Obituaries
Agnes Ona Aberg Yttri
Oct 26, 2006
Agnes Ona (Aberg) Yttri, age 97 of Viroqua, passed away Thursday, October 26, 2006 at the Vernon Memorial Hospital in Viroqua. She was born March 8, 1909 to Chris and Josephine (Logan) Aberg. She was a baptized and confirmed member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, and later joined the ELCA and Rebecca circle. On March 8, 1930 she married...
Bernice Gertrude Shank
Oct 24, 2006
Bernice Gertrude Shank, age 86 of River Falls, WI and formerly of Viroqua, died Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at the River Falls Area Hospital. She was born August 17, 1920 in Tevera, WI, which is near Soldiers Grove. Her parents were Clarence and Mabel (Mickelson) Tilley. She was united in marriage to Jack Louis Shank on June 23, 1943....
Rose M. Castro
Oct 22, 2006
Rose M. Castro, age 66 of Desoto, died on Sunday, October 22, 2006 at the Vernon Manor Nursing Home in Viroqua where she had been a resident since May of 2006. Rose was born in Blue River, Wisconsin on January 17, 1940 and graduated from Blue River High School in 1959. She spent her adult life at home raising...
Margaret Joan Marge Jeffery
Oct 21, 2006
Margaret (Marge) Joan Jeffery, 78, of Viroqua died peacefully at home on Saturday, October 21, 2006. She was born March 28, 1928 in Waite Park, Minnesota to Reuben and Ingeborg (Nelson) Adamson. Marge grew up in Superior, Wisconsin and graduated from Superior State College in 1949. She married James Jeffery in Superior on December 29, 1951. Marge spent much...
Eugene Leo Gene Massie
Oct 20, 2006
Eugene Leo Massie (Gene), 75 of Flat Rock, N.C. died Friday October 20, 2006 in Hendersonville, N.C. Gene was born December 3, 1930 in Romance, WI to Leo and Myrtle (Davis) Massie. He attended Viroqua High School, served in the 32nd Division of the Army National Guard, was a Boy Scout Leader, and a member of the Jaycees. He...
Jerald Eugene Cary
Oct 20, 2006
Jerald Eugene Cary, age 73 of Cashton, passed away October 20, 2006 at Gundersen-Lutheran Medical Center following an illness with his family by his side. He was born on March 2, 1933 at home in rural Cashton to Philip and Josie (Clark) Cary. On September 19, 1953 he married Beth Thomas and together they farmed and raised their family....
Eleanor Irene Hase
Oct 18, 2006
Eleanor Irene Hase, age 88 of Viroqua, passed away Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at the Vernon Memorial Hospital. She had been a resident at Norseland Nursing Home in Westby for the past 10 years. Eleanor was born August 27, 1918 in Dell, WI to Carl and Ruby (Mortenson) Holt. On April 11, 1938 she was united in marriage to...
Ole Myhre
Oct 17, 2006
Ole Myhre, age 90 of LaCrosse and formerly of Chaseburg, died October 17, 2006 at his home in LaCrosse. He was born in Clinton Township on June 19, 1916 to Andreas and Berte (Smedhaugen) Myhre. He was baptized by Reverend Halvorson and confirmed by Reverend Holum. On March 29, 1953 he was united in marriage to Elvera Nichols and...
Sonja M. Knutson Pederson
Oct 16, 2006
WESTBY--Sonja M. (Knutson) Pederson, age 70, died Monday, October 16, 2006. She is survived by her husband of fifty years, Tom; her children, Stephen Pederson, Martha Lippert, and Kurt (Sarah) Pederson; her daughter-in-law, Cindy Pederson; her grandchildren, Paul, Carl, Paige, Stephanie, and Ethan; her sisters, Kay Knutson and Marianne (Mickey) Myhre; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded...
Eva Struxness
Oct 15, 2006
Eva Struxness, age 89 of Westby, died October 15, 2006 at the Norseland Nursing Home in Westby, WI. Eva was born in Christiana Township on May 28, 1917 to Joseph and Ida (Hentschel) Dahlen. She was baptized and confirmed in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in rural Cashton. She was united in marriage to Stanley Melvin Struxness on March 15,...
