LYNNE LUTZKE HOFF (1943-2023)
Born to Eternal Life on December 28, 2023, at the age of 80. Beloved mother of Dawn (Eric) Engle, Michelle (Jeff) Bintzler, and Chrissy (Ted) Nierzwicki. Loving grandmother to Amanda Wolf, Talon Morris, Kiraney Morris, Colt Morris, Quinn Nierzwicki, Molly Nierzwicki & Lexi Hoff. Precious Nana to Haley, Kendal, Sadler and Delaney. Also survived by other relatives and special friends.
Lynne was a proud graduate of the County Hospital nursing program, forming lifelong friendships and a career spanning 40 years of delivering babies and caring for new moms, most notably at the former St, Michael's Hospital in Milwaukee WI. Not only was Lynne an integral part of hundreds of births, she was most blessed to be part of the births of many of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Lynne continued on to evidence her care for others post-retirement, as an active member of Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, reaching out to serve her community through bake sales, craft fairs, First Fridays, Vacation Bible School, and other fellowship events.
The family offers special thanks to Dr. Ranveer Nand and his nurse navigator Demetra, as well as nurse Maria with Horizon Home Hospice for their compasionate care of Lynne. Unmeasurable gratitude to Gail Siewert, who amongst her other dear friends, provided unwavering love and support to Lynne both before and during her illness. Lynne was a regular participant in weekly worship and bible studies, led by Pastor Gregory Mech, who provided great comfort and spriritual advisement to her.
Visitation at BEAUTIFULSAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH, 3205 N. 85th St., Milwaukee, WI on Saturday, January 13, 2024, from 10:30 AM until tme of the Celebration of Life Service at Noon, followed by a fellowship luncheon in the church hall.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to the Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church Mercy Mission are appreciated.
Church & Chapel Funeral Service Serving the Family
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September 19, 2023 Fall Luncheon
8/10/2023
MELODI MATHER DUWELL: So sorry I can't take part in the luncheon. We had mid-June high school & family reunions in WI, so we were unable to travel again. My husband continues his challenges with Parkinson's & low vision & I am the 'everyday' & 'flight ' nurse! He remains NPO & doing well with his GI tube for feedings.
Fortunately, my health is good, so this has worked out so far. Like everyone else in the world our age, trying to downsize 'stuff'. Please say hello to all who gather, wherever.
Hugs, Melodi
Pat Mathias Pearson: Would love to meet for lunch but not up for the 3+ hour drive from Door County. I'm still working a few days a week at Peninsula Park golf course. The course is 100 years old this year so some celebrating going on.
Wishing all who may attend the lunch a happy time and good health in the coming years. Pat Mathias Pearson
Kathy Koller Brasch: Hi, FYI. I have ALS, the bulbar variety. Can't talk anymore. Can't eat. Have a feeding tube. Have trouble swallowing. I have everything below my neck. So, I still get to do my "chores". We are in Denton Texas. 30 minutes from one of the boys. The other 2 are in Iowa and Oswego. It's the pits for sure but it could be worse. Hope all is well. Blessings, Kathy Koller Brasch
I picked out the most "newsy" emails. All responders sending greetings from their respective homes.
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September Aliota's Lunch
On Wednesday, 9/14/2022, group of 9 got together for lunch @ Aliota's in Wauwatosa. Great company/conversation & good food (& a drink). Jan Zahn Basile, Jane Wedel Taufner, Judy Penzkover Lopez, Kathy Stachowski Paulson, Nancy Hatzinger Perez, Pat Beller VonRueden, Penny Gease Papenfus & Carole Albrecht Hoover enjoyed the gathering.
These folks couldn't attend, but sent greetings:
Becky Schultz Lindsey
Kathy Ryf Knutson
Joanne Zak Bloomindale
Fran Fillion Waterbury
Marcia Steinert Baures
Pam Stefani Roekles
Marilyn Nolte Piotrowicz
Ardyce Acker Peeples
Cathie McCleod Albers
Chris Schreiber Broncatti (permanently moved to Scottsdale, AZ)
1/2/2022 Here's couple nice photos sent by classmates to perkup start of new year. Happy 2022!!!
9/9/2021 - Today, a group of 12 of our classmates got together for lunch. This is pandemic time, but we were all vaccinated & with precautions got together to enjoy each other's company, reminiscence about those days in nursing school & of course, catch up on what we've been up to & report on anything we knew of classmates that wren't able to attend. So, here's some photos of the raucous time & us ....
Ramona Rupnow Achtor
Cathie MacLeod Albers
Janet Zahn Basile
Chris Schreiber Broncatti
Carole Albrecht Hoover
Kathy Ryf Knutson
Judy Penzkover Lopez
Sue Heffling Mattek
Penny Gease Papenfus
Kathy Stachowiak Paulson
Nancy Hatzinger Perez
Jane Wedel Taufner
Can you spot everyone?????
