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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

R.I.P.

Berniece Ann (Bartelt) Gardner

May 29, 1943 ~ June 23, 2022 (age 79)

Obituary

Berniece A. Gardner, 79 of Elkhorn, WI, died Thursday, June 23, 2022 at her home. She was born May 29, 1943 in Elkhorn, WI, the daughter of the late George and Annie (Rose) Bartelt.  Berniece graduated with the Class of 1961 from Delavan Darien High School.  She worked for over 30 years at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center retiring in 2008.  Berniece was united in marriage to Roger J. Gardner on August 23, 1975, Roger died February 13, 2004. 

Bernice was an avid gardener growing flowers and vegetables, she enjoyed doing crafts, crocheting and making Teddy Bears.  She loved her cats.

Berniece is survived by her three sons: Johnathon Krause, George (Deborah Dehmlow) Krause and Rick Krause, two stepdaughters: Robin (Rob) Szymkowski and Dawn Troynowski, grandson: Brian (Mindy) Sawall and her great-granddaughters Eliana and Anastasia and by one brother, George Bartelt.  She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 27 years, Roger and her sister, Frances Bartelt and a step-daughter Cindy Duzirck.

Funeral Service will be 11:00 AM on Thursday, June 30, 2022 at Sugar Creek Lutheran Church, N5690 Cobblestone Rd. Elkhorn, WI, with Pastor Dick Inglett officiating. Visitation will be 10:00 AM until service time Thursday at the church. Interment will follow services at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lake Geneva, WI.  Memorials may be made in Berniece’s name to: Lakeland Animal Shelter.  Online guestbook at www.haaselockwoodfhs.com. Haase-Lockwood & Associates Funeral Homes and Crematory completed arrangements for the Gardner Family.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

60th Reunion - September 10&11, 2021

 I have a feeling that everyone has forgotten about this blog by now, but decided to see if I could remember how to get into it.

Fish Fry on the 10th at the Village Supper Club. 4:30 meet at the cash bar, dinner at 6:00

Saturday luncheon at Greenie’s Clubhouse (Delbrook Golf Course) at 11:30 A.M.

Pam has informed me this is the last planned reunion unless someone else want to take it over.  Frank can’t be here for this one due to a family trip and I don’t know if he will continue to be a contact for updates or not.  I talked him into it once but not sure if I can do it again.  I’m grateful he and Pam have done such a great.job over these past reunions.

Things are fine here in Texas but it seems sooooo far away.  I miss the Midwest.

Hoping to see many friends soon.  Myrt

Monday, August 3, 2020

More info on Teresa

Hi Frank. Just got a call from Christopher Bates with a bit of info. He said there will eventually be a notice in The Delavan Enterprise and also a mass held at St Andrews for Teresa in November. 

There will not be a funeral and no burial. Remains were cremated and Christopher is in charge of spreading ashes at his discretion.  

Cause of death is listed on death certificate as “natural causes”. 

Michelle 

Sunday, August 2, 2020

60th Class Reunion








Hello DDHS Classmates,

Normally I would be informing all of you at this time about plans for our 60th class reunion.  Unfortunately because of the corona virus we cannot make any definite commitments at this time.  I will provide you with an overview of the plans and possible dates.

Currently we propose holding the reunion either the weekend of September 10th and 11th or the 17th and 18th, 2021.  If the Village Inn (Delavan Lake) is still open we will have a fish fry there on Friday night like we did for the 55th reunion.  It was a great gathering spot.  We received lots of positive feedback from classmates about the venue and the food.

Several classmates have asked us to have a lunch gathering on Saturday so they don’t have drive home in the dark or stay overnight.  We are looking at Delbrook Golf Course for the luncheon.  I’m also checking on the “Lake Lawn Queen”.  This is a boat out of Lake Lawn.  They have not responded to my request for information at this point.  I don’t know if they serve food, how many people it holds or the costs to rent the “Queen”.  Our class account has a balance of $275.00 that we could allocate towards the boat trip rental.  This might be something to do after our luncheon.

Sue Alter suggested we attend a performance at the Belfry Theater in Williams Bay on Saturday night. Everyone could order their own tickets on line.  If enough classmates show an interest in this we could request a block of seats together.  

My hope is that we are free of the virus SOON!!!  It has turned all of our lives upside down.  I will keep you updated as plans are finalized.  This probably won’t happen until spring of 2021.

I hope to see all of you at our 60th reunion.  

Pam Woodford Starr
Text me at 608-345-4399

Saturday, August 1, 2020

Susan Schipper Black

Obituary


Susan C. Black (nee Schipper), age 77 of Dousman, WI passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at Masonic Healthcare Center in Dousman.  Susan was born on June 29, 1943 to James and Beverly Schipper in Milwaukee, WI. 
She graduated Delavan Darien High School in 1962. She then went on to UW Madison and graduated with a Nursing Degree in 1966. She started her rewarding nursing career at St. Josephs working in the mom/baby unit which led to the NICU(Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) at Sinai and West Allis. She loved going to various restaurants with her friends and then heading to The Rep to see a play. Coaching her Brewers and Packers was a favorite pastime along with attending her Alma Mater in Madison to cheer the Badgers to victory! She enjoyed teaching Sunday School at Bridge Church, and her faith in Jesus has brought eternal life with Him. Her smile and laugh will be missed by everyone that knew and loved her.
Susan is survived by her children, Paul (Barb) Wiseman of Dearing,Georgia, Jami (Bob) Radtke of Eagle, WI, Beth (Joe) Weber of Sussex, WI and Samuel (Samantha) Barta of Sykesville, MD; her grandchildren, Ryan (Amanda), David, Jennifer, Ashley (Bowen), Marshall, Nicole, Sarah, Stephen, Samuel, Sophia, Simon, Matthew and Eleanor; great-grandchildren, John, Lydia and Harlee; sisters, Nancy (Todd) Rodee and Debra (John) Gervase; other relatives and many friends.

Preceding her in death are her parents; her husbands, Paul Wiseman and Richard Black; and her sister Janet.
A memorial gathering for Susan will be held on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 from 10:00AM until the time of the memorial service at 11:30AM at Wisconsin Memorial Park (13235 West Capitol Drive, Brookfield) with Rev. Todd Pope officiating.  Committal will take place immediately following, at the cemetery.
Memorial contributions in Susan’s name can be directed to the American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org; PO Box 22718 Oklahoma City, OK 73123).
Thelen Funeral Services of North Prairie/Genesee is honored to be assisting the Black family.  262-392-4251

Friday, July 31, 2020

In Memoriam Updated

Frank DeVoy signed on 10 years ago to keep our class list updated and my thanks go out to him for doing such a good job.  I started this blog when I was on the reunion committee and have not been as thorough.  This is mostly due to the fact that I can’t remember how to get names on the side bar under In Memoriam.  It’s also kind of a bummer that the only additions have been obituaries as I check through all entries (talk about a trip down memory lane). I double checked with Frank and got info on those I was missing but some don’t have dates simply because I didn’t start out doing that. I’ll try and do that soon.
As always, keep us posted on your whereabouts and be well