Silver Alert WI - Norbert “Tony” Dantzman, 89, Winter, may be hitchhiking, 30 Aug 2019 *Reward*

[JerseyGirl]

Norbert “Tony” Anthony Dantzman is a white male who is 5’11 and 136 lbs with grey hair and brown eyes. He is believed to have dementia or some other cognitive impairment. Police say he may be hitchhiking.

He was last seen on August 30th around 10am at the Strouf Motel in Winter, Wisconsin where he was staying with his family. He was last seen wearing a checkered shirt with black vest, black pants, black shoes and grey hat with the Marines emblem and glasses.

Dantzman, of Sawyer County, was in town for a family reunion.

Silver Alert for missing man in Winter Wisconsin
Silver Alert: Norbert 'Tony' Dantzman, 89, believed to be hitchhiking
Silver Alert issued for missing 89-year-old Sawyer County man

 

[JerseyGirl]

Norbert (Tony) Anthony Dantzman, 89, was last seen at Winter Northern Lights Hotel in Winter, Wisconsin around 9 a.m. Surveillance cameras saw Dantzman walking north toward the Norwood Trailer Court.

Witnesses said they saw an elderly man matching Dantzman’s description walk through the trailer court toward County Highway W, and continue walking north on the highway.

Dantzman suffers from dementia and other cognitive issues.

Dantzman is described as standing at 5’9 tall, weighing 136 pounds and having grey hair, brown eyes and glasses. He was last seen wearing a checkered shirt, black vest, black pants, black shoes, a grey hat with a Marines emblem and glasses. His name is Norbert, but he goes by Tony.

Wisconsin Police Searching For Missing 89-Year-Old Norbert Dantzman

 

[TatianaBarbie]

Sawyer County Sheriff's Department FB page link to "Tony" being missing:

Sawyer County Sheriff's Department

"Sawyer County Sheriff's Department
August 30 at 2:36 PM ·
The Sawyer County Sheriff's Office is currently looking for a 90 year old male with dementia who has been missing from the winter area since around 9am. He is 5'8'' with a beard and glasses and was last seen wearing a gray hat with a marine symbol, black levi's, a black vest, a checkered pattern shirt, and black shoes. His name is Norbert but goes by the name of Tony. Please call 911 if you see someone matching this description."

 

[PommyMommy]

SEP 4, 2019
'No trace' found of missing man in Winter area
The search for a missing elderly Winter man has been suspended by the Sawyer County Search & Rescue unit, following an intensive effort that failed to locate the man over the Labor Day weekend.

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“Sadly, after three days and nights of ground searches, ATVs, dogs, drones, cars, trucks, airplanes and helicopters there has been no trace of Uncle Tony Dantzman,” Sanchez posted.

“As everyone returns to their ‘normal’ lives, we are still hopeful there is someone out there who gave Tony a ride but who maybe didn’t know that he was a missing person, until now, and will come forward with a clue that will lead us to him.”

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He had traveled to Wisconsin with his family for a family reunion and is believed to be without identification or any funds.

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[Luckyzmom]

Keep praying for Tony !

 

[PommyMommy]

SEP 9, 2019
AUTHORITIES SEEK PUBLIC'S HELP IN MISSING WINTER MAN - 715Newsroom.com
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Dantzman, a former resident of the area, traveled from California to Winter WI with family members to attend a family centennial celebration. Review of motel surveillance cameras shows Dantzman leaving the motel on August 30, at approximately 9:00 am. The last sighting of Dantzman is believed to have occurred at the Norwood Trailer Court in Winter where eyewitnesses indicated they observed an elderly male fitting Dantzman’s description walk through the trailer court and continue to walk north on County Hwy W.

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UPDATE: Sheriff Issues Update On Search For Norbert Anthony Dantzman | Recent News | DrydenWire.com
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Ground searches resumed on Friday September 6, utilizing members of the Sawyer County Search and Rescue Team, Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office along with Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources personnel. Teams executed extensive grid searches and drone coverage of the area where Dantzman was believed to be last seen. At this time, efforts to locate or make contact with Dantzman have not been successful.

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[PommyMommy]

SEP 9, 2019
Man who disappeared in Sawyer County still missing | Superior Telegram
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The search continues for a California man who hasn't been seen since he left a motel in the Village of Winter on Aug. 30.

In a news release, Sawyer County Sheriff Doug Mrotek said extensive searches on Aug. 31, Sept. 1 and Friday failed to result in any leads regarding the whereabouts of Norbert Anthony "Tony" Dantzman, 89.

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[PommyMommy]

SEP 10, 2019
Family of missing 89-year-old man seeks answers days after disappearance
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Dantzman’s family members say he got into town August 29th, walked out of his motel room early the next morning, and never came back.

“To have someone that’s a senior in your family and an honored member, and the guest of honor — actually well, one of two of the guest of honors coming to your family reunion all the way from California, and then life smacks you up along side the head and he goes on walkabout,” Ladenthin says.

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“Perhaps he will be found here, but it’s not looking that way,” Ladenthin says. “But who’s to know? It’s as likely as the spaceship at this point. We have no confirmed belief of where he is or why he’s there or if we can find him.”

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[Gardener1850]

Tony has been added to NAMUS: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Circumstances of Disappearance
My sister and her husband flew him to Winter WI to attend a big family reunion. The morning of the first day he walked away from the Winter Northern Lights Hotel. Cameras saw him depart about 9am. Was seen by a shop owner close by and seen walking threw a trailer court. Blood hounds followed his scent threw the trailer court, down dirt road to paved road then lost his scent.
Circumstance Notes
Has Dementia

 

[Tripod]

Another heartbreaker Prayers for dear Tony and his family.

