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Ulric "Bill"
Wall
Sep 21, 1932 — Jan 21, 2025
Plymouth
Ulric Wm. "Bill" Wall, 92, of Plymouth died peacefully at his home on January 21, 2025 from complications of a stroke he suffered in December. He was born in Evanston, IL., son of the late Ulric Sr. and Katherine (Komen) Wall. Bill graduated from Elkhart Lake High School in 1951. He proudly served his country in the US Navy during the Korean Conflict from 1951 to 1955. As an aviation supply AK3 he worked in concert with NATO to track Russian subs throughout the Caribbean, and Mediterranean Seas and North Atlantic Ocean. He continued his education and in 1962 graduated from Lakeland College with a degree in Business and Economics.
On October 12, 1957 he was united in marriage to Janice Hahn at St. Peter UCC, Kiel. In 1965 Bill established Wall Insurance Agency from his home. He later renovated the old Elkhart Lake Laun Lumber Co. building into a small offices where he cared for his clients needs and mentored and trained other insurance representatives. He took great pride in teaching them his knowledge of the business and sharing with them his ethics and integrity.
In 1985 in cooperation with his son Gregory, they established Wall Brokerage. He continued to care for clients in all aspects of financial planning, consumer education and investment strategies from one of the smallest NASD brokerages in the United States. Bill worked in financial planning until his retirement.
In his free time Bill enjoyed the outdoors, especially if it was near water. He enjoyed swimming, diving, snorkeling, water skiing, duck hunting and fishing. In the summer he also spent time on his motorcycle and winters were spent cross country skiing and Florida winter vacations. Bill was a past member of the Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah School Board, an Elkhart Lake Boy Scout Committee Member, he served on the Village Planning Committee and the Church Stewardship Committee at Community UCC, Elkhart Lake.To honor his time in the Navy, Bill was a 63 year member of the American Legion Post #0484 of Glenbeulah.
Survivors include his wife of 67 years; Janice, daughter; Denise (David) Statz of Baraboo, Gregory Wall of Elkhart Lake, grandchildren; Victoria (Arick Pustaver) Statz, Carolyn (Eric) Greenwald, Miles Statz, Claudia Wall, Parker Wall, Anne Panthofer (Brandon) Devers, Michael (Haley) Panthofer, Phillip Panthofer, great grandchildren; Abigail and Evan Devers, Sawyer Panthofer, Amelia Taylor.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter; Sandra Panthofer, brother; Bob Wall and sister; Betty Wall.
According to Bill's wishes, no services will take place at this time. A memorial gathering will take place this summer. Bill's family would like to thank the Drs., nurses and staff at Rocky Knoll and Sheboygan Aurora Hospital ER and ICU for the care given to Bill. They would also like to thank Aurora at Home Hospice for keeping him comfortable in his last days.
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