Obituaries

Dawson Jude Bolstad

Dawson Jude Bolstad

Oct 30, 2012

Dawson Jude Bolstad, stillborn son of Travis Bolstad and January May died Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Private funeral services held.

Robert Tackett

Robert Tackett

Oct 27, 2012

Robert Tackett, 68, of Viola died Saturday, October 27, 2012. Robert Lewis Tackett, 68, of Viola, died Saturday, October 27, 2012, peacefully at home after a long illness. Robert was born on May 26, 1944 in New Paltz, NY, to Robert and Olive (Van Leuvan) Tackett. Robert served our country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and...

Avis Aasen

Avis Aasen

Oct 26, 2012

Avis Aasen, 83, of Viroqua died Friday, October 26, 2012. Avis L Aasen, 83, of Viroqua died Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 at Bethel Home in Viroqua. . Avis was born on Sept. 11, 1929 to William and Florence Aasen. She graduated from Viroqua High School and worked for the FBI in Washington DC for 32 years before retiring in...

Donald L. Achenbach

Donald L. Achenbach

Oct 25, 2012

Donald L. Achenbach, 77, of La Farge died Thursday, October 25, 2012. Donald Lloyd Achenbach, 77, of La Farge, formerly of Crawford Co. died peacefully at his home October 25, 2012. He was born March 8, 1935 to Carl and Inez (Rogers) Achenbach. Don always had a ready smile. He enjoyed good conversation and good friends. He was a...

Joyce J. Haggerty

Joyce J. Haggerty

Oct 21, 2012

Joyce J. Haggerty age 94, died Sunday, October 21, 2012. Joyce Jameson Haggerty age 94, died Sunday, October 21, 2012. She was born to Frank and Alma Jameson of Gays Mills on Nov. 4, 1917. For the first twelve years of her life she shared a large house on Orin Street, kitty-corner from the Congregational Church, with her two...

John O�Neill

John O�Neill

Oct 21, 2012

John ONeill, 83, of Minong, WI, died Sunday, October 21, 2012. John Christopher O'Neill died on October 21, 2012 after a brief illness in Rice Lake Wisconsin. John was the son of Christopher and Florence O'Neill and was born on September 11, 1929 in Lake Geneva, WI. He attended Lake Geneva schools and was a Navy veteran. After the...

Vernon Soltau

Vernon Soltau

Oct 17, 2012

Vernon E. Soltau, 75 , formerly of Viroqua, died Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Vernon E. Soltau, age 75, formerly of Viroqua, La Crosse and Onalaska passed away peacefully at the U.W. Hospital in Madison, Wis. on October 17, 2012 with his daughter and son by his side. Vern died of complications from a stroke he suffered in March of...

Mary Selbo

Mary Selbo

Oct 15, 2012

Mary Selbo, 76, of Irving Texas died Monday, October 15, 2012. Mary Selbo, 76, of Irving Texas died Monday, October 15, 2012. Private family services were held. The Vosseteig Funeral Home of De Soto is serving the family.

Owen L. Koch

Owen L. Koch

Oct 15, 2012

Owen L. Koch, age 90, of Viroqua, Wisconsin died Monday, October 15, 2012. Owen L. Koch, age 90, of Viroqua, Wisconsin died Monday, October 15, 2012. Owen was born on November 19, 1921 in Boaz, Wisconsin to Carl and Idelle Koch. He graduated from Soldiers Grove High School in 1938. Following a memorable time on a ranch in Montana...

Curtis B. Nelson

Curtis B. Nelson

Oct 13, 2012

Curtis B. Nelson, 83, of Westby, died Saturday, October 13, 2012 Curtis Blaine Nelson, age 83, of Westby, WI died peacefully with family by his side on October 13, 2012, after a long illness. Curt was born December 27, 1928 in New Effington, South Dakota, son of Bert and Sadie Nelson. He grew up in South Dakota and St....

Clayton L. Hanson

Clayton L. Hanson

Oct 10, 2012

Clayton L. Hanson, age 67 of Viroqua, died Wednesday, October 10, 2012. Clayton Leroy Hanson, age 67, of Viroqua, formerly of Redmound, WI, passed away peacefully at Vernon Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, October 10, 2012. Clayton was born in Wheatland Township in Vernon County on March 12, 1945, to John and Irene (Hunter) Hanson. He graduated from DeSoto High...

