2020

Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Donald A “Don Stepniak 86 passed away Wednesday May 20 2020 at Cherry Meadows Hospice The youngest of nine children he was born on the family farm in the Township of Lake on February 19 1934 to the late Walter and Martha Okoniewska Stepniak Don married Dolores Hoida on September 20 1958 at the former Epiphany Church Menominee MI and they were married for 61 years He attended Garfield School in a one room school for grades 1-2 St Anthony from grades 3-8 and Marinette High School Don was a Sea Scout in his high school years He attended St John’s in Collegeville MN for two years on a football scholarship before being drafted into the US Army where he continued to play football Don served in Germany and was honorably discharged as a Spec 3rd Class in the 7th Army in 1958 He then attended St Norbert College and earned his degree in Business Administration in 1960 Don worked at Appleton Mills from 1967-1996 retiring as the Manager of Human Resources He was the president of the Appleton Personnel Association and the first president of the Fox Valley Society for Human Resources 2020.

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Death notice for the town of: Little Chute, state: Wisconsin

death notice Donald A “Don Stepniak 86 passed away Wednesday May 20 2020 at Cherry Meadows Hospice The youngest of nine children he was born on the family farm in the Township of Lake on February 19 1934 to the late Walter and Martha Okoniewska Stepniak Don married Dolores Hoida on September 20 1958 at the former Epiphany Church Menominee MI and they were married for 61 years He attended Garfield School in a one room school for grades 1-2 St Anthony from grades 3-8 and Marinette High School Don was a Sea Scout in his high school years He attended St John’s in Collegeville MN for two years on a football scholarship before being drafted into the US Army where he continued to play football Don served in Germany and was honorably discharged as a Spec 3rd Class in the 7th Army in 1958 He then attended St Norbert College and earned his degree in Business Administration in 1960 Don worked at Appleton Mills from 1967-1996 retiring as the Manager of Human Resources He was the president of the Appleton Personnel Association and the first president of the Fox Valley Society for Human Resources 2020

obituary notice Donald A “Don Stepniak 86 passed away Wednesday May 20 2020 at Cherry Meadows Hospice The youngest of nine children he was born on the family farm in the Township of Lake on February 19 1934 to the late Walter and Martha Okoniewska Stepniak Don married Dolores Hoida on September 20 1958 at the former Epiphany Church Menominee MI and they were married for 61 years He attended Garfield School in a one room school for grades 1-2 St Anthony from grades 3-8 and Marinette High School Don was a Sea Scout in his high school years He attended St John’s in Collegeville MN for two years on a football scholarship before being drafted into the US Army where he continued to play football Don served in Germany and was honorably discharged as a Spec 3rd Class in the 7th Army in 1958 He then attended St Norbert College and earned his degree in Business Administration in 1960 Don worked at Appleton Mills from 1967-1996 retiring as the Manager of Human Resources He was the president of the Appleton Personnel Association and the first president of the Fox Valley Society for Human Resources 2020