6A TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2020 THE POST-CRESCENT GREEN BAY Lillian 92, Green Bay, died peacefully on Saturday, February 22, 2020. The daughter of the late John and Minnie (Van Den Heuvel) Van Camp was born January 27, 1928 in Freedom, WI. She is a 1945 graduate of St Joseph Academy, Green Bay, WI and the Green Bay School of Cosmetology. Lil worked at Beauty Shop in Green Bay and later as a seamstress for Peck and Peck in Green Bay. For many years Lil did alterations for family members and friends to their delight.
She and Bernard were charter members of Our Lady of Lourdes. Lil enjoyed volunteering having spent 40 years as part of the St. Joseph and later Our Lady of Lourdes Mission Group, 48 years with the St. Vincent De Paul work group, and several years at the Renaissance Nursing Home. Lil was also a faithful part of the daily 7:30 am mass group at Our Lady of Lourdes, De Pere, WI.
On May 29th, 1948, Lil and Bernard Martin Vissers were married at the Old St. Joseph Church, De Pere, WI officiated by the late Abbott Bernard Pennings. They enjoyed over 64 years of marriage. Lil loved being a mom, grandmother, and great grandmother. She loved her many travels with Bernard and friends taking them to places including Medjugorje, Rome, Egypt, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Canada, Alaska, Europe, and many places in the USA.
Survivors include her children: Steven Vissers and his wife Betty, Green Bay, WI; Dolores (Laurie) Knox and her husband Tom, St. Michael, MN; and Anne Counard and her husband Mike, Green Bay, WI; her grandchildren: Jessica Matyas and her husband John; Jamie Vissers and her finance Eric Ohara; Sarah Knox and her partner Shawn Dahle; Ian Knox and his wife Emilie; Jenny Boeckman and her husband Brian; Ben Counard and his wife Nicole; Greg Counard and his wife Alyssa; her great grandchildren: Julia, Dylan, Mikayla, Lina, Hayden, Lillia (who shares the same birthday as her great grandmother) Alex, Mackenzie, Isabel, AJ, Tess, Grace, and Aubree; her sisters: Marge Calaway, DePere, WI; Mary Miller and her husband Bob, Mission, TX, sister-in-law Nancy Van Camp, Wausaukee, WI; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three infant children, Joseph, twins Martin and John, as well as brothers, sisters and spouses: Virgil Van Camp, Dolores and (Bernard) Albers, Fabian and (Audrey) Van Camp, Cyril and (Darlene) Van Camp, Al and (Laverne) Van Camp, Jerome Calaway, Rita and (Clifford) Schmidt, Ken (Barbara) Van Camp. On side she was preceded in death by her parents-in-law Mar- tin and Cecelia (Wilmet) Vissers, brothers-in-law and spouses: Lawrence (Jane) Vissers, Robert (Jeanette) Vissers; sisters-in-law and spouses: Joanne (Mike) Roznowski, Agnes (Harold) Van De Hei, Frances (John) Van De Hei, Elsie (Clarence) Kempen, Leona (Tuddie) (Sylvester-Bud) Nackers, Verona (Harvey) Van Lannen and infant sister Margaret Vissers. The Vissers family wishes to extend a sincere to the staff at Woodside Assisted Living and Unity Hospice for tender care and attention.
A special thank you to Marge Calaway, sister) for friendship, love and laughter over the years, to Bob and Cathy Van Domlen, and Betty Van Dreel for the loving gift of pastoral care, to Fr. Peter Ambting for warm support and presence, and the many good people of our Lady of Lourdes Family Parish for prayers, community and support. Family and friends may visit on Thursday, February 27, 2020 from 9:00 to 10:45 AM at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, 1307 Lourdes Ave, De Pere, with Mass of Christian Burial to follow at 11:00 AM, Fr. Peter Ambting, O. Praem.
officiating. Please visit www.ryanfh.com to send any condolences to the family. In lieu of flowers an educational memorial fund has been established in name. Lillian Vissers APPLETON Lynn An- nette (Gaulrapp) VanDi- en, 74 of Appleton, WI and formerly of Rock Falls died Friday Feb- ruary 7, 2020 at Cherry Meadows Hospice in Ap- pleton. She was born on Oc- tober 24, 1945 in Rock Falls, IL the daughter of Arman and Myrtle (Green) Gaulrapp.
Lynn graduated from Rock Falls High School and Western Illinois University. She taught school in Palatine, Illinois, and for the Armed Forces Dependents School in Okinawa, Japan. After re- turning to the states she lived and worked in As- pen, Colorado; Hilton Head, South Carolina; and Dayton, Ohio, mostly in property management. She then moved to Appleton, Wisconsin, where she worked for Russell Meerdink Company Horse Information Center. Survivors include her step mother, Martha Gaul- rapp of Moline, IL; her brother David (Sharon) Gaulrapp of Clinton, IA; 2 nieces and 1 nephew.
She was preceded in death by her parents. Visitation will be held on Thursday February 27, 2020 from 10 -11 AM at the McDonald Funeral Home, 1002 12th Avenue in Rock Falls, IL. The funeral will follow at 11 AM. Burial will conclude at Riverside Cemetery in Sterling, IL Lynn Annette (Gaulrapp) VanDien APPLETON Howard E. Pleuss, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, age 98, answered the calling of Our Lord Jesus Christ, on February 22, 2020.