Walter J. Mehlum

Walter J. Mehlum

Oct 4, 2012

Walter J. Mehlum, 88, of Westby died Thursday, October 4, 2012. Walter Joslyn Mehlum, age 88 of Westby, passed away peacefully at his home on October 4, 2012. Walt was born on October 29, 1923 to Arnold and Amy (Larson) Mehlum on a farm located at the present site of the Snowflake Ski Club. He joined the Civilian Conservation...

Patrice M. Mockrud

Patrice M. Mockrud

Sep 27, 2012

Patrice M. Mockrud, 56, of Middleton and formerly of Viroqua died Thursday, September 27, 2012. She was born in Viroqua, Wis. on May 14, 1956 to Mary & Paul Mockrud. She graduated from U.W. in 1979 with a B.S. in nursing and achieved her M.S. in nursing in 1995. She worked at the Dean Foundation in Middleton doing medical...

Mary Ellen Nelson

Mary Ellen Nelson

Sep 22, 2012

Mary Ellen Nelson 84, of LaCrosse, formally of Viroqua, died September 22, 2012 Mary Ellen Nelson 84, of LaCrosse, formally of Viroqua, passed away peacefully September 22, 2012. Her daughter was by her side as she took her final breaths and went home to be with her Lord. Mary Ellen was born October 8, 1927 in Edgerton, WI to...

Mabel B. Olson

Mabel B. Olson

Sep 22, 2012

Mabel B. Olson, 98, of Soldier's Grove/Mount Sterling, died Saturday, September 22, 2012 SOLDIERS GROVE, MOUNT STERLINGMabel B. Olson, 98, passed away Saturday, September 22, 2012, at Sannes Skogdalen Nursing Home, Soldiers Grove. She was born on September 13, 1914, on the home farm in the Township of Utica, Crawford County, Wisconsin, to Tobias and Anna (Thompson) Olson. She...

Raymond Moser

Raymond Moser

Sep 20, 2012

Raymond Moser, 81, of Westby, died Thursday, September 20, 2012. Raymond "Ray" Gene Moser was born March 16, 1931 at home in Manchester, IA to Rudy and Leota (Coffin) Moser. He married Ruth D. Smith on June 7, 1951. They lived in West Union, IA for several years before they settled with their children on their farm on Moser...

Myrtle Sandy

Myrtle Sandy

Sep 15, 2012

Myrtle Olivia Sandy, age 92 of Viroqua passed away peacefully with her family by her side at the Bethel Home on Saturday, September 15, 2012. She was born on July 29, 1920 to Arthur and Lena (Grimsled) Hatlan, the oldest of 10 children. She married the love of her life, Norris Sandy, on October 12, 1940. During their life...

Louise Cook

Louise Cook

Sep 13, 2012

Louise E. Cook, 79, of Castaic California died September 13, 2012. Louise Cook passed away at the age of 79, on September 13, 2012. She was born in Lacrosse, Wisconsin on October 16, 1932. Preceded in death by parents, Julius and Mildred Larson, and brother, Mike (Myron) Larson. She grew up in Wisconsin and spent much of her adult...

Logan M. Welsh

Logan M. Welsh

Sep 11, 2012

Logan Marie Welsh, one month and three days old, died on Tuesday, September 11, 2012. Logan Marie Welsh, one month and three day old daughter of Kyle and Elizabeth (Thomas) Welsh died in her sleep on Tuesday, September 11, 2012. She was born on August 8, 2012. In addition to her parents, she is survived by a brother, Landen...

Thomas Arneson

Thomas Arneson

Sep 5, 2012

Thomas Arneson, 70, of Viroqua died Wednesday, September 05, 2012. In the early morning hours of September 5th, Tom Arneson passed away at home with his family and friends surrounding him. Tom is in heaven frying catfish for his parents and close friends that went before him. Tom was born June 5th, 1942 in Viroqua to Don and Lea...