Penny, Nancy, Kathy & Judy
Sue, Cathie, Chris, Kathy & Janet
Sue, Cathie, Chris, Kathy, Janet & Kathy
Penny, Nancy, Kathy & Janet
Penny, Nancy, Kathy, Janet, Kathy, Chris, Cathie & Sue
JEAN BOHANON CHRISTENSEN (1944-2021)
6/29/2021
Melodi Mather Duwell shared the news of the passing of Jean Bohanon Christensen, class of 1965. Melodi & Jean were friends for 58 years & as you can see Jean had a very distinquished nursing career.
Jean was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin on September 18, 1944 and passed away with her family at her side on April 21, 2021.
She graduated from the Milwaukee County General Hospital School of Nursing on August 20, 1965. While working on her nursing degree and attending a YMCA dance, she was swept offf her feet by Peter, her future husband of 55 years. They married on August 28, 1965 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and moved to their new home on St. Croix. USVI. Jean began her nursing career as an emergency room and operating room nurse at the local hospital on St. Croix. She went on to work at the St. Croix Health Department, the Catholic Social Center, and as a school nurse for an elementary school. While on St. Croix, she became a mom with the birth of her daughter, Carmen in 1967.
In 1973, Jean and her family moved to Ft. Collins, Colorado while Peter earned his Ph.D. Jean worked as a nurse at a local retirement home and after Peter completed his education, Jean and her family moved to Puyallup, Washingtonwhere Jean once again worked as a nurse at a local retirement home. In 1976, Jean and her family, moved to Orlando where they reunited with fellow Cruzan friends, the Lacombs and later the Larges and their families.
While in Orlando, jean worked as a nurse at the Orange County health Department where she had the opportunity to do home-visits for her patients. In her continuous pursuit of expanding her medical knowledge, Jean earned her Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner degree from Emory University in 1983. She then went on to earn her B.S. in Nursing, cum laude, in 1994 from the University of Central Florida while also taking courses at the University of Florida. Jean transitioned from nursing at the health department to working in private practice, providing ob/gyn nurse practitioner care for her numerous patients. While she retired from private practice several years ago, her passion for nursing continued along with her strong desire to provide compassionate care to those in need and she began volunteering as a nurse practitioner at Grace Medical Home. She was volunteering at Grace Medical up until her hospitalization.
In her nursing yearbook, Jean highlighted the following, which exemplifies her devotion:
Nursing is one of the vital professions cooperating with the other health disciplines. It is both an art and a science which directs its efforts towards the patient as a person, meeting his total needs and assisting him and his family to participate in his care and restore him to useful activity in the family unit and his community.
Jean is survived by her husband Peter Christensen, daughter Carmen Ward, son-in-law Rob Ward, grandchildren, Doug Ward, Jack Ward, and Maria Ward, twin brother Jim Bohanon, uncle Harlan Ross, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Mike and Norma Christensen, and brothers-in-law, Olie Christensen and Frank Christensen.
The family has asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made in Jean's honor to Grace Medical Home via the link provided. Grace Medical Home provides coordinated, comprehensive primary medical care. Their approach to care is to take the patient's entire well-being into consideration. Their mission is to be a medical home reflecting the heart of Christ by offering the highest level of health care to those in our community who need it most.
A Celebration of Life gathering was held at Newcomer Funeral Home, 895 S. Goldenrod Road, Orlando on May 8, 2021. Friends and family were invited to share their memories of Jean and wear their favorite Caribbean/Cruzan attire. jean will be interred on St. Croix at a later date.
Contributions may be made in memory of Jean via the following link-www.gracemedicalhome.org
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PLEASE NOTE DATE OF SERVICE:
A celebration of Dr. Ron's life will be held Saturday, June 26, 2021 w/visitation to begin at 10:00AM until time of memorial mass at 11:00AM at Lumen Christi Catholic Church, 2750 W. Mequon Rd., Mequon, WI 53092. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial gifts to support the Department of Otolarngology be made in his name at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Attn: Office of Development, 8701 Watertown Planl Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226-0509 or online at www.mcw.edu/giving (please indicate Department of Otolaryngology in the comment section).
(Picture from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6/4/2021, sent to me by Sue Mattek-Jane & Ron w/George Korkos & wife in 2004)
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RONALD JOHN DARLING
1935-2020
Dr. Ron Darling, husband of our classmate Jane Richmond Darling passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday, June 26, 2020, in Tampa, Florida.
