From my rotting body, flowers shall grow, and I am in them, and that is eternity.—Edvard Munch   Born November 23, 1957, Amy entered this world in Beaver Dam and grew up in Mayville. She was the eldest child of Jack and Marilyn (Jacobs) Leder and sister to John and Ann. Amy drew her last breath at home on May 3, 2024, surrounded by love.   Amy was a dedicated gardener, gifted artist, and talented seamstress. She utilized many mediums—drawing, mechanical movement, and home improvement—to create her unique, unusual—and at times eccentric art.    The universe provided her raw materials from the East Side of Milwaukee for her creations. Cedric the Moose, who now resides in her home, once graced the walls of the West Bend Museum of Wisconsin Artists Members Show. Amy found great joy in ripping apart new pairs of shoes to modify them to her liking. Her tailoring abilities are legendary—Amy could transform an ordinary bolt of cloth, old clothing, or remnants into unique garments.   Anyone who visited Amy’s extraordinary gardens recognized another form of her artistry, with the 2023 Port Washington Garden Tour featuring her horticultural talents. And her extensive knowledge of Latin plant names and their medicinal uses was extensive.   Amy loved a good mystery, and regularly lent her books to anyone who wanted a good read. Her stash of vintage, quirky birthday cards and creation of novel envelopes will be missed by all who received them. She was a proud member of the Luddite Society and lover of words. This intelligent, sardonic, insightful, and opinionated woman was dearly loved. Her gentle soul and thoughtful outlook on life will always be part of those who knew and treasured her.   Amy found companionship when a gentle, and wise, man stopped into Koppas Deli on Farwell Avenue to tell jokes. Dan and Amy married on June 7, 2003, and combined their lives and cat families. In 2008, they relocated to their purple and orange house in Port Washington. Those were the best 22 years of both of their lives.   The spirits who welcome Amy on the other side include her parents, Jack, and Marilyn; brother, John; paternal grandparents, Arthur and Meta (Glander) Leder; maternal grandmother, Lydia (Clarstrom) Jacobs; favorite Auntie Lois; cousin, Jim, special friends, Evelyn, Michael, and Bernice; and all eight cats who shared their lives with her (but not all at once).    Amy is survived by her husband, Dan Gerth; sister, Ann (Gary) Scott; beloved cousin, Jean (Blair Semple) Mansavage; niece, Wendy (Damon Jarman) Sievert; a gaggle of Gerths, jumble of Jacobs, and murder of Mansavages.   Special thanks and love to her caregivers, Briana, Sonja, and Kindra, who are all angels.   There will be a celebration of Amy’s life later this year.   In lieu of flowers, please donate to your local animal shelter.   Now, Amy knows all the great mysteries.   The Eernisse Funeral Home, Port Washington is honored to serve the Leder family. Online condolences may be left at www.eernissefuneralhome.com.

