Roland "Rol­lie" L. Schroeder, 97, re­leased his spirit on May 5, 2024, and has gone to meet his maker.   He was born on De­cem­ber 25, 1926, in Theresa.    On Sep­tem­ber 27, 1947, he mar­ried Dorothy Ham­mann at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Mayville.   Roland lived a long and pros­per­ous life with his wife of 76 years, 8 months. The two were in­sep­a­ra­ble and rarely did things apart. In his final years, the cou­ple would put to­gether puz­zles, watch TV, go for walks around the block, and help with chores around their house.    Roland was hard-work­ing, hon­est, faith­ful, re­li­gious, coura­geous, and ad­ven­tur­ous. Roland en­joyed big game hunt­ing, fish­ing, snow­mo­bil­ing, bird watch­ing, trav­el­ing to the Caribbean, and he was a life­time sup­porter of the Green Bay Pack­ers. Roland was a long­time mem­ber of St. Stephens Lutheran Church, Hori­con. He loved to be out­doors and spent qual­ity time with his fam­ily and friends. He was an ac­tive mem­ber of the Mayville Lions Club.    Roland grew up in Theresa and worked on the fam­ily farm at a young age. Roland served in the US Army dur­ing the Ko­rean War be­tween Sep­tem­ber 19, 1952 - Sep­tem­ber 18, 1954. In June 2016, he had the op­por­tu­nity to take the Honor Flight to Wash­ing­ton DC. “Every Day is a Bonus”. When Roland re­turned from Korea, he began work­ing as a car­pen­ter ap­pren­tice build­ing homes. After years of learn­ing, Roland started his own com­pany - Roland Schroeder Builders - and built homes for much of his life.   Roland is sur­vived by his wife, Dorothy; two sons, David (Chris­tine) Schroeder and Robert (Terese) Schroeder; and daugh­ter, Bar­bara (Michael) Knut­son; grand­chil­dren, Alyssa, Austin (Amalia) Schroeder, Adrian (Lau­ren) Schroeder; Dustin Schroeder (Tami Sankey), Eliott (Stacey) Schroeder; Ash­ley Mau­rer, Kelsey (Joseph Clemons II), Chelsey (Jason) Indra; great-grand­chil­dren, Ar­i­anna, Dreyson, Aubrey and Ella Schroeder; Joseph III and Jor­dan Clemons; Is­abella and Alina Indra. Roland is fur­ther sur­vived by Joanne Ham­mann and Betty (Rus­sell) Kempf.   Roland was pre­ceded in death by his par­ents, Hed­wig and Erich (step­fa­ther) Pluede­man; his step-brother, Rus­sell Pluede­man; and sis­ter-in-law, Lor­raine Pluede­man; in-laws, Carl & Viola (Roten­berg) Ham­mann; broth­ers-in-law, Art Ham­mann, Ken Ham­mann, Lloyd Metke, Del­mar Sauer and Ken Sell­now; sis­ters-in-law, Ber­nice Metke, Helen Sauer and Eileen Sell­now.   Fu­neral ser­vices for Rol­lie will be held on Sat­ur­day, May 11, at 3:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Ev. Lutheran Church in Hori­con, with Rev. Mark Wilkens of­fi­ci­at­ing. A vis­i­ta­tion for Rol­lie will be held at church on Sat­ur­day, May 11, from 1:30 p.m. until the time of ser­vice at 3:30 p.m. Fol­low­ing the ser­vice, grave­side mil­i­tary hon­ors will be con­ducted by the Hori­con Amer­i­can Le­gion Post # 157 at Oak Hill Ceme­tery in Hori­con.    The fam­ily wishes to sin­cerely thank the staff at the Marsh­field Med­ical Cen­ter in Beaver Dam, and the stu­dent nurses from the Moraine Park Tech­ni­cal Col­lege (nurs­ing pro­gram) for their at­ten­tion to de­tail and ex­cel­lent care. VA Ser­vices, Beaver Dam, 911 ser­vices of Hori­con. A spe­cial thank you to Pas­tor Wilkens from St. Stephens Lutheran Church and Koepsell Fu­neral Home for their care and sup­port dur­ing this time.    Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is car­ing for the fam­ily. www.​Koepsellfh.​com

