He worked for Grede Foundries in Kingsford and for Superior Steel before later settling in Morristown he proudly carried the nickname “Yankee.” He was involved in major construction projects Dale loved children and they enjoyed his clowning and conversations He was once part of the White Beret Drum and Bugle Corps in Iron Mountain Jameson and Jackson Hooker of Fairbanks; four sisters and Bonnie (Tommy) Hacker of Milwaukee; two brothers and Tom Lueneburg of Spread Eagle; and many nieces and nephews Tammy Sina; brothers Keith Lueneburg and Rick Lueneburg; several nieces and nephews; and longtime friend Rodney Adams There will be a celebration of life at a later date Copyright © 2025 Ogden News Publishing of Michigan | https://www.ironmountaindailynews.com | 215 E Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application the couple welcomed their first child Jason before moving to Denver Colorado where he worked for Frederic Printing They were blessed with their second child Greg in 1975 Wisconsin and Jim continued his career at Neenah Printing where he became General Manager Jim retired from Menasha Corporation and owner of his own woodworking business (B.S When Jim wasn’t working he liked to spend time with his family and friends He was an avid golfer who liked to play different courses but his favorite golf course was always The Orchards at Egg Harbor Jim would play the concertina for anyone who would listen He also loved to spend time at their cottage taking boat rides and snowmobiling in the winter Jim’s greatest joy was being part of anything that had to do with his family Jim and Linda had many adventures over their 51 years together They were fortunate to be able to see many parts of the world Together their favorite adventures were the ones spent with the entire family as family was always the most important to them Jim was preceded in death by his parents Clem and Deloris Lueneburg mother and father-in-law Jake and Edith Vogel children Jason (Julie) Lueneburg and Greg Lueneburg Sharon (Denny) Johnson and Gary (Pat) Lueneburg His many loved nieces and nephews and countless family members and friends The family wishes to express their sincere appreciation to the caregiving staff at the Valley VNA and Theda Care Hospital in Neenah The family will be establishing a memorial in Jim’s name Visitation is from 9:00 am to 11:00 am Service at 11:00 am followed by a luncheon at the church For those unable to attend, the memorial service will be live streamed at Faithfoxvalley.org Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors 1954 in South Bend to the late Ronald and Joy (Bayshore) Wiggins Debra was a lifelong resident of Michiana. and Christine (Chris) Frederick of Westfield Burial will be taking place at St Joseph Valley Memorial Park Palmer Funeral Homes-Bubb Chapel is assisting family with arrangements donations may be made in honor of Debra Lueneburg to Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) Indiana Chapter Online condolences may be made to the family at www.palmerfuneralhomes.com ESCANABA — Nobody can argue Denny Lueneburg’s passion in life It started in his teens and continues to this day I picked up a tennis racket and it seemed like the thing to do,” Lueneburg said “It’s more the passion found me I still have a passion to hit tennis balls and be on the court Everybody likes to pass on something they know Lueneburg recently resigned as the girls’ varsity tennis coach at Escanaba High School The job has been posted and Athletic Director Nick Nolde said the position will soon be filled said he will continue to spend his summers in Escanaba and teach tennis at a Palm Springs He also plans to do some instruction in Escanaba continue organizing the Michigan-Wisconsin Open and help with the EHS tennis program “I resigned from the coaching position,” Lueneburg said Some people still want lessons and I will do something like that on a limited basis I’ve been thinking about it the last few years I think the body was telling me I need to dial it down a little bit Lueneburg was a key assistant coach for Karin Flynn who led the Esky girls’ team to several U.P He has been a part of EHS tennis for nearly 30 years and took over the program when Flynn retired most recently leading the Eskymos to the 2011 Division 1 U.P Don’t be surprised to see Lueneburg still hanging out at Ludington Park — like he has for four decades –hitting tennis balls and enjoying his passion in life “I haven’t resigned from tennis,” Lueneburg said “I will spend my summer in Escanaba like I always do I just won’t be coaching the girls.” — Bay College baseball tripped south over the weekend for a Saturday and Sunday doubleheader .. | https://www.dailypress.net | 600 Ludington St. (WLUK) - A man upset with his ex-girlfriend allegedly