Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Delores D. Knight
Jan 22, 2007
Delores D. Knight, age 70 of Westby, died Monday, January 22, 2007 Delores D. Knight, age 70 of Westby, died Monday, January 22, 2007 at her home. She was born on November 27, 1936 to William and Clara (Hoover) Stellner. Delores graduated from DeSoto High School in 1954. On Feburary 12, 1955 she married Jack Knight and they later...
Verna M. Bekkedahl
Jan 19, 2007
Verna M. Bekkedahl, age 93 of Westby, died Friday morning, January 19, 2007 Verna M. Bekkedahl, age 93 of Westby, died Friday morning, January 19, 2007 at the Norseland Nursing Home in Westby. Verna was born January 16, 1914 in Vernon County to Edwin and Emma (Dahl) Jothen. She was baptized in the Coon Valley Lutheran Church and confirmed...
John A. Meyer
Jan 17, 2007
John I. Meyer, age 64 of DeSoto, died on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 John I. Meyer, age 64 of DeSoto, died on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at his home. He was born on June 9, 1942 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to John and Monica (Phannenstil) Meyer. On December 18, 1976 he was united in marriage to Judy Falkenstern in Racine,...
Eva M. Phillips
Jan 5, 2007
Eva M. Phillips, age 92 of Viola, died January 5, 2007 Eva M. Phillips, age 92 of Viola, died January 5, 2007 at the Bethel Home in Viroqua. She was born in Jefferson Township, Vernon County, WI on January 21, 1914 to Fred and Barbara (Zogg) Knower. On December 28, 1935 she married Walter Phillips and they had two...
Robert Bestul
Jan 2, 2007
Robert Bestul, age 77 of Viroqua, died January 2, 2007 Robert Bestul, age 77 of Viroqua, died January 2, 2007 at Clare Bridge Cottage in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Born October 27, 1929 to James and Hattie Bestul in Scandinavia, Wisconsin, Robert showed strong interest in music and scholarship from an early age. He graduated as valedictorian of the Scandinavia Union...
Clarence R. Offerdahl
Jan 1, 2007
Clarence Raymond Offerdahl, age 85 of Viroqua, died early Monday morning, January 1, 2007 Clarence Raymond Offerdahl, age 85 of Viroqua, died early Monday morning, January 1, 2007 at the Boscobel Health Care Center in Boscobel where he had been a resident since December 4, 2003. He was born on April 5, 1921 in Vernon County, Wisconsin to James...
Clara Josephine Mehlum
Dec 29, 2006
Clara Josephine Mehlum, age 82 of Westby, passed away at Vernon Memorial Hospital on December 29, 2006. She was born January 27, 1924 to Erling and Gjerda (Clement) Evenson. She was baptized and confirmed in Our Saviors Lutheran Church. She graduated from Westby High School in 1941 and from Vernon County Normal School in 1943. She taught in rural...
Ona C. Hanson
Dec 23, 2006
Ona C. Hanson, age 87 formerly of Westby, died Saturday, December 23, 2006 at the Vernon Manor Nursing Home in Viroqua. She was born on February 18, 1919, to Peter and Edna (Peterson) Goplin. She married Joslyn Hanson on June 19, 1937 and was a life-long member of Westby Coon Prairie Lutheran Church. She retired from Vernon Manor where...
Dorothy May Henry
Dec 23, 2006
Dorothy May Henry, age 96, formerly of Viroqua, WI passed away Saturday December 23, 2006 at the Koester Pavilion, Troy, OH. She was born October 18, 1910 in Boaz, WI to the late Charles H. and Martha (Spencer) Schroeder. She was married to Kermit Henry who preceded her in death in 1972. She is survived by her son and...
Bennie Leroy Opperud
Dec 21, 2006
Bennie LeRoy Opperud, age 84 of Viroqua, died early Thursday morning, December 21, 2006 at the Bethel Home in Viroqua where he had been a resident since June 3, 2004. He was born in rural LaFarge, Wis. (on Sand Hill) on September 18, 1922 to Elmer Joseph and Ingeborg Sophie (Salversen) Opperud. He was baptized and confirmed at Bethany...
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