Obituaries

Mary A. Sandwick

Mary A. Sandwick

Mar 21, 2010

Mary Alice Sandwick, 72 of LaCrosse and formerly of Viroqua, died Sunday, March 21, 2010 Mary Alice Sandwick, 72 of LaCrosse and formerly of Viroqua, died Sunday evening, March 21, 2010 at Gundersen Lutheran in LaCrosse. She was born on May 14, 1937 to Ingnal and Alma (Tollefson) Sandwick at Vernon Memorial Hospital in Viroqua. She was a lifetime...

Bernice Mellem

Bernice Mellem

Mar 18, 2010

Bernice Mellem, age 80 of Platteville and formerly of Ferryville, died Thursday, March 18, 2010 Bernice Mellem, age 80 of Platteville and formerly of Ferryville, died Thursday, March 18, 2010 at Southwest Health Care Center in Platteville. Funeral services will be Tuesday March 23, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at the Vosseteig-Larson Funeral Home, 320 Main Street in DeSoto. Pastor...

Alice L. Mikkelson

Alice L. Mikkelson

Mar 17, 2010

Alice L. Mikkelson, 96, of Buck Creek Valley died Wednesday March 17, 2010. Alice Leona Mikkelson, 96, died Wednesday, March 17th, 2010, at Sannes Skogdalen Nursing Home in Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin, where she was a resident for 2 years. She was born on October 25, 1913 in Buck Creek Valley, Freeman Township, Crawford County, rural Ferryville, Wisconsin, to Ingebrigt...

Jerry D. Mikkelson

Jerry D. Mikkelson

Mar 13, 2010

Jerry David Mikkelson, 40, of Viola, died Saturday, March 13, 2010 Jerry David Mikkelson, 40, of Viola, died Saturday, March 13, 2010 as the result of an auto accident. He was born in Janesville, WI, on July 28, 1969 to Arden and Madonna (Clark) Mikkelson. Jerry was confirmed at St. Marys Catholic Church in Viroqua and graduated from the...

Ruby Sisbach

Ruby Sisbach

Mar 11, 2010

Ruby Sisbach, age 91 of Viroqua, died Thursday, March 11, 2010. Ruby M. (Everson) Sisbach, 91 of Viroqua, died on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at Vernon Memorial Hospital in Viroqua. She was born on January 19, 1919 to Jonah and Julia (Olson) Everson. She was baptized and confirmed at Bad Axe Lutheran Church, rural Viroqua. She married Harold Sisbach...

Gladys I. Peterson

Gladys I. Peterson

Mar 11, 2010

Gladys I. Peterson, age 84 of Eastman, died Thursday, March 11, 2010. Gladys Irene (Hanson) Peterson, 84, died March 11, 2010, at Sannes Skogdalen Nursing Home in Soldiers Grove, WI where she had been a resident since January 19, 2010. Gladys was born June 2, 1925, at the family farm near Prairie du Chien, WI, the youngest child of...

Ruth E. Davidson

Ruth E. Davidson

Mar 9, 2010

Ruth E. Davidson, age 90, died Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Ruth E. Neeley-Davidson, 90 of Marshfield, WI, formally of Steuben, WI passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2010. at the Palliative Care Unit in the St Johns Hospital from good living. She was born March 14, 1919 in Gays Mills, WI to Joe and Emma(Kelley) Wallin. She married Fred Neeley...

Ellen M. Lewison

Ellen M. Lewison

Mar 6, 2010

Ellen (Runice) Lewison, 84, of Viroqua died Saturday, March 6, 2010. Ellen Marie (Runice) Lewison, age 84 of Viroqua, passed away on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at the Bethel Home in Viroqua. Ellen was born on January 31, 1926 in Sterling Township, Vernon County to Clarence and Anna (Brudos) Runice. She graduated from Viroqua High School in 1944 and...

Faye L. Helgeson

Faye L. Helgeson

Mar 5, 2010

Faye L. Helgeson, age 72 of Stoddard, died Friday, March 5, 2010 Faye La Vonne Helgeson, age 72 of Stoddard, Wisconsin, died Friday, March 5, 2010 at her home. Faye was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin on October 24, 1937 to Earl "Rocky" Pennel and Ione (Ruedy) Pennel. She grew up in De Soto, Wisconsin and attended Battle Hollow...

