Anthony “Tony” Tennessen, 93, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022 at Prairie Ridge Hospital in Columbus.    Tony was born in Fussville, on June 13, 1929, to the late Henry and Helen Olivia (Reith) Tennessen.   He attended Parks Air College in St. Louis, Missouri, and served in the Air National Guard during the Korean War.   Tony was united in marriage to Joyce Schulteis on September 4, 1954, at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Menomonee Falls. The young couple welcomed three children (Mark, Mike, and Teresa) while living in a home Tony built near the Tennessen family homestead in Menomonee Falls.   In 1972, the family moved to Dodge County, and Tony established Tennessen Contractors, working as a carpenter until well into his seventies.   In his spare time, Tony enjoyed fishing, hunting, and woodworking.   He was a member of Sacred Heart Parish in Horicon, where he served as an usher; he also built the altar, crucifix, tabernacle, and other furniture in the church sanctuary. For many years, he was a devoted and loving caregiver for his wife, Joyce, who predeceased him in 2017. Tony lived independently until the end of his life, enjoying frequent visits from family. He died as he lived: decisively, efficiently, with great integrity and humor.    Tony is survived by his children, Mark (Lisa) Tennessen of Beaver Dam, Michael Tennessen (Jennifer Fink) of Brownsville, and Teresa (Leander) Schuett of Horicon; his grandchildren, Alec Tennessen, Tara (Marc) Kent, Nicholas Tennessen, Elizabeth Tennessen, Anthony Schuett (fiancée Anna Condon), Johnathon Schuett, Nathan Fink, Tyler Fink, Adam Fink, and Samuel Fink; and his great-granddaughters, Frances and Lydia Kent. He is further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends, and his dog, Ozzie.   He was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce; grandson, David; brothers, Sylverius, Henry, Joseph, and Wilfred “Fritz” Tennessen and sisters, Anna Mae Noll, Cyrilla Finch, and Margaret “Mutz” Tennessen.    A memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, Nov. 4, at Sacred Heart Parish in Horicon with Fr. Justin Lopina presiding. Visitation will be at the church from 9 to 11 a.m., with Mass to follow. Inurnment will take place at St. Malachy Cemetery in Horicon.    Special thanks to nurses at the SSM Health infusion center in Columbus, Dr. Robb Whinney, and the staff of Prairie Ridge Hospital for their care and concern.    Koepsell Funeral Home in Mayville is caring for the family. www.Koepsellfh.com

   John E. MacHolz, 84, of Horicon, passed away on October 24, 2022 at UW-Hospital in Madison surrounded by his loved ones.    John was born in Beaver Dam on September 3, 1938, to Alvin and Lucille (Lidtke) MacHolz. John grew up in Fox Lake and graduated from Fox Lake High School. John served in the Army Reserves for eight years.    He was united in marriage to Sandra Schoonover on October 20, 1962 and they moved to Horicon to begin their married life together.    John worked at MEC and went on to spend much of his career at John Deere Horicon Works, where he continually took on additional roles and responsibilities. John was proud of the many changes that he was a part of at John Deere and his hard work and dedication provided for the family he went on to have. John was a meticulous note taker, fixer of all things, enjoyed snowmobiling and spending endless hours at his cottage, but above all else his family always came first.    John will be sadly missed and mourned by his wife, Sandy; his children, Jeff (Rhonda) MacHolz, Pam (Mark) Korth, and Jenny (Mark) Pilsner; his grandchildren, Hailey (Shane) Hughes, Olivia Pilsner (Sam White) and Nicholas Pilsner; his sister, Kathy (Jon) Urban; nieces, nephews, other relatives, and many dear friends, including his special grand puppy, Ellie.    John was preceded in death by his infant daughter, Rebecca; his parents; his sister, Audrey; his mother and father-in-law; and his brother-in-law, John Jahns.    A private celebration of life will be held in John’s honor.    Cornerstone Funeral & Cremation Services, 135 Keller Blvd., Beaver Dam is honored to be serving the family. You may send private online condolences or sign the family’s guest book at www.cstonefs.com.

