Oct. 22, 1931 – Oct. 18, 2024 Margaret Emma (Borgardt) Loving was a longtime, beloved kindergarten teacher’s aide who left an inestimable community legacy by nurturing many hundreds of Northern Door County students in their most formative school years. She died peacefully of natural causes, at age 92, on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, in Sister … Read more
Feb. 9, 1926 – Sept. 9, 2024 Richard Lee Shappell, 98 of Glidden Drive, Sturgeon Bay, died Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, at Jack and Engrid Meng Unity Hospice Facility in De Pere. Richard was born Feb. 9, 1926, in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, the only child of Herbert and Alice (Sullivan) Shappell. He graduated from Phillipsburg … Read more
Artists at work in PenArt’s new Tourtelot Studio in 2023. Photo by xoMe studio. A look inside Peninsula School of Art’s ongoing renovations When Peninsula School of Art launched its Door to Creativity (DTC) capital campaign in 2018, the plan was to raise $6.5 million for major campus renovations. The pandemic had other plans. When … Read more
Jan. 12, 1950 – Sept. 22, 2024 Jeanette Hope Stangland (née McBride) passed away unexpectedly at Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Green Bay, on Sept. 22, 2024. Jeanette was born in Minneapolis on Jan. 12, 1950, to parents Gene Allen McBride and Eunice Areta McBride (née Longenecker). The daughter of missionaries, she spent part of … Read more
d. Aug. 28, 2024 Lorel Jean Gordon, age 73, of Washington Island, Wisconsin, handed away peacefully on Aug. 28, 2024. Born and raised on Washington Island, Lorel was a beloved and valued member of the neighborhood. who touched the lives of many along with her kindness, heat, and hospitality. Lorel is survived by her devoted … Read more
