KHS Grads who left us since June of 2023

1940s

1947 William Robach

          Gerald Trettin

1948 Margaret Brown Vermeer

Eugene Fassbender

           Paul Killian

1949  Elaine Schaefer King

Angela Sikora Clark

1950s

1950  Thomas Gustman

          Arthur Vande Hey

1952 Carol VanZeeland DeBruin

           James Goldapske

           Betty Matchett McDaniel

1953  Nancy Dahm Cheesbrough

           Joan Kilgas Gerow

           Richard Taylor

           Sandra Borg Wickesberg

1954  Alice VanDeLoo Hammen

           Joyce Jacobson

           Larry Perkins

Thomas Resch

1955 Jerry Janssen

1956  Donald Spindler

          Margaret Coffey Swedberg

          Shirley Majeskie Mielke Wittman

1957  Joseph Arnoldussen

           Cletus Feldkamp

1958  David Linskens

           Mary Gerhartz Nussbaum

           Cal Welsh

Janice Weyenberg Minten

1959  Diane Brochtrup Hovey

           Paul Martzahl

           Gary Senso

           Carol Belling Verkuilen

1960s

1960  Dennis Deno

           Kathleen Mullen Frank

1961  Gloria Schmitt Goehl

           Donna Biese Goetzman

1962  Sandra Vanevenhoven Coffey

           Richard Dawson

           James (Mike) Reardon

1960s

1963  Gerald Artz

           Gene Gehl

           Robert Hoelzel

           Richard Promer

1964  Jean Promer

1965  Jon Martzahl

1966  Dennis DeBruin

           Norman Ott

1967  Kaye Gerrits Eiting

           Donna Wheelock Smith

1968  Gerald Biese

           Patricia Dougherty

           James Schneider

1970s

1970  Richard Appleton

           Patricia VanStiphout Bodde

           William Fischer

           Gary Nabbefeld

1973  Connie Hennes Pynenberg

Michael Geiger

1974  Randall Hahnemann

           Daniel Mischler

1975  Robert Natrop

           Dale Schmitt

1976  Geraldine Haen King

           Karen Meehl Ott

1979  Gary Specht

           Mitchell VandenBroek

1980s

1980  Daniel Gerow

Diane Zobel Schoenfelt

1981  Karen Altman Benotch

           Colleen Coffey

1984  Frank Wolfinger

1989  Troy Skalmusky

1990s

1990  Richard Faust

1997  Scott Peters

2000s

2010  Rebecca Verbeten

Former Teachers

Dennis Booms

Margery Conkey

David Hash

        

Friday Night Parties

The Kaukauna Alumni Foundation’s Friday, June 14, 2024 anniversary class celebrations are as follows:

Class of 1954 – 70 years

Hollander’s 

1820 E. Main Street, Little Chute

11:00 am. Social

12:00 lunch

Class of 1959 – 65 years

Electric City

136 W Wisconsin Avenue, Kaukauna

4:00 p.m. 

Class of 1964 – 60 years

Plan B

121 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Kaukauna

6:00 p.m.

Class of 1969 – 55 years

Pub 55

1441 Arbor Way, Kaukauna

4:00 p.m.

Class of 1974 – 50 years

Maloney’s 

N1994 Maloney Road, Kaukauna

6:30 p.m.

Class of 1979 – 45 years

Rose Hill Bar & Grill

2206 E. Main Street, Little Chute

6:00 p.m.

Class of 1984 – 40 years

Maloney’s 

N1994 Maloney Road, Kaukauna

6:00 p.m.

Class of 1989 – 35 years

Tommy G’s

107 W Wisconsin Avenue, Kaukauna

6:30 p.m.

KHS Alumni Board Member Dies

Jean Ann Promer (Schmitz), 77, died peacefully on Saturday, November 18, 2023. Jean was born on August 23, 1946, in Kaukauna, Wisconsin to Catherine J. (Geigel) and Herbert J. Schmitz. One of two siblings, she graduated in 1964 from Kaukauna High School. She married Richard (Dick) Promer on April 21, 1965. They lived in Kaukauna, Wisconsin with their three sons. 

She’s survived by her three sons Jeff (Tricia), Rick and Cory; three grandchildren Jennifer Ryan (Ken), Tyler (Annie) and Hunter ( fiancé Katelyn); three great grandchildren Amelia, Lochlan and Hallie; her brother-in-law Don Promer, sister-in-law Marlene Tennessen (Gene Kostrzak), and sister-in-law Mary Biesterveld; as well as many nieces, nephews, family and friends. 

