Richard “Dick” Krutke, 82, of Mayville, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac.   Dick was born the son of Anthony and Lurlyne (Gates) Krutke on January 27, 1940, in Reedsburg.   He was a 1958 Mayville High School graduate and member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Mayville.   Dick married his high school sweetheart, Beverly Schaefer, on May 11, 1963, in Neenah.   Dick proudly served his country as a Marine in the United States Marine Corp from 1958 to 1962. He was stationed in California and Alaska.   After this, Dick worked for Metalcraft of Mayville for 43 years and retired in 2005. He was Captain of the Mayville Fire Department for 25 years. Dick was named the Citizen of the Year in 2010. He also was an usher at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, a School Crossing Guard, and worked at the Mayville News.   Dick loved people and was just “the nicest guy.” He would do anything to help you and would give you the shirt off his back. He loved to travel, especially to see his children. His children and grandchildren meant the world to him, and he loved spending time with them. He also looked forward to and enjoyed going on many special trips to Mexico with Bev, family, and friends. Dick loved playing golf and rooting for the Wisconsin Badgers.   Dick is survived by his loving wife, Bev; his children, Craig (Lorna) Krutke, Julie (Rob) Allison, and Jodi (Clif) Kreuscher; grandchildren, Hannah Allison, John Allison, Katie Krutke, and Jacob Krutke; and sister-in-law: Joyce Tuchel. He is further survived by other relatives and many friends.   Dick was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers, Tom Krutke and David Krutke.   A memorial service for Dick will be held at the Koepsell Funeral Home in Mayville on Thursday, Sept. 15, at 4 p.m. with Rev. Bruce Engebretson officiating. Visitation will be at the funeral home on September 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. Military Honors will be conducted by the Mayville American Legion Post #69 following the service at the Funeral Home. A private family inurnment will take place at St. Paul’s Cemetery in Mayville.

   Linda S. Ko­vace­vich (nee Ih­len­feld) beloved mother, wife and daugh­ter, was called home to eter­nal life, age 52, on Tues­day, Sept. 6, 2022, at her home in Theresa, with her fam­ily by her side after a 19-year bat­tle against can­cer.   Linda was born to Mary (nee Gun­drum) and Robert Ih­len­feld in West Bend, on Jan­u­ary 22, 1970.   She grad­u­ated from Slinger High School, class of 1988, and wed her high school sweet­heart, Tim­o­thy D. Ko­vace­vich, at Res­ur­rec­tion Catholic Church in Al­len­ton on Au­gust 11, 1990. To­gether they raised three beau­ti­ful chil­dren.   Linda has gone be­fore her hus­band Tim; son, Jacob (Nolyn Brun­ner) Ko­vace­vich; daugh­ter, Lena (Jor­dan) Kempfer; son, Eric (Hai­ley) Ko­vace­vich; par­ents, Bob and Mary Ih­le­feld; brother, Ken (Karly) Ih­len­feld; brother, Steve (Pam) Ih­len­feld; brother-in-law, Jim El­len­becker; fa­ther-in-law, Doug (Judy) Ko­vace­vich; sis­ter-in-law, Mary (Craig) Short­land; and sis­ter-in-law, Lanae (nee Lan­don) Ko­vace­vich. She is fur­ther sur­vived by nieces, nephews, other spe­cial rel­a­tives and many trea­sured friends.    She was pre­ceded in death by her sis­ter, Ju­dith M. El­len­becker; mother-in-law, Mar­garet (nee Novak) Ko­vace­vich; brother-in-law, Rick Berger; and brother-in-law, Paul Ko­vace­vich.   