Lester Verdell Olson
Oct 10, 2006
Lester Verdell Olson, age 83, passed away Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at the Norseland Nursing Home in Westby. He was born near Chaseburg on March 28, 1923 to Tilmar and Anna (Karlstad) Olson. He married Elise Lunde on April 8, 1944. They farmed a few years before moving to Milwaukee in 1957 and then moved back to the Westby...
Keith Swenson
Oct 8, 2006
Keith Swenson, age 63 of Westby died Sunday, October 8, 2006 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in LaCrosse, WI. Keith was born March 4, 1943 in Cottage Grove, WI to Ed and Agnes Swenson. The family moved to Westby when Keith was five months old. He was baptized and confirmed at Westby Coon Prairie Lutheran Church and graduated from...
Raymond Jean Olson
Oct 1, 2006
Raymond Jean Olson, age 44 of Viroqua, died unexpectedly at home on Sunday, October 1, 2006. He was born December 14, 1961 to William and Karla (Schultheis) Olson in Frankfurt Germany. Raymond was a 1981 graduate of Viroqua High School and served in the National Guard from 1980 to 1985. When it came to having fun, Raymond loved the...
Obed M. Braaten
Sep 25, 2006
Obed M. Braaten, age 86 of Viroqua, died Monday, September 25, 2006 at the Bethel Home in Viroqua. He was born June 3, 1920 to Ole and Nora (Jackson) Braaten in their farm home near Readstown, Wisconsin. He married Myrtle Jacobson on Sunday, November 14, 1948 in the old Immanuel Lutheran Church in Viroqua. He attended school in Readstown...
Roger �Rogie� Lee Widner
Sep 24, 2006
Roger "Rogie" Lee Widner, age 46 of Avalanche, rural Viroqua, died Sunday, September 24, 2006 at his home as the result of kidney cancer. Roger was born in Viroqua on April 4, 1960 to Roger and Mary (Clarke) Widner. He graduated from Westby High School and worked with his father and uncles business, RL Widner Excavating, since he was...
Roger �Rogie� Lee Widner
Sep 24, 2006
Roger "Rogie" Lee Widner, age 46 of Avalanche, rural Viroqua, died Sunday, September 24, 2006 at his home as the result of kidney cancer. Roger was born in Viroqua on April 4, 1960 to Roger and Mary (Clarke) Widner. He graduated from Westby High School and worked with his father and uncles business, RL Widner Excavating, since he was...
Sandra �Sandy� �The Cookie Lady� Page
Sep 12, 2006
Sandra "Sandy" "The cookie lady" Page, age 64 of Onalaska, died Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at Gundersen-Lutheran Medical Center in LaCrosse after a very short battle with cancer. She was born July 3, 1942 to Leo and Opal (Eitsert) Pinkham in Gays Mills, Wi. She was the oldest child of seven. Sandy graduated from Soldiers Grove High School in...
Floyd Elton Deaver
Sep 11, 2006
Floyd Elton Deaver, age 90, died peacefully September 11, 2006 at Providence Hospital in Anchorage, Alaska. He was born September 22, 1915 near Viroqua, Wis. to John and Clara (Borrison) Deaver. He married Velma Talmage Stantorf on September 2, 1938 at the Westby Coon Prairie Parsonage. They lived in the Avalanche and Bishop Branch area. Floyd worked as a...
Katherine Beall Mckibbin
Aug 30, 2006
Katherine Beall McKibbin, age 93, of Esofea, WI died early Wednesday morning, August 30, 2006, surrounded by her loving family at the Bethel Home in Viroqua where she was a resident since July 18th. . She was born March 26, 1913 in Cumberland, MD to Richard H. Beall and Rose Belle (Hinkle) Beall. She graduated from Alleghany High School...
James Burton Groves
Aug 28, 2006
James Burton Groves of Viroqua, Wisconsin died August 28, 2006 at the age of 92. He was born October 26, 1913 in Ryegate, Montana, the second child of homesteaders, William F. and Amanda Isaacs Groves. He returned to the Viroqua area with his parents as a toddler where they lived on several farms in the Lyster, Buckeye Ridge, and...
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