POSTCRESCENT.COM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2022 5A AP-SPAD1104153347 Due to the holiday, our office hours and obituary placement times may vary. Please contact us at 888-774-7744 or for further details. WI-GCI0990597-01 Obituaries Jerome (Jerry) Reitzner was born Sept. 19, 1927. He passed away on De- cember 19, 2022, in his sleep.
Jerry joined the navy on his 17th birthday in 1944 and served thru 1948.In April of 1948 he married Faye White at a small church in Escondi- do, CA.He and Faye re- turned to the fox valley and raised six kids, three dogs, and two parakeets. Dad was employed at American Can in Neen- ah and retired in 1991. Dad was a union man and supported employ- ee rights and good wag- es and benefits. He also served on the board for the local National Alli- ance for the Mentally Ill. He enjoyed camping and fishing in Wisconsin, Montana, andArizona.Dad lived a long, full, and rich life.
Jerry outlived his parents, his wife, his siblings, his son David, and most of his friends. Survivors include five children: Steven, Robert, (Penny), and Janice and one grand- childNicole.Dad enjoyed his stays at Island Shores, Elder Lodge, and CopperstoneMemory Care.His final years were handled with grace and compas- sion thru Thedacare hospice.Dr. and all on your team: BLESS- INGS TO YOU ALL! Photos of life can be seen at simplycremationgb.com. Dad requested that there be no religious service or burial, and the living attend to the living. Jerome (Jerry) Reitzner APPLETON Julie Ann Short, 74 of Appleton passed away suddenly on December 23, 2022.
She graduated from Aqui- nas High School in La Crosse, WI in 1966 and then went on to Viterbo College where she earned her BA in English. In 1966, She met the love of her life, Michael Short. They married in La Crosse in 1970 and moved toAppleton where she began her teaching career at Freedom High School. Eight years later, they started their family andwere blessed with two (Katie) and Elizabeth (Betsy). Julie is survived by her loving her 2 daughters and grandchildren Katherine (Jason) Olp, Brody and Julia and Elizabeth (Adam) Ak- stulewicz Ethan, Reese, Sawyer and Bailey.
She is also survived by her Mother Marion Hogdon, six sisters and one brother andmany nieces, nephews and cousins. She is preceded in death by her father Sylvan (Gordy) Paulson, father-in-Law Roscoe Short andmother-in-lawWanda Short and her favorite grand dog, Rookie. Services will be held atWichmann Funeral Home on Tues. January 3.Visitation will be from 9am 11 am with a service to follow. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established in her name.
To leave an online condolence message please visit: https://www.wichmannfuneralhomes.com/ obituaries Julie Ann Short KAUKAUNA Gail Herrick Schilling (Ardis) passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 27, 2022. She was born in Long Island, New York on August 3, 1937. She was preceded in death by her parents, ColbyV.Ardis II, and EarnestineArdis. Gail moved toMontana with her parents during World War II. When her father went to the Aleu- tian Islands, Gail moved to Sheboygan, WI with her mother and brother to be near family.
Later she moved to Green and graduated from Green BayWest High School in 1956. That Fall she enrolled at Carroll College and shortly thereafter met her future husband, Glenn L. Schilling. After Glenn graduated from college, they married on June 14, 1958, at First United Methodist Church in Green Bay, WI. When Glenn returned from the military in 1959, they moved to Neenah, WI, and remained there until 1968, when they moved to Together they had two andGrant.When her childrenwere in returned to college and graduated with a degree in Education in 1975 from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.
Gail was particularly proud of completing her college degree, while also balancing being a wife andmother.While never teaching enjoyed working as a long- term substitute teacher in the Fox Cities and did teaching. Later when her children were off to college, Gail became interested in physical fitness, racket ball, and served as a fitness instructor. She also developed a passion for Duplicate Bridge, where she achieved a Gold Life Masters Certification.Gail enjoyed playing bridgemultiple times a week up until her passing. She developedmany friendships that she cherished deeply throughout her time at the bridge table. Glenn and Gail spent over 64 married years together, building their life and family.
They had a wonderful marriage and created many lasting memories together. Gail particularly loved traveling, and together Glenn andGail enjoyedmultiple cruises in the Caribbean and Europe. For the past 31 years, they spent their winters in Marco Island, Florida where they built many strong friendships. Gail has said many times throughout her life that she is happiest when she is surrounded by family. pride and joy in life was being a mother to her two children.