Jean is preceded in death by husband Richard Promer, her grandparents Christine and Ivo Geigel, her parents Catherine and Herbert Schmitz, her sister Joan Schmitz, her brother-in-law Robert Promer, her sister-in-law Rachel Promer, and her brother-in-law Dan Biesterveld.

In her early years, Jean worked for the Ford Rexall Drug Store on the south side of Kaukauna. Then left to support Dick with his drywall business for over 50 yrs. Together they started the first health club in Kaukauna, “Physically Fit”. After moving full time to their cottage, she was hired as the first employee at Waubee Lake Lodge in Lakewood and worked there for 15 yrs. Volunteering was important to her, serving from 1984 until present on the Kaukauna Alumni Board of Directors, as well as other organizations such as the Lakewood Chambers of Commerce, Kings Daughters, Holy Cross Oktoberfest, and Xavier Food Fair. She also enjoyed golf, boating, traveling and spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Memorial services will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at the Verkuilen-Van Deurzen Family Funeral Home KAUKAUNA LOCATION, 2401 Fieldcrest Drive. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 3:00 p.m. until the time of the service. Interment will be at Holy Cross Cemetery, Kaukauna. For online condolences, please visit www.verkuilenfh.com

The Promer family would like to thank the staffs at St. Paul Elder Services and St. Elizabeth Hospital Oncology Department for their wonderful care and compassion.

KHS Alumni Foundation Advisory Member Dies

Richard “Dick” Promer

Richard Herman Promer, 79, died peacefully on Friday, October 13, 2023. Dick was born on June 21, 1944, in Oakland, California, to Ethel (Gussert) and Robert Promer.  One of five siblings, he graduated in 1963 from Kaukauna High School. He married his high school sweetheart Jean Ann Schmitz on April 21, 1965. They lived in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, with their three sons.

He’s survived by his wife Jean; his three sons Jeff (Tricia), Rick and Cory; three grandchildren Jennifer Ryan (Ken), Tyler (Annie) and Hunter (fiancé Katelyn); three great-grandchildren Amelia, Lochlan and Hallie; siblings Don Promer, Marlene Tennessen (Gene Kostrzak) and Mary Biesterveld; as well as many nieces, nephews, family and friends.

Dick is preceded in death by his grandparents Rosella (Baetan) and Edward Gussert along with Mary (DeBruin) and Herman Promer; his parents Robert and Ethel; his brother Robert “Bobby” Promer Jr.; his sister-in-law Rachel Promer; his brother-in-law Dan Biesterveld and his sister-in-law Jo Schmitz.

He was owner of Dick Promer Drywall for sixty years and started the first health club in Kaukauna “Physically Fit”. Sports and fitness were his passion. He was a decorated football player, having been inducted into the Kaukauna High School Football Hall of Fame, the Manitowoc Chiefs Hall of Fame and the Semi Pro Football Hall of Fame. He served for years on the Kaukauna Alumni Board of Directors. He and Jean moved full-time to their cottage in Townsend, Wisconsin. Dick also enjoyed golf, deer hunting and spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Dick is a 12-year heart transplant survivor. The family thanks all of the family, neighbors, friends and healthcare workers who have cared for Dick both over the years and in his final days.

Memorial services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 309 Desnoyer St., Kaukauna. Visitation will be at the church on Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Kaukauna.  In lieu of flowers, the family asks for a donation to the Kaukauna Alumni. For online condolences, please visit www.verkuilenfh.com.