threatened to kill her and shoot up Lincoln High School appeared in court for a bond hearing Wednesday on four possible charges He returns to court Monday for an initial appearance charges are typically filed after the bond hearing and before the initial appearance Lueneburg admitted he planned to go to the high school Wednesday and commit a mass shooting the day before Lueneburg allegedly made the threat he took an Uber to Manitowoc's Pulaski Park two blocks from his ex-girlfriend's house with a folding pocket knife for five hours Lambrecht noted a previous incident in Green Bay when he also was involved in a weapons incident at a school Lueneburg was “planning to go to the school and act like a student to get into the building to do the shooting,” the probable cause statement says When police asked Luenburg if the school and his ex-girlfriend had a reason to be afraid of him Defense attorney Carl Knepel requested a lower amount Commissioner Patricia Koppa said she was afraid for the Lincoln H.S High school: Tuesday's sports resultsUSA TODAY NETWORK-WisconsinCHECK BACK FOR UPDATES Maya Krause/Esmeralda Fernandez-Zepeda 6-0 3 doubles were not played due to a lack of Roncalli players WASHINGTON (TND) — "Eldest Daughter Syndrome" is an unofficial mental health diagnosis to describe what some call the unique pressures and responsibilities that come with being the oldest daughter in the family Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Kati Morton gave eight signs of "Eldest Daughter Syndrome" in a post that has gone viral The eight signs that you have "eldest daughter syndrome" are: She added it is not clear how much birth order matters even though some oldest daughters say they have the personality traits associated with "Eldest Daughter Syndrome." everybody's going to be different because think about our family dynamics," she noted Dr. Leigh Richardson, the CEO of the Brain Performance Center, said "Eldest Daughter Syndrome" isn't real in every family; it's popular because many people desire to understand who they are. "In the last two years coming out of COVID, it changed a big piece of our identity. I mean, for five weeks, my business was shut down. I couldn't go to the gym. I couldn't go to church. It really did impact me," she shared. "We're looking for something that we can kind of say, okay, that's who I am. That's why I think the way I think." "A lot of us are seeking to understand ourselves on a greater level, which is wonderful," Morton added. It is not just the eldest daughters who sometimes feel like a third parent. "My brother's older, but the fact that when we would go home from school I would always feel like I was responsible for cooking us meals," Morton shared. "I also definitely feel more of an emotional responsibility to the family as a whole." There is no official "Eldest Son Syndrome," but firstborn sons face pressure in different ways. Morton said these men often feel they need a strong career path and make good money, whereas first-born daughters feel more pressure to take care of things at home. "Different cultures and firstborn means different things. Certainly, as far as inheritance goes, if you're the firstborn male, you're the one that is going to be the first one to receive the inheritance," Richardson noted. "There's a lot of stigma associated with being the firstborn." ESCANABA — Since the 1960s, people looking to have fun in Escanaba have been able to go to local bowling alley Bowl-A-Rama. Ken Lueneburg, who co-owns the business, said it has grown and changed over the years. Originally, Bowl-A-Rama was co-owned by Bernie St. Onge and Clayton Tanguay, who opened the bowling alley in 1963. Lueneburg said options for bowling in the area then were limited. “At that time, I don’t think we had much here,” he said. Bowl-A-Rama had 16 lanes when it opened. St. Onge and Tanguay added eight lanes to the bowling alley in the 1970s. Lueneburg, who has long been a bowling enthusiast, became a co-owner of Bowl-A-Rama in January 1996. “I actually was a meat cutter at Elmer’s County Market,” he said. While he was working there, Elmer Dagenais was asked if he would be interested in taking over Bowl-A-Rama. “He said ‘no, but I know someone who would,'” Lueneburg said. During his time as co-owner of Bowl-A-Rama, Lueneburg has overseen multiple changes to the bowling alley. These have included the remodeling of the building’s bar and bowling area, as well as the installation of a pizza oven and a deep fryer. In addition to these improvements, regular maintenance has continued at Bowl-A-Rama. “Of course, we redo lanes … about every two years, we coat and then we resurface,” Lueneburg said. Currently, Lueneburg said business at Bowl-A-Rama has been mixed. “The kids’ leagues are way down,” he