She at­tended MATC where she re­ceived a de­gree in in­te­rior de­sign. In 1991, Linda and hus­band Tim opened Tim­lin's Fur­ni­ture to­gether in Hart­ford where it is still fam­ily op­er­ated after 31 years.   Above all, Linda’s heart was on fire for oth­ers, and she in­spired all who found their way into her life. She worked du­ti­fully through Com­pas­sion In­ter­na­tional to sup­port many chil­dren in need - fre­quently writ­ing to spon­sored chil­dren and even trav­el­ing to visit the mis­sion in El Sal­vador with her daugh­ter, Lena, in 2018. Fur­ther, Linda was a pas­sion­ate mother and rais­ing her three chil­dren was the great­est joy of her life.    Through stead­fast faith, she was ex­ceed­ingly pa­tient and led us all coura­geously through the count­less tri­als set be­fore her. As she con­sid­ered treat­ment op­tions for her lat­est di­ag­no­sis, her re­sponse re­flected the grace she car­ried through­out her en­tire life, “ei­ther way, I win.”   Thank you to the staff of Froedtert Med­ical Col­lege for the many price­less years that you gave us back with Linda. A spe­cial thanks to Linda's neu­rol­o­gist and on­col­o­gist for the end­less sup­port and con­sul­ta­tion through the many dif­fi­cult de­ci­sions we had to make.   A Memo­r­ial Ser­vice cel­e­brat­ing Linda’s life was held Wednes­day, Sept. 14, at North­brook Church, 4014 High­way 167 W, in Rich­field. Linda was laid to rest at Sa­cred Heart Ceme­tery in Al­len­ton on Thurs­day, Sept. 15.    In lieu of flow­ers, the fam­ily would re­quest that you help to con­tinue Linda’s hard work with Com­pas­sion In­ter­na­tional by spon­sor­ing a child, sup­port­ing their cause, or do­nat­ing to an­other Chris­t­ian char­ity.    The Shi­mon Fu­neral Home is serv­ing the fam­ily. Con­do­lences and trib­utes may be shared: www.​shi​monf​uner​alho​me.​com

   Lloyd A. “Kicker” Wa­gener passed away on Sep­tem­ber 4, 2022 in his home. He was 93.   Lloyd was born Oc­to­ber 20, 1928, in Hori­con to Arthur and Mary Wa­gener, join­ing two sis­ters, Pearl and Alice and one brother, Ray­mond.   Lloyd at­tended Hori­con Pub­lic School and was a 1946 grad­u­ate. One of his proud­est mo­ments was when he and his bas­ket­ball team­mates won the Lit­tle Ten Bas­ket­ball Cham­pi­onship in 1944-45. Lloyd was very ac­tive in sports at Hori­con High School: all four years par­tic­i­pat­ing in foot­ball, bas­ket­ball, and track, and base­ball three years.    After grad­u­a­tion Lloyd worked at John Deere until he was called to serve his coun­try in 1951 in U.S. Army in the 2nd Ar­mored Di­vi­sion called the ‘Hell on Wheels’ Di­vi­sion sta­tioned in Ger­many.    Lloyd and Ber­nice Schwartz were mar­ried in Hori­con on Jan­u­ary 24, 1953.    Lloyd was proud to live and work in Hori­con, for John Deere Hori­con Works, Stok­ley Van Camp and the City of Hori­con De­part­ment Pub­lic Works.   In 1956 Lloyd’s in­ter­est in com­mu­nity ser­vice for his home­town began. He served the City of Hori­con as a mem­ber of the Hori­con Fire De­part­ment, the Hori­con School Board and the Rock River Hills Golf Course Board of Di­rec­tors.    After his re­tire­ment Lloyd served the City of Hori­con as third dis­trict al­der­man, then as mayor. He also served on the Oak Hill Ceme­tery Board of Trustees until the time of his death.   Lloyd was very ac­tive ad­vo­cat­ing for vet­er­ans through the Amer­i­can Le­gion, hav­ing served many lead­er­ship roles on the local, dis­trict and state level even­tu­ally being elected as the com­man­der of the Wis­con­sin Amer­i­can Le­gion. Lloyd went on to con­tinue his ad­vo­cacy for nearly 20 years on a na­tional level, and an ac­tive board mem­ber on the Le­gion-spon­sored Bad­ger Boys State for nearly 30 years. He was also a mem­ber of the Vet­er­ans of For­eign Wars, 40/8, and the I.O.O.F. bet­ter known as the Odd Fel­lows.    