentmeyer
Oct 15, 2025
Mary Lou Zentmeyer, 81, of Green Bay, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on October 15, 2025 at Bellin Health Hospital. She was born on September 24, 1944 to Norbert and Mildred (Fonder) VerCauteren in Green Bay.
Mary Lou graduated from East High School in 1962, and worked in Business Loans for Associated Bank for many years. On March 9, 1999,...
Janice "Jan" K. Paplham
Oct 13, 2025
Jan Paplham passed away on October 13, 2025. She was born August 24, 1943 in Kewaunee, the daughter of George and Elsie Velicer. On June 11, 1966, she married the love of her life, Dick Paplham. They enjoyed over 59 wonderful years of marriage. They were blessed with three great children, Bill, Sue, and Cindy.
Jan graduated as valedictorian of Kewaunee...
Malinda M. Shea
Oct 12, 2025
Malinda M. Shea passed away on October 12, 2025. She was born on January 14, 1957. She grew up in Ephraim, Wisconsin and graduated from Gibraltar High School in 1975. She lived her adult life in Green Bay, Wisconsin. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jane and Henry Shea.
No services are scheduled at this time.
A special thank you...
Suzanne M. Swanson
Oct 11, 2025
Suzanne M. Swanson, age 76, of Green Bay, passed away peacefully on October 11, 2025.
She was born on September 2, 1949 to Gale and Betty Washburn in Marquette, MI. Suzanne was the middle of the four children, growing up in the Marquette area with her family she went on to graduate from Marquette Senior High School. And she was a...
Gerald "Jerry" T. Horcher
Oct 9, 2025
Gerald "Jerry" Thomas Horcher, 60, of Bellevue, passed away peacefully at home in the presence of his spouse and family on October 9, 2025. He was born on December 13, 1964 to Joseph and Louise (Rickard) Horcher in Chicago, IL.
Jerry graduated from Notre Dame High School in 1983. After graduating, Jerry continued his education at Washburn Trade School and graduated...
Bruce A. Rusboldt
Oct 8, 2025
Bruce A. Rusboldt, 77, of Green Bay, passed away on October 8, 2025 at Bellin Health Hospital/Emplify. He was born on October 7, 1948 to Arnold and Elizabeth (Scheuer) Rusboldt in Manitowoc, WI.
Bruce worked as a Laborer for Krueger International (KI) for many years. He then worked at St. Vincent Hospital as a custodian.
Bruce is survived by his loving brother,...
Yvonne R. Schmid
Oct 8, 2025
Yvonne R. Schmid, age 85, of Oconto, formerly of Green Bay, passed away Wednesday, October 8, 2025. She was born May 15, 1940 in Milwaukee, WI, daughter of the late Edward and June (Leigh) DeLano and was a graduate of Oconto High School.
After graduation, Yvonne attended beauty school and earned her cosmetology license. She owned and operated two salons in...
Susan E. Larrabee
Oct 7, 2025
Susan Elizabeth (Simac) Larrabee, 73, of De Pere, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on October 7, 2025. She was born on February 23, 1952 to Frank and Genevieve (Skinner) Simac in Harvey, Illinois.
Susan graduated from Thornton High School, class of 1970. Susan was very proud of her time on the swim team in high school, and enjoyed working...
Robert G. Krystof
Oct 7, 2025
Robert George Krystof, 85, of West De Pere, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on October 7, 2025.
Robert was proud to have served overseas in the Army in Germany from 1963 to 1966. This is where Robert met the love of his life, Irmgard Bahr. On May 21, 1965, Robert and Irmgard married in her hometown of Fulda in Germany.
After...
Heather Ann Wery
Oct 6, 2025
On October 6th, 2025 our beloved Heather Ann Wery passed away peacefully in her home surrounded with love.
Heather was born on May 17, 1976 in Green Bay WI. She was the middle child of Lyle and Emily Wery. Heather was the light in our lives. Her gentle, kind and loving nature filled our world. Heather’s hugs were the stuff of...