   Felix Ed­uardo Angel Sanchez, 39, of Mayville, for­merly of Mex­ico City passed away on Tues­day, Oct. 25, 2022, at St. Luke’s Med­ical Cen­ter in Mil­wau­kee with his fam­ily by his side.   Felix was born the son of Felix Salomón Sanchez Bautista and Teresa Angel Mata on April 10, 1983, in Mex­ico City, Mex­ico. Felix came to the United States over 15 years ago.   Felix owned and op­er­a­tor Don Ramon’s Mex­i­can Restau­rant in Mayville and West Bend and Don’s Tacos & Tequila in Bar­ton. He was a beloved fix­ture at the restau­rant and was truly a Mas­ter of Hos­pi­tal­ity. His cus­tomers be­came like fam­ily and were truly cher­ished. Felix’s heart was often worn on his sleeve, and he would go out of his way to help any­one with any­thing. His con­stant self­less­ness and giv­ing were felt by many in the Mayville com­mu­nity. Felix was al­ways there to help the area schools, school chil­dren, those strug­gling with health bat­tles, and on and on. His com­mu­nity in Mayville was so for­tu­nate to have such a lov­ing and car­ing son in Felix. He will be greatly missed.   Felix’s pride and joy was his daugh­ter Tessa. The two of them would al­ways find some time, ad­ven­ture, county fair, din­ner, a movie, and maybe a Bucks game! He al­ways found time to make it to all of the kid's sports events and of course he loved the Pack­ers!   Felix is sur­vived by his daugh­ter, Tessa of Mayville and her mother, Kelly Wick­ert of Mayville; his mother, Teresa of Mex­ico City; his sib­lings, Eliz­a­beth Sanchez Angel, Jes­sica Sanchez Angel, Yese­nia Sanchez Angel, Jose Salomón Sanchez Angel, Maria de la Luz Sanchez Angel and Julio Angel Mata; his niece, Ayana and nephews, Iza­iah (God­son) and Cris­t­ian.    He was pre­ceded in death by his fa­ther, Felix.   A Mass of Chris­t­ian Bur­ial took place on Wednes­day, Nov. 2, at 3 p.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church in Mayville with the Rev. Fr. Tom Bier­sack pre­sid­ing. A vis­i­ta­tion was held from noon until 3 p.m. at the church in Mayville. A con­tin­ued cel­e­bra­tion of Felix’s life was held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at The Meat­ing Place (Mayville Golf Club) on Wednes­day fol­low­ing the fu­neral.   The fam­ily wishes to thank the com­mu­nity of Mayville for all their thoughts, prayers, and sup­port.   Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com

   Debra Jean Howard went home to Jesus on Oc­to­ber 18, 2022, at the age of 68.   Debra was born to Elmer and Vir­ginia Tonne on July 7, 1954, in Tripoli, Iowa.    Debra met her hus­band, Kevin Howard, through his sis­ters and mom in Iowa. She had three chil­dren: Tony, Ash­ley and An­gela. In 1983, they moved their fam­ily to Hori­con.    In ad­di­tion to being a ded­i­cated and lov­ing mother and grand­mother, Debra also loved to sew and held var­i­ous vol­un­teer roles at her church and through­out the com­mu­nity.   Through­out her life, she held an un­wa­ver­ing faith in God, which she shared with those who sur­rounded her by show­ing them love.    Debra joins her par­ents, Elmer and Vir­ginia Tonne; her broth­ers, Gene Tonne and Richard Tonne; and sis­ter, Barb Klemp in heaven.   She is sur­vived by her hus­band, Kevin Howard; her brother, Bob Tonne; sis­ter, Corinne Szulga; her chil­dren, Tony (Danette) Pint, Ash­ley (Scott) Schweiger and An­gela (Jake) Mag­yar; and her five grand­chil­dren and two great-grand­chil­dren.    Psalm 91:11"For He will give His an­gels charge con­cern­ing you, to guard you in all your ways. "

   Gary R. Erd­mann, 75, of West Bend, passed away on Mon­day, Oct. 17, 2022, at Samar­i­tan Health Cen­ter in West Bend.   Gary was born the son of Ray­mond and Norma (Schultz) Erd­mann on De­cem­ber 30, 1946.   He was a 1964 grad­u­ate of Lomira High School. Gary hon­or­ably served his coun­try in the US Air Force serv­ing from 1964 to 1968 dur­ing the Viet­nam War and spent a year sta­tioned at De Nang Air Base. He was a proud mem­ber of the Theresa Amer­i­can Le­gion Post #270 and was set to travel on the Honor Flight with his brother, Brian, only three days after his death. Gary was a mem­ber of Pil­grim Ev. Lutheran Church in West Bend.   He was united in mar­riage to Susan J. Kan­nal on De­cem­ber 28, 1996, at their home in West Bend.   In his spare time, Gary en­joyed soft­ball, the Pack­ers, hunt­ing and fish­ing, and spend­ing time with his beloved pet dove, Boo-Boo. He also en­joyed going to his trailer up north with friends and fam­ily.   Gary is sur­vived by his wife, Sue of West Bend; his daugh­ter, Amy Erd­mann of Oshkosh; his sib­lings, Brian (Cather­ine Cas­pary) Erd­mann of Fond du Lac and Lois Erd­mann of Lomira; his sis­ter-in-law, Kathy Erd­mann of Fond du Lac; broth­ers-in-law, Dean Kan­nal of West Bend and Thomas (An­drea) Kan­nal of Madi­son; fur­ther sur­vived by nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives, and friends.   He was pre­ceded in death by his par­ents; and his brother, Rod­ney.   A memo­r­ial ser­vice for Gary took place on Tues­day, Oct. 25, at 12 p.m. at the Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville with the Rev. Joseph Fisher of­fi­ci­at­ing. A vis­i­ta­tion was held on Tues­day, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. until the time of the ser­vice at 12 p.m. Mil­i­tary hon­ors were con­ducted by the Theresa Amer­i­can Le­gion Post #270 and Air Force Honor Guard. In­urn­ment will take place at Union Ceme­tery in Theresa at a later date.   Memo­ri­als in mem­ory of Gary can be di­rected to the Theresa Amer­i­can Le­gion Post #270, 101 Church St. Theresa, WI 53091.   Koepsell Fu­neral Home is serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com

