Ella Emilie Bischoff (89) formerly of Altamont

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Published on July 17 2017 5:21 pm

ELLA EMILIE BISCHOFF, 89, formerly of Altamont, passed away peacefully on Wednesday Morning July 13, 2017 at 3:00 AM at in the St. Francis Nursing Facility St. Cloud, Wisconsin where made her residence in recent years.

Funeral Services will be conducted Wednesday Morning July 19 at 11:00 AM in the Kull Funeral Chapel, Altamont with the Rev. Theodore Gall officiating. Visitation for family and friends will be conducted from 10:00 am - 11:00 am on Wednesday Morning. Burial Rites will be at the Zion Lutheran church cemetery immediately following the funeral service. Memorials may be directed to the St, Agnesian Hospice or the Winnebago Christian Academy Forward in Building Fund Trust.

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Ella was born into the Christian family one of four siblings Charles and Louise Schroeder-Campe. She began her long life on March 2, 1928 at the family farm Jackson Township, near Altamont, Illinois. Besides be a helpmate for her husband the late Rev. Lester Bischoff she also served as a part time nurse’s aide. She was married to Lester L. Bischoff Sr. in the Zion Lutheran Church by the Rev. Karl Weinrich on December 10, 1950. Lester preceded her in death on November 4, 2004.

She is survived by her: 3-Sons: Lester L. (wife, Joan) Bischoff Jr. of  Sheboygan, Wisconsin, John (wife Karin) Bischoff of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and Orville Bischoff and Denise of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota; Daughters: Marilyn Theel of Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, Nancy (husband, Jess) Nack of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and Karla (husband, Keith) Kiehnau of St. Cloud, Wisconsin; and Sister: Alma Hamrick of Effingham, Illinois.

She was preceded in death by her Brothers: Otto Campe and Infant Son Campe; and son in Law: Glenn Theel.