She loved being a grandma and even had the pleasure to be to two great grandchildren. Gail loved life and brightened every room she entered with her infectious personality. She developed friends wherever she went, always living life to the fullest.We all will miss Gail immensely. Gail is survived by her children: Glenda (Mark) Conforti, Grant (Kacy) Schilling; grandchildren: Aaron Conforti, Paige (Michael) Oney, Aiden, and Eleanor Schilling as well as great grandchildren Griffin and TatumOney. She is further survived by her Colby (Marcia) Ardis, many nieces and nephews, as well as countless lifelong friends.
Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on 30, 2022, at Peace UnitedMethodist Church, 2300 WI, with Rev. Arveda Kirk officiating. Visitation will be held at the church from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the service.
Entombment will be at Fort Howard Memorial Park Mausoleum in Green Bay. To leave an online condolence for the family, please visit www.verkuilenfh.com. Gail H. Schilling AnneliseD. 91 Jacksonport 17-Dec Huehns FH, Inc.
LLC 90 Manitowoc 25-Dec HarriganParkside Funeral HomeandCrematory Jerome (Jerry) 19-Dec H. 83 Kaukauna 27-Dec Verkuilen-VanDeurzen Family Funeral Home, Inc JulieAnn 74 Appleton 23-Dec WichmannFuneral Home JoAnnMargaret 80 Appleton 22-Dec WichmannFuneral Homes Additional information in display obituaries Obituaries appear in print and online at www.PostCrescent.com/Obituaries OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES Name Age Town, State Death Date Arrangements At Janesville appear to have a problem with State testing in May showed no amounts in its drinking water. When the Journal Sentinel checked this claim in August by testing the water, it found levels 28 times above the EPA recommended limits. Janesville disputed the high results, attributing them to possibly faulty water pipes in the house where reporters took the sample even though experts say pipes do not emit the chemicals. Three months later, Janesville sam- pled its water itself, levels that mirrored the Journal Sentinel results.
This time, Janesville blamed the dis- crepancy of the testing results on the labs involved and said it would take no action. reaction to forever chem- icals also known as PFAS in its drink- ing water illustrates how some towns in Wisconsin are resistant to vigorously ad- dressing the issue of the potentially harmful compounds. Over the summer the Journal Sentinel collected water from 40 homes across the state and sent the samples to North- ern Lake Service, a lab in Cran- don. The lab found that 12 of the 40 sam- ples, or had at least one forever chemical compound over federal recom- mendations. All the samples were col- lected in homes connected to municipal water systems, not private wells.
Of the 12 towns with elevated levels, Abbotsford, Janesville, Boscobel, Merrill and Necedah said they were not concerned. Madison said it was al- ready taking action to remove some PFAS from one of its wells. Muscoda would not comment. Palmyra, Ashland, Shawano and Delavan did not respond to questions about whether they would address the contamination. Only one town, Junction City in cen- tral Wisconsin, took any new steps.
Vil- lage leaders brought the issue to its board and said they would try to deter- mine where the PFAS originated. But they would not commit to further test- ing. In Janesville, water utility director David Botts said the city was not con- cerned over the levels found in Journal Sentinel testing, even if they were above EPA recommendations. He pointed out that the results were well below the state Department of Natural Resources regu- latory limit of 70 parts per trillion. The EPA recommendations are guidance, not enforceable laws.
He wrote in an email that the city will monitor the chemical levels and appropriate action based on DNR re- quirements in the Residents who are concerned about PFAS in their drinking water should use a device, he said. The state is now requiring that towns and cities test their public water sys- tems, a program that began in Novem- ber. But testing be complete for all water utilities until spring, meaning thousands of Wisconsinites might be in the dark for months about their risk. PFAS, a group of more than 10,000 compounds, are widely used in consum- er products, such as non-stick pots and pans, waterproof clothing and ing foam. The compounds are commonly called because they build up over time in both the environ- ment, where they travel through soil into water, and in the body, where they cling to blood cells.
The 12 towns highlighted in the Jour- nal Sentinel testing had at least one PFAS compound in their drinking water above EPA recommendations, which are .02 and .004 parts per trillion for the two major compounds. The newspaper re- sults ranged from .05 to 4.5 parts per tril- lion, below the state legal standard of 70. Public health and chemical research- ers are split on the risks of ingesting the compounds at levels found in the Jour- nal Sentinel tests. Some say the sub- stances at any level can be harmful, but others so sure. The EPA came up with its advisory level this year after con- sidering more than 400 peer-reviewed studies.
The agency said it would issue updated regulatory guid- ance by the end of the year. Some Wisconsin towns slow to act on Laura Schulte and Katelyn Ferral Milwaukee Journal Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK WISCONSIN.