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<\/p>\nLAKE GENEVA \u2014 45-year-old Kyle Ascheman was a notable presence in Lake Geneva before he drowned in a boating accident during a family vacation. Friends of the family want to make sure they will be financially stable after his death.<\/p>\n
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45-year-old Kyle Ascheman of Lake Geneva died in a boating accident in Lac du Flambeau.<\/p>\n
Marieke Spiegelman and Patty Kingston Brever organized a GoFundMe for the Ascheman family’s funeral expenses and continued support.<\/a> It has raised nearly $4,000 of its $50,000 goal so far.<\/p>\n Spiegelman and Kingston Brever grew up alongside Ascheman’s widow and their children are classmates at Central-Denison Elementary School.<\/p>\n TMJ4<\/p>\n Patty Kingston Brever and Marieke Spiegelman organized a fundraiser for the family of Kyle Ascheman.<\/p>\n “It’s really shocking, I feel like that’s the only word I can use to describe it,” Spiegelman said. “Even now, it doesn’t necessarily feel real.”<\/p>\n “I saw him every day, twice a day, at pick-up and drop-off at school,” Kingston Brever said. “It’s going to be hard to not see him out there anymore.”<\/p>\n TMJ4<\/p>\n 45-year-old Kyle Ascheman of Lake Geneva died in a boating accident in Lac du Flambeau.<\/p>\n Ascheman was on a small boat alone during a family vacation in Lac du Flambeau last month when he went overboard.<\/a> He is survived by his wife and two children.<\/p>\n Kingston Brever said she asked Ascheman’s widow to create a GoFundMe after her own experience with grief.<\/p>\n TMJ4<\/p>\n 45-year-old Kyle Ascheman of Lake Geneva died in a boating accident in Lac du Flambeau. He is survived by his wife.<\/p>\n “I lost my dad when I was a little girl, so I think about it from the standpoint of the kids,” Kingston Brever said. “We know she is facing an unimaginable amount of grief. Anything that’s going to come from here on out is going to be harder.”<\/p>\n Spiegelman and Kingston Brever hope people in Lake Geneva and beyond remember Ascheman beyond the circumstances of his death.<\/p>\n TMJ4<\/p>\n 45-year-old Kyle Ascheman of Lake Geneva died in a boating accident in Lac du Flambeau.<\/p>\n “I just thought he was always so warm and funny,” Kingston Brever said.<\/p>\n “He’s seriously the friendliest person and would go out of his way to be helpful,” Spiegelman said. “People are now making their effort in good faith to say, ‘I want to be helpful in this way.’ That’s always what you want to see from your community.”<\/p>\n TMJ4<\/p>\n 45-year-old Kyle Ascheman of Lake Geneva died in a boating accident in Lac du Flambeau.<\/p>\n If you wish to donate to Ascheman’s family, you can do so at this link.<\/a><\/p>\n Let’s talk:<\/p>\n Hey there! At TMJ4 News, we’re all about listening to our audience and tackling the stuff that really matters to you. Got a story idea, tip, or just want to chat about this piece? Hit us up using the form below. For more ways to get in touch, head over to tmj4.com\/tips. <\/p>\n It\u2019s about time to watch on your time. Stream local news and weather 24\/7 by searching for \u201cTMJ4\u201d on your device.<\/p>\n Available for download on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and more.<\/a><\/p>\n Report a typo or error<\/a> \/\/ Submit a news tip<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAKE GENEVA \u2014 45-year-old Kyle Ascheman was a notable presence in Lake Geneva before he drowned in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[5623,65,43668,43669,43670,2117],"class_list":["post-85637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-geneva","tag-fundraiser","tag-geneva","tag-go-fund-me","tag-gofundme","tag-kyle-ascheman","tag-lake-geneva"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116762149374316570","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"boat](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781648879_445_.jpeg\")
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