This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page She worked at Rich’s Bakery for 29 years Family was Joan’s life and she loved spending time with her grandkids and great grandkids Joan is survived by her children: Marge (Bernie) Piette of Greenville and Scott Wendt of Seymour; 13 grandchildren; and 25 great grandchildren She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Louis; and her siblings: Henry Wachtendonk Visitation will begin at the church at 9:00 a.m and will continue until the time of the mass or the Salvation Army in Joan’s honor VILLAGE OF HARRISON - Investigators are looking into how and where a fire started in a commercial building in the Village of Harrison Tuesday morning Harrison Fire Rescue was called to the building at 5051 Amy Avenue in the Village of Harrison at 9:40 a.m. deputy chief for EMS at Harrison Fire Rescue including the warehouse for a swimming pool company The roof was beginning to cave in and not long after they arrived the walls fell Officials do not believe anyone was in the building and there were no injuries reported He said the building looked to be a total loss The Appleton Fire Department’s hazardous materials team arrived about 10:50 a.m Firefighters believed some chemicals might be inside They have identified some chemicals inside the building but there is no danger to the surrounding area so there is no cause for concern," he said Jungen anticipated firefighters would be at the scene for a few more hours Multiple departments assisted in fighting the fire A warehouse for the company The Pool Team was destroyed He emphasized the business was not destroyed; the retail store at W2719 Brookhaven Drive in Appleton is still intact The company started using the space as a warehouse about two weeks ago and materials and equipment were destroyed in the fire Wenzel Window and Door owner Shawn Wenzel confirmed that his company was moving into the space He said that they were setting up a show room and a warehouse area in the space "I'm pretty speechless at this point,” Wenzel said Tuesday afternoon Alison Dirr: 920-996-7266 or adirr@gannett.com; on Twitter @AlisonDirr; Madeleine Behr: 920-996-7226, or mbehr@gannett.com; on Twitter @madeleinebehr Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article Print Behind the glass of the picture window cornflower blue wings flap slowly beneath the balloon of a muslin-covered zeppelin Wheels connected by bicycle chains to the airship rotate while a tiny metal man scans the horizon with a bronze spyglass another steers the wheel of the ship and a third pops up from a hatch on the deck A red rudder pivots back and forth below the keel of ship a prop shop called Jadis that first opened in Santa Monica in 1976 The flying machine, powered by a small electrical motor contained within the balloon, looks like something Terry Gilliam might have dreamed up during his Monty Python days, or one of the late artist Chris Burden’s airplane factory art installations 2019An earlier version of this story said Skeeter Wachtendonk joined the Coast Guard as a young man Instead, the zeppelin was built by a Wisconsin couple almost 40 years ago, found by chance in a Ventura junk shop and installed in the window of Jadis by its owners, Susan Lieberman and her late partner Parke Meek an artist who worked with Frank Lloyd Wright Buckminster Fuller and Charles and Ray Eames an aging flying machine that had seen better days but still drew crowds to the window of the oft-closed shop “I never thought I’d ever find the maker,” said Lieberman a tall woman with a cap of blond hair who has run the shop mostly only opening it on the weekends and by appointment Most of the shop’s business came from renting props to movies including “The Artist,” “Gods and Monsters,” “Batman & Robin” and “X-Men.” What Lieberman had decided to do was not to sell the airship — she’s gotten many offers over the years — but to somehow find its makers and refurbish the machine hampered by the fact that she initially had no idea who had made it decades ago Lieberman eventually tracked down Donna Wachtendonk who had made the machines with her late husband Edward as well as hundreds of other items in their small Wisconsin workshop maybe she’d like to get out of the Wisconsin winter,” said Lieberman a pair of plane tickets and offered them a trip to Los Angeles Wachtendonk and Stilen came to Los Angeles from Wild Rose with a suitcase of supplies and gear for repairing the airships as Wachtendonk had stopped making the machines shortly after her husband died 20 years ago A detail of the newly-refurbished zeppelin at Jadis in Santa Monica Schaben / Los Angeles Times) In the workshop in the back of the prop shop two plastic skulls and a Van de Graaff electrostatic generator Wachtendonk and Stilen disassembled the zeppelin stripping the fabric that came apart in their hands from the balloon but so much more complicated,” said Wachtendonk as she whipstitched muslin and recalled the early days of the business They cleaned the structure with toothbrushes and steel wool “We just went to the Home Depot,” said Lieberman who runs the shop with the help of her assistant Jenny White “This was all my husband’s fault,” said Wachtendonk He made this huge airplane out of his mom’s coat hangers and it just snowballed from there.” Skeeter Wachtendonk joined the Air Force as a young man and would make models of airplanes and ships for “visiting dignitaries.” Then and had a standing order from the museum at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton motorhomes with tiny dentists’ offices inside and ships including a 14-foot model of the USS Wisconsin in restaurants and bars,” said Wachtendonk of all the machines which were disseminated across the country to museums private collectors and junk shops like the one where Lieberman found the airship she’s working on “Katye’s been welding since she was 5 years old,” said Wachtendonk “That’s how I got my braces,” she explained as her parents would barter many of their inventions for services including the Model-T that was the first car Stilen ever drove “I got a ride on a P-51 Mustang,” said Wachtendonk From left: Katye Stilen; her mother Donna Wachtendonk; Jadis owner Susan Lieberman; her assistant Jenny White Schaben / Los Angeles Times) After a few days repairing the zeppelin as well as a second machine they call the “thumper,” an ornithopter built on top of a steampunk tractor Wachtendonk and Stilen reassembled the airship and rehung it back in the front of the shop as curious onlookers again peered in the window metal rocket ships and bronze robots — one made by an Echo Park artist another by a JPL engineer — completed the futuristic diorama “I should close it,” Lieberman said of the shop which she came close to shuttering after the death of her partner nine years before “What is it?” Wachtendonk said that folks will usually ask of the flying machines The fashion designer John Galliano once came into the shop “I asked how I’d get it to him and he said Jadis, 2701 Main St., Santa Monica; (310) 396-3477; jadisprops.com/moderne amy.scattergood@latimes.com Instagram: @AScattergood Amy Scattergood is the former editor of the Los Angeles Times Food section and a former member of the Food reporting team. Lifestyle Travel & Experiences 2019: An earlier version of this story said Skeeter Wachtendonk joined the Coast Guard as a young man Subscribe for unlimited access Site Map Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application passed away at Appleton Medical Center on Wednesday She was born in Combined Locks on October 23 daughter of the late George and Johanna (Ver Hallen) Koenen she married Richard Van Ryzin in Combined Locks Ada spent most of her time thinking about her family She never forgot a birthday or an anniversary she always had their favorite treats for them to enjoy Ada was an avid Brewers and Packers fan and often spent time watching them on TV and listening to them on the radio She enjoyed her trips with Rick when they went to California to visit their daughters and grandchildren attending theater productions and playing games with her grandchildren Ada was a brilliant shopper and had a knack for finding the best deals Ada is survived by her husband Rick; children: Jean de Vera of San Jose Kenneth (Mary) Van Ryzin of Kaukauna; grandchildren: Valerie and Kelsey Njus Nancy and Dan Van Ryzin; sisters: Harriet (John) Rietveld of Combined Locks Margaret Pennings of Appleton and Johanna (George) Heider of Neenah The funeral liturgy will be held at 11:00 a.m Friends will be received at the church from 9:00 a.m The family extends a special thank you to the ICU at Appleton Medical Center for their outstanding care 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