   Eliz­a­beth “Betty” M. Bauer, 96, of LeRoy, passed away on Sun­day, Oct. 16, 2022, at St. Fran­cis Home in Fond du Lac.   Betty was born the daugh­ter of Arthur Sr. and Marie (Hoff­man) Krapfl on Jan­u­ary 2, 1926, in LeRoy.   She was united in mar­riage to Jerome Bauer on July 20, 1946, at St. An­drew’s in LeRoy.   Betty was a life­long and faith­ful mem­ber of St. An­drew’s Catholic Church in LeRoy.   Betty’s faith and fam­ily were very im­por­tant to her. Betty was part of a rosary mak­ing club, in­clud­ing fam­ily, friends, and church mem­bers. Over her life­time, she made thou­sands of rosaries for the mis­sions over­seas and any­one in need of a rosary. Betty was a mem­ber of St. An­drew’s Chris­t­ian Moth­ers So­ci­ety. She en­joyed gar­den­ing and mak­ing de­li­cious desserts and baked goods, es­pe­cially her tortes and sticky buns. To­gether with her hus­band, they farmed in the Town­ship of LeRoy.   Betty is sur­vived by her six chil­dren, Paul (Kerry Lee) Bauer of Portage; Mary (Calvin) Cud­no­hoske of West Bend; Joan Ven­nie of Beaver Dam; Allan (Lynette) Bauer of LeRoy; Ger­ard (Mary) Bauer of Sis­ter Bay; and LuAnn (David) Nims of Camp­bell­sport; 14 grand­chil­dren; 22 great-grand­chil­dren; one great-great-grand­child; sis­ters-in-law, Marge Krapfl of LeRoy and Mary (Gene) Hoff­man of LeRoy. She is fur­ther sur­vived by nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives, and friends.   Betty was pre­ceded in death by her par­ents; her lov­ing hus­band, Jerome; grand­son, Nathan; son-in-law, James Ven­nie; sib­lings, Mar­garet Schrauf­nagel, Alice Bauer, Marie Schrauf­nagel, Helen Wein­berger, Arthur Krapfl Jr., and John Krapfl.   A Mass of Chris­t­ian Bur­ial will take place for Betty on Fri­day, Oct. 21, at St. An­drew’s Catholic Church in LeRoy at 11:30 a.m. with Rev. Fa­ther Joe Do­minic pre­sid­ing. Vis­i­ta­tion will take place on Fri­day, Oct. 21, from 10 a.​m.​to 11:30 a.m. at St. An­drew’s Catholic Church. In­ter­ment will fol­low the ser­vice at St. An­drew’s Ceme­tery in LeRoy.   In lieu of flow­ers, memo­ri­als can be made to St. Fran­cis Home in Fond du Lac or St. An­drew’s Catholic Church in LeRoy.   Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is car­ing for the fam­ily. www.​koepsellfh.​com   The fam­ily that prays to­gether, stays to­gether.

