Obituaries

Helen Mae Lind

Helen Mae Lind

Nov 22, 2013

Helen Mae Lind, of Waukesha, went home on Friday, November 22, 2013 at Waukesha Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family at the age of 89 years. She was born on June 11, 1924 the daughter of Harold and Ardelle (nee Gunville) Sloan in Escanaba, MI where she was proud of her upper Michigan roots. She was a charter member of...

Willis Warren Gardner

Willis Warren Gardner

Nov 19, 2013

Willis Warren Gardner, a former vice president at Waukesha Bearings, died Nov. 19 in Oconomowoc after battling cancer. He was 82 years old. Willis was born May 25, 1931 in Monmouth, Ill. In 1953 he graduated from Purdue University with a bachelor of science degree with highest distinction in mechanical engineering. UW-Milwaukee awarded him a master’s degree in engineering. Following...

Gail Lorraine Prelozni

Gail Lorraine Prelozni

Nov 17, 2013

Gail Lorraine Prelozni, age 88, of Waukesha died November 17, 2013 at Autumn Bay in Pewaukee with her family by her side. She was born March 22, 1925 in Pershing Iowa, the daughter of Cecil Arthur and Charlotte Mae (nee: Brink) Bridges. She was a graduate of Attica High School in Iowa. On May 24, 1947 she married John J....

Margaret Ellen Swenson

Margaret Ellen Swenson

Nov 9, 2013

Margaret Ellen Swenson (nee Evans), loving Mother and Grandmother passed into Everlasting Life on Saturday, November 9, 2013 at the age of 81 years. She was born in Waukesha on April 26, 1932 the daughter of Blanchard and Georgia (nee Parham) Evans. A long time resident of Waukesha, she earned an undergraduate at Carroll College and a graduate degree from...

Theresa J. Gasper

Theresa J. Gasper

Nov 1, 2013

Theresa Jean Gasper, of Waukesha, died at her Waukesha home on Friday, November 1, 2013 at the age of 54. She was born in Milwaukee on February 6, 1959 to John Howard and Gloria Jean (nee Main) Gasper. She had been a resident of Saratoga Heights for the past two years. She will be missed by her children: Ryan, Joseph...

Gerald J. Lavallee

Gerald J. Lavallee

Nov 1, 2013

Gerald J. LaVallee, of Waukesha, died Friday, November 1, 2013 at Waukesha Memorial Hospital at the age of 54. He was born on December 14, 1958, in Milwaukee, the son of Raymond and Ann (nee Turza) LaVallee. He was a 1977 graduate of Notre Dame High School and attended WCTC. For many years he had worked for Flint Ink, retiring...

Allan "Al" Gustave Brenner

Allan "Al" Gustave Brenner

Oct 29, 2013

Allan “Al” Gustave Brenner, of Waukesha, died on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at Community Memorial Hospital at the age of 70 years. He was born in Waukesha on March 8, 1943 the only son of Gustave and Clara (nee Kienow) Brenner. He retired from Waukesha Engine in December 2000 after 36 years. He was a member of Fall Baptist Church...

Evadna "Evie" Jenkins Durr

Evadna "Evie" Jenkins Durr

Oct 29, 2013

Evadna ("Evie") Jenkins Durr, of Waukesha, formerly of Delafield, died on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at Waukesha Memorial Hospital. She was born in Waukesha on March, 15, 1920, the daughter of Walter and Sarah (nee Price) Jenkins and is a graduate of Waukesha High School. She and her husband, Roger, owned and operated Durr Home Entertainment Center in Delafield for...

Marc Steven Humbert

Marc Steven Humbert

Oct 29, 2013

Marc S. Humbert, of Waukesha, died on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 following a valiant fight against Non-Hodgkins lymphoma at the age of 30. He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on July 15, 1983 the son of Steve and Jacqueline (nee Weber) Humbert. He was united in marriage to his loving wife Andrea Ting on October 20, 2012. He is...

Paul L. Moll

Paul L. Moll

Oct 28, 2013

Paul L. Moll, of Waukesha, died on Monday, October 28, 2013, at Waukesha Memorial Hospital at the age of 83. He was born in Brookfield, Wisc. on December 13, 1929, to parents Walter and Jule (née Eble) Moll. Paul was a 1947 graduate of Waukesha High School and continued his education at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. On May...