Howard was born on January 25, 1922, in Manitowoc, son of the late Carl and Lillian (Rahmlow) Pleuss. Some of early years were spent on the family dairy farm in Manitowoc County before attending and graduating from Man- itowoc Lincoln High School. Howard was a proud graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Following his 1946 graduation from West Point, Howard married his high school sweetheart, Carole Schmidt, on June 15 of that same year. For the first eight years of their marriage, Howard was an officer in the U.S.
Army. They lived a happy army life in El Paso, Texas, Yokohama, Japan, and Lawton, Oklahoma. Howard left the Army to work for Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL). He and Carole lived in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and Edina, Minnesota. In 1970 Howard was transferred to work in the AAL home office in Appleton, Wisconsin as a Regional Director of Agencies.
In Appleton, Howard and Carole were active members of Faith Lutheran Church, which was a very important part of their life. Howard enjoyed outdoor activities including fishing, golf, boating, and water skiing (to age He was active in the Lions Club in Appleton; and he enjoyed playing bridge, sheepshead, and casino gambling. Howard retired from AAL in 1983. He then began a new career with Degree of Honor Protective Association (a life insurance company) as the National Sales Manager. He retired from Degree of Honor in 1990.
In 2018 he and Carole moved to assisted living in Appleton. At the time of his passing, Howard was living at Eagle Point Senior Living in Appleton. Howard is survived by five children: John (Phyllis) Pleuss, Madison, WI; Nancy Hanks, New Berlin, WI; James (Mary) Pleuss, Appleton, WI; Lori (Richard) Granchalek, Holmen, WI; and Linda (Christopher) Brown, Milwaukee, WI. He is also survived by fourteen grandchildren: Jeff (Faith) Hanks, Jennifer (Nathan) Spande, Mary (Joshua) St. John, Elizabeth (David) Pleuss-Bylsma, Wendy Belletynee, Joseph (Kristy) Katzenmeyer-Pleuss, Jessica (Andrew) Pleuss-Nelson, Michelle (Ryan) Nowierski, Kristin (Derek) Pavelek, James (Ally) Pleuss, Emily (Michael) Anthony, Ryan (Kelly) Granchalek, David (Erin) Pleuss, and Christopher Brown, Howard and Carole also had thirty-one great-grandchildren.
Howard was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Marian (William) Thomas, a son-in-law Scott Hanks, and his wife Carole (in October of 2019). Funeral services for Howard will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb- ruary 29, 2020, at Faith Lutheran Church, located at 601 E. Glendale Ave- nue in Appleton. Rev.
Daniel Thews will officiate, and a private interment will take place in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc. Family and friends are invited to gather at the church on Saturday morning from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the service. Memorials to Faith Lutheran Church, Appleton Noon Lions Club, or a charity of your choice in name are appreciated. For more information or to share a memory, please visit www.wichman- nfuneralhomes.com.
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Wiscon- state motto, Designers say those are some of the inspirations for the new logo of the 2020 Democratic National Conven- tion that was unveiled Monday. The logo was designed by Zero Studios, which has in Milwaukee and New York. It will likely be all over the city during the convention, which will be held July 13-16, and in the months leading up to the event. The team from Zero said its designers created the logo and other visual elements for the convention after meeting with Milwaukee college students to talk about what values, symbols and landmarks best represent Wisconsin. Chelsea Goldwell, partner and creative director at Zero Studios and a Milwaukee Institute of Art Design alum, said many at Zero grew up in Milwaukee and saw designing the logo as an opportunity to share with the rest of the country what makes Wisconsin special.
value that everyone brought up was just the sense of community within Wisconsin and Milwau- kee, especially, I think how friendly everyone is to one another. And the community around winter and how everyone sort of helps one another out and, and, you know, works through it, shovels for one she said in an interview with the Journal Sentinel. sense of community and friendliness was some- thing that we really wanted to bring forward in the de- sign, make sure it felt really welcoming and She added that the team also wanted to convey optimism that guides in Wisconsin. Some DNC 2020 mer- chandise, such as buttons, will feature bright blue and red, as well as gold. the color that kind of comes up in lots of places, in the Hoan Bridge as well as the Flag of Milwaukee, as well as cheese and beer and lots of other just cultural aspects within the city.
And so we felt like it was something that was im- portant to incorporate from that Gold- well said. well as the warmth it brought to the feel- ing of the overall Steve Kodis, a senior designer at Zero in Milwaukee, has also helped lead the push to make the Flag the of the City of Milwaukee. This DNC logo and other merchandise will not re- place the logo for the DNC host committee, which was unveiled in October. Both will be used in the lead up to the event. The host committee is the group in charge of raising money and recruiting volunteers to stage the convention.
The host logo is dominated by a large that represents two people connecting, and the word in capital letters. Here is the DNC logo soon be seeing around the city Mary Spicuzza Milwaukee Journal Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK WISCONSIN The logo for the 2020 Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee. ZERO STUDIOS.