 

[PommyMommy]

SEP 26, 2019
Silver Alert Expanded for Missing Man In Sawyer County - WJMC Radio | Rice Lake, Wisconsin | The Best Country Station
...The Wisconsin Department of Justice Silver Alert says the alert has been expanded due to the possibility that 89-year-old Norbert “Tony” Anthony Dantzman may be hitchhiking. Officials say Dantzman was last seen at the Strouf Motel in Winter on August 30th when families members noticed he was missing from the motel around 10 a.m. and believed to be without any ID or money...

SEP 30, 2019
Silver Alert expanded for Sawyer County man

 

[PommyMommy]

OCT 2, 2019
Disappearance of Crescent City man reaches 34th day
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Granddaughter HS of Crescent City set up a Facebook page (Missing Person - Tony Dantzman@bringtonydantzmanhome) to help spread the word of his disappearance and provide a location for updates.

“Tony, who suffers from dementia, was visiting rural Winter, Wisconsin, with his daughter and son-in-law for a family centennial reunion when he walked away from his motel room and disappeared. Search and Rescue canines lost his scent along County Highway W so it may be someone gave him a ride, hence our state- and country-wide search,” Smith wrote on Facebook Sept. 28.

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Word of Danztman is spreading through social media. The Lake Carriers’ Association, hearing that Dantzman was both a former U.S. Marine and a merchant marine, alerted its members Sept. 30 via Twitter to be looking for the missing Crescent City man.

 

[PommyMommy]

Facebook missing page: Missing Person - Tony Dantzman

 

[PommyMommy]

Sawyer County Sheriff's Department FB page link to "Tony" being missing:

Sawyer County Sheriff's Department

"Sawyer County Sheriff's Department
August 30 at 2:36 PM ·
The Sawyer County Sheriff's Office is currently looking for a 90 year old male with dementia who has been missing from the winter area since around 9am. He is 5'8'' with a beard and glasses and was last seen wearing a gray hat with a marine symbol, black levi's, a black vest, a checkered pattern shirt, and black shoes. His name is Norbert but goes by the name of Tony. Please call 911 if you see someone matching this description."

The SCSD posted an update on September 17.

Sawyer County Sheriff's Department
Norbert “Tony” Dantzman is still missing from the Winter area. If you were in the Winter/Ojibwa area on Friday, August 30th and happened to see an elder man walking or gave him a ride, please call Sawyer County Sheriff Department at 715-634-5213. Please search your buildings and check your trail and surveillance cameras.

 

[Tripod]

Keeping Tony in my thoughts.

 

[PommyMommy]

OCT 4, 2019
UPDATE: Sheriff Updates Community On Search For Norbert Dantzman | Recent News | DrydenWire.com
Sawyer County Sheriff Doug Mrotek is asking for the public's help in locating missing California man, Norbert Anthony Dantzman, who was last seen in Sawyer County on August 30, 2019, according to a press release from the Sawyer County Sheriff's Office.

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If you see, hear, or have any information that could possibly be associated with Mr. Dantzman’s disappearance please contact the Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office at 715-634-5213.

Search continues for missing man, Dantzman
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"The Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office, Sawyer County Search and Rescue along with additional search resources are continuing efforts in an attempt to locate Mr. Dantzman," said Sheriff Douglas Mrotek on Oct. 4. "At this time, efforts to locate or make contact with Dantzman have not been successful."

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[rainynights]

October 10, 2019
Wisconsin Department of Justice Silver Alert

Mr. Dantzman is still missing. His family has created this Facebook page.

If you or someone you know was in the Winter/Ojibwa area on Friday, August 30th or in the surrounding area Labor Day Weekend, and happened to see an elder man walking or gave him a ride, please call Sawyer County Sheriff Department at 715-634-5213.

Please search your buildings and check your trail and surveillance cameras.

October 15, 2019
Elderly veteran still missing after August disappearance



October 16, 2019
Search continues for missing northern Wisconsin man

 

[PommyMommy]

October 10, 2019
Wisconsin Department of Justice Silver Alert

Mr. Dantzman is still missing. His family has created this Facebook page.

If you or someone you know was in the Winter/Ojibwa area on Friday, August 30th or in the surrounding area Labor Day Weekend, and happened to see an elder man walking or gave him a ride, please call Sawyer County Sheriff Department at 715-634-5213.

Please search your buildings and check your trail and surveillance cameras.

October 15, 2019
Elderly veteran still missing after August disappearance

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October 16, 2019
Search continues for missing northern Wisconsin man

Thanks, Rainy! It looks like there's some new information in that last link - sort of - we knew he was attending a family reunion but this is a little more detailed.

• Dantzman was visiting from California to celebrate 100 years since his family purchased the family farm near Winter, Wisconsin.
• He was one of two main guests of honor because he was born and raised there and was in the Merchant Marine in Duluth.
• He could’ve taken up residence with an elderly woman with similar cognitive issues, according to his family.

So sad. What should have been a celebratory occasion was just the beginning of a nightmare for this family. Best case scenario is that he's taken up residence with someone! We can hope. MOO

 

[rainynights]

Cochise County Sheriff’s Office joins search for missing Wisconsin man

A tip from a missing man’s family member has resulted in members of the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue being sent to a Benson-area truck stop to help with the search.

CCSO Search and Rescue responded to the Love’s Truck Stop on Tuesday morning, Oct. 29, in response to a report of a possible sighting of Norbert Anthony Dantzman, 89, of Sawyer County, Wisc.

Initial details of this case indicate that the family may have traveled to Benson in the past or had some ties to the area.

 

[crhedBngr]

Cochise County Sheriff’s Office joins search for missing Wisconsin man

Following. Prayers for his safe recovery.