Signe J. Aspenson

Signe J. Aspenson, age 104 of Viroqua, died Thursday September 3, 2009. Signe Johanne Aspenson, age 104 of Viroqua, died Thursday Morning at the Bethel Home in Viroqua. She was born on December 17, 1904 in Utica Township, Crawford County, to Johannes and Sigrid "Sella" (Iverson) Saegrove. She was baptized in the Utica Lutheran Church and attended Girdler School and Gale College before marrying Idor T. Aspenson on July 29, 1933. They lived in Gays Mills until 1958 when they moved to Viroqua. She had resided at Maplewood Terrace the past three years. Signe was an avid quilter and had a sewing business out of her home. She was a member of Eastern Star, Bethel Home Auxiliary, member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and she sang in the Good Shepherd Choir and was a member of the Joanna Circle. She was also a charter member of Mount Sterling Lutheran Church as well as Luther Memorial Lutheran Church in Gays Mills. She is survived by sisters-in-law, Clara Saegrove and Harriet (Aspenson) DeLap; and many nieces and nephews. Signe was preceded in death by her husband, Idor Aspenson; and siblings, Lena (Hans) Sognesand, Martha (Howard) Holt, Stella (Clarence) Johnson, Mabel (Milner) Stove, Andrew, Julius, Johan, Arthur (Clara) and Oscar Saegrove. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Viroqua. The Rev. Lindsay Paul Jordan will officiate with burial in the Utica Church Cemetery, rural Ferryville. Friends may call on Monday from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Vosseteig-Larson Funeral Home, 123 W. Decker Street (Hwy 56) in Viroqua with an Eastern Star service at 7:30. Friends may also call at the church on Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until time of service. The Vosseteig-Larson Funeral Home of Viroqua is serving the family.