Dennis H Moldenhauer, 82, of Mayville, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 28, 2024, at Crossroads Care Center in Mayville. Dennis leaves behind a legacy of love, kindness, and faith.    Dennis was born the son of Lorenz and Lydia (Maas) Moldenhauer on February 16, 1942, in Hartford. He graduated from Mayville High School in 1960. He went on to attend the UW School of Agriculture in Madison.   He was united in marriage to Barbara A. Koch on November 4, 1978, at St. Matthew’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Iron Ridge.    Dennis retired from ConAgra at the age of 64. He also farmed for many years in the village of Iron Ridge.   Dennis was a faithful member of St. Peter’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Kekoskee, where he also volunteered. Dennis spent his retirement delving into his love for genealogy, taking walks, and spending precious time with his family. Dennis was active with the Senior Center in Iron Ridge and enjoyed attending car shows.    Dennis was a wonderful husband, father, and brother, who cherished stories and laughter with his family. He had a passion for his faith and the church.    Dennis is survived by his loving wife, Barbara; three children, Nathan (Renee) Moldenhauer of Sussex, Brendan (Erin) Moldenhauer of Ripon, and Kristin (Peter) Plashko of Bushwood, MD; four grandchildren, Jasmine, Adeline, Peter Jr., and Theodore; and sister, Lois (Richard) Lund of Carmel, IN; nieces, Laura and Jennifer; and nephew, Derrick. Dennis is further survived by other relatives and friends.   Dennis was preceded in death by his parents.   A graveside committal service for Dennis took place on Friday, Aug. 2, at 1 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Cemetery in Iron Ridge with Rev. William Carter officiating.    The family extends their sincerest gratitude to the staff of Crossroads Care Center and SSM Hospice for all the care and support they provided to Dennis and his family.    Koepsell Funeral Home in Mayville is caring for the family. www.KoepsellFH.com

   Ronald Lee Schroeder, 88 of North Fond du Lac, formerly of Kekoskee, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at Hope Senior Living in Lomira.   Ron was born on August 4, 1935, to Fred A. and Leona (Mueller) Schroeder in Kekoskee.   He graduated from Mayville High School in 1954.   Ron was united in marriage to Holly B. Bartel on March 4, 1953, in Carma, IL.   He was a member of St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Mayville.   Ron retired from Metalcraft in 2000. Ron also was a second-generation owner of Schroeder Floral and Landscaping. He also owned an ambulance and hearse service, and a snowmobile business that sold Sno-Prince snowmobiles. He was a welder, brake press operator, and maintenance man. Ron built their first two houses in Kekoskee by himself. He played hockey, loved being outside tending to his flowers, feeding wildlife, and traveling with his wife Holly. They enjoyed playing horseshoes, sheepshead, dancing to polka, and going on Harley rides. Most of all, he was a proud family man. He jumped at every opportunity to watch his grandkids and great-grandkids at their events/activities.    Ron is survived by his son, Scott Schroeder; his special friend, Mary Havey; grandchildren, Jason (Melissa) Schroeder, Jesse (Sara) Schroeder, Josey (Sarah) Schroeder, Megan (Mark) Meneau, Michelle (James) Harper, Avery Schroeder, Derek (fiancée Tara Haack) Schroeder, Eli Buchta, Miranda (Aaron) Zuege; 14 great-grandchildren; daughter-in-law, Jody (special friend Terry Wolter) Schroeder; son-in-law, Mark Belise; and beloved dog companion, Teddy. Ron is further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.   Ron was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Holly; his four sons, Randy, Ricky, Jeff, and Tim; and daughter, Cheryl.   A memorial service for Ronald will take place on Wednesday, August 7, at 1 p.m. at St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Mayville with Rev. Dr. Mark G. Cutler officiating. A visitation for Ron will be at church on Wednesday, August 7, from 11:30 a.m. until the time of service at 1 p.m. Inurnment will follow the service at St. John’s Cemetery in Mayville.   Koepsell Funeral Home in Mayville is caring for the family. www.Koepsellfh.com