said. However, there have been some bright spots for the bowling alley. “Open bowling’s been really good,” he said, noting that open bowling numbers been going up slightly each year. Meanwhile, participation in Bowl-A-Rama’s adult leagues has leveled off. “It’s been staying the same for probably three years now — four years,” Lueneburg said. Lueneburg also said Bowl-A-Rama hosts local high school bowling programs. “We actually have Escanaba and Gladstone here,” he said. In the future, Lueneburg said he plans to continue doing what he has been doing at Bowl-A-Rama. While he is interested in making larger-scale improvements to the bowling alley, the cost of doing so has proven to be prohibitive. “We want to get stuff done, but it’s so expensive,” he said. For more information on Bowl-A-Rama, visit www.upbowling.com. GLADSTONE — Voters who live within the Gladstone Area Schools district will have a chance to vote today on the ... IRON MOUNTAIN — Temperatures this summer could be a degree or two above the historical average in the Upper ... ESCANABA — Escanaba will soon have a new activity for families as work begins to replace the former Webster ... Copyright © 2025 Ogden News Publishing of Michigan, Inc. | https://www.dailypress.net | 600 Ludington St., Escanaba, MI 49829 | 906-786-2021 BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors said Monday they were notified that a former Nazi death camp guard dubbed the "Accountant of Auschwitz" died before he could begin serving his 4-year sentence. Hannover prosecutor Kathrin Soefker said a lawyer informed her office that Oskar Groening, 96, died Friday in a hospital. The office is awaiting an official death certificate, Soefker said. The lawyer, Hans Holtermann, didn't immediately respond to a request for confirmation. Groening's death first was reported Monday by German weekly Der Spiegel. Groening was convicted in Lueneburg in 2015 as an accessory to the murder of 300,000 Jews. The Lueneburg court concluded that although there was no evidence of involvement in a specific killing, Groening knew that Jews were being slaughtered at the German death camp and supported the killings through his actions. Groening testified at his trial that he oversaw the collection of prisoners' belongings at Auschwitz and ensured valuables and cash were separated to be sent to Berlin — the actions that earned him the "Accountant of Auschwitz" label. He said he witnessed individual atrocities, but did not acknowledge participating in any crimes. All of his appeals were rejected, and it was only his ill health that kept him from being sent to prison in recent years. Most recently, his lawyers made one final bid for clemency, a decision on which still was pending. Efraim Zuroff, the head Nazi hunter for the Simon Wiesenthal Center, said it was unfortunate that Groening's conviction didn't result in "at least symbolic justice" for the victims of Auschwitz. In 2011, former Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk became the first person convicted in Germany solely for serving as a death camp guard without evidence of being involved in a specific killing. Demjanjuk, who always denied serving at the Sobibor camp, died before his appeal could be heard. In 2016, former SS sergeant Reinhold Hanning was convicted on 170,000 counts of accessory to murder for serving as an Auschwitz guard. He, too, died before he could begin serving his 5-year-sentence. Hanning apologized for his wartime service, telling Holocaust survivors that "it disturbs me deeply" to have been a part of the Nazis' genocidal machinery. LUENEBURG, Germany — A former Auschwitz guard acknowledged Tuesday that he bears a share of the moral guilt for atrocities at the camp, but told judges at the opening of his trial that it is up to them to decide whether he deserves to be convicted as an accessory to murder. Oskar Groening, 93, acknowledged having helped collect and tally money as part of his job dealing with the belongings stolen from people arriving at Auschwitz. That earned him the moniker "Accountant of Auschwitz." Groening testified that he volunteered to join the SS in 1940 after training as a banker, and served at Auschwitz from 1942-44. He didn't mention directly participating in any atrocities and said he unsuccessfully sought a transfer after witnessing one. "I share morally in the guilt, but whether I am guilty under criminal law, you will have to decide," Groening told judges hearing the case as he closed an hour-long statement to the court. Under the German legal system, defendants do not enter formal pleas. Groening faces 300,000 counts of accessory to murder at the trial, which will test a new line of German legal reasoning that anyone who served as a guard at a Nazi death camp was complicit in what happened