Obituaries

Dec 5, 2024

Cole Allen Egge, age 30, of Westby, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, December 5, 2024. He was born on August 15, 1994, to Eric and Lori (Mickelson) Egge in Viroqua. Cole attended Anamosa High School in Iowa. After high school, Cole was able to spend time with his dad working for Ricklefs Excavating before his family relocated back to...

Dec 1, 2024

Donna Rochelle (Wemmer) Frihart, 83, of La Farge, passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2024, at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse. She was born on September 30, 1941, in Viroqua, to Robert and Gertrude (Hilton) Wemmer. Donna loved to watch western movies, puzzle books, search and finds, loved being with her family, and was a jokester. Later...

Nov 30, 2024

Bruce Mullendore, age 90, of Viola, passed away on Saturday, November 30, 2024. He was born on May 20, 1934, to the late Clarence and Helen (Lepley) Mullendore, the youngest of four children. Bruce was a 1952 graduate of Viola High School and was a graduate of UW-Madison for Animal Husbandry. On June 9, 1956, he married Virginia Baker...

Nov 30, 2024

Robert Eugene “Bob” Johnson, age 83, of Gays Mills, formerly Soldiers Grove, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 30, 2024, at Soldiers Grove Health Services. He was born to the late Melvin and Doris (Cooley) Johnson on August 10, 1941, in rural Soldiers Grove.

Bob grew up in Montgomeryville and has told many stories of...

Nov 30, 2024

Raydeana “Dee” Monica Knutson, of Ferryville, passed away on Saturday, November 30, 2024. Dee was born in Brooklyn, NY, on September 20, 1952. She was the third of 12 children. She married Lewis Knutson on September 22, 2000.

Dee was a very happy, talkative lady who loved fishing, gardening, and canning. She very much loved...

Nov 23, 2024

Carol Jean Lunde, age 84, passed away peacefully on November 23, 2024, at her daughter’s home in rural Viroqua, surrounded by the warmth of her family. Carol was born on November 27, 1939, in La Crosse, to the late Otto and Mathilda (Hansen) Horman.

Carol's journey began on the family farm where she grew up...

Nov 22, 2024

Beverly Hope Slade, age 97, of Readstown, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 22, 2024, at Soldiers Grove Health Services. She was born on February 3, 1927, to the late Earl and Hazel (Brown) Lowrey. She graduated from Readstown High School with the class of 1945. Following graduation, she moved to Denver, Colorado where she worked at a factory...

Nov 20, 2024

Violet Nellie Jorgenson, age 97, of rural Cashton, Wisconsin, passed away on November 20, 2024, at Vernon Memorial Hospital in Viroqua, Wisconsin. She was born on April 16, 1927, to Omer and Nellie Clark, near Dell, Wisconsin. She was raised with a large family of four brothers and six sisters. Following her graduation from Cashton High School, she married...

Nov 19, 2024

Therese M. Fortney, age 80, of Viroqua, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center. She was born on June 11, 1944, in La Crosse to Lawrence and Ethel (Leahy) Kearney. Following her schooling, she did housekeeping and was a farm wife in the Gays Mills area. She married Victor Fortney and helped him...

Nov 16, 2024

Keith Leroy Wright, age 85, of Boma Ridge, rural Ferryville, WI, passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2024. He was born on April 13, 1939, in Alice, IA, to the late Orville and Augusta (Baldwin) Wright. Keith was baptized at Coggon Methodist Church in Iowa.

He married Dorothy Baute on December 24, 1959, in the...

Nov 12, 2024

Deirdre L. Harris, age 71, of Viola, passed away on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at Elroy Health Services. She was born on November 14, 1952, to Joseph Gyle and Norma (Smith) Harris.

Deirdre is survived by her aunt, Elnora Nicks of Viola; nieces: Yolanda (Jason) Maly of Muscoda, Nicole Ewing (special friend, Ray Erickson) of...

Nov 12, 2024

Cynthia "Cindy" Inman Burkum, a beacon of love and creativity, passed away on November 12, 2024, at the age of 63. Born on June 19, 1961, Cindy was born to the late Richard and Margaret (Larson) Inman in Beloit, WI.

Cindy graduated from Westby High School in 1980, the place where she first began to...

Oct 27, 2024

Kermit David Veum, age 86, of Westby, passed away Sunday, October 27, 2024, at Norseland Nursing Home. David was born on December 26, 1937, to Kermit and Alice (Solberg) Veum. He was the oldest of four sons and grew up on a dairy/tobacco farm. When he was a pre-teenager, he contracted encephalitis that left him with epileptic seizures. David...

Oct 26, 2024

Charles A. Lind of rural Viroqua passed away peacefully on October 26, 2024, at the age of 95, at Bethel Oaks Memory Care in Viroqua, WI.

Charles was born on March 30, 1929, to Adolph and Alice (Fauske) Lind at the family farm on West 56. He attended Colonel May country school through 8th grade...

Oct 24, 2024

Norma Gilman, age 64, of Viroqua, WI passed away while surrounded by loved ones on October 24th, 2024, at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse after a long battle with a myriad of medical issues.

After being born to Ivan and Marianne Hauge on March 10th, 1960, Norma was raised and built a loving...

Oct 22, 2024

Susan Pehmoeller, age 71, of Soldiers Grove, WI, passed away October 22, 2024. She was born February 26, 1953, in Milwaukee, WI to Albert "Al" and Leona (Czisny) Fedler. Susan worked at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI until moving to the Soldiers Grove area with her husband, Robert Jorgensen, and children in 1996.

Susan was...

Oct 21, 2024

Robert “Bob” Earl Cole, age 79, of De Soto, WI, passed away at Bethany St. Joseph Care Center in La Crosse on Monday, October 21, 2024. He was born on August 28, 1945, in the La Crosse Hospital to Earl and Lurene (Zink) Cole. Bob graduated from De Soto High School in 1964. After graduation, he continued working with...

Oct 19, 2024

John Ernest Gerber went to his heavenly home the evening of Saturday, October 19, 2024, at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison, WI surrounded by his family. John was born on November 2, 1944, to John Ernest “Ernie” and Pansy Fern (Johnston) Gerber in Richland Center, WI. He grew up in rural Yuba. The Gerber family moved to...

Oct 17, 2024

Patricia “Pat” M. Jaeger, age 93, of Westby, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at Norseland Nursing Home. Pat was born on October 9, 1931, to Pearly and Lenore (Nelson) Stenslien. She graduated from Westby High School and married Roger Jaeger on April 5, 1952, upon his return from his service in Korea. She was a faithful...

Oct 5, 2024

Michelle Lynn Donovan, age 51, of La Farge, WI passed away unexpectedly of natural causes on Saturday, October 5, 2024. Michelle was born in Viroqua, WI to Steve and Gail Donovan on January 25th, 1973. She grew up in La Farge, Wisconsin where she attended school K-12. She graduated in 1991 at the top of her class, where she...