   Gwen S. Mellenthien, 85, of Horicon, passed away on Friday, July 26, 2024, at the Christian Home in Waupun.    Gwen was born the daughter of William J. and Stephany A. (Partynski) Butterfield on October 28, 1938, in Chicago.   She graduated high school from Madonna High in Chicago, IL, in 1956.   She received her bachelor’s degree in education from Viterbo University in 1962 and went on to teach English and Theater at the Horicon High School.   Gwen was united in marriage to Roy F. Mellenthien on January 16, 1965, at St. Malachy’s in Horicon.   She was a faithful member of Sacred Heart Parish in Horicon and was active in the Christian Mother’s/Womens’ group. She also was a youth minister, confirmation instructor, and aided with adult ministry. Gwen was a member of the Horicon Board of Education.   In her spare time, she enjoyed music, movies, reading, shopping and casino trips. She loved the time spent with her ‘birthday group’. Family was also important to Gwen, and she cherished the time spent with them, as well as many trips and camping together.    Gwen is survived by her husband, Roy of Waupun; her children, Colleen (Don) McCallum of Horicon, Brad (Lynn) Mellenthien of Richfield and Claire (Rick) Holz of Watertown; her grandchildren, Abigail, Anna and Cassidy McCallum, Rebecca Pieper, Ashley and Megan (fiance’ Matthew Marchus) Mellenthien, and Emily Haslow; her sister-in-law, Mary Ann Herd of St. Ann, MO; her special family friend, Gloria Krueger of Stoughton; her canine buddy, Moose; further survived by other relatives and friends.     She was preceded in death by her parents.   A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, Aug. 10, at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Horicon with the Rev. Fr. Michael Petrie presiding. A visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service at the church. Interment will take place at St. Malachy Cemetery in Horicon.    Memorials and mass intentions in memory of Gwen can be directed to Sacred Heart Parish. Special thanks to the Christian Home in Waupun and SSM Hospice at home for the care and support shown to Gwen and her family.    Koepsell Funeral Home in Horicon is serving the family. www. KoepsellFH.com

   David L. Knueppel, 64, of Brownsville, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 26, 2024, at the SSM Hospice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac.   David was born the son of Elmer and Genevieve (Enfelt) Knueppel on August 4, 1959, in Waupun.   He had worked for Knowles Produce and AlliedBarton Security for Michels Corporation.   In his spare time, David enjoyed the outdoors, especially while hunting and fishing. He also liked to put together models and have cookouts on his grill.   David was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Brownsville.   David is survived by his sisters, Donna Harlan of Brownsville, Laura (Roger) Burmeister of Seymour, and Jean Werner of Rhinelander; further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.    He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Pat Bouzek; and brothers-in-law, Bob Harlan, George Bouzek, and Art Reinhart.    A funeral service for David will take place on Thursday, August 1, at 11 a.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Brownsville with the Rev. William Carter officiating. A visitation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church. Interment will take place at the St. John’s Cemetery in Brownsville.   Koepsell Funeral Home in Mayville is serving the family. www.KoepsellFH.com

