Rachelle (Shelly) Valle, 63, of Brownsville, passed away peace­fully in her home, sur­rounded by fam­ily mem­bers on April 12, 2024.    Shelly was born on No­vem­ber 19, 1960, to Char­lotte (Col­lien) and John "Mighty Fine" Feucht, in Waupun and raised on the farm in Leroy. As the old­est of five, she be­came the rock that we all knew and loved from a very young age. Shelly thrived on being there for every­one in her life; she loved it. A friend to all, she was the lit­eral de­f­i­n­i­tion of some­one who would give you the shirt off her back, or the last $5 to her name.    She taught us all that life was not only about work­ing hard, but more im­por­tantly it was about en­joy­ing the ride along the way. She got mar­ried to the love of her life, Duward John Valle, on No­vem­ber 8, 1980, and gave it her all. They re­mained mar­ried for 43 years, and he was by her side when she took her last breath, al­ways fight­ing for each other.    She lived fiercely, loved deeply, and laughed heartily. De­spite jug­gling mul­ti­ple jobs and school, she found time to lead Girl Scouts, coach sports, and host com­mu­nity block par­ties amongst many other extra ac­tiv­i­ties through­out the years. She never missed a grad­u­a­tion, birth­day, or team event, al­ways stand­ing as a pil­lar of sup­port for those near and far. In times of tragedy, she was the first to help, ral­ly­ing oth­ers to join. She taught us to em­brace life's joys and chal­lenges with equal vigor—danc­ing in the wind and fight­ing when nec­es­sary, al­ways with laugh­ter and ad­ven­ture in her heart.   Her pas­sion for cook­ing drove her to open a restau­rant and meat mar­ket in North­ern Michi­gan, ful­fill­ing a life­long dream. Even when she piv­oted to work for the state, she never aban­doned her culi­nary pur­suits—bak­ing, can­ning, and gar­den­ing tire­lessly. Until her final days, she was a force of na­ture in the kitchen, nour­ish­ing bod­ies and souls alike. But more than her ad­ven­tures and achieve­ments, Shelly cher­ished her re­la­tion­ships—from life­long friends to new ac­quain­tances and every­one in be­tween. To her, it was the peo­ple that made it all mat­ter, and every­one mat­tered!   She achieved what she wanted, and though life threw moun­tains in her way, she was never afraid to sad­dle up and climb them. She loved ex­plor­ing, and you would often find her on a boat, or a kayak, zi­plin­ing, ski­ing, ex­plor­ing ice cav­erns, fish­ing, camp­ing, going on va­ca­tion, walk­ing the beach, going on sling shot with grand­kids, bungee jump­ing, dress­ing up, throw­ing a party, or any­thing that would bring thrill, ad­ven­ture, laughs, and mem­o­ries to last a life­time. Her legacy is marked by the love and laugh­ter she shared, and the un­wa­ver­ing strength she demon­strated as a true war­rior in life.   And a war­rior she was. Since 2017, she had been fight­ing Stage 4 Metasta­tic GIST can­cer. Hav­ing over five surg­eries to re­move tu­mors, and mul­ti­ple more as re­sults of the can­cer, six dif­fer­ent types of drugs, in­clud­ing a clin­i­cal trial drug, she gave it her all; prov­ing to us all just how fierce she truly was. And it was through her bat­tles, that we found in­spi­ra­tion to fight our own, with her last final gift to us being that she went peace­fully with a happy and lov­ing heart, prov­ing to us that faith, love, laugh­ter, and peo­ple truly are what mat­ters in the end.    Shelly is sur­vived by her hus­band, Duward of Brownsville; her mother, Char­lotte; son, Brad of Florida; daugh­ter, Nicole (Justin) Valle-Prenevost, along with their four chil­dren (grand­chil­dren), Hai­ley, Josiah, Ko­r­ben, and No­valee, of Fond du Lac, and though only brief­ly held in her arms, a son, who was never far from her heart; fur­ther, she is sur­vived by three sis­ters, Tina (Kay) Feucht, Patti (Scott) Wells, and Jeni (Den­nis) Oech­sner, and one brother, Fran Feucht; fur­ther she is sur­vived by Tim and Cindy Hill and fam­ily, Dee and Fam­ily, and many more aunts, un­cles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.    Pre­ced­ing Shelly in death was her fa­ther, John "Mighty Fine" Feucht; step-mother, Char­lene Feucht; grand­par­ents, Arnold and Josephine Col­lien and Mar­tin and Helen Feucht; and sis­ter-in-law, Brenda Feucht. Also pre­ced­ing Shelly in death was her great-niece, Rory; and fa­ther-in-law, Al­bert Valle and mother-in-law, Glo­ria Valle; and other fam­ily mem­bers and friends.    