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Gerald Wynn, 85, Whitewater, passed away last year on November 6, 2018 in Sun City, AZ.
Jerry was born on October 18, 1933 in Chicago, IL to Joseph and Nora (Walsh) Wynn. He graduated from Chicago Vocational School in 1951. On June 7, 1958 Jerry married Hildegard “Hildy” Schwab in Chicago. She preceded him in death on October 31, 2005. He served his country in the United States Air Force from 1951-1954 and was stationed in Korea. Jerry was employed as an electrician for 39 years and was a member of the IBEW #134. Jerry was a member of the Whitewater Lions Club and a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Whitewater. He enjoyed many years around Whitewater Lake and in Arizona. He traveled often to Aughaward, Mayo Ireland to visit his dearest cousins John and Mary Murphy. He was very close to his niece Myra Kay Wynn.
He is survived by his children Mark Wynn and Kelly Smith; granddaughter, Nora Wynn; brother Arnold Wynn. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, siblings Gertrude Wynn, Mary Louise Denny, Ann Peterson, Catherine Wynn, Frances Rymus, and Joseph Wynn.
A visitation will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at the Nitardy Funeral Home 550 N. Newcomb St., Whitewater, WI 53190. A Prayer Service will follow at 3:30. Burial will be in the Cold Spring Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Whitewater Lions Club.
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Robert Shuman, 87, formerly of Cold Spring, passed away on November 3, 2019 in Laguna Hills, California.
Bob was born at home in Cold Spring Wisconsin on April 17, 1932. He passed away on Sun. Nov.3, 2019 at hospital in Laguna Hills, CA with his loving daughters: Sherri and Sue and their husbands: Craig Johnson and Robin Curry. Dad also, left behind his beloved daughter Sandy Ballard and her husband Steve and son Jeffrey. They had been with Bob for over a week coming from Hershey, PA and Saudi Arabia while he seemed to be rallying. He had fallen and broken his leg then had a heart attack and the surgeon put in stents but he lost his battle when his kidneys failed. He also left behind his younger brother David in Michigan and numerous nephews and nieces.
Bob’s parents were Meta Elsie and Charles F. Shuman who passed before. He also had 2 older brothers Charles and Neil. His sisters were: Louise and Doris both older. He worked hard doing chores on the farm in Wisconsin where he slept upstairs in an unheated room and used an outhouse. He had many friends from Whitewater which he has kept since grade school. He excelled at sports and especially enjoyed football. He lettered in 3 sports in high school. He graduated from UWMadison in Animal Husbandry. Bob was an officer in his fraternity Sigma Gamma Rho and Future Farmers of America. He met his wife Ann at a dance in his senior year and her freshman.
Bob was in the army for 2 years after college – one year in Korea. When he got leave for a week he married Ann in Milwaukee in 1956. They had 3 girls in 3 and a half years and Bob was co-owner of a dairy farm. Unfortunately, he lost his hand in a corn picker accident but he continued as a herdsman for 20 years on various farms in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. He had 2 hip replacements the second round caused a career ending. He moved out to California and remade himself with his cousin’s help- Owen and Kitty. He worked at the San Onofre nuclear plant for 16 years retiring and buying his own home in Oceanside. In retirement he loved square, line dancing and Tai Chi;
He made many friends and enjoyed the camaraderie of his neighbors and friends in Minooka, Whitewater and Oceanside. He was active in the Methodist Church and fully enjoyed the activities of the Del Obispo Terrace assisted living for almost 2 years.
He especially loved the bingo, exercise and going out for lunch. He overcame a lot of pain to keep going but never complained with his COPD, arthritis, frozen shoulder and blocked heart arteries. He cherished his 3 grandchildren in California seeing them frequently including holidays, weddings and Disneyland – Erik, Ryan and Jake. He even managed to bestow his love on 3 grandchildren: Amber, Ava and Brandt.
WHS Choir Expresses Gratitude for Community Baby Shower Support
The Whitewater High School Choirs held a Community Baby Shower to benefit The Community Space and the people they serve. Students, families, district staff members, and community members donated hundreds of items to make this event a success. In all, the donations included sixty two packages of wipes, seventeen packages of diapers, a selection of feminine products, baby items, nearly 60 pounds of food as well as two very large bags of baby clothes. Thank you to all who made this Baby Shower a great success!
City of Whitewater Invites Community Members to Serve on Boards
The City of Whitewater invites community members to continue to make Whitewater an exceptional community in which to live, work and play. There are Board member openings/renewals on:
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS – Hear requests from property owners for variance to the Zoning Code. Alternate and regular positions open. Meet 3rd Thursday of a month if there is a case.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY – Promotes economic development within the City.
DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMITTEE – Hear complaints filed by those believing disability rights have been compromised. Meet as needed.