As busy as Lloyd was, he found time to enjoy bowl­ing, fish­ing, and hunt­ing with his fa­ther Art, his uncle Del, son Ed­ward, brother-in-law Glen Muen­chow, and friend Norb Key.    Sur­vivors in­clude his chil­dren, Ellen Sun­der­land of Hori­con, Faith (Don) Klostre­ich of Yuma, AZ, Linda Wa­gener of Madi­son, and Ed­ward (Vicki) Wa­gener of Cam­bridge; grand­chil­dren, Jill (Jaeme­son), Kai­ley, Dharma, Traci (Dar­rell), Holli, Kelli, Brian (Chelsea); great-grand­chil­dren, Jay, Tyler, Trevor, Amanda, Justin, Whit­ney, Jor­dan, Bray­den, Levi, Kiley; great-great-grand­chil­dren, Alese, Bella, Eliza, Birdie, Cata­laya, Je­seth, Yaya; and many nieces and nephews.   Lloyd was pre­ceded in death by his wife, Ber­nice, who passed away on No­vem­ber 17, 2017. They were mar­ried for 69 years. He was also pre­ceded in death by his par­ents, Arthur and Mary Wa­gener; two sis­ters, Pearl Young, Alice Wa­gener; one brother, Ray­mond Wa­gener; brother-in-law, Rus­sell Young; sis­ter-in-law, Lu­cille Wa­gener; and son-in-law, Stephen Sun­der­land.    A cel­e­bra­tion of life will be held at Zion Lutheran Church Hori­con on Lloyd’s birth­day, Thurs­day, Oct. 20, at 12 p.m. with the Rev. Daniel Vojta of­fi­ci­at­ing. Vis­i­ta­tion will be held on Thurs­day, Oct. 20, from 10 a.m. until the time of the ser­vice at 12 p.m. In­urn­ment will take place at Oak Hill Ceme­tery, Hori­con with mil­i­tary hon­ors pro­vided by the Hori­con Amer­i­can Le­gion Post #157 and the Army Honor Guard.   In lieu of flow­ers, memo­ri­als may be made to Zion Lutheran Church Hori­con or Hori­con Amer­i­can Le­gion Post 157 build­ing fund.    Spe­cial thanks to Home In­stead and Hill­side Hos­pice care­givers for their car­ing and sup­port of Kicker and his fam­ily.    Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Hori­con is serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com

   Sherri Lynn Clark (nee Krueger), 52, of Mayville, was called home to her Lord and Savior on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022 with her family right by her side.    Sherri was born on February 22, 1970, in Fond du Lac to Dennis and Alice (nee Walters) Kreuger.    She graduated from Mayville High School in 1989.   On July 17, 1999, Sherri was united in marriage to Jerry Clark at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Mayville.    Sherri loved her job as a production support coordinator at Mayville Engineering and loved the people she worked with. She also had a love affair with tanning and in her eyes it was a must do. Above all, Sherri loved her family and always put her children first.   Those Sherri leaves behind to cherish her memory include her loving husband, Jerry; two daughters, Marissa and Morgan Clark; two sisters, Jennifer (Joel) Harmsen and Samantha (Curtis) Schlieve; a brother, Dan (special friend Nikki Rauch) Krueger; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.   In honor of Sherri’s wishes, a private family service has been held. Burial of Sherri’s cremated remains was in Graceland Cemetery in Mayville.   Myrhum-Patten Funeral & Cremation Service has been entrusted with Sherri’s arrangements. Please consider signing Sherri’s online guest book and share a private condolence with the family at www.myrhum-patten.com.