Vis­i­ta­tion will be held on Sat­ur­day April, 20, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at St. An­drews Catholic Church in Leroy. A Mass of Chris­t­ian Bur­ial will fol­low at 1 p.m. with Fa­ther Ed Ko­r­nath pre­sid­ing. Im­me­di­ately fol­low­ing the ser­vice there will be a lun­cheon with cater­ing from the Feed­mill at Kekos­kee Vil­lage Hall, W3275 Co Rd TW, Mayville WI 53050, and all are wel­come to laugh, love, and share in the cel­e­bra­tion of her life.    Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com

   Fred Kasten, 87, of Horicon passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at Marshfield Medical Center in Beaver Dam with his daughters at his side.    Fred was born on May 19, 1936, in Horicon to Carl and Alma (Michael) Kasten.    After graduating from Horicon High School in 1954, Fred served his country in the U.S. Navy from 1954 to 1958, where he was stationed aboard the USS Leyte. Fred tended bar at Fat’s Tavern, his parents’ bar in Horicon. He was then employed with Gardner Manufacturing and later with International Harvester.   Fred was united in marriage with Mary Ann Marlock in 1960, and although their union didn’t last, they had five children together who they adored.   Fred was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Horicon.   Fred enjoyed fishing, hunting, his friends, and family, but most of all loved being a grandpa and great-grandpa.   Fred is survived by his children, Kraig (Kari) Kasten of Beaver Dam, Kevin (Patty) Kasten of Ripon, Kelly Kasten of Waupun, Korey Kasten of Horicon, and Kimberly Kasten of Horicon; seven grandchildren, Kolin Kasten, Kortnee (Chris Neuman) Kasten, Kii (Morgan) Kasten, Kyle Kasten, Kelsey (Jonathon) Lubbers, Katlyn Kasten, and Kristian Kasten; great-grandchildren, Lyla, Graycen, Maisel, and Karoline; sister-in-law, Janet Kasten; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.    He was preceded in death by his parents; his sisters, Lorraine Rohloff, Carol ‘Kate’ Kasten, and Lois Plautz; and his brother, Michael Kasten.    A visitation was held on Wednesday, April 17, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Horicon from 10 a.m. until noon. A Mass of Christian Burial followed at noon with Fr. Justin Lopina officiating. Interment took place at Oak Hill Cemetery in Horicon with military honors conducted.   Koepsell-Murray  Funeral Home is serving the family. Online condolences may be made at www.koepsellfh.com.

   Nick Russ, Jr. age 90, of Theresa passed away peace­fully on Mon­day, April 8, 2024, with his fam­ily by his side at Prairie Ridge As­sisted Liv­ing in Mayville.   Nick was born the son of Niko­laus and There­sia (Schoblocher) Russ, Sr. on Feb­ru­ary 3, 1934, in Chalma, Yu­goslavia.   He was united in mar­riage to Rosi Mueller on July 23, 1955, in Mil­wau­kee.   Nick served his coun­try hon­or­ably in the US Army, serv­ing from 1957 to 1959. Along­side his fam­ily, Nick farmed in the Town­ship of Her­man.   He was a mem­ber of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Theresa. He loved to take care of the land and was great with his hands. Nick loved an­i­mals and was able to sense their needs and took great care of them.   Nick is sur­vived by his wife, Rosi of Mayville; his chil­dren, Steve (Michelle) Russ of Wauwatosa and Linda (David) Trauba of Spring­field, MN; his sis­ters, Helen Schimpf of Dous­man and Kathyrn Mueller of Mayville; his grand­chil­dren, Ar­i­anna Russ, Robert Russ, Eliz­a­beth Russ, Theresa Russ, Nicholas Trauba, and Daniella (Jake) Collins; his great-grand­chil­dren, Cal­lie, Daniel, and Bradley; fur­ther sur­vived by nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives and friends.    He wass pre­ceded in death by his par­ents; two daugh­ters and one son in in­fancy; and broth­ers-in-law, Jakob Mueller and Niko­laus Schimpf.   A Mass of Chris­t­ian Bur­ial will take place on Mon­day, April 15, at 1 p.m. at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Theresa with the Rev. Fr. Ed Ko­r­nath pre­sid­ing. A vis­i­ta­tion will be held from 11 a.m. until the time of the ser­vice at 1 p.m. at the church in Theresa. In­ter­ment will take place at St. Theresa Memo­r­ial Gar­dens in Theresa with mil­i­tary hon­ors con­ducted by the Mayville Amer­i­can Le­gion Post #69.   In lieu of flow­ers, memo­ri­als in Nick’s honor may be di­rected to the Amer­i­can Can­cer So­ci­ety and St. Theresa Catholic Church.   Spe­cial thanks to the staff of Prairie Ridge in Mayville and Pre­cep­tor Hos­pice for the care and sup­port shown to Nick and his fam­ily.    Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com

