Ellen Mae Shuemate

1927 - 2025

Ellen Mae Shuemate

February 22, 1927 - August 19, 2025

KENOSHA - Ellen Mae Shuemate, age 98, of Kenosha, Wisc., passed away on August 19, 2025, surrounded by family, after a long illness.

Ellen was born in Wausau, Wisc., on February 22, 1927, to the late Daniel Davies and Leonore (Flatter) Davies. She was educated in the schools of Wausau, Wisc., and graduated from Wausau Senior High School. She met her husband, Albert C. Shuemate in San Francisco, Calif., and was married on August 14, 1948, in Wausau, Wisc., Albert preceded her in death in 2007.

In Ellen's younger years, she worked at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and the Wisconsin Telephone Company. After having children, Ellen was a homemaker. She was instrumental in the formation of the Jane Vernon PTA and spent much time volunteering in the school. She was a founding member of Wesley United Methodist Church and past Trustee and belonged to the UMW and Martha Circle. Her greatest joy was being involved in the lives of her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Survivors include her son, James (Karla) Shuemate and children Timothy (Melissa) Shuemate, Carolyn (Ryan) Bell, Diana Shuemate, and Thomas Shuemate; daughter, Barbara Madrigrano and children Glenn Madrigrano Jr., and Mia (Christopher) Hughes; and daughter, Tammy (Gerald) Konitzer and children Abigail (Aaron) Nickel, Courtney (Elias) Bychowski, and Hayley Konitzer; 11 great-grandchildren; sister, Margaret Hackbarth; a special niece and her husband, Jane and Jim Kreuser; and her good friend, Ralph Greco. Along with her husband; she was preceded in death by her siblings, Ruth Steffers and Daniel Davies; her son-in-law, Glenn Madrigrano, Sr.; and a grandson, in infancy, Steven Konitzer.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 22, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at the Draeger-Langendorf Funeral Home. A visitation will take place on Friday at the funeral home from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Private interment will take place in Green Ridge Cemetery.

DRAEGER-LANGENDORF FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY

William J. Althaus, Associate

4600 COUNTY LINE ROAD

(corner of 22nd Avenue & 195 – KR)

262-552-9000

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