KAUKAUNA – Ryland Kautz, 6, a first-grader at Dr. H.B. Tanner Early Learning Center passed away Oct. 30 following a 15-month battle with brain cancer. Since his diagnosis, numerous groups in the Kaukauna school community rallied around Ryland and his family, along with another Tanner student, Paisley Gritzuk, also battling a serious illness.