Cecil G. Rennells
Oct 4, 2025
Cecil Gilbert Rennells, 71, of Green Bay, passed away on Saturday, October 4th, 2025 at Aurora Hospital following a courageous 3 year battle with lung cancer. Born in Milwaukee, WI on January 20th, 1954 to Robert & Loraine (Pollack) Rennells, Cecil spent most of his childhood in Green Bay, where he attended Elmore School and was a part of the...
Nancy North
Oct 4, 2025
Nancy Diane North, 88, of Green Bay, passed away on October 4, 2025. She was born on November 7, 1936 to Reinhart Kurth and Gladys (Hoeft) Ward.
Nancy started her career at St. Vincent Hospital and later worked at Bethesda Lutheran Home in Watertown. Nancy cherished her time at Bethesda, finding a lifelong passion in caring for the mentally disabled. She...
Michael Robert Thoms
Oct 1, 2025
Michael (Mike) R. Thoms, 78, left us to meet the love of his life, the late Janice M. Thoms on October 1, 2025. He was the son of the late Charles and Patricia (Jackson) Thoms.
Mike grew up Milwaukee and worked hard all his life. He proudly served our country in the United States Marine Corp. He was an apprentice and...
Joyce A. Pieske
Sep 30, 2025
Joyce A. Pieske, 89, of Green Bay, passed away after long-term health complications on September 30, 2025 at Cottonwood Manor.
She was born on December 8, 1935 to Joseph and Doris (Case) Gornik in Chicago, Illinois. She loved to spend time with her family. In her free time, Joyce was very musically inclined. She enjoyed to play the organ and the...
Mary Ann Senechal
Sep 29, 2025
Mary Ann (Miller) Senechal, age 75, of Green Bay, WI joined the Lord on September 29, 2025.
Mary was born in Green Bay, WI on September 6, 1950, to the late Frank and Marie Miller. She graduated from Green Bay West High School. Mary worked in the art department at Fort Howard Paper Company, was a dental technician at Lord's Dental...
Jerry A. Rzepka
Sep 29, 2025
Jerry Rzepka, age 80, of Ashwaubenon, passed away on September 29, 2025 surrounded by loving family members.
He was born on January 8, 1945 to Bernard and Evelyn (Suhajda) Rzepka in Chicago, IL.
Jerry lived an extremely full life, making his home in Illinois, California and Wisconsin. He always went out of his way to make those around him smile — from...
Ronald Gegare
Sep 28, 2025
Ronald Gegare, born on April 1, 1941, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully on September 28, 2025 with his family at his side.
Throughout his career, Ronald dedicated himself tirelessly. He worked for 15 years at Gegare Tile, after he ventured into self-employment, operating Gegare's Cafe and Saddle Shop Stiles for three years, before his 20 years with the Cream...
Glorianne "Glo" Kunesh
Sep 26, 2025
Glorianne "Glo" Kunesh, 82, of Green Bay, passed away at home after a battle with cancer on September 26, 2025. She was born on November 13, 1942 to Edward and Gertrude (Bergelin) Siebold in Green Bay. Glo graduated from St. Joseph's Academy in 1961. After graduating, Glo started her career at the Northern Paper Mill.
On August 6, 1966, she married...
Steven J. Brandl
Sep 26, 2025
Steven John Brandl, 72, of Green Bay, passed away on September 26, 2025. He was born on July 28, 1953 to Robert Brandl and Jeannie LaBelle.
Steven is survived by his daughter, Crystal Bliss Lardy of Poncha Springs, CO; his siblings: Sandra (Danny) Williquette, John (Linda) VanLieshout, Patrick (Sharon) VanLieshout, Nancy (Bob) Butzlaff, and Kristen VanLieshout; Steve is further survived by...
Louise Adele (Andersen) Lowery
Sep 24, 2025
Louise Adele Lowery, age 77, a lifelong resident of Green Bay, passed away peacefully, Wednesday, September 24, 2025. She was born on May 8, 1948, in Green Bay, to Harvey E. Andersen and Doris A. (Taylor) Andersen. She attended West High School, graduating with the Class of 1966. She married Neal Lowery in 1969, and had two sons, Chad Lowery,...
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