Ripon Ace Hardware

History of Ace Hardware of Ripon & Wautoma - In 1948, Bill Marquart and Clarence Mielke started the 2200 sq. ft. Hardware store outlet which was located at 113 Watson St. in Ripon, WI. In May 1973, moved to the west side of Ripon at 1085 W. Fond du Lac St. and now offered the community a larger selection of merchandise with 14,400 square ft. on the sales floor. In 1987 Luann Marquart-Van Lanen who had helped her father since childhood decided to purchase the interests in the company keeping the family business growing strong. In April 2004 Luanns husband William Van Lanen joined the Ace team as Vice President and handled the stores human resources, security monitoring systems and Aces new Eagle-4-Windows computer system. Big changes took place over the next several years. In 2007 after much discussion and future planning, Luann and Wm. Van Lanen purchased property & built their second Ace store with 12,200 sq. ft. on the sales floor at 983 E. Plaza Road, Wautoma, WI (Behind Culvers)