The obituary was in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sunday, July 5, 2020. The link is below.
https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/jsonline/196438466
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Bernie Lemon (Bonnie Lemon Svacina's brother) from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 31 Jan 2019
1 Feb 2019
Recently, Bonnie Lemon Svacina's brother passed away. This is an article by the Outdoor Writer for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that appeared January 31, 2019. If you click on the article, you should be able to read it. You will see what a great worker he was for Wisconsin wildlife, especially elk.
STILL TIME TO RSVP-COME JOIN THE FUN
Fall Get Together Luncheon
When: Thursday, October 18, 2018
Where: Alioto's, Highway 100 & Bluemound
Time: 11:30 AM
RSVP*: By Friday, October 12, 2018 to cah1122@aol.com
YES
Jan Zahn Basile
Jane Wedel Taufner
Nancy Hatzinger Perez
Carole Albrecht Hoover
Pat Beller Von Rueden
Judy Penzkover Lopez
Gen Prill Kloth
Ramona Rupnow Achtor
MAYBE
Roz Carroll
NO (but greetings to everyone from this group):
Kathy Ryf Knutson
Marcia Steinert Baures
Barbara Larsen Schnitker
Becky Schultz Lindsey
Chris Schreiber Broncatti
Jean Willitz Smithback
Marilyn Nolte Piotrowitz
Pat Matthias Pearson
Ardyce Acker Peeples
Joanne Zak Bloomingdale
Barb Santner Linehan
Penny Gease Papenfus
Sue Hefling Mattek
Kathy Stachowski Paulson
* Will do final count few days closer to date of luncheon.
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13 Jul 2018
Nine members of the class of '66 attended this year's MCGHSON/MSOE Summer in the City Alumni luncheon. We had a great time visiting w/each other & friends from other classes, hearing about the MSOE Campus news plus having a delicious buffet lunch. Although Bastille Days was happening & downtown is experiencing some significant construction, the ride there was relatively easy & parking in MSOE's parking ramp was no problem as a shuttle was provided as needed. So, mark your calendar for next year & let's see if we can increase our number. It always happens on the Friday of Bastille Days. I will add pictures as I receive.
Those attending:
Cathy MacLeod Albers
Chris Schreiber Broncatti
Carole Albrecht Hoover
Gen Prill Kloth
Kathy Ryf Knutson
Sue Hefling Mattek
Penny Gease Papenfus
Nancy Hatzinger Perez
Jane Wedel Taufner
All address & email info is updated as I know it as of today 7/16/2018. Check Missing page for emails I'm missing & let me know any info you might have on any of these classmates.
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6/9/2018
MSOE Summer Luncheon
Ride Share
Drivers:
- Nancy Hatzinger Perez from Hwy C/Pioneer Park & Ride or Brown Deer/I43 Park & Ride
- Sue Hefling Mattek from Brown Deer/I-43 Park & Ride
Riders:
- Roz Pais Carroll from Hwy G/I-94
If you need phone/email to make arrangements, contact Carole Albrecht Hoover, cah1122@aol.com.
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3 Feb 2018
News from Melodi Mather Duwell
Melodi's niece is a nurse midwife in Colorado & her sister is director of a hospice facility, so they are doing their part for the nursing field. Her daughter is a physician & works for the CDC. She says it would be fun to know how many of our classmates have children or relatives in the health care field. Melodi will be in Colorado this summer for her niece's wedding.
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14 Nov 2017
Many of you may remember Dr. Nesemann from our student days & after if you worked at County.
DR. SAM PERRY NESEMANN
Of Indiatlantic, FL (formaly Brookfield, WI) passed away November 6, 2017, at the age of 79. Survived by his wife Nancy Jo Duffy-Neseman of 4 years. Preceded in death by his wife Laura of 47 years. Father to the late Dr. Christopher (Lydia) Neseman, Mara (Russ III) Darrow & David (Kelly) Neseman. Sam grew up in Algoma Wisconsin, and attended and graduated from Algoma High School with his sweetheart and classmate Laura. He earned his undergaduate degree from Marquette University and his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin. Sam also proudly served as a Captain in the Air Force performing duties as a surgeon and pilot flying jets like the F100. In his early career, Sam was appointed to the full-time faculty at Milwaukee County General Hospital in the Medical College of Wisconsin's Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program. He worked there for 6 years and, with his strong engineering background, was credited with creating a constant flow of innovations in design for areas such as total hip prostheses and a unique stabalizing cylinder for achieving stability in spinal fusion. Since 1977 Sam spent the remainder of his 30+ year professional career as an orthopaedic surgeon in private practice. He worked tirelessly and served countless patients with both skill and compassion including hundreds of hard working members of the Teamsters. Outside of work Sam loved golfing and spending time on Pewaukee Lake sailing "Samurai" or cruising the lake in his speed boat "Miss Wisc". In winter he never missed the chance to ski fresh powder in the mountains of Utah.