   Betty A. Mu­sack (nee Brun­ner) 84, of Theresa passed away on Sun­day, May 5, 2024, at her home.   Betty was born the daugh­ter of Fred and Leona (Bor­chardt) Brun­ner on De­cem­ber 29, 1939. Betty was a grad­u­ate of Oconomowoc High School. She was united in mar­riage to Ger­ald Mu­sack on Oc­to­ber 11, 1958.   Betty had worked var­i­ous jobs through­out her life, but was best known for her cook­ing and bak­ing. She was fa­mous for her peanut squares and for her soups that she made for her son Mark’s bar, Mark’s Get­away and her rolls made from scratch.   Betty was a mem­ber of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Theresa.   In her spare time, Betty en­joyed quilt­ing, craft­ing, and tak­ing care of her flow­ers. She also en­joyed read­ing, word searches, and play­ing canasta. Betty also loved polka music.    Betty is sur­vived by her hus­band, Ger­ald, of Theresa; her chil­dren, Mark Mu­sack of Theresa, Julie Mu­sack-Voss of Fond du Lac, Vicky (Vin­cent) Bar­toli of Bur­nett, and Mitchell (Mar­garet) Mu­sack of Oshkosh; her grand­chil­dren, Richard (Jes­sica) Prib­now, Robert (Jen­nifer) Prib­now, Re­becca (Erik) Haefs, Fe­li­cia Bar­toli, Capri Bar­toli, An­thony Lenski, and Bran­don Mu­sack; her great-grand­chil­dren, Gra­cyn, Hud­son, Jay­den, Syd­ney, Avery, Riley, Aery­ona, Asher, and Clyde; her sis­ters-in-law, Mar­garet Brun­ner, Vir­ginia Wen­dorf, and Ja­nine Stre­blow; her brother-in-law, Allen Mu­sack; fur­ther sur­vived by nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives and friends.   She was pre­ceded in death by her par­ents; her daugh­ter, Tracy; broth­ers, Robert and William Brun­ner; and sis­ter-in-law, Mary Ann Brun­ner.   A fu­neral ser­vice for Betty will take place on Sat­ur­day, May 11, at 12 noon at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Theresa with Rev. Matthew Kuske of­fi­ci­at­ing. A vis­i­ta­tion will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of the ser­vice at 12 noon at the church. In­ter­ment will take place at Union Ceme­tery in Theresa.   Memo­ri­als may be di­rected to St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Theresa.   Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com

   Rose­marie ‘Rosie’ Re­nate Mit­tel­stadt, 85, of Mayville passed away on Mon­day, April 29, 2024, at Hope Health and Re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion in Lomira sur­rounded by her fam­ily.   Rosie was born the daugh­ter of Walde­mar and El­frede (Selke) Fell­ner on July 1, 1938, in Bre­mer­haven, Ger­many.She was united in mar­riage to Elroy Mit­tel­stadt on Feb­ru­ary 14, 1992.   She had re­tired from food ser­vice from the Hart­ford Hos­pi­tal. In her spare time, Rosie and Elroy loved to dance, whether it was ball­room danc­ing or polka danc­ing at a Ger­man Fest. She also loved to sup­port her chil­dren and grand­chil­dren at their sport­ing events through the years. Rosie was a mem­ber of St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Iron Ridge.   Rosie is sur­vived by her hus­band, Elroy, of Mayville; her chil­dren, Melanie Poole of Clin­tonville, Fred (fiancé Lisa Mi­hal­je­vic) Poole of South Mil­wau­kee, Jeanni Brinkman of Ken­neth City, FL, Thomas (Michelle) Poole of Al­len­ton, Mon­ica (Bruce) Kien­ast of La­dy­smith, Melanie (Alan) Gehl of Mayville, Wanda Wiep­king of Theresa, Deb­bie Eck­stein of Mayville, Ran­dal Mit­tel­stadt of Theresa, and Scott (Shawna) Mit­tel­stadt of Mayville; her sis­ter, Mar­lies Net­zel of Pin­neberg, Ger­many; her 15 grand­chil­dren, 15 great-grand­chil­dren, and one great-great-grand­child; fur­ther sur­vived by nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives, and friends.   She was pre­ceded in death by her par­ents; daugh­ter, Susan ‘Susie’ Poole; and sis­ter, Ur­sula See­bade.   A memo­r­ial ser­vice in mem­ory of Rosie took place on Sun­day, May 5, 2024, at 3 p.m. at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Iron Ridge with Rev. Larry Mose of­fi­ci­at­ing. A vis­i­ta­tion was held from 1-3 p.m. at the church on Sun­day.    Spe­cial thanks to Hope Health and Re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion and SSM Hos­pice for their amaz­ing care, sup­port, and guid­ance.    Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com