Edna L. Mason

Edna L. Mason

Mar 4, 2010

Edna L. Mason, 95, of Viroqua died Thursday March 4, 2010. Edna L. Mason, 95, of Viroqua died Thursday March 4, 2010, at the Vernon Manor in Viroqua. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 6, 2010, at the Vosseteig-Larson Funeral Home, 123 W. Decker (hwy 56), in Viroqua with burial in the Viroqua Cemetery. Friends may...

Dina R. Abbey

Dina R. Abbey

Mar 4, 2010

Dina Rose Abbey, age 64 of Soldiers Grove, died Thursday, March 4, 2010. Dina Rose Abbey, age 64 of Soldiers Grove, died Thursday, March 4, 2010 at Sannes Skogdalen Nursing Home where she had been a resident for the past two years. Dina was born in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin on April 5, 1945 to Robert Leon and Inga...

Helen M. Kaap

Helen M. Kaap

Mar 4, 2010

Helen Marie Kaap, 91, of Viroqua, died Thursday, March 4, 2010. Helen Marie Kaap, age 91, passed away on March 4, 2010, at Gunderson Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, to which she was admitted March 3 upon transfer from the Sannes Skogdalen Nursing Facility in Soldiers Grove.Helen was born August 19, 1918, the oldest of three children born toJoseph...

Lydia E. Woods

Lydia E. Woods

Mar 3, 2010

Lydia Elizabeth (Marshall) Woods, 91, of Westby/Kendall died March 3, 2010. She had been a resident at Norseland Nursing Home since October 1, 2003. She was the youngest child born to Wm Harvey and Grace (Eastman) Marshall on December 10, 1918, in Valley, Wisconsin. She was united in marriage to Harold (Pat) Woods June 4, 1939. They farmed together...

Doris E. Smith

Doris E. Smith

Feb 15, 2010

Doris E. Smith, age 76 of Gays Mills, passed away on Monday, February 15, 2010 Doris E. Smith, age 76 of Gays Mills, passed away on Monday, February 15, 2010 surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on January 14, 1934 near Gays Mills, the daughter of Fred and Clarice (Lester) Bacon. She attended school at Gays Mills...

Lorraine Dregne

Lorraine Dregne

Feb 11, 2010

Lorraine Dregne, age 85 of Viroqua, died Thursday, February 11, 2010. Lorraine Esther Dregne, age 85, of Viroqua died on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in LaCrosse. Lorraine was born October 29th, 1924 to Ernest and Edna Zitzner in rural Viroqua. She became the wife of Raymond Palmer Dregne and mother of two sons on...

Quentin D. Butch Kagel

Quentin D. Butch Kagel

Feb 9, 2010

Quentin D. 'Butch' Kagel died Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Quentin D. Kagel, also known by his friends as "Butch," age 67 of Stoddard, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, February 9th. He was born in La Crosse to Donald and Madalyn (Brunke) Kagel on December 12th, 1942. He graduated from Logan High School in La Crosse in 1960 and afterward...

Carol Groehler

Carol Groehler

Feb 7, 2010

Carol Groehler formerly of Viroqua and Richland Center passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2010. Carol Groehler formerly of Viroqua and Richland Center passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2010, at Lakeview Health Center in West Salem following a brief illness, with her family by her side. The former Carol Brom was born April 21, 1950, in Watertown, daughter...

Wayne O. Aspenson

Wayne O. Aspenson

Feb 3, 2010

Wayne O. Aspenson, age 81 of Westby, died Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Wayne O. Aspenson, age 81 of Westby, died Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at the Vernon Manor in Viroqua. He was born on February 4, 1928 in Utica township, Crawford, Co., Wisconsin to Andrew and Icaphena (Olson) Aspenson. He attended Viroqua High School and was drafted into the...

Eunice D. Wakefield

Eunice D. Wakefield

Jan 28, 2010

Eunice (Mehlum) Paulsrud Wakefield, 82, died Thursday, January 28, 2010. Eunice (Mehlum) Paulsrud Wakefield, 82, died January 28, 2010 at Norseland Nursing Home where she had been a resident since July 2, 2002. Eunice was born to Leonard and Elma (Hagen) Mehlum on March 15, 1927 in the Town of Christiana. She was baptized and confirmed in the Westby...

Edna Alice Brandt

Edna Alice Brandt

Jan 27, 2010

Edna Alice Brandt, age 86 of Viroqua, died Wednesday, January 27, 2010. Edna Alice Brandt, age 86 of Viroqua, died Wednesday, January 27, 2010. She was born on August 25, 1923 in Milwaukee to Albert and Elsa (Metze) Wascher and was raised in Saratoga, WY. At age 16 she moved back to Milwaukee to finish high school and became...