   Eliz­a­beth ‘Bette’ M. Wil­der­man, 85, of Mayville, passed away peace­fully with her fam­ily by her side on Tues­day, April 2, 2024, at Marsh­field Med­ical Cen­ter in Beaver Dam.   Bette was born the daugh­ter of Ozzie and Cather­ine (nee Han­lon) Wirth on March 26, 1939, in Mil­wau­kee. She was a 1957 grad­u­ate of Rufus King High School.   Bette was united in mar­riage to Dean Wil­der­man on Sep­tem­ber 14, 1958, in Mil­wau­kee. They resided and raised three chil­dren in Mayville.   Bette was an avid sewer and made many gifts for fam­ily and friends. She also loved casino trips and play­ing cards in Mayville and Mil­wau­kee with her high school friends. Along­side her hus­band, Dean, they en­joyed many win­ter trips to Ari­zona.   Bette is sur­vived by her chil­dren, Lau­rie (Rick) Kuntz of Juneau, Daniel (Jackie) Wil­der­man of Mayville, and David (Sheri) Wil­der­man of Quin­ney; her grand­chil­dren, Danielle (Eric) Burich, Stephanie (Andy) Adameitz, and Zachary Wil­der­man; her pride and joy great-grand­chil­dren, Sawyer and Ben­nett Burich, and Finnegan and Lucy Eliz­a­beth Adameitz; sis­ters-in-law, Jonell (Rick) Bus­laff and Kay Wil­der­man; fur­ther sur­vived by nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives and friends.   She was pre­ceded in death by her par­ents; hus­band, Dean; brother, Robert Wirth; and her in-laws, Ralph and Ade­line Wil­der­man.   Per Bette’s wishes, no for­mal ser­vices will be held.   Spe­cial thanks to the staff of the 3rd floor Marsh­field Med­ical Cen­ter and Dr. Shawn Antle for the care and sup­port shown to Bette and her fam­ily.   Memo­ri­als may be di­rected to Leader Dogs for the Blind.   Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com

   Joseph A. Magyar Jr., 97, of Mayville, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at Crossroads Care Center in Mayville.   Joe was born the son of Joseph Sr. and Elizabeth (Albert) Magyar on May 29, 1926, in Akron, OH.   He was a member of St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Mayville.   Joe was united in marriage to LaVerne Machmueller on October 23, 1948, at St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Mayville.    Joe proudly served his country in the United States Army. He worked for many years at Maysteel and John Deere, where he later retired from. Joe was a skilled welder and used that knowledge to craft beautiful projects out of wood. He was always tinkering in his workshop and proudly created birdhouses, squirrel feeders, toys. Joe could “build it better” and once even crafted a go cart and scooter for his sons, when they were little. Joe was an avid Green Bay Packers Fan.    Joe is survived by his loving wife, LaVerne; sons, AlRay Magyar and Dennis (Nancy) Magyar; grandchildren, Michelle (Brian) Olson, Jenny (Jeff) Jasperson, and Casey (Jay) Patey; great-grandchildren, Molly and Garrett Olson, Reagan and Xander Patey, and Owen and Eila Jasperson. Joe is further survived by other relatives and friends.   Joe was preceded in death by his parents; siblings, John, Catherine, Elizabeth, Julianna, and George.   In honoring the wishes of Joe’s family, a private family gathering will be held at a later time.   The family would like to thank Crossroads Care Center in Mayville, SSM Hospice, St. Agnes Hospital, and Rev. Traci Maass for the care and support they have shown to Joe and his family.    Koepsell Funeral Home in Mayville is caring for the family. www. Koepsellfh.com