Fernando "Freddy" Salazar Martinez

Fernando "Freddy" Salazar Martinez

Oct 27, 2013

Fernando “Freddy” Salazar Martinez, of Waukesha, died on Sunday, October 27, 2013 at his home at the age of 71 years. He was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico on March 12, 1942 the son of Tirso and Rebeca (nee Salazar) Martinez. On August 4, 1967 he married Maria Aguilar in Villa Fuente, Coahuila, Mexico. Freddy enjoyed baseball, softball and...

Earle W. Kaercher

Earle W. Kaercher

Oct 26, 2013

Earle W. Kaercher, a longtime Waukesha resident, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 26, 2013 at AngelsGrace Hospice at the age of 88 years. He was born in Watertown on September 20, 1925 the son of Erhard and Esther (nee Creuz) Kaercher. Earle was a 1943 graduate of Watertown High School and then graduated from UW-Madison with a business degree....

Jacqueline "Jackie" D. Teske

Jacqueline "Jackie" D. Teske

Oct 26, 2013

Jacqueline “Jackie” D. Teske, of Pewaukee, formerly of St. Francis, died on Sat., Oct. 26, 2013 at age 84. She was born in Rockford, IL on Jan. 26, 1929 the daughter of Nathaniel and Marie (Ostrowski) Westcott. On April 17, 1948 she married Raymond Teske; he preceded her in death on Sept. 26, 1997. Jackie was very active in the...

Helen R. Anderson

Helen R. Anderson

Oct 24, 2013

Helen R. Anderson passed away peacefully on October 24th 2013 at the age of 92. She was the daughter of William and Dora (Connell) Niedermeier and was born and raised in Waukesha. She married R. Norman Anderson of Stoughton, WI on August 30, 1947 in Waukesha, where they made their home and raised three children. She graduated in 1939 from...

Walter M. Scheel

Walter M. Scheel

Oct 22, 2013

Walter M. Scheel, of Genesee, died on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at his home surrounded by the love and care of his family at the age of 88. He was born in Loyal, WI on January 14, 1925 the son of Ralph and Elizabeth (nee Thomas) Scheel. On January 19, 1951 he married Joann Trevorrow at her parents home on...

Clarence "Andy" Anderson

Clarence "Andy" Anderson

Oct 20, 2013

Clarence R. “Andy” Anderson, of Sussex, died peacefully at his home on Sunday, October 20, 2013 at the age of 80 years. He was born on May 2, 1933 in Big Bend, Wisconsin, the son of Carl and Emelia (nee Johnson) Anderson. On March 12, 1954 he married Elizabeth “Betty” Reed in Coal City, WV; she preceded him in death...

Pamela "Pam" A. Thomas

Pamela "Pam" A. Thomas

Oct 20, 2013

Pamela “Pam” A. Thomas, of Waukesha, died unexpectedly on Sunday, October 20, 2013 at her home at the age of 64. She was born in Milwaukee on February 5, 1949 the daughter of Harrison and Dorothy (nee Mortiz) Meade. She was a 1967 graduate of Waukesha South High School. On October 21, 1989 she married Kenneth “KT” Thomas. Pam enjoyed...

Sandra J. Wandsneider

Sandra J. Wandsneider

Oct 17, 2013

Sandra J. Wandsneider, of New Berlin, died on Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Seasons Hospice surrounded by her family at the age of 68 years. She was born in Waukesha on August 30, 1945 the daughter of Floyd and Edith (nee Melendy) Wandsneider. Sandra retired from Taylor Dynamometer after working there for 32 years. She was an excellent cook and...

Lucile Mabel Ekstrand

Lucile Mabel Ekstrand

Oct 13, 2013

Lucile Mabel Ekstrand (nee Poetsch), of Waukesha, joined her heavenly family, husband Carl “Tom”, son Terry Lee and granddaughter Shannon Mary Bowe on Sunday, October 13, 2013 at the age of 96 years. She was born in Waukesha on July 1, 1917 the daughter of Herman Paul and Mabel (nee Blodgett) Poetsch. On February 18, 1939 she married Carl “Tom”...

James "Jim" P. Sobrofski

James "Jim" P. Sobrofski

Oct 7, 2013

James “Jim” P. Sobrofski, of Ottawa, died on Monday, October 7, 2013 at Waukesha Memorial Hospital surrounded by his loving family at the age of 66 years. He was born in Waukesha on March 6, 1947 the only child of Mathew and Ruth (nee Streeck) Sobrofski. He was a 1965 graduate of Waukesha South High School. On September 21, 1968...