NEWS FUND DONORS

NEWS FUND DONORS
PAT & MAUREEN ANDREJESKI
ROBERT BERGHUIS
TOM & TERRI BERGHUIS
PAULA & DEWAYNE BEYER
KAREN & ROBERT BIESE
DONALD JR & ANN BISELX
MARY & BEN BLOY
CINDY BOOTS
BETTY & JOHN BORREE
DANIEL & KATHLEEN BRENZEL
MARY BRITTEN
RICHARD & CHICKIE BUELOW
NANCY & LEE CHEESBROUGH
PATRICK & VICKI COURTNEY
RICHARD DAMRO
BOB & RITA DEBRUIN
JANET & JOHN DEYOUNG
MELODI & DR JAMES DUWELL
KAREN & CHARLES ENGEL
RENEE ENGMAN & MATT LINDBORG
KRISTINE & FAHRBACH
DONALD & BEVERLY FELDKAMP
DAVID L. & MARSHA FOXGROVER
RUTH FRITZ
MARY ANN & MICHAEL GARRITY
BILL & REBECCA GATZ
JEROME GERRITS
GLENN & JOYCE HANSEN
ROBERT & PEGGY HIBBARD
DIANE & KEN HILL
JAMES & LINDA HOELZEL
LORENA & ROBERT HOOYMAN
MARGARET & JOHN KILLA
FRANK & JEANNE KUCHELMEISTER
KRISTINE LANDREMAN & PETER BEBEAU
EDWARD & ROBERTA LUDKE
PATRICIA MARX
SARAH & HANK MATHEWSON
BRUCE & TERESA MATHIS
TOM MCANDREWS
TOM & MARY K MCGINNIS
WILLIAM MCGINNIS
AMY & JOHN MOORE
LAVONNE & DONALD MUELLER
RICHARD & GLORIA NAGEL
ED & SUE PATSCHKE
MARGO & WILLIAM PERKINS
NANCY PETERSON
CHERIE & COLLIN PLASTER
SUZANNE & HARLAN RISTE
BRIAN ROEBKE
CHRIS & ANGIE ROLOFF
PATRICK & JEAN RYAN
DOUG & ELLYN SACHS
JERRY SANDERFOOT
TOM SCHERER
STEVE & ROBIN SCHMIDT
GARY & JANET SCHWALENBERG
KATHY SENKEK
LARRY SIEBERS
RICHARD & SUSAN SKIBBA
BETTY & DAVID SKWERES
WAYNE & NANCY STEINBACH
JESSE E & LA VONNE STUMPF
CHRIS TORGESON
MARK & KIMBERLY VANABEL
STEVE & PEG VANDEHEY
RON & JANET VANDEHEY
THOMAS & SHERRY VANDENBERG
TOM & JANET VANLIESHOUT
DAN & MARGIE VERBETEN
JOANNE GARY VOHS
TIM & JAYNE WEIGMAN
DAVID & DENISE WEYERS
JOHN C. & STEPHANIE WHITMAN MD
SUSAN WISNESKI
KATHY & ROBERT ZIELINSKI