there, and can be charged as an accessory to murders committed there — even without evidence of involvement in a specific death. "Through his job, the defendant supported the machinery of death," prosecutor Jens Lehmann said as he read out the indictment. About 60 Holocaust survivors or their relatives from the U.S., Canada, Israel and elsewhere have joined the prosecution as co-plaintiffs, as is allowed under German law. The charges against Groening relate to a period between May and June 1944, when some 425,000 Jews from Hungary were brought to Auschwitz and at least 300,000 almost immediately gassed to death. In his statement, Groening described the arrival of transports of Jewish prisoners in detail, and recalled an incident in late 1942 in which another SS man smashed a baby against a truck, "and his crying stopped." He said he was "shocked" and the following day asked a lieutenant for a transfer, which wasn't granted. On his way into the court in Lueneburg, south of Hamburg, Groening said he expects an acquittal. He could face a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison if found guilty. Auschwitz survivor Eva Kor said Groening asked: "If you're guilty, is there such a thing as morally guilty but to be legally not?" It is unclear how long the trial will last; court sessions have been scheduled through the end of July. LUENEBURG, Germany — Former SS Sgt. Oskar Groening told a German court Tuesday that he kept watch as thousands of Jews were led from cattle cars and into the gas chambers at the Auschwitz death camp where he served as a guard. The 93-year-old, charged with 300,000 counts of accessory to murder, said as his trial opened that he witnessed atrocities, but he did not acknowledge participating in any crimes. He recalled how a fellow guard discovered a baby abandoned among luggage and bashed it against a truck to stop its crying. After that, he said, he requested a transfer and started to drink heavily to cope with working at the camp in Poland. “I share morally in the guilt, but whether I am guilty under criminal law you will have to decide,” Groening told judges hearing the case at the Lueneburg state court in northern Germany. Under the German legal system, defendants do not enter formal pleas. Groening told the court he volunteered to join the SS in 1940 after working briefly at a bank, and he served at Auschwitz from 1942 to 1944. Aside from helping on the ramp as transports of Jews arrived, Groening said his main task was to help collect and tally money as part of his job dealing with the belongings stolen from people arriving at Auschwitz — a job for which the German media have dubbed him the “Accountant of Auschwitz.” Groening said the money was sent to Berlin. Pressed by presiding Judge Franz Kompisch, he said his view was that it belonged to the state. “They didn’t need it anymore,” he said of the Jews from whom the money was taken — drawing gasps from Auschwitz survivors watching. Among them was Eva Kor, one of about 60 survivors and relatives from the United States, Canada, Israel and elsewhere who joined the trial as co-plaintiffs, as allowed under German law. She is expected to testify. Kor, 81, said she lost her parents and two older sisters in Auschwitz, and she and her twin sister, Miriam, were subjected as 10-year-olds to horrific experiments by notorious camp doctor Josef Mengele. Groening could face a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison if convicted. There are 11 open investigations against ex-Auschwitz guards; charges have been filed in three of those cases, including Groening’s. Eight former guards at the Majdanek camp also are under investigation. More More Brands More Shows saying her forgiveness did not absolve him from taking responsibility.Auschwitz concentration camp survivor Eva Kor in the courtroom in Lueneburg Germany -- One of the last remaining survivors of Auschwitz confronted the death camp's so-called accountant on Wednesday saying her forgiveness of Nazi crimes did not absolve the perpetrators from taking responsibility Eva Kor became prisoner A-7063 at Auschwitz — torn from her family and subjected to horrific medical experiments at the hands of Dr "My forgiveness has nothing to do with the perpetrators."' On Wednesday, the now 81-year-old was in court for the trial of 93-year-old Oskar Groening -- charged as an accessory to the murder of 300,000 people at Auschwitz "Did you know Josef Mengele?" the Hungarian native asked a fragile Groening Kor took the stand as the grandson of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess looked on She started with a statement about the deaths of 119 of her relatives and told the court how she and her twin sister were torn apart from their family within 30 minutes of arriving at Auschwitz and