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Jack Hines Obituary

John 'Jack' Hines May 15, 1936 — March 13, 2026 Ellsworth John "Jack" Jerome Hines, age 89, a lifelong resident of Ellsworth, Wisconsin, died peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on Friday, March 13, 2026. Jack was born on May 15, 1936, in Ellsworth,...

Bruce Bieri Obituaty

Bruce Arthur “The Colonel” Bieri (74) – This cowboy took his final ride February 5th, near Inn of the Mountain Gods Casino and Resort on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico. Bruce spent his final weeks road-tripping in his “traveling condo”, gambling,...

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Michael Paul

Paul Auction Company’s roots go back to 1968 when friends H. Jim Paul and the late Terry Adlam, both of Kewaskum and Bill Horn Jr. of West Bend, hired Rollie Bast to sell their accumulation of antiques at the Richfield Fire Hall. Jim had no formal schooling in the...

Jeffrey Ditzenberger

Ditz grew up on small dairy farm in Wisconsin. After high school, he joined the military, and throughout boot camp in the summer of 1988 he said numerous times that he wished he was back on the farm. He married his high school sweetheart – but they only spent 32...