Grant Fund Donors

GRANT FUND DONORS
$10,000 OR MORE
JOE & LINDA JACOBSON
$1,000 -$2,500
MICHAEL & NANCY JACOBSON
WAYNE & NANCY STEINBACH
DANIEL & KATHLEEN BRENZEL
GEORGE SZAFRANSKI
RENEE ENGMAN & MATT LINDBORG
BRUCE & TERESA MATHIS
MARK & DELL RIETH
TOM & JANET VANLIESHOUT
$99-$500
NORM DEBROUX
BARBARA ROLOFF
LUANN VONDRACEK
ROBERT & LAURA WELCH
KATHY & ROBERT ZIELINSKI
ED & SUE PATSCHKE
RAYMOND PLZAK
DOUG & ELLYN SACHS
TOM MCANDREWS
TIM & KELLY KELLY
JOHN MARTENS
JERRY SANDERFOOT
MARK & KIMBERLY VANABEL
ALAN VANZEELAND
TOM & KATHRYN WHITMAN
MARK & JUDITH ASMAN
MARGO & WILLIAM PERKINS
DAVID & DENISE WEYERS
ROBERT & JUDITH JANSEN
KAY ABEL & MARK PRIEBUSCH
TOM & TERRI BERGHUIS
KARLA & LEE BLAIR
ANN BONNEVILLE
CINDY BOOTS
KENNETH BROOKS
MIKE & PENNY BUTTS
LINDA & GENE COLLINS
MARGARET & BOB COONEN
NORA DEBRUIN
DON DERUS
KEITH & CHAR DONNERMEYER
TOM & PATTY DREIER
MELODI & DR. JAMES DUWELL
GERALD & JEAN EBBEN
CINDY & DANIEL HAEN
JOAN JENKINS
PAULA KAPLAN
JANE KAUFMAN
FRANK & JEANNE KUCHELMEISTER
KRISTINE LANDREMAN & PETER BEBEAU
ROBERT & BARBARA LUDKE
WILLIAM MCGINNIS
AMY & JOHN MOORE
MARK T NAGAN
RICHARD & GLORIA NAGEL
CHRIS & ANGIE ROLOFF
LEE & JOANNE SCHMALZ
LORRIE & JERRY SCHNEIDER
RICHARD & SUSAN SKIBBA
CHRIS TORGESON
TIM & NANCY VANABEL
BERNIE & BONNIE VANZEELAND
MARTY & BARB VANZEELAND
STEVE VERKUILEN
CELINE & GEORGE VORIS
JOHN C. & STEPHANIE WHITMAN MD
UP TO $100
TODD & MARY ARNOLDUSSEN
RICHARD & CHICKIE BUELOW
DONNA LAMERS
MIKE & ANN RYAN
KAY & STEPHEN VICTOR
BERT (BUD) & SUSAN BAUMGARTNER
SHERRY BENNETT
PATRICIA BERGHUIS
PAULA & DWAYNE BEYER
BETTY & JOHN BORREE
MARY BRITTEN
PATRICK & VICKI COURTNEY
RICHARD DAMRO
BOB & RITA DEBRUIN
JOAN & VIC EBBEN
KAREN & CHARLES ENGEL
VAL & CHARLIE FISCHER
DAVID L. & MARSHA FOXGROVER
JEROME GERRITS
LANCE & DONNA GOETZMAN
DAVID HEINDEL
DAN & STEPHANIE JOSEPH
IRV & JANET KEOUGH
MARY & BOB KOCH
BETTY & VICTOR KORD
JANE LANG
SARAH & TOM LARSEN
TOM & MARY K MCGINNIS
BARBARA & HARRY SCHIFF
STEVE & ROBIN SCHMIDT
RON & JANET VANDEHEY
DENNIS & JOSETTE VANDENBLOOMEN
YVONNE & DON VANDERVELDEN
KEVIN & TAMMY VANDEYACHT
KEN WESTPHAL
LINDA & MARTIN NACKERS
KAY & JOHN DAYTON
SUSAN & CHRIS DIETZEN
FRAN NELSON & PETER KORDIYAK
BARBARA & PETER BUECHEL
JERRY & CAROL EDERER
BILL & JUDY JANSEN
PAT & MAUREEN ANDREJESKI
KAREN & ROBERT BIESE
DONALD JR & ANN BISELX
MARY & BEN BLOY
PATTY BOSIN
NANCY & LEE CHEESBROUGH
JANET & JOHN DEYOUNG
KRISTINE FAHRBACH
KATHY GARGAS
MARY ANN & MICHAEL GARRITY
BILL & REBECCA GATZ
JEANE GIORDANA
ROBERT & PEGGY HIBBARD
DIANE & KEN HILL
SUSAN HINKENS
ROBERT HOELZEL
LORENA & ROBERT HOOYMAN
ROSE MARIE & JAMES HOOYMAN
JOAN & DON HUE
BONNIE JEROW
MARGARET & JOHN KILLA
ED & LELIA (LEE) LADENBURGER
SARAH & HANK MATHEWSON
MICHAEL & VALERIE NAGAN
JYL & JIM RANDERSON
RONALD & BARBARA REICHEL
ROBERT RUTTER
PATRICK & JEAN RYAN
DAN & VIVIAN SACHS
ED SCHAEFER
J. SCOTT & PAM SCHULER
GARY & JANET SCHWALENBERG
BETTY & DAVID SKWERES
STEVE & PEG VANDEHEY
THOMAS & SHERRY VANDENBERG
GAIL VANDERLOOP
DON VANGRINSVEN
PATRICIA VANLINN
JAMES & CHERYL VANSTIPHOUT
ED & PATTI VANZEELAND
DAN & MARGIE VERBETEN
JACK & LORRAINE VERHAGEN
DIANE & GERALD WACHDORF
TIM & JAYNE WEIGMAN
ROY BROEREN
CAROL VANZEELAND
LOIS DERFUS
GLENN & JOYCE HANSEN
DAVID & TANYA PAHL
SUSAN WISNESKI
LAVONNE & DONALD MUELLER