starved for the love of the mothers and fathers we once had," she said Kor said she and Miriam were one set of approximately 1,500 sets of twins subjected to Mengele's gruesome procedures Thursdays and Saturdays -- we were brought to a lab "They took blood from my left arm and gave me at least five injections into my right arm told the court she had a "fierce determination to live one more day Kor recounted Mengele once looking at her medical charts and laughing sarcastically "Too bad she's so young," she recalled him saying Groening was impassive as Kor issued her statement "How do you feel about my forgiving you and all the Nazis for what was done to me?" she also asked The judge would not allow him to answer Kor's questions "My forgiveness has nothing to do with the perpetrators "My forgiveness does not absolve the perpetrators from taking responsibility for their actions nor does it diminish my need and right to ask questions about what happened at Auschwitz." Her testimony on the second day of the trial followed evidence from Groening centering on the selection process for Jews arriving at Auschwitz He told the court there were just three occasions when he was on the railway platforms — saying it was not his regular duty — and that he had nothing to do with deciding who would live or die There were two doctors at the head of the lines of disembarking Jews who decided who was fit for work or not Those on board the trains "hadn't a clue" what was about to happen to them The charges against Groening relate to the period between May and July 1944 when 137 trains carrying roughly 425,000 Jews from Hungary arrived in Auschwitz At least 300,000 of them were sent straight to the gas chambers Six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust This story originally appeared on NBCNews.com LUENEBURG, Germany — Former SS Sergeant Oskar Groening told a German court Tuesday that he helped keep watch as thousands of Jews were led from cattle cars directly to the gas chambers at the Auschwitz death camp where he served as a guard. The 93-year-old, charged with 300,000 counts of accessory to murder, said as his trial opened that he witnessed individual atrocities but did not acknowledge participating in any crimes. He recalled how a fellow guard discovered a baby abandoned among luggage and bashed it against a truck to stop its crying. After that, Groening unsuccessfully requested a transfer and started to drink vodka heavily to cope with working at the camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, he said. “I share morally in the guilt, but whether I am guilty under criminal law, you will have to decide,” Groening told judges hearing the case at the Lueneburg state court in northern Germany. Under the German legal system, defendants do not enter formal pleas. Groening testified in a lengthy statement to the court that he volunteered to join the SS in 1940 after working briefly at a bank, and he served at Auschwitz from 1942 to 1944. Aside from helping on the ramp as transports of Jews arrived, Groening said, his main task was to help collect and tally money as part of his job dealing with the belongings stolen from people arriving at Auschwitz — a job for which the German press has dubbed him the “Accountant of Auschwitz.” Groening said the money was regularly sent back to Berlin. Pressed by presiding Judge Franz Kompisch, he said his view was that it belonged to the state. Among them was Eva Kor, one of some 60 survivors and relatives from the United States, Canada, Israel, and elsewhere who joined the trial as co-plaintiffs as allowed under German law. She is expected to testify as a witness. Kor, 81, said she lost her parents and two older sisters in Auschwitz and said she and her twin sister, Miriam, were subjected as 10-year-olds to horrific experiments by notorious camp Dr. Josef Mengele. Kor, who now lives in Indiana, said she will ask Groening about what might have happened to Mengele’s files in the hope she can learn what she and her sister were subjected to — experiments she said caused her sister to die early nearly 30 years ago of kidney failure. Groening could face a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison if convicted. On his way into court, he told reporters he expects an acquittal. His attorney, Hans Holtermann, wouldn’t speculate on the outcome. “Mr. Groening made a long statement about the things he did in Auschwitz and he confessed that in a moral way he’s guilty in the Holocaust, but in the end, the decision whether he’s guilty or not needs to be made by the court,” Holtermann told reporters. Groening, who is not in custody, entered the courtroom with the help of a walker. He was lucid as his testimony began but gradually lost focus and Kompisch ended the session early, saying