Obituaries

Beverly Hope Slade

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...

Violet Nellie Jorgenson

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...

Therese M. Fortney

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...

Keith L. Wright

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...

Deirdre L. Harris

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...

Cynthia "Cindy" Inman Burkum

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...

Kermit David Veum

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...

Charles A. Lind

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...

Norma Jean Gilman

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...

Susan Pehmoeller

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...

Robert Earl Cole

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...

John E. Gerber

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...

Patricia "Pat" Jaeger

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...

Michelle Lynn Donovan

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...

Robert G. Michaels

Oct 4, 2024

Robert Michaels of La Crosse, WI passed away at Serenity House in Tomah, WI on October 4. Bob was 77; he was born April 20,1947, to Glen and Mabel Michaels of Berlin, WI. He married Patricia McCutchin in 1974; the couple divorced in 1986.

Bob was preceded in death by his mother, Mabel...

Robert Coe

Oct 4, 2024

Robert "Bob" Coe, age 75, of Gays Mills died at home on Friday, October 4, 2024. He started and spent most of his life in Crawford County. After a couple tours in the US Navy and some time working on trains around the Midwest he returned to his home area.

Since coming home, he spent...

Fred "Bud" Eick Jr.

Sep 27, 2024

Fred Arthur "Bud" Eick Jr., aged 84, of rural Ontario, WI, passed away in a farming accident on September 27, 2024. Born on December 12, 1939, in Denver, Iowa, to the late Fredrick Henry Eick Sr. and Leota Minnie Niemeyer, Fred was a man whose life was characterized by his independent spirit, adventurous heart, and durability.

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Esther June Powers

Sep 25, 2024

Esther Powers, age 82, of Readstown, passed away Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at Soldiers Grove Health Services. A private graveside service will be held at a later date.

Sime Funeral Home & Crematory is serving Esther's family.

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Readstown, WI 54652

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Sharon Lee Nelson

Sep 24, 2024

Sharon Lee Nelson, age 88, of Deerfield and formerly of La Farge, passed away peacefully on September 24, 2024, after a long battle with Lewy Body Dementia. Born on January 28, 1936, to the late Cecil and Erma (Orsburn) Spry, Sharon was born at home above the cheese factory in La Farge, that is now the Organic Valley retail...

Miguel Angel Velazquez

Sep 24, 2024

Miguel Angel Velazquez, a cherished husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on September 24, 2024, in Westby, Wisconsin, at the age of 71. Born to the late Antonio Velazquez and Socorro Pedroza de Velazquez on May 9, 1953, in Mexico City, Mexico. Miguel's life was a testament to his friendly,...