Central High Wisconsin Alumni Obituaries

A funeral service for Chris L. Buettner will be held on Wednesday December 10 2025 at 1030 a.m. at All Saints Catholic Church in Holdrege Nebraska with Father Jay Buhman officiating. Interment will follow at the Prairie Home Cemetery in Holdrege. Christopher Lee Chris Buettner 63 years of age of Hol...

Wilbur James Black age 91 passed away December 23 2025 leaving behind a legacy of faith hard work and devotion to family. Wilbur was born at home in the telephone office in Arkansaw on January 15 1934 while his parents were living there. He was the oldest child of Raymond and Rose Hengst Black. At t...

Pastor Donald L. Don Nickolson 83 of Washburn WI passed away on January 2 2026 at Tamarack Health in Ashland WI. He was born on October 8 1942 in Milwaukee WI the son of Frank and Mabel Becke Nickolson. He graduated from Rufus King High School in Milwaukee in 1961 and went on to attend North Central...

Peter Wheeler Reiss I passed away at his home in Surprise, AZ, on January 7, 2026, less than 2 months after celebrating his 88th birthday there with his wife, children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. As he would say it, he finally went "on to his eternal reward."  Peter was born ...

Daniel Van Beek age 76 passed away on January 6, 2026. Born on July 19, 1949 in Green Bay, Wi. To the late Peter and Thelma (De Keyser) Van Beek.He graduated from Marinette Catholic Central High School in 1967. Post-graduation Dan worked with his father at the family businesses; and later became the...

It is with great sadness that we share that the CEO of the Olson family Kenneth Ken E. Olson peacefully passed away on January 7 2026. Ken was born Bear Creek in 1936 the son of Clarence and Marie Wilke Olson. He attended Bear Creek Schools with his brother Ron and the two of them were known to have...

Terry Monroe Williams age 77 passed away peacefully on Saturday January 3 2026 at his home in Pocatello Idaho surrounded by his beloved family. Terry was born on October 30 1948 in Malad Idaho to Dan C. Williams and LaZell DeMill Williams. He loved growing up in Malad where he graduated with the Cla...

Mark Allen Stephenson 69 of Mayville Wisconsin passed away on Monday July 8th 2024 at Marshfield Medical Center in Beaver Dam Wisconsin. Mark was born on March 31st 1955 in Lakewood Ohio. He was the son of Samuel and Doris Vogel Stephenson. Mark graduated from Lyons Township High School in LaGrange ...

Linda Elaine Plant Benedict age 70 passed away on Friday January 9 2026 at St. Marys Hospital in Madison. Linda was born on March 26 1955 in Browns Valley Minnesota the daughter of Gerald and Elaine Pistorius Plant. She was a graduate of Hanover Central Jr. Sr. High School in Cedar Lake Indiana whe...

Max L. Nisleit, age 96, was born on September 2, 1929, in Kiel, Wisconsin, to the late Della Anderson and Max Nisleit, Sr. He passed away at home on January 12, 2026.Max attended Central High School in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He proudly served his country as a Korean War veteran from 1951 to 1953.On O...

Penny Sue Forrest Myrick 53 of Auburn passed away on January 5 2017 at Central Maine Medical Center following an extended illness. Born in Lewiston Maine on March 1 1963 to Nancy Carroll Forrest Hutchinson and the late Richard Forrest. Penny was educated in Auburn Schools graduating from Edward Litt...

Steven L. Douglas age 48 of Almena WI died unexpectedly at the Cumberland Memorial Hospital in Cumberland WI on Wednesday October 1 2025. Steven Lee Douglas was born on April 261977 in Lancaster WI the son of Donald Barbara Myers Douglas. He grew up in Luck WI and attended Luck High School where he...

Roy M. Smits 88 had his prayers answered and went back to God on Sunday January 4 2026 after celebrating one final Christmas with his family his favorite time of the year. He will be remembered for dry sense of humor his sharp wit his kindness and being a wonderful husband dad and grandpa. As many h...

Edgar E Bantz 92 of Muscatine Iowa formerly of Galesburg died on Friday December 19 2025 at home. Ed was born August 15 1933 in Danville Illinois the son of Ford D. and Audrey Canaday Bantz. He married Helen M. Helander on November 3 1962 in Chicago. She preceded him in death on November 27 2018 aft...

Janice M. Schmitt of Marshfield, WI, Town of Lincoln, passed away on January 12, 2026. She was 78 years old.Jan was born to parents Warren and Gladys (Quigley) Thompson on Nov. 11, 1947. She was born and raised in Duluth, MN and was a graduate of Central High School. She also obtained a degree in el...