he would question Groening further Wednesday. The trial is the first to test a new line of German legal reasoning that has unleashed an 11th-hour wave of new investigations of Nazi suspects. Prosecutors argue that anyone who was a death camp guard can be charged as an accessory to murders committed there, even without evidence of involvement in a specific death. There are currently 11 open investigations against former Auschwitz guards, and charges have been filed in three of those cases, including Groening’s. Eight former Majdanek guards are also under investigation. The charges against Groening relate to a period in May and June 1944 when some 425,000 Jews from Hungary were brought to Auschwitz and at least 300,000 almost immediately gassed to death. “Through his job, the defendant supported the machinery of death,” prosecutor Jens Lehmann said. Groening recalled that he and other recruits were told by an SS major before going to Auschwitz they would “perform a duty that will clearly not be pleasant, but one necessary to achieve final victory.” Groening testified that he did not know what that duty was until he arrived at Auschwitz but learned that Jews were being selected for work and those who couldn’t work were being killed. Thomas Walther, who represents many of the co-plaintiffs, welcomed Groening’s decision to make a statement and answer questions — almost unheard of in Nazi prosecutions. “It’s a positive signal for the future course of the trial,” he said. Home Delivery Gift Subscriptions Log In Manage My Account Customer Service Delivery Issues Feedback News Tips Help & FAQs Staff List Advertise Newsletters View the ePaper Order Back Issues News in Education Search the Archives Privacy Policy Terms of Service Terms of Purchase Work at Boston Globe Media Internship Program Co-op Program Do Not Sell My Personal Information Message for German People94-year-old Oskar Groening was handed a four-year sentence in what is probably the last major war crimes trial in Germany 'You can tell yourself you only dealt with suitcases,' the judge said 'but you saw what happened there.' the so-called “Auscwitz bookkeper,” by a German court this week and his sentencing to four years in prison sent an important message to the German public and the entire world Service The “Golden Panel” from the Landesmuseum Hannover is considered one of the most important works from the period of the International Gothic around 1400 It once served as the retable of the high altar in the church of the Benedictine abbey of St conservators and scientists worked together closely to investigate the altarpiece in detail With its expertise in the fields of conservation and restoration and in art history the Gemäldegalerie was able to support the project both in terms of securing funding as well as carrying out the project The collection of the Landesmuseum Hannover has preserved two wings of the altarpiece with lavishly coloured statuettes in a shrine architecture of the highest quality along with six painted sections featuring a series of pictures depicting 36 scenes from the life and Passion of Jesus contained in the first display side of the winged altarpiece which received significant financial support from the Volkswagen Foundation sought to carry out a comprehensive art-historical and technological investigation of the work which was to then serve as a foundation for the ensuing restoration of the piece Dr Stephan Kemperdick oversaw the project from an art-historical perspective while conservator-restorer Dr Babette Hartwieg was involved in the systematic on-site technological investigations and oversaw the restoration work The project informed an exhibition at the Landesmuseum Hannover A number of the key outcomes of the project were shared with the research community in publications Antje-Fee Köllermann and Christine Unsinn (eds.): “Die Goldene Tafel aus Lüneburg” Niederdeutsche Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte Babette Hartwieg: “The Goldene Tafel from Lüneburg 1420: New Findings about Painting Process and Characteristics” and Till-Holger Borchert (eds.): Technical Studies of Paintings: Problems of Attribution (15th-17th Centuries): Papers presented at the Nineteenth Symposium for the Study of Underdrawing and Technology in Painting held in Bruges Gemäldegalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) Dr Antje-Fee Köllermann (Project management and curator of Old Masters at the Landesmuseum Hannover) Collaboration partners: Städel Cooperative Professorship at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main Hildesheim University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HAWK) Funding: Volkswagen Foundation; Klosterkammer Hannover Project duration: 2012 to 2016 (Phase 1) Staatliche Museen zu Berlin