 Arlene M. Bonack (nee Fink), 96, of Theresa, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at Hope Health and Rehabilitation in Lomira.   Arlene was born the daughter of Richard, Sr. and Amilda (Neumann) Fink on July 10, 1927.   She was united in marriage to Gilbert Bonack on August 17, 1946, at St. Peter’s in Kekoskee.   Arlene worked for Hanni Cheese Factory and also alongside her husband who was a lifelong farmer in the Township of Theresa.   She was an active member of St. Peter Ev. Lutheran Church in Kekoskee, serving her church on the Ladies Aid, Altar Guild, and the Luther Society. Arlene was also a member of the Mayville Legion Auxiliary.    In her spare time, Arlene loved to travel with her husband and family, seeing much of the world.    Arlene is survived by her children, David (Joan) Bonack of Theresa, Lois (Allen) Wetzel of Kekoskee, and Donald (Kim) Bonack of Mayville; her brother, Richard Jr. (Dorothy) Fink; her grandchildren, Jennifer (Chris) Feucht, Julia (Mike) Schramek, Jeffrey (Laura) Bonack, Jared Bonack, Brian (Kendra) Wetzel, Dustin (Emily) Bonack, and Cory (Cassandra) Bonack; her great-grandchildren, Wesley, Elisha, Julien, Josiah, Victoria, Emma, Rose, Anna, Hayden, Hailey, Zander, Sydney, Caden, Beckett, Emmett, Henry, Scarlett, Cayden; and one great-grandchild on the way; great-great-grandchildren, Declan, Astrid, Essme, and Silas.; further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.    She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Gilbert; sister, Geraldine (Earl) Weiss; and sister-in-law, Norma (Percy) Brown; and brother-in-law, Elmer (Evelyn) Bonack; three sisters and one brother in infancy.   A funeral service for Arlene will take place on Saturday, April 13, at 11 a.m. at St. Peter’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Kekoskee with Rev. William Carter officiating. A visitation will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the church on Saturday, April 13, 2024. Interment will take place at Kekoskee Cemetery in Kekoskee.    Special thanks to the staff at Hope Assisted Living and Hope Nursing and Rehabilitation in Lomira and SSM Hospice for the care and support shown to Arlene and her family.   Memorials in memory of Arlene may be directed to St. Peter’s in Kekoskee or the Mayville American Legion.    Koepsell Funeral Home in Mayville is serving the family. www.KoepsellFH.com

 Elis­a­beth “Liz” Jane Gar­ri­ety (nee Feucht), 82, of Lomira, passed away peace­fully at home on Easter Sun­day with her fam­ily by her side.    She was born on Oc­to­ber 19, 1941, to the late Anton and Kather­ine (nee Kral) Feucht on the fam­ily farm in rural Knowles. Liz at­tended grade school down the road from the home­stead at Hick­ory Grove School, grad­u­ated from Mayville High School in 1960, and mar­ried the love of her life, Ed­ward “Ed” Gar­ri­ety, on July 23, 1960. To­gether they resided in Nas­bro until they moved to Lomira in 1964.   Liz was a de­voted wife, mother, grand­mother, great-grand­mother, and won­der­ful mother-in-law. She was also a spe­cial “grandma” to nu­mer­ous chil­dren that she cooked for in the Lomira School Dis­trict for over 30 years.    Liz was bap­tized, con­firmed, and mar­ried at St. An­drew’s Catholic Church in LeRoy and was a mem­ber of St. Mary’s Parish in Lomira. Liz en­joyed count­less hours gar­den­ing, can­ning, fam­ily camp­ing trips, and never missed a chance to watch a con­cert or sport­ing event of her chil­dren, grand­chil­dren, and great-grand­chil­dren. Be­side her faith, her fam­ily came first in life. She showed that love by the nu­mer­ous home-cooked meals she made. Mom will al­ways be re­mem­bered for her mo­lasses cook­ies, red cake, and Ger­man potato salad.   Those Elis­a­beth leaves be­hind to cher­ish her mem­ory in­clude her five chil­dren, Christina “Tina” (Mark) Mueller, Patrick “Pat” (Kris) Gar­ri­ety, Michael “Mike” (Linda) Gar­ri­ety, Tim­o­thy “Tim” (Angie) Gar­ri­ety, and Dar­cie (Rick) Heberer; 17 grand­chil­dren, Scott (Natasha) Mueller, Lee (Emma) Mueller, Brit­tany (Michael) Merk, Kelly Mueller, Jenna (Max) Larsen, Erin (Bryce) Ban­nach, Becka (friend, Eric Fritsch) Gar­ri­ety, Mitchell Gar­ri­ety, Tyler (friend, Cassie New­comer) Gar­ri­ety, Cam­ryn Gar­ri­ety, McKenna (friend, Mason Neu­man) Gar­ri­ety, Ben Gar­ri­ety, Eli Jo Gar­ri­ety, and Katie (friend, Noah Lemke) Gar­ri­ety, and Zachary, Jacob and Nathan Heberer; 11 great-grand­chil­dren, Aiden, Vaeda, Dekker, Jaxon, Ivy, Mil­lie, Oliver, Beau, Reed, Hazel, and Lin­coln (whom she got to hold just hours be­fore she passed); four sis­ters, Ruth (Jerry) Gassner, Pat (Stan) Waas, Joann Janz, and Kathy (Lyle) Beis­tle; two broth­ers, Tony “Skip” (Mary) Feucht and Eddie Feucht; sis­ter-in-law, Janet Falk; as well as many nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives, and friends.   