   Dawn M. Hampton, 50, passed away on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, at Fort Atkinson Memorial Hospital in Fort Atkinson.   Dawn was born the daughter of Russell and Sheri (Welsch) Hampton on February 25, 1972, in Moline, IL.   She attended Mayville High School and was part of their Special Education Program.   Dawn was employed at Green Valley Enterprises in Beaver Dam and Opportunities in Fort Atkinson.   Dawn was a member of ARC and the Special Olympics competing in broad jump, 50m run, and swimming. She attended classes at St. Coletta’s in Jefferson.   Dawn loved all animals, even snakes. Dawn especially loved her three Golden Retrievers, Buck, Lucy, and Toby.   Dawn is survived by her parents; brother, Craig (Sara) Hampton; uncle, Roland Welsch II; and aunt, Barbara (Fred) Grelle. She is further survived by numerous cousins and other family members.   Dawn was preceded in death by her grandparents and other family members.   There will be a gathering in remembrance of Dawn’s life on September 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Discher Park Pavilion, located at 800 N. Finch St., Horicon, WI 53032.   Koepsell Funeral Home in Mayville is caring for the family. www.koepsellfh.com

   John Bernard Belligan passed away Friday, June 24, 2022, at the age of 94 years.   He was the beloved husband of Winona I. (nee Schultz); loving father of Laurie (Daniel) Morgan, Brenda (Robert) Streblow, Bruce Belligan, Carolyn (James) Panka, Linda (Michael) Ballmann, Connie (John) Schreib, Cathleen Vanasse; dear grandfather of 12 and great-grandfather of 11; brother of Joseph (Celia) Belligan, Michael (Diana) Neirink.   He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Rose Lohaus and Catherine Heim; brothers, Martin, Florian, Bernard (Ben) and Peter; sons-in-law, Wayne Zinns and Charles Vanasse.   John was a truck driver and a member of the Teamsters for 30 years.   He enjoyed cook-outs, throwing horseshoes, playing cribbage (he was a master pegger), bar dice (boxcars were his friend), playing all kinds of cards with family and friends. He would always look forward to a trip back to Mayville for Audubon Days where he met up with relatives coming from all over the country and another trip with his brothers to Las Vegas.    A graveside service and inurnment to be held at St. Mary's Cemetery in Mayville on Saturday, Sept. 17, at 10 a.m.   Memorials, if so desired, can be made out to Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

   Rebbecca A. Brooks “Becki” (nee Lake) age 48 of Hartford, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022 at Angels Grace Hospice in Oconomowoc surrounded by her loving family.   Becki was born October 4, 1973, in Hartford, to Lois Ann (nee Scharpf) and James D. Lake.   She graduated Hartford Union High School, class of 1992.   She was united in marriage to David A. Brooks on April 4, 1992, at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church in Hartford by Fr. George Sexton.   Becki worked for Bank 59-Hartford, as a customer service manager for 20+ years.   She enjoyed hiking, boating, gardening, and most of all spending time with her family, especially being GiGi to her treasured grandsons.    Becki is survived by her husband of 30 years, Dave; children, Mandi (Brendon) Johnson and Aubrey Brooks; grandchildren, Oliver and Wesley; father, James “Bud” Lake; siblings, Lisa (Laurie Schmidt) Lake, Justin (Jessie) Curler, Jessica (Luke) Sutter, Matthew (Amy) Curler; siblings-in-law, Larry, James (Brenda), Colleen (Louie), Dan (Linda), Gail (Jim), and Diane (Mike); and dear friends, Denelle (Tom), Michael (Melissa), Sarah (Chris). She is further survived by aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, other relatives, friends, and cherished bank customers.   She was preceded in death by her mother, Lois Ann M. Lake; brother, Lorne J. Lake; stepmom, Aileen “Trink” Lake; grandparents, Alice and George Lake, Eunice Scharpf, and Franz Scharpf; parents-in-law, Larry and Sharon Brooks.   To honor Becki’s wishes, a private memorial service will be held for immediate family. Private committal in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Hartford.   Becki’s Bash will be held for those she loved and loved her, Saturday, Sept. 10, at Woodlawn Park (1200 Wacker Drive, Hartford, WI 53027), hosted by her family, 1 p.m., arrive as able.   Contributions in memory of Becki and her love of animals are appreciated to the Washington County Humane Society, in care of the Brooks Family.   The Shimon Funeral Home is serving the family. Condolences and tributes may be shared: www.shimonfuneralhome.com