   Duane Ket­ter, 81, of Kekos­kee passed away sud­denly at home on July 21, 2024.   Duane was born on June 23, 1943, in Camp­bell­sport to Henry and Elsie Ket­ter. He at­tended Camp­bell­sport High School and grad­u­ated in 1961. Duane en­listed in the United States Army on July 4, 1964, and served until June 21, 1966, and he was sta­tioned in Fulda, Ger­many. Duane was a mem­ber of the Kekos­kee Fire De­part­ment for many years.   Duane worked for the De­part­ment of Nat­ural Re­sources as a Wildlife Tech­ni­cian from 1964 and re­tired at 60 years old in 2003. Duane met Mar­garet “Peggy” Weasler at a wed­ding and the cou­ple was mar­ried on Jan­u­ary 25, 1969, in Camp­bell­sport. Duane and Peggy were blessed with two sons, Rob and Mark.   Duane con­tin­ued his love of na­ture and con­tin­ued to work with the Fed­eral Wildlife Refuge in Hori­con from 2004 to 2021. The past few years, you could find Duane in the gar­den, in his work­shop mak­ing “any­thing” you wanted, or watch­ing a Cubs game and hav­ing a beer in the shop. He was a cross­word puz­zle lover, and went on walks with Peggy at the marsh. Duane was an avid hunter, and loved his dogs. In the early years, he pheas­ant hunted with his dogs and sons. Duane en­joyed turkey hunt­ing, and ap­pre­ci­ated the hunt more than the turkey.   Duane al­ways found time to at­tend his grand­sons sport­ing events and ac­tiv­i­ties. He was very proud of their ac­com­plish­ments. Duane was known to talk his grand­sons and other fam­ily into card and dice games when they would visit.   Those Duane leaves be­hind to cher­ish his mem­ory in­clude his wife of 55 years, Peggy; two sons, Robert (An­gela) Ket­ter and their sons, Jake and Kyle and bonus grand­daugh­ter, Mara, all of Oshkosh; Mark (Can­dice) Ket­ter and their sons, Blake and Bran­don (fiancée Olivia) all of Juneau; and spe­cial fam­ily friend, Emily Schae­fer. He is fur­ther sur­vived by sis­ters-in-law, Rose Ket­ter and Alice Ket­ter, both of Camp­bell­sport, Dar­lene Otte of Fond du Lac, Vir­ginia Kum­row of Adell, Bar­bara Eich­steadt of Bruce; and brother-in-law, Oran Weasler of North Fond du Lac; as well as nu­mer­ous nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives and many friends.   In ad­di­tion to his par­ents, Duane was pre­ceded in death by his six broth­ers, Irwin, Elton, Elwyn, Henry, Loren, and Wal­ter; and sis­ter, Joan.   VIS­I­TA­TION: Duane’s fam­ily will greet rel­a­tives and friends on Sat­ur­day, Au­gust 3, from Noon until 2:30 p.m. at Myrhum-Pat­ten Fu­neral & Cre­ma­tion Ser­vice – 15 S Wal­nut St. – Mayville, WI 53050. (Ca­sual dress is pre­ferred.)   A con­tin­ued cel­e­bra­tion of Duane’s life for fam­ily and close friends will be on Sat­ur­day, Au­gust 3, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Kekos­kee Vil­lage Hall (W3275 County Rd TW, Mayville, WI 53050).        Myrhum-Pat­ten Fu­neral & Cre­ma­tion Ser­vice has been en­trusted with Duane’s arrange­ments. For ad­di­tional in­for­ma­tion or to leave an on­line con­do­lence on the trib­ute wall, please visit www.​myrhum-​patten.​com.

 Robert “Bob” Edwin Sette, 75, of Juneau, passed away on July 19, 2024 after a coura­geous 2-year bat­tle with can­cer.    He was born on Oc­to­ber 24, 1948, in Hus­tis­ford, to Edwin and Lil­lian (Pautz) Sette. Robert grad­u­ated from Juneau High School in 1966 and re­ceived his bach­e­lor’s de­gree from UW-Madi­son in 1970, where he was a mem­ber of the Alpha Gamma Rho fra­ter­nity.    In his youth, Robert was an ac­tive mem­ber of FFA and ded­i­cated his ca­reer to the agri­cul­ture in­dus­try. He took over man­age­ment of the fam­ily dairy farm, then worked at the Ree­seville Agri-Cen­ter, and re­tired from Knowles Pro­duce and Trad­ing Com­pany.   Robert was a life­long mem­ber of St. John’s Evan­gel­i­cal Lutheran Church in Juneau, ded­i­cat­ing his time to as­sist with ush­er­ing, audio/vi­sual, and trea­sury ser­vices. Robert en­joyed going to an­tique trac­tor shows, play­ing crib­bage, lis­ten­ing to 50s/60s music and watch­ing TV shows, such as NCIS and Blue Bloods. He found great joy in his grand­kids, es­pe­cially help­ing with their an­i­mals and 4-H pro­jects. As a true Wis­con­si­nite, he would cheer on the Green Bay Pack­ers and Bad­ger foot­ball teams.   