In ad­di­tion to her par­ents, she was pre­ceded in death by her hus­band of 60 years, Ed Gar­ri­ety; two sis­ters, Au­drey and Judy Feucht; sib­lings-in-law, Dick Falk and Joel (Kath­leen) Luedtke; niece, Tracy Flit­ter; and nephew, Tony Feucht.    VIS­I­TA­TION: Elis­a­beth’s fam­ily will greet rel­a­tives and friends on Fri­day, April 12, 2024, from 11 a.m. until 1:45 p.m. at St. An­drew’s Catholic Church, W3081 County Rd. Y, Lomira.   MASS: A Memo­r­ial Mass will fol­low the vis­i­ta­tion at the church at 2 p.m. Bur­ial will be in St. Mary’s Catholic Church Ceme­tery in Lomira.    Our fam­ily would like to say thank you to the SSM 5 West nurs­ing staff and the SSM Hos­pice team for their com­pas­sion­ate care and a spe­cial thank you to Amy Kopf­mann for your in­cred­i­ble gift of music for Mom and our fam­ily.   Myrhum-Pat­ten Fu­neral & Cre­ma­tion Ser­vice has been en­trusted with Elis­a­beth’s arrange­ments. Ad­di­tional in­for­ma­tion and Trib­ute Wall may be found at www.​myrhum-​patten.​com.

   Cynthia Jane Volz, 73, of Green Bay, passed away on March 26, 2024, surrounded by her family.    Cynthia’s funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 4, 2024, at Faith Lutheran Church, 2335 S. Webster Ave., Green Bay. Burial will take place at Hochheim Cemetery (Town of Herman). Visitation will be Thursday at the church from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service.   In lieu of flowers, a memorial gift to Cindy’s Pancan.org tribute page https://secure.pancan.org/site/TR/DIY/DIYTeamraisers?px=3654201&pg=personal&fr_id=2443 or a donation to Literacy Green Bay https://literacygreenbay.kindful.com/?campaign=1062350 would be appreciated.    Full obituary available at www.cotterfuneralhome.com

   John David Wrucke, 86, of Horicon, passed away at his home on Monday, March 25, 2024.    John was born the son of Royce and Rosella (Sohre) Wrucke Sr. on July 7, 1937, in Beaver Dam. He graduated from Horicon High School in 1955. After high school, John attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also played football. He was extremely proud of this achievement, but was not one to boast, so many did not even know this about John.   John married the love of his life, Lynn Smith, on August 24, 1957, at St. Stephen Ev. Lutheran Church in Horicon.    John was a lifelong, active member of St. Stephen Ev. Lutheran Church in Horicon. He instilled in his children very early on that making time for church was a priority. When something at church needed to be done, John was there to lend a hand. He ushered, was an elder, and even coached St. Stephen’s basketball, when his son was on the team. John’s dedication and passion for farming was shown daily by the great care he took in everything he did. He started out farming with his father, then his brother, and most recently his grandson. Many unforgettable memories about the time spent together as a family will never be forgotten by all who knew and loved John. John was an avid Wisconsin sports fan. He enjoyed deer and pheasant hunting, as well as trout fishing along with biking.   John is survived by his loving wife, Lynn; his son, Wesley (Pamela) Wrucke of Evansville, IN; his daughter, Tammie (Jeffery) Koenigs of Horicon; grandchildren, Joshua (Kendall) Wrucke, Jodi (Justin) Schraufnagel, Joseph (Elsa) Gerth, Connor Wrucke, Christian (Caleb) O’Brien; four great-grandchildren, Jasper and Jordy; John and Margaret; and brother, Steve Wrucke. John is further survived by other relatives and friends.    John was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Royce Jr.   Funeral services for John took place on Monday, April 1, at 1 p.m. at St. Stephen Ev. Lutheran Church in Horicon with Rev. Mark C. Wilkens officiating. A visitation for John took place at church on Monday, April 1, from 11 a.m. until the time of service at 1 p.m. Interment followed the service at Oak Hill Cemetery in Horicon.    Memorials in memory of John may be directed to St. Stephen Ev. Lutheran Church or School.   Koepsell Funeral Home in Horicon is caring for the family. www.Koepsellfh.com