Spooner High Wisconsin Alumni Obituaries

A memorial gathering will be held Saturday January 17 2026 from 1100 a.m. to 200 p.m. at ConwayPicha Funeral Home in Lyndon Station Wisconsin. James was born March 22 1946 in Reedsburg Wisconsin the son of Ernest and Dorothy Baley Picha. James Jim was raised in Hillsboro Wisconsin. He joined the US ...

Lawrence E "Larry" Klinger, 80, of Shell Lake passed away peacefully on January 22, 2026, at Shell Lake Health Care Center. He was born March 31, 1945 in Rice Lake, WI to Ernest and Phyllis (Wickham) Klinger.Larry graduated from Shell Lake High School in 1964. He was then drafted into the Army in 19...

Jeffrey George Winter 44 passed away peacefully on January 27 2026 at his home in Superior WI surrounded by his wife and children after a short battle with Metastatic Melanoma. He was the deeply beloved husband of Jennifer Winter and together they shared 10 beautiful years 7 of those married. Born i...

Timothy Tim Hopwood age 59 a resident of Shell Lake Wisconsin passed away at his home on January 18 2026 after a 2year battle with cancer. Tim was born on February 1 1966 in Durand Wisconsin to parents Morse Hoppy and Wanda Hewitt Hopwood. In 1974 the family moved from Plum City Wisconsin to Spooner...

Kenneth Gillis age 87 a resident of Spooner died on Saturday January 24 2026 at Essentia St. Marys Medical Center after a brief illness. Kenneth was born on March 5 1938 in St. Paul Minnesota to parents William and Isabel Roberts Gillis. As a child the family moved to Zion Illinois where he attended...

Michael Mac Orville McLellan age 82 of Spooner died on Thursday November 27 2025 in Marshfield Wisconsin. He was born on September 29 1943 in Rice Lake WI to Harold Bud and Luella Buckwheat McLellan. Mac was a 1961 Spooner High graduate. He attended Barron County Teachers College UW River Falls UW ...

Dan Kling, age 84, passed away peacefully at Dove Healthcare, Spooner, Wisconsin, on Monday, December 8, 2025, surrounded by loved ones. Dan was born on February 23, 1941, in Cochrane, Wisconsin to Kenneth and Myrtle Kling. As a young child his family moved to Spooner, Wisconsin, where Dan grad...

Wayne William Zitzka was born June 21 1951 in North Lake IL the son of George and Lois Selhanek Zitzka. He graduated from high school in Mesquite TX where he held a track record in hurdles for at least 20 years. On August 14 1971 Wayne was joined in marriage to Pamela Feldmann at the United Methodis...