   Louis Frederick Schultz III, age 72, of Fond du Lac, called Home on October 15, 2022.    He was born on July 18, 1950, in Hartford, to the late Louis and Louise (nee Guell) Schultz. He was raised in the Lutheran faith and ensured that his children also had the same Christian foundation. He fondly talked about his youth spent in the quarry town of Nasbro.   Louis loved to make people laugh and usually at the expense of himself or various political figures. He was an avid sports fan and enjoyed watching his son and grandchildren play a variety of sports. For years he enjoyed writing letters to local papers about various social issues.    Those left behind to cherish his memory are his children, Louis Schultz (Kaci), Lisa Schultz; grandchildren, Natalie , Samuel, Louis V, Elayna, Kiirsten, Hanna, and Jackson; siblings, Don Schultz, Margaret (Bob) Garkey, Wayne (Bonnie) Schultz, Dale Miller (brother-in-law), Marty (Anna) Schultz, Ann (Steve) Geschke, Mark (Margie) Schultz, John Schultz, and Juanita (Jim) Ancil; aunts, Marge Kaiser, Ruth Schultz; one uncle, Melvin (MaryAnn) Guell; and numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews.    In addition to his parents, Louis was preceded in death by his sister, Shorty Miller and brother, Dale Schultz.   VISITATION: Louis’ family will greet relatives and friends on Sunday, Oct. 23, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 605 Highland Avenue, Brownsville, from 12 p.m. until 3 p.m.   FUNERAL SERVICE: A funeral service for Louis will be held at 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, with Reverend William Carter officiating. Burial will take place on Monday, Oct. 24, at 9 a.m. in St. Paul’s Cemetery.    Louis spent much of his life with a diagnosis of epilepsy. It is with this, that we direct others to the Epilepsy Foundation to learn more about this condition, as so little is still understood. More information can be found at www.epilepsy.com   In lieu of flowers, donations to Winnebago Lutheran Academy (www.wlavikings.org) and WELS Mission (www.wels100in10.net)    Myrhum-Patten Funeral and Cremation Service has been entrusted with Louis’ arrangements. Additional information and online guest book can be found at www.myrhum-patten.com.

 Ken­neth “Ken” W. Reimer, 85, of Lomira was called home to be with the Lord on Sat­ur­day, Oct. 15, 2022.   He was born on May 9, 1937, to the late Os­wald and Car­o­line (nee Balt­ha­zor) Reimer in Fond du Lac. Ken grad­u­ated from Lomira High School and was a three-sport ath­lete and four-year var­sity let­ter win­ner.   On April 18, 1959, he was united in mar­riage to his high school sweet­heart, LuEllen Buerger, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Lomira.   Ken hon­or­ably served in the United States Army. He worked at Wid­mer’s cheese in Theresa for 12 years. Then started his sales­man­ship at Kindt Lum­ber. He moved on to work at Micro De­sign be­fore be­com­ing the top sales­man for North Amer­i­can Phillip Light­ing. Ken then started his own light­ing busi­ness until he re­tired.   He was one of the founders that started the Lomira Girls’ soft­ball pro­gram. Ken en­joyed bowl­ing and loved golf. He taught all his chil­dren and grand­chil­dren to golf and was very com­pet­i­tive with all of them. He later pur­chased his cot­tage for his wife’s 50th birth­day pre­sent in Wau­toma. Ken en­joyed cut­ting the grass and teach­ing his grand­chil­dren. He es­pe­cially en­joyed spend­ing time with all his fam­ily and will be missed by all who knew him.   Those Ken leaves be­hind to cher­ish his mem­ory in­clude his lov­ing wife of 63 years, LuEllen Reimer; four daugh­ters, Mon­ica (Michael) Haefs, Marissa (Terry) Gassner, Na­talie (Tom) Scharschmist, and Re­becca (Garry) Miller; 14 grand­chil­dren, Shan­non (Ryan) Zahn, Leigh (Rick) Ram­czyk, Jill (Nick) Shul­tis, Erik (Beckie) Haefs, Kur­tis (Tay­lor) Haefs, David (In­grid) Gassner, Cas­san­dra (Brett) Ku­biskewski, Matthew (Kath­leen) Gassner, Cal­lie (Scott) Chris­ten­son, Kate­lyn Bloch, Mark (Hai­ley Rusch) Scharschmist, Mitch Scharschmidt, Bryce Miller, and Brett (fiancée Kaylee Mauer) Miller; 24 great-grand­chil­dren with one more on the way; a brother, Ger­ald “Gerry” (Rachel) Reimer; six sis­ters-in-law, Michele Reimer, Mary Ann Bates, Donna May Her­man, Au­drey Buerger, Jean Buerger, and Joan Buerger; two broth­ers-in-law, Michael Buerger and Dean (Steffie) Buerger.   In ad­di­tion to his par­ents, he was pre­ceded in death by his brother, James “Jim” Reimer; sis­ter-in-law, Gladys Buerger; and five broth­ers-in-law, Fran­cis Her­man, Wally Bates, Con­rad Buerger, Joseph Buerger, and William “Bill” Buerger.   A pri­vate Memo­r­ial Mass in re­mem­brance of Ken will be held.   The Myrhum-Pat­ten Fu­neral Home of West Bend has been en­trusted with Ken’s arrange­ments. Ad­di­tional in­for­ma­tion and guest book may be found at www.​myrhum-​pat­ten.​com.