   Roland "Rol­lie" L. Schroeder, 97, re­leased his spirit on May 5, 2024, and has gone to meet his maker.   He was born on De­cem­ber 25, 1926, in Theresa.    On Sep­tem­ber 27, 1947, he mar­ried Dorothy Ham­mann at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Mayville.   Roland lived a long and pros­per­ous life with his wife of 76 years, 8 months. The two were in­sep­a­ra­ble and rarely did things apart. In his final years, the cou­ple would put to­gether puz­zles, watch TV, go for walks around the block, and help with chores around their house.    Roland was hard-work­ing, hon­est, faith­ful, re­li­gious, coura­geous, and ad­ven­tur­ous. Roland en­joyed big game hunt­ing, fish­ing, snow­mo­bil­ing, bird watch­ing, trav­el­ing to the Caribbean, and he was a life­time sup­porter of the Green Bay Pack­ers. Roland was a long­time mem­ber of St. Stephens Lutheran Church, Hori­con. He loved to be out­doors and spent qual­ity time with his fam­ily and friends. He was an ac­tive mem­ber of the Mayville Lions Club.    Roland grew up in Theresa and worked on the fam­ily farm at a young age. Roland served in the US Army dur­ing the Ko­rean War be­tween Sep­tem­ber 19, 1952 - Sep­tem­ber 18, 1954. In June 2016, he had the op­por­tu­nity to take the Honor Flight to Wash­ing­ton DC. “Every Day is a Bonus”. When Roland re­turned from Korea, he began work­ing as a car­pen­ter ap­pren­tice build­ing homes. After years of learn­ing, Roland started his own com­pany - Roland Schroeder Builders - and built homes for much of his life.   Roland is sur­vived by his wife, Dorothy; two sons, David (Chris­tine) Schroeder and Robert (Terese) Schroeder; and daugh­ter, Bar­bara (Michael) Knut­son; grand­chil­dren, Alyssa, Austin (Amalia) Schroeder, Adrian (Lau­ren) Schroeder; Dustin Schroeder (Tami Sankey), Eliott (Stacey) Schroeder; Ash­ley Mau­rer, Kelsey (Joseph Clemons II), Chelsey (Jason) Indra; great-grand­chil­dren, Ar­i­anna, Dreyson, Aubrey and Ella Schroeder; Joseph III and Jor­dan Clemons; Is­abella and Alina Indra. Roland is fur­ther sur­vived by Joanne Ham­mann and Betty (Rus­sell) Kempf.   Roland was pre­ceded in death by his par­ents, Hed­wig and Erich (step­fa­ther) Pluede­man; his step-brother, Rus­sell Pluede­man; and sis­ter-in-law, Lor­raine Pluede­man; in-laws, Carl & Viola (Roten­berg) Ham­mann; broth­ers-in-law, Art Ham­mann, Ken Ham­mann, Lloyd Metke, Del­mar Sauer and Ken Sell­now; sis­ters-in-law, Ber­nice Metke, Helen Sauer and Eileen Sell­now.   Fu­neral ser­vices for Rol­lie will be held on Sat­ur­day, May 11, at 3:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Ev. Lutheran Church in Hori­con, with Rev. Mark Wilkens of­fi­ci­at­ing. A vis­i­ta­tion for Rol­lie will be held at church on Sat­ur­day, May 11, from 1:30 p.m. until the time of ser­vice at 3:30 p.m. Fol­low­ing the ser­vice, grave­side mil­i­tary hon­ors will be con­ducted by the Hori­con Amer­i­can Le­gion Post # 157 at Oak Hill Ceme­tery in Hori­con.    The fam­ily wishes to sin­cerely thank the staff at the Marsh­field Med­ical Cen­ter in Beaver Dam, and the stu­dent nurses from the Moraine Park Tech­ni­cal Col­lege (nurs­ing pro­gram) for their at­ten­tion to de­tail and ex­cel­lent care. VA Ser­vices, Beaver Dam, 911 ser­vices of Hori­con. A spe­cial thank you to Pas­tor Wilkens from St. Stephens Lutheran Church and Koepsell Fu­neral Home for their care and sup­port dur­ing this time.    Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is car­ing for the fam­ily. www.​Koepsellfh.​com