ETHICS COMMITTEE – Meet to hear and make recommendation regarding local government ethics complaints. Meet as needed.
PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION – Reviews plans for development in City and hear requests for conditional use permits. Meets 2nd Monday evening of each month.
PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE. Oversees public arts projects. Meets as needed.
URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION. Provides input relating to Urban Forestry matters and oversees Bird City USA designation. Meets monthly.
Interested citizens are asked to complete a Citizen Interest form, which can be obtained from the City Clerk or from the City’s website under Clerk’s Department; click here
Interest forms must be returned to: City Clerk, P.O. Box 178, Whitewater, Wisconsin 53190 by November 26, 2019. For further information, please contact City Clerk Michele Smith at (262) 473-0102 or msmith@whitewater-wi.gov.
Arthur “Art” Speerbrecher, 75, of Whitewater passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2019.
Arthur “Art” Speerbrecher, 75, Whitewater passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 10, 2019 at his home surrounded by his family.
Art was born on January 19, 1944 in Milwaukee, WI to Robert and Edith (Seignemartin) Speerbrecher. He graduated from Greendale High School. Art served his country in the United States Coast Guard from 1963-1967. On June 1, 1968 he married Susie Rudolph and they started their life in East Troy, WI. Art was employed with UPS and later with JC Penney as a maintenance supervisor in their distribution centers. He was a member and past president of the Tichigan and Whitewater Lions Club. Art enjoyed hunting and working with his dogs. He also liked sailing, swimming, canoeing and being outdoors. Family was very important to Art and he made time to be with them.
He is survived by his wife of 51 years Susie of Whitewater; children Tammy (Calvin) Tomomitsu, Whitewater, Mark (Tracy) Speerbrecher, Whitewater; grandchildren Nicole, Zach and CJ Tomomitsu and Taylor Speerbrecher; sisters Gretchen (David) Boyer, West Allis, WI and Edie Mae (Jon) Wells of Garnar, NC. and many nieces, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his parents and sisters Robin Roderick and Nancy Millard.
A Memorial Service with military rites will be held on Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at First English Lutheran Church, 401 W. Main St. Whitewater, WI 53190. Friends may call at the church from 2:00 p.m. until the time of the service.
“Despite risks, Wisconsin hemp industry taking root:” Newly Arrived Rural Whitewater Farmer Has 27 Acres
From a Janesville Gazette article picked up by the Bradenton (FL) Herald, 11/9/19
You’d think Jonathan Baker would have been California dreaming on a late October day.
After all, several acres of Baker’s hemp crop on a rural Whitewater hillside were in limbo. Baker was awaiting testing to learn whether a late October snowfall had damaged or destroyed hemp still in a field just east of the Koshkonong hills.
Baker, 29, moved back to Fort Atkinson this year after spending a decade in northern California, where he’d built a life as a cannabis activist and small-scale grower of legal cannabis strains for therapeutic use. Last week, Baker’s hemp near Whitewater was harvest ready. Then came the first breath of Wisconsin winter, about a month earlier than usual.
For the full article, click here: https://www.bradenton.com/news/business/article237002414.html
No. 3 Warhawks Clinch Share of WIAC Championship – UPDATED with photos
The No. 3 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team scored 24 second-half points Saturday to turn a one-possession game early in the fourth quarter into a 37-17 victory over UW-Stout at Perkins Stadium to clinch at least a share of the program’s 37th Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship.
Photos provided by Robert Mischka
Saturday’s win, coupled with UW-Oshkosh’s win, sets up a winner-take-all game for the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Championship next Saturday, Nov. 16, in Oshkosh.
The Warhawks (9-0 overall, 6-0 WIAC) performed superbly on special teams, leading to their average starting field position of their 46-yard line, compared to the 24-yard line for the Blue Devils (3-6, 2-4).
Junior Andy Cooper averaged 45.8 yards per punt and pinned UW-Stout inside its own 20-yard line four times.
Junior kicker Wojciech Gasienica knocked through three field goals, including a season-long 41-yarder, and converted all four of his extra points in the contest.
Junior wide receiver Ryan Wisniewski led the offense with 11 receptions for 151 yards and two touchdowns. Junior quarterback Max Meylor posted 167 yards passing for two scores and rushed for 25 yards and one touchdown.
Junior defensive lineman Mackenzie Balanganayi tallied a team-high eight tackles, including 3.0 for a loss and 2.5 of the team’s seven sacks. Senior defensive lineman Jordan Brand contributed seven stops, including 1.5 sacks.
The two teams exchanged punts to start the game before UW-Whitewater took advantage of a short field for a 28-yard field goal by Gasienica with 8:32 left in the quarter.
UW-Stout tied the affair on a field goal just over seven minutes later before the Warhawks took the lead for good on a five-yard run by junior quarterback Zach Oles nine seconds into the second quarter.
