Doris Fritchen, 89, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at the Prairie Ridge Hospital in Columbus, WI. She was a devoted wife, loving mother and caring grandmother who cared deeply for her family and friends. Doris was born to Rubin and Mabel Kuehl in New Holstein, WI.  She was a little sister to MaryAnn and had many fond memories from childhood spending time with her family especially out at the Kuehl farm just north of town as well as so many summers at their cottage on Lake Winnebago.

Doris attended school in New Holstein and met and fell in love with Jim when he transferred from Racine for his senior year in 1951. She graduated high school in 1953 and followed Jim to Mission House College (now Lakeland) and then on to UW-Milwaukee where she got her bachelor's degree in teaching. She taught pre-school, in Rosendale, WI and Kindergarten and Title One in Columbus, WI for many years.

Doris and Jim married in 1957 and were blessed with four children: Peggy, Stuart, Steven and Andrew.   They moved to Columbus where Jim worked until his retirement in 1991. After Jim's retirement, they worked at the Columbus Antique Mall and enjoyed touring the countryside for gifts and items to stock Doris' Page One antique booth.  They enjoyed a strong marriage of over 65 years and raising their four children and enjoying time with their six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She and Jim made many trips out west to Santa Fe to visit her sister MaryAnn, husband Jack & family as well as vacations to Gulf Shores to spend time with Jim's brother Delbert and his wife Phyllis.

Doris is survived by her brothers-in-law Jack Uhlenhopp, Delbert (Phyllis) Fritchen. Her children, Stuart (Lucinda) Fritchen, Steven Fritchen and Andrew (Callie) Fritchen. Son-In-Law Fred Goetsch, grandchildren, Mandi (Justin) Swaagman, Clara and Laurel Goetsch, Noah and Nicky Fritchen, Hunter Fritchen; great grandchildren, Mackenzie, Oliver Swaagman, as well as nieces, and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James, parents Rubin and Mabel Kuehl, her sister MaryAnn Uhlenhopp, Jim's sister and his brother-in-law Nancy and Robert Morgan, her son Steven's wife Phyllis and daughter Peggy (Fred) Goetsch earlier this year.

A private family service will be held at a future date.

Condolences can be posted to Jensen Funeral & Cremation website jensenfuneralandcremation.com.  In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to your favorite charity.