Robert is sur­vived by his daugh­ters, Melissa Lake, Amy (Ryan) Baumeis­ter, and Gina (Ryan) Wit­tnebel; grand­chil­dren, Rose, Cas­sidy, Car­men, Adam, Olivia, Mason and Carly; sib­lings, Rus­sell (Pa­tri­cia) Sette, Linda (Glen) Pret­zer, and Bar­bara (Ron) Smits. He is fur­ther sur­vived by step-grand­chil­dren, step­great-grand­chil­dren, an uncle, nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives and friends.    He was pre­ceded in death by his par­ents; son-in-law, Joseph Lake; and for­mer wife, Rose­mary Schulz.   Vis­i­ta­tion is Sun­day, July 28, from 3 to 6 p.m. at St. John Ev. Lutheran Church in Juneau and Mon­day, July 29, from 10 to 11am. Fu­neral ser­vice will fol­low at 11 a.m. at church. In­ter­ment will be in Juneau City Ceme­tery.   The fam­ily would like to thank UW-Health, Wa­ter­town Re­gional Med­ical Cen­ter, Hill­side Hos­pice, and Epic Care So­lu­tions staff for the care they pro­vided Robert.   The Berndt-Ledesma Fu­neral Home-Juneau is serv­ing the fam­ily.

   Geri T. Feucht, 69, of Mayville, passed away on July 16, 2024, after a long battle with cancer. Cancer did not win the battle, but it did kill her.   Geri was born on November 11, 1954, in Beaver Dam, the daughter of Alex and Vernie (nee Pionkowski) Feucht. She was raised in Mayville and graduated from Mayville High School in 1973. She eventually earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and finally a master’s degree in library and information science at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.    She married Tim Bachhuber in 2004 and considered herself an amazingly lucky woman.   Geri worked in several libraries over the years and her favorite job was at Horicon Public Library in Horicon. Her favorite volunteer opportunities were with the Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin (transporting corneas), the Friends of Mayville Public Library and the Marais Players of Mayville.   Geri believed passionately in the importance of reading and the value of public libraries in the quality of people’s lives. She believed that strongly funded, well-managed libraries are essential to a true democracy, and that you can judge a community by the quality of its libraries. Geri helped create the Friends of the Library organization for the Mayville library in 2014. She served on the Mayville Public Library board of directors for the past seven years.    Geri will be remembered for her sharp wit, brilliant mind, and her incredible memory for details. She had a love of antiques, good movies, theater, the symphony, musicals, and music in general. Geri and Tim met and acted in the Marias Players for years. Early in their married years, Tim and Geri would often fly to New York for a Broadway play weekend. She had a sense of adventure and love of travel. Their most memorable trips were to Italy, Egypt, France and Germany, and western national parks. Geri was an ardent democrat.   Geri is survived by her husband, Tim; siblings, Alex (Kuan) Feucht and Jean Schwarze; nieces and nephews, Benjamin (Avi) Schwarze, Christopher (Jen) Feucht, Kelly (Tom) Oechsner, Tom (Amber) Schwarze, Laura (Brian Apodaca) Feucht, Eric (Tahra) Feucht, Carol (Craig Weidert) Feucht, and Paul Schwarze; surviving in-laws, Christine Feucht, Pat Barone, Stephen (Irene) Bachhuber, Elizabeth Bachhuber (special friend Christoph), Todd Maitland, Mary (Bill) Watts, and Tom (special friend Eileen Riordan) Bachhuber. Geri is further survived by many cousins, great nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.    Geri was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, David and Bill, all of whom she missed daily. She was also preceded in death by brothers-in-law, Arthur Schwarze, Stan Barone and Dan Bachhuber.   A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial for Geri will be held on August 3, at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church in Mayville, with Rev. Fr. Edwin Kornath officiating. A visitation will be held at church on August 3, from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service at 11:00 a.m. Inurnment will take place at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Mayville.   Special thanks to Dr. Eastman and the rest of the staff at Johnson Creek Cancer Center, and everyone at Hospice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac.   Memorials may be directed to the Friends of the Library- Ted & Grace Bachhuber Memorial Library.Koepsell Funeral Home in Mayville is caring for the family. www. Koepsellfh.com