Gasienica made it a 10-point game with a 41-yard field goal as time expired in the first half.
Following a defensive stop to start the half that gave UW-Whitewater field position inside Blue Devil territory, Gasienica knocked a 38-yard field goal through the uprights to make it 16-3 with 12:28 remaining in the third quarter.
UW-Stout posted a 15-play, 96-yard drive to draw within 16-10 with 1:25 to go in the third. The Warhawks responded quickly as Meylor found Wisniewski for a 39-yard pass before completing the three-play drive with an 18-yard touchdown run up the middle for a 23-10 lead with 10 seconds left in the period.
The Blue Devils started the fourth with another touchdown to make it 23-17 with 13:27 to play.
After a UW-W turnover and a UW-Stout punt, Meylor completed four passes in five plays to move the Warhawks 54 yards, capping the drive with a 7-yard pass to Wisniewski for a 30-17 advantage at the 8:04 mark.
UW-Whitewater came up with a defensive stop on fourth-and-1 near midfield, and following a punt, tallied another fourth-down stop.
Meylor’s 14-yard pass to Wisniewski capped the scoring with 2:25 on the clock.
Next Saturday’s game at UW-Oshkosh will kick off at 6 p.m. and air live on television on My24.
“They Shall Not Grow Old” – Tuesday November 12, 12:30 PM, Seniors in the Park
Through groundbreaking computer restoration technology, Director Peter Jackson creates a moving realistic depiction of World War I, as never before seen, in restored, vivid colorization and retiming of film frames. Shown in Honor of Veterans Day.
When: November 12, 2019 12:30 PM
Where: Seniors in the Park
Movie Information: Rated R (disturbing war images); Documentary/History/War; 1 hour, 39 minutes.
WHS Swim Sectionals at Jefferson November 9, 2019
State Bound after 6th place finish at Sectionals! The Whippets will be sending 2 relays and 4 individual events to the State meet on Friday, November 15th at the UW-Madison Natatorium. The State meet will start at 6:30 p.m.
Starting the meet off right was our 200 Medley relay team of Grace Foucault, Ella Houwers, Brianna Zimdars and Amber Krebs. These girls qualified for the State meet by racing incredibly hard finishing just out of 1st place by .04 seconds with a 1:52.10.
Our 200 Freestyle swimmers went three for three on best times. Hailey Murphy swam a lifetime best dropping 5 seconds. Elle Treder dropped 4 seconds and finished with a best time in 16th place, while Grace Foucault finished in 7th place with a lifetime best time, putting her 5th all-time on the Top 10 Times list for Whitewater High School.
Amber Krebs and Ella Houwers both raced well in the 200 Individual Medley. Amber finished in 16th place earning points for the team. Ella Houwers won the event by 5 seconds and dropped 4.5 seconds to swim a lifetime best going into the State meet next week.
Brooke Bazeley and Caroline Crowley raced hard in the 50 Freestyle; Brooke was able to drop another half second off her lifetime best time.
Our 100 Butterfly swimmers, Sophia Fanshaw and Brianna Zimdars, both dropped a second off the time. Sophia is now fourth all-time on the Top 10 Times list. Brianna set a new School Record with her lifetime best time and will be competing in this event at the State meet this coming Friday.
Caroline Crowley was our lone 100 Freestyler and she put in a strong race, right on her best time.
Our 500 Freestyle swimmers were very aggressive and all four were able to earn best times. Brooke Bazeley dropped 11 seconds, Ellie Treder dropped 12 seconds, Amber Krebs dropped 7 seconds and Brianna Zimdars dropped 7 seconds. Brianna earned a trip to the State meet in this event also and bettered her time on the Top 10 times list.
Our 200 Freestyle relay (Ella Houwers, Grace Foucault, Amber Krebs, Brianna Zimdars) made history becoming the first Whitewater relay to WIN at Sectionals. When you win an event, you are an automatic qualifier! The team set a new School Record time of 1:40.96. These girls swam amazing! Grace Foucault split a 24.69!
In the 100 Backstroke, Sophia Fanshaw had an outstanding race. Sophia won her heat and posted the 3rd fastest time on the Top 10 list with a 2 second drop. Grace Foucault dropped another half second and is now 2nd all-time on the Top 10 times list with her strong performance.
Hailey Murphy raced to a best time in the 100 Breaststroke and dropped 2 more seconds off her time. Hailey is now 5th all-time in the 100 Breaststroke. Ella Houwers continued to dominate with a win in the 100 Breaststroke and another season best time. Ella was able to beat the field by 3 seconds and earned her fourth swim at the upcoming State meet.
Our 400 Freestyle relay (Sophia Fanshaw, Hailey Murphy, Brooke Bazeley, Ellie Treder) clocked a best time with outstanding splits to finish out the meet. It was a great group effort!
Congratulations Whippets and good luck at State!