Obituaries

Doris I. Ramsett

Doris I. Ramsett

Feb 20, 2007

Doris Irene (Berg) Ramsett, age 84 of Viroqua, died Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Doris Irene (Berg) Ramsett, age 84 of Viroqua, died Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at the Bethel Home in Viroqua. She was born on October 2, 1922 in Vernon County to Carl and Josephine (Olson) Berg. She was confirmed in 1935 at Zion Lutheran Church and graduated...

Byron E. Kinsey

Byron E. Kinsey

Feb 18, 2007

Byron Elmer Kinsey, age 97 of Viola, died Sunday, February 18, 2007 Byron Elmer Kinsey, age 97 of Viola, died Sunday, February 18, 2007 at the Vernon Manor. He was born on February 7, 1910. On August 5, 1930 he married Audrey Williams at Winona, MN. They lived and farmed in the area known as Camp Creek until they...

Audrey H. Kinsey

Audrey H. Kinsey

Feb 18, 2007

Audrey H. Kinsey, age 96 of Viola, died Friday, May 9, 2008. Audrey Helen (Williams) Kinsey, age 96, and 4 months of Viola, died Friday, May 9, 2008 at Vernon Manor Nursing Home in Viroqua. She was born January 11, 1912 at Sugar Grove, in the Sylvan area, to Herman and Alice (Spurrier) Williams. She married Byron Kinsey on...

Juanita E. Fisher

Juanita E. Fisher

Feb 16, 2007

Juanita Edith Fisher age 94, of Viroqua, WI died Friday, February 16, 2007 Juanita Edith Fisher age 94, of Viroqua, WI died Friday, February 16, 2007 at Vernon Manor. She was born April 7, 1912 to Hassan V. and Leona (Wilt) Widner. She attended grade school in Avalanche and attended Westby High School for 2 years and then graduated...

Hannah M. Roberts

Hannah M. Roberts

Feb 10, 2007

Hannah M. Roberts, age 63 of DeSoto, died at Gundersen Lutheran in LaCrosse on Saturday, February 10, 2007. Hannah M. Roberts, age 63 of DeSoto, died at Gundersen Lutheran in LaCrosse on Saturday, February 10, 2007. Hannah was born to Lloyd and Helen (Kumlin) West in LaCrosse on December 26, 1943. She graduated from Milton High School in 1963....

Winifred J. Leavitt

Winifred J. Leavitt

Feb 10, 2007

Winifred Jane Leavitt, age 93 of Viroqua, died Saturday, February 10, 2007 Winifred Jane Leavitt, age 93 of Viroqua, died Saturday, February 10, 2007 at the Vernon Manor Nursing Home in Viroqua. Winifred was born August 4, 1913 to George and Rhoda (Daugherty) Buckmaster in Boscobel, WI. Following graduation from Boscobel High School she found work in Madison at...

Bonnie A. Christianson

Bonnie A. Christianson

Feb 9, 2007

Bonnie A. Christianson, age 63 of Genoa, died Friday, February 9, 2007, Bonnie A. Christianson, age 63 of Genoa, died Friday, February 9, 2007, at her home. She was born on July 21, 1943, to Alfred and Gladys (Egland) Boettcher. She attended high school in Houston, MN and graduated from Central High School in LaCrosse. Bonnie had worked at...

Virgil Ronken

Virgil Ronken

Feb 6, 2007

Virgil Ronken, age 85 of Westby, WI died Tuesday, February 6, 2007 Virgil Ronken, age 85 of Westby, WI died Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at Vernon Memorial Hospital in Viroqua. He was born July 14, 1921 in the Town of Hamburg, Vernon County, WI to Selmer and Olga (Role) Ronken. As a young man Virgil worked on farms in...

Garry P. Molstad

Garry P. Molstad

Feb 6, 2007

Garry P. Molstad, age 62of LaFarge, died at his home on Tuesday, February 6, 2007 Garry P. Molstad, age 62of LaFarge, died at his home on Tuesday, February 6, 2007 He was born on October 4, 1944 at the Grandview Hospital in LaCrosse, WI to Lester and Mary (Bina) Molstad. He attended Big Creek Rural School near Sparta, Jefferson...

Richard G. Mckeeth

Richard G. Mckeeth

Feb 3, 2007

Richard G. McKeeth, age 72 of Galesville, WI died February 3, 2007 Richard G. McKeeth, age 72 of Galesville, WI died February 3, 2007 at St. Joseph Nursing Home in Arcadia. He was born October 2, 1934 to Gale and Erna (Voss) McKeeth. He graduated from Galesville High School and Winona University. On August 8, 1959, he married Mary...