   Usevio “Poncho” Surita, 98, of Mayville, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, at his daughter's home.   Usevio was born the son of Gaspar and Antonia (Ramirez) Surita on March 5, 1926, in Sabinal, TX.   He was united in marriage to Dolores Juarez on October 18, 1951, in Juneau.   Usevio had retired after 38 years from Mayville Limestone Inc. where he had worked as a supervisor, leaving behind a legacy of hard work and commitment.   He was a longtime member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Woodland, serving his parish on the church council and as a communion server. Usevio enjoyed many hobbies, including working with small engines, gardening, and fishing. He also enjoyed sports, playing pool in the Mayville Wednesday Night Pool League, until he was 95 years old. He enjoyed watching golf, baseball, football, Gunsmoke, Price is Right, Jeopardy, and the WWE.    Usevio enjoyed family time with his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. He especially loved watching his grandchildren in sporting events, and visiting with his great-great-grandchildren.   Usevio is survived by his loving and extensive family, a testament to the love and care he shared throughout his life. His children, Alicia Vera of Pleasanton, TX, Beatrice (Virgil) Frank, Jr. of Savannah, TN, Yolanda (Gary Eilbes) Pillsbury of Mayville, Norma (Steve Brillhart) Surita of Tucson, AZ, Bob (Juana) Surita of Milwaukee, Antonio Surita of Oshkosh, Irma Surita of Milwaukee and David (Kathy) Surita of Twin Lakes; his 21 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, and 22 great-great-grandchildren. He is further survived by nieces, nephews, relatives, and many friends. All will miss him dearly.   He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Dolores; son, Usevio Surita, Jr.; brothers, Remigio and Felipe; and his sister, Francesca Salinas.   A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Tuesday, July 16, at 11 a.m. at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church in Neosho with the Rev. Fr. Justin Lopina presiding. A visitation was held at the Koepsell Funeral Home in Mayville on Monday, July 15, from 4 to 7 p.m. and again at the church in Neosho on Monday from 10 to 11 a.m. Interment took place at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Woodland.   The family of Usevio would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to the staff of Aurora at Home Hospice, for the exceptional care and support shown to Usevio and his family during this difficult time.  Your kindness and compassion have been a source of comfort and strength.   Memorials in memory of Usevio may be directed to St. Matthews Parish in Neosho.   Koepsell Funeral Home in Mayville is serving the family. www.KoepsellFH.com

   On July 4th, 2024, Robert (Bob) J. LaBlanc, beloved hus­band of Grace (Meyer) LaBlanc and lov­ing fa­ther of Debra LaBlanc, Kris­ten LaBlanc, Nancy Wolfe, and Brian LaBlanc, passed away at Clearview Nurs­ing Home in Juneau.    Born De­cem­ber 22, 1940, to Philip and Helen (Etten) LaBlanc, he had an ac­tive child­hood grow­ing up in Stan­ley, where he played bas­ket­ball, foot­ball, and de­vel­oped a life­long love of hunt­ing.   He re­lo­cated to Mil­wau­kee where he met Grace, ul­ti­mately lead­ing to a lov­ing, life­long mar­riage. He also served in the United States Air Force for a time in Alaska be­fore set­tling per­ma­nently back in Wis­con­sin where he worked, raised his fam­ily, and coached many grades of school bas­ket­ball.   