Published in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Nov. 12, 2017
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29 October 2016
This is by Jane Wedel Taufner after learning of the death of Dudley Johnson, MD, a Milwaukee pioneering heart surgeon. Attached is link to newspaper story. Copy & paste link to your browser. http://on.jsonl.in/2eAv4W4
Nursing Story - Jane Taufner
One of my earliest jobs as a nurse was working in the Adult Intensive Care Unit (such as it was in 1968, at one end of the recovery room) at Milwaukee County General Hospital . It was a Saturday night, October 19
th, 1968 and I was working the night shift with my nurse friend, Madelyn ( we were young and single and would much rather have been out on dates!). We were informed that we would be receiving a 30 year old man from the ER; he had sustained a severe head injury and was comatose.
As we were getting him settled in the ICU, we expected to see a neurosurgery resident at any moment. A short time later, Dr. Derward Lepley and Dr. Dudley Johnson walked through the door and went to the patient’s bedside. Madelyn and my eyes got as big as saucers as we looked at each, suddenly realizing that something big was happening. These men were the main and most well renowned heart surgeons in Southeastern Wisconsin at the time and we wondered why they were here.
We found out that there was a woman in her late forties who had a rapidly failing heart at St’ Luke’s Hospital. Things moved quickly, labs were drawn, many more people appeared in our ICU and before we knew it, the night was over. Our heads were spinning and the other patients in our care survived ! !
It turned out that the young man for whom we cared that night became the donor for the very first heart transplant done in Southeastern Wisconsin. Betty Anick received her new heart on October 21,1968 and at the time of her death in 1977, she was the longest surviving heart transplant recipient , having lived for 8 years, 5 months.
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9/24/11 - Wow - what a turnout - 40!
REUNION ATTENDEES:
-Kathy Stachowski Paulson - Waukesha, WI
-Karen Springborn Emerson - Hales Corners, WI
-Diane Kosterman Brahm - Menomonee Falls, WI
-Ramona Rupnow Achtor - Pewaukee, WI
-Carole Albrecht Hoover - Milwaukee, WI
-Pat Mathias Pearson - Cedarburg, WI
-Melodi Mather Duwell - Hilton Head Island, SC
-Ardyce Acker Peeples - Santa Barbara, CA
-Gen Prill Kloth - Thiensville, WI
-Bonnie Hayward Daneels - Roscoe, IL
-Sue Hefling Mattek - Plymouth, WI
-Jan Zahn Basile - Wauwatosa, WI
-Nancy Hatzinger Perez - Mequon, WI
-Donna Weiss Kennedy - Dewey, AZ
-Kathy Ryf Knutson - Rice Lake, WI
-Lynn Hamacher Roeder - Ocala, FL
-Jane Wedel Taufner - Brookfield, WI
-Karen Swanson Johnson - Tripoli, WI
-Roslynn Pais Carroll - Pewaukee, WI
-Pat Beller VonRueden - Oconomowoc, WI
-Paula Carman Gregg - Seymour, WI
-Marge Erdman Groff - Hales Corners, WI
-Chris Schreiber Broncatti - Milwaukee, WI
-Barb Santner Linehan - Palatine, IL
-Jean Freitag Herrling - Cross Plaines, WI
-Penny Gease Papenfus - West Bend, WI
-Judy Penzkover Lopez - Milwaukee, WI
-Kathleen Dawn Morse - Cottage Grove, MN
-Marcia Steinert Baures - Blair, WI
-Jane Richmond Darling - Sussex, WI
-Kathy Koller Brasch - Saxeville, WI
-Elke Ballweg - Culver City, CA
-Cathy MacLeod Albers - Kirkwood, MO
-Ruth Balla Norman - Whitefish Bay, WI
-Marilyn Nolte Piotrowicz - Greenfield, WI
-Judy Bohachek Herold - Shelbyville, KY
-Carole Pollack Klepper - Highland Park, IL
-Diane Toltzman Roekle - Friendship, WI
-Jeannie Richter Roller - Greenville, WI
-Pam Stephani Roekle - Appleton, WI
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JoAnn Dillon, RN
5 May 1930 - 20 Dec 2012
MCGHSON Surgical Nursing Instructor
Of Brookfield, WI. Passed away Thursday evening, December 20, 2012. She is preceeded in death by her parents, two sisters and a brother. She is survived by two sisters, a brother-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She loved her nursing profession and was proud to share that with the students she taught at Milwaukee County School of Nursing. A Funeral Mass will be offered on Monday, January 7, 2013 at 10:30 AM at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, 1755 Calhoun Rd., Brookfield. The family will receive friends beginning at 10:00 AM prior to the service.