Olga J. Kraabel

Olga J. Kraabel

Feb 2, 2007

Olga J. Kraabel, age 95 of Westby, died Friday, Feb. 2, 2007. Olga J. Kraabel, age 95 of Westby, died Friday, Feb. 2, 2007. She was born on March 8, 1911 in Vernon Co. to Oscar and Amanda (Skaug) Erlandson. On Dec. 29, 1934 she was united in marriage to Ingvald Kraabel. Olga was a member of the Bethany...

Eileen Claire Ellefson

Eileen Claire Ellefson

Jan 31, 2007

Eileen Claire (Boland) Ellefson died on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 Eileen Claire (Boland) Ellefson died on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Eileen was born on June 19, 1937 on Woodard Street in Chicago Illinois to John and Esther (Rude) Boland. Her mother died when she was four years old, and her father then...

Viroqua Lea Arneson, Wis

Viroqua Lea Arneson, Wis

Jan 31, 2007

Lea Arneson, age 95 of Viroqua, died Wednesday, January 31, 2007 Lea Arneson, age 95 of Viroqua, died Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at the Vernon Manor in Viroqua. She was born on September 18, 1911 in Vernon County to Thomas and Mabel (Worman) Watson. She graduated from Central High School and then went on to graduate from teachers college....

Alvin M. Gald

Alvin M. Gald

Jan 31, 2007

Alvin M. Gald, age 82 of Viroqua, died Wednesday evening, January 31, 2007 Alvin M. Gald, age 82 of Viroqua, died and went home to be with the Lord Wednesday evening, January 31, 2007 in LaCrosse after a courageous three week battle following surgical complications. He was born on August 14, 1924 in Vernon County Wisconsin the son of...

Janice R. Ostrem

Janice R. Ostrem

Jan 29, 2007

Janice Ruth (Nelson) Ostrem, age 73 of Columbus and formerly of Newry, died on Monday, January 29, 2007 Janice Ruth (Nelson) Ostrem, age 73 of Columbus and formerly of Newry, returned to the Lord on Monday, January 29, 2007 at her home in Columbus. She was born on August 15, 1933 to Richard and Rose (Larson) Nelson. She was...

Margaret Miller Vold

Margaret Miller Vold

Jan 28, 2007

Margaret Vold (Miller) died on Sunday, January 28, 2007 Margaret Vold (Miller) passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, January 28 with her family by her side. She was born January 12, 1922 to Esther and Lester Miller in the township of Clinton in Vernon County at 5:00 AM. Margaret was baptized January 18, 1949 at the Evangelical...

Welma J. Frye

Welma J. Frye

Jan 27, 2007

Welma June Frye "Grandma", age 82 of Warrens, Wisconsin, died Saturday morning, January 27, 2007 Welma June Frye "Grandma", age 82 of Warrens, Wisconsin, passed away early Saturday morning, January 27, 2007 very peacefully at Blue Sky Assisted Living with her care givers, Janice and Mary Anne. She was born on May 1, 1924 in Whitestownship, Vernon County, Wisconsin...

Frances Lucille Oftedahl Aasen

Frances Lucille Oftedahl Aasen

Jan 24, 2007

Frances Lucille (Oftedahl) Aasen, age 88 of Westby Frances Lucille (Oftedahl) Aasen, age 88 of Westby, died suddenly on Wednesday, January 24, 2007. She was born November 26, 1918 to Hans and Teolina "Tillie" (Nedland) Oftedahl on their home farm in Vernon County. She was baptized and confirmed in the Norwegian language at the Bethel Church, rural Viroqua. She...

Ralph A. Melby

Ralph A. Melby

Jan 24, 2007

Ralph Arvid Melby, age 82, died January 24, 2007. Ralph Arvid Melby, age 82 of Westby died January 24, 2007. Funeral services were held on Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. at the Westby Coon Prairie Lutheran Church. Pastor Julie Wollman officiated with burial in the North Coon Prairie Cemetery. Friends called at the Vosseteig Funeral Home in...

Roger W. Olson

Roger W. Olson

Jan 22, 2007

Roger W. Olson, age 81 of La Crosse and formerly of Westby passed away on Monday, January 22, 2007 Roger W. Olson, age 81 of La Crosse and formerly of Westby passed away on Monday, January 22, 2007 at his home. Roger was born January 22, 1926 in Viroqua, Wisconsin to Gustav Adolph and Oline Josephine (Sordahl) Olson. He...