Kenneth L. “Dingles” Zehren, 76, formerly of St. Kilian passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at the Hospice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac.
He was born on November 9, 1949, the son of Leo and Madeline (nee Ruplinger) Zehren.
On April 6, 1991, Ken married Christine M. Thelen at St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Ashford.
Dingles worked at the West Bend Company for 43 years and also as a night janitor at Campbellsport Schools for eight years before retiring.
He was a very social individual; he would go for drives several times a day “to go see people” visiting friends and family. Dingles enjoyed his card playing groups, mowing grass at St. Kilian Cemetery, and his hunting group where he would make and serve his chili at the “Strawboss Tap”. He gardened and shared his produce with the neighborhood, and he especially enjoyed traveling in his gator and being the “ice cream man”. In his travels, Dingle’s theory was “You are never lost unless you are out of gas and money”.
Survivors include his children, Stacey (Miguel) Murillo, Stephany (Adam) Hettwer and Marcey (Nick) Laudolff; stepsons, Mathias G. (Julie) Thelen and Patrick (special friend Paulette Fellenz) Thelen; grandchildren, Brianna (special friend Drake Demerath), Hailley (special friend Morris Artilies), Autumn (special friend Parker Smith) and Jayce Loof, Natalie, Ajay, Mason, and Tamra Hettwer, Brandon and Nicole Laudolff, Michaela (Tim) Hansen, and Hannah and Jon Thelen; siblings, Tom (Diane) Zehren and Elaine (Charlie) Ertl; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Linda Zehren, Myra Zehren, Sister Carol Jaeger, SSSF, Gerald Jaeger, and Claudia and Neil Strassman; many nieces and nephews, other relatives and so many friends.
Dingles was preceded in death by his parents, Leo and Madeline; his wife, Chris, who passed on September 14, 2021; his brothers, Richard, Gary, and Larry; his Godson, Kenneth Immel; and sister-in-law, Barb Jaeger.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, March 28, at 1 p.m. at St. Kilian Catholic Church in St. Kilian (N189 County Road W Campbellsport). Rev. Mark Jones will officiate and burial will be in St. Kilian Cemetery.
Friends and family may call at St. Kilian Church before Mass starting at 10 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are appreciated to St. Kilian Church.
A special Thank You is extended to the many Doctors and Nurses who cared for Ken.
Twohig Funeral Home is serving the family with guestbook and condolences at www.twohigfunerals.com.