   Betty A. Mu­sack (nee Brun­ner) 84, of Theresa passed away on Sun­day, May 5, 2024, at her home.   Betty was born the daugh­ter of Fred and Leona (Bor­chardt) Brun­ner on De­cem­ber 29, 1939. Betty was a grad­u­ate of Oconomowoc High School. She was united in mar­riage to Ger­ald Mu­sack on Oc­to­ber 11, 1958.   Betty had worked var­i­ous jobs through­out her life, but was best known for her cook­ing and bak­ing. She was fa­mous for her peanut squares and for her soups that she made for her son Mark’s bar, Mark’s Get­away and her rolls made from scratch.   Betty was a mem­ber of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Theresa.   In her spare time, Betty en­joyed quilt­ing, craft­ing, and tak­ing care of her flow­ers. She also en­joyed read­ing, word searches, and play­ing canasta. Betty also loved polka music.    Betty is sur­vived by her hus­band, Ger­ald, of Theresa; her chil­dren, Mark Mu­sack of Theresa, Julie Mu­sack-Voss of Fond du Lac, Vicky (Vin­cent) Bar­toli of Bur­nett, and Mitchell (Mar­garet) Mu­sack of Oshkosh; her grand­chil­dren, Richard (Jes­sica) Prib­now, Robert (Jen­nifer) Prib­now, Re­becca (Erik) Haefs, Fe­li­cia Bar­toli, Capri Bar­toli, An­thony Lenski, and Bran­don Mu­sack; her great-grand­chil­dren, Gra­cyn, Hud­son, Jay­den, Syd­ney, Avery, Riley, Aery­ona, Asher, and Clyde; her sis­ters-in-law, Mar­garet Brun­ner, Vir­ginia Wen­dorf, and Ja­nine Stre­blow; her brother-in-law, Allen Mu­sack; fur­ther sur­vived by nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives and friends.   She was pre­ceded in death by her par­ents; her daugh­ter, Tracy; broth­ers, Robert and William Brun­ner; and sis­ter-in-law, Mary Ann Brun­ner.   A fu­neral ser­vice for Betty will take place on Sat­ur­day, May 11, at 12 noon at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Theresa with Rev. Matthew Kuske of­fi­ci­at­ing. A vis­i­ta­tion will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of the ser­vice at 12 noon at the church. In­ter­ment will take place at Union Ceme­tery in Theresa.   Memo­ri­als may be di­rected to St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Theresa.   Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com

   Rose­marie ‘Rosie’ Re­nate Mit­tel­stadt, 85, of Mayville passed away on Mon­day, April 29, 2024, at Hope Health and Re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion in Lomira sur­rounded by her fam­ily.   Rosie was born the daugh­ter of Walde­mar and El­frede (Selke) Fell­ner on July 1, 1938, in Bre­mer­haven, Ger­many.She was united in mar­riage to Elroy Mit­tel­stadt on Feb­ru­ary 14, 1992.   She had re­tired from food ser­vice from the Hart­ford Hos­pi­tal. In her spare time, Rosie and Elroy loved to dance, whether it was ball­room danc­ing or polka danc­ing at a Ger­man Fest. She also loved to sup­port her chil­dren and grand­chil­dren at their sport­ing events through the years. Rosie was a mem­ber of St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Iron Ridge.   Rosie is sur­vived by her hus­band, Elroy, of Mayville; her chil­dren, Melanie Poole of Clin­tonville, Fred (fiancé Lisa Mi­hal­je­vic) Poole of South Mil­wau­kee, Jeanni Brinkman of Ken­neth City, FL, Thomas (Michelle) Poole of Al­len­ton, Mon­ica (Bruce) Kien­ast of La­dy­smith, Melanie (Alan) Gehl of Mayville, Wanda Wiep­king of Theresa, Deb­bie Eck­stein of Mayville, Ran­dal Mit­tel­stadt of Theresa, and Scott (Shawna) Mit­tel­stadt of Mayville; her sis­ter, Mar­lies Net­zel of Pin­neberg, Ger­many; her 15 grand­chil­dren, 15 great-grand­chil­dren, and one great-great-grand­child; fur­ther sur­vived by nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives, and friends.   She was pre­ceded in death by her par­ents; daugh­ter, Susan ‘Susie’ Poole; and sis­ter, Ur­sula See­bade.   A memo­r­ial ser­vice in mem­ory of Rosie took place on Sun­day, May 5, 2024, at 3 p.m. at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Iron Ridge with Rev. Larry Mose of­fi­ci­at­ing. A vis­i­ta­tion was held from 1-3 p.m. at the church on Sun­day.    Spe­cial thanks to Hope Health and Re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion and SSM Hos­pice for their amaz­ing care, sup­port, and guid­ance.    Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com