Deceased this past year

NameClass Year
DOROTHY WILPOLT TUCHSCHERER1936
VIRGINIA FAUST COUILLARD1938
GRACE HILDEBRANDT STEINWAY1938
LYNN ANGEVINE BLAKE1941
LORAINE SCHMIDT BRINK1942
FLORENCE O’CONNOR ROBERTS1944
LOIS BAYORGEON HERMSEN1946
FLORENCE GOLDEN HECKRODT1946
HELEN SCHMIDT LENZ1946
DUANE BUERTH1946
BERNICE DEBRUIN HAHN1947
MICHAELINE FAUST STEFFENS1947
JEAN SERVAES VANDERBLOOMEN1947
GERALD KEMPEN1947
MERNIE MELCHIORS ROLOFF1948
PATRICIA SIEF BRUX1948
EUGENE JACOBY1948
ROBERT MISCHLER1948
GERALD HELF1949
JACKIE SPIELBAUER1949
GEORGIANNA BRUECKER MCGINNIS1951
DAVID HEINDEL1951
WAYNE WIEDENHAUPT1951
EDRISS (EDEE) BALZA VANDEYACHT1952
JOYCE KRAUSE KELLEY1952
DONALD KROLL1952
ROBERT MILLER1952
MINNIE LENZ RUTTEN1953
JOAN VANDENHEUVEL ETTELDORF1953
SANDRA SCHULER ENGMAN1954
JOHN PENTERMAN1954
RICHARD BUELOW1955
JAMES EFFA1955
PAUL SAGER1955
JOAN ALGER SIKORA1956
LEI KUCHELMEISTER OTTE1956
SHARON PAHL HOFFMANN1956
MICHAEL COURTNEY1956
PAUL HEINDEL1956
DAVE KOCH1956
PAUL BIESE1957
RAY DRIESSEN1957
JERRY MICHOLIC1957
BARBARA WEISS1957
LILLIAN JANSEN COURT1958
DONNA KENNEY NEUDAUER1958
BLANCHE SIEBERS MEYER1958
JEROME REINKE1958
JERRY VANDERSTEEN1958
JANICE JANSSEN VANDENHEUVEL1959
RITA KILGAS GATZ1959
KARLA KUCHELMEISTER WOLFINGER1959
MARIANNE VANDERLOOP FELDKAMP1959
EUGENE VANZEELAND1959
GARY NOWACK1960
JIM NUSHART1960
MARILYN HILGENBERG VERKUILEN1961
GARY MCGOEY1961
DENNIS RAGEN1961
CAROL URBAN DERKS1962
JOYCE VANDERLOOP FIANNACA1962
JOANNE WIMBERGER COX1962
DAN REICHEL1962
ROY VANEPERN1962
CAROL LACE JENKINS1963
TIMOTHY FEMAL1963
THOMAS JOOSTEN1963
DAVID LAMERS1963
KENNETH GRISSMAN1964
CLIFFORD HOLSCHUH1964
GERALD MAKI1964
JOANN FLEMING HIETPAS1965
JOAN KRAMER PAIRON1965
DON ELRICK1965
MIKE HIETPAS1965
GERALDINE LODERBAUER1965
THEODORE SCHMITT1965
TOM VANLIESHOUT1965
NANETTE BRENZEL NIMMER1967
DONNA WHEELOCK SMITH1967
JUDY HUSS VERBOCKEL1968
BERYL KROMER BARKER1968
DAVID EGAN1968
PAUL SEEFELDT1968
NANCY REINHOLZ VANDENBOOGART1969
JOYCE VANWYCHEN SMUDDE1969
BUD NELSON1969
JANE FLEMING MATHIS1971
PATTY HUNGERFORD HINCHCLIFFE1971
DEBRA HANAGAN STOLLA1972
MARY VERBETEN AERTS1972
DEAN BOWERS1972
MIKE VERVOORT1972
SARAH KUHN MORGAN1973
DANIEL AUDEN1973
CORLISS THON DIEDERICH1974
ELIZABETH SCHULTZ MANSKE1975
JOHN HOPFENSPERGER1975
KATHLEEN KEINONEN1975
JOSEPH M VERHAGEN1975
KEITH KABAT1976
BILL BORREE1977
MIKE MINKEBIGE1978
STEVE NETTEKOVEN1978
BRADLEY CUMMINGS1979
PATRICK ROGERS1979
BARBARA SCHUBRING1979
AL DIX1980
DAVE LEMAY1980
GINNY BRUECKER KIHL1983
TROY ZACHARIAS1985
TINA LAVIOLETTE1987
COREY ROGERS1988
CORY VERKUILEN1993
ZACHARY SOLAND2005
BRIAN LEE GERRITS2007
NATHAN HENNES2012