He is sur­vived by his wife and his four chil­dren; his sis­ter, Sharone Zielke; his 11 grand­chil­dren; and six great-grand­chil­dren.    He was pre­ceded by his par­ents, Philip and Helen LaBlanc; and his sis­ter, Mau­reen Fisch.    He was a man who was loved by any who met him, never shy and an eager sto­ry­teller. He was a lover of birds, a pas­sion­ate sports player and fan, and a life­long hunter that he gen­er­ously shared with fam­ily and friends. His char­ac­ter brought a smile to all and he was a tes­ta­ment to a life filled with laugh­ter, joy, and love. He will be deeply missed and lov­ingly re­mem­bered as every­one who had the good for­tune to know him was left bet­ter.   A Mass of Chris­t­ian Bur­ial will take place on July 19, at 11 a.m. at Sa­cred Heart Catholic Church in Hori­con with the Rev. Fr. Mark Brandl pre­sid­ing. A vis­i­ta­tion will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of the ser­vice at the church. Mil­i­tary Hon­ors will be con­ducted by the Hori­con Amer­i­can Le­gion Post #157.   In lieu of flow­ers, memo­ri­als in mem­ory of Bob may be di­rected to the Dodge County Hu­mane So­ci­ety.    Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Hori­con is serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com

 Peter Paul Gebauer, 81, of Hori­con, passed away on Mon­day, July 1, 2024, at SSM Health St. Agnes Hos­pi­tal in Fond du Lac.    Peter was born the son of Ewald and Jo­hanna (Novak) Gebauer on Oc­to­ber 23, 1942, in Ger­many.   He was united in mar­riage to Sherry Get­z­man on No­vem­ber 2, 1985, at St. Stephen Lutheran Church in Hori­con.   Peter had worked as a metal fin­isher and re­tired from MEC in Mayville after 17 years.   He was a mem­ber of Zion Lutheran Church in Hori­con.   In his spare time, Peter and his wife, Sherry, loved to travel and had many trips all over the coun­try and abroad. One of his fa­vorite trips he al­ways looked for­ward to were their trips up to Door County and es­pe­cially Wash­ing­ton Is­land. Peter en­joyed most of his time being out­doors and tak­ing care of his gar­dens and beau­ti­ful roses. After a hard day of work, you would find him sit­ting out on the deck with a cold drink in his hand. He was proud of his Ger­man and Aus­tralian her­itage and was an ex­cel­lent cook spe­cial­iz­ing in his many Ger­man spe­cial­ties.   Peter was a proud fa­ther of his three daugh­ters, and an even more so of being a grand­fa­ther to his three pre­cious grand­chil­dren. Fam­ily meant the world to him. He al­ways loved learn­ing about their many ac­com­plish­ments. You would al­ways hear Peter share his sto­ries of when he lived in Aus­tralia, es­pe­cially when he used to ocean surf fish off the many gor­geous Aus­tralian beaches and about his time work­ing on the ocean oil rigs build­ing off­shore pipelines.   In his more re­cent years, Peter en­joyed going to the TAG Cen­ter in Mayville with his wife Sherry to ex­er­cise, but more im­por­tantly so­cial­ize with the many friends he made there. He also had a love in lis­ten­ing to many dif­fer­ent types of music, which car­ried over into his chil­dren’s lives. He al­ways loved pick­ing his weekly lot­tery num­bers and even en­joyed a trip to the casino a time or two.    Peter is sur­vived by his wife, Sherry of Hori­con; his daugh­ters, Corinna (Michael) Klemm and Jo­hanna (Mick Ross) Gebauer, both of Glad­stone, Queens­land, Aus­tralia, and Tiffany (Scott Rohloff) Gebauer of Wa­ter­town; his sis­ters, Terry Birgmann of IL and Chris­tel Blanken­ship of ME; his grand­chil­dren, Lil­lian Rohloff, Bryn­den Ross, and Kai­son Ross; fur­ther sur­vived by nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives, and friends.   Peter was pre­ceded in death by his par­ents.   A pri­vate fam­ily memo­r­ial ser­vice will take place.   Spe­cial thanks to the staff of SSM Health St. Agnes Hos­pi­tal for the care and sup­port shown to Peter and his fam­ily.    Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com