Obituaries

Dec 17, 2022

Robert E. Lee, age 77, of Mt. Sterling passed away Saturday, December 17, 2022, at the Soldiers Grove Health Center. He was born to Elmer and Thelma (Olson) Lee on January 17, 1945, in Prairie du Chien. He attended Bible School in Capernwray, England in 1965-1966. He later followed his dream and graduated from Lincoln Barber School in 1970....

Dec 17, 2022

Stella B. Schaller, 96, of Soldiers Grove, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 17, 2022, at Soldiers Grove Health Services. She was born on January 24, 1926, to Albert and Ingar (Paulson) Offerdahl. Stella lived in a few different states but Nevada and Wisconsin were her home. She owned and operated the The Dugout Café in Soldiers Grove for...

Dec 17, 2022

George Navrestad, age 93, of Westby passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 17, 2022, at Norseland Nursing Home. He was born February 22, 1929, to the late Tom and Bertha (Hooverson) Navrestad on the family farm in Vernon County. George graduated from Westby High School in 1946, and attended Farm Short Course at UW-Madison. He served in the United...

Dec 15, 2022

Wayne Goplin, 82, of Gays Mills, died Thursday, December 15, 2022, after a brief illness. He was born August 8, 1940, at the home farm near Blue River, WI, to Jesse and Irene Goplin. Wayne was the oldest of three children.

Wayne grew up on a dairy farm near Blue River and graduated from Blue...

Dec 15, 2022

Franklin Duane Meseberg, age 72, of rural La Farge, passed away at his home on Thursday, December 15, 2022. He was born on June 23, 1950, to Ernie and Hope (Blakely) Meseberg. He attended grade school in West Lima and graduated from La Farge High School in 1968. He was a good athlete in school, excelling in both football...

Dec 12, 2022

Dennis G. Hird, age 63, of Seneca, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 12, 2022, at his home with his wife by his side. He was born on March 30, 1959, in Rockford, Illinois to Gene and Delores (Coy) Hird. Dennis attended Boscobel High School. He met Barbara Foley in 1980 and were married on July 9, 1983. He...

Dec 12, 2022

Gary Theige, age 81, of Westby passed away Monday, December 12, 2022. He was born March 23, 1941, to the late Gerhard and Letha (Stefferud) Theige. Gary graduated from Westby High School in 1959, and left to attend college in Stevens Point. He was drafted into the U.S. Army and was stationed at Fort Hood.

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Dec 7, 2022

Duane Marcellus Parr, age 91, of Viola/La Farge, passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at Vernon Manor. Duane was born on June 25, 1931, in Vernon County to Edmund and Pearl (Pederson) Parr. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. Following his service to our country, he married Dorothy Hammond on February 11, 1956. After...

Dec 5, 2022

Ronald P. Kading, age 52, of rural La Farge, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, December 5, 2022. He was born on February 18, 1970. Ron was welcomed into the family of Wayne and Colene Wirts at the age of 18. He graduated from Viroqua High School at the age of 21. He worked at VARC for over 30 years...

Dec 1, 2022

Karen Rita (Peterson) Rayner, 81, of Soldiers Grove, WI went to be with our Heavenly Father on Thursday, December 1, 2022.

She was born at the Schoville homestead at Trout Creek, on January 31,1941, to Thorvald and Opal (Schoville) Peterson. She married Ernest Wayne Rayner on December 12, 1959, in North Clayton, WI....

Nov 29, 2022

Ellen Jane Hall Melby, age 91, of La Crosse and formerly of Westby passed away Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at Eagle Crest South Assisted Living in La Crosse. She was born January 28, 1931, on the Deters Farm in Viroqua. At the age of 5, she moved with her family to the Hall Homestead in Westby. Ellen graduated from...

Nov 26, 2022

Audrey Hendricks (Gutierrez), 64, of Friendship, WI, passed away on November 26th, 2022, after a long and hard-fought battle with Multiple Sclerosis.

Audrey was born on July 15th, 1958, to Raul and Louise Gutierrez in El Paso, Texas. Audrey graduated from Cosmetology School to become a hair stylist.

Audrey met Dale...

Nov 24, 2022

Rosemary “Cookie” Kamprud, of Westby, WI, formerly of Viroqua, passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 24, 2022, at the age of 77. She was born on September 26, 1945, to the late Oscar and Helen (Ellefson) Hirschfield.

Cookie married Wayne Kamprud on November 4, 1967, in Viroqua and resided in Springville. Cookie and Wayne had...

Nov 22, 2022

Virginia E. Sturdevant, age 103, of Viroqua and formerly of Retreat, died on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at Creamery Creek in Viroqua. She was born on July 17, 1919, at her family home south of Viroqua to Andrew and Petra (Bruland) Anderson. Virginia was confirmed at Kickapoo United Lutheran Church. She graduated from Viroqua High School and later earned...

Nov 21, 2022

Bill Kappler, age 80, of La Farge and formerly of Readstown passed away on Monday, November 21, 2022. He was born on November 27, 1941.

He is survived by life-partner Lisa Ashley; son, Ben Ashley Kappler of LaFarge, 20 yrs. old; stepdaughter, Kathryn (Keith) Ashley Wright 38 yrs. of LaFarge and their four children; daughter,...

Nov 19, 2022

Lucille Ann Krause, 90, of Viroqua, passed away on Saturday, November 19, 2022, at her home. Lucille was born on April 15, 1932, to Albert and Helen (Enos) Ritter of La Crosse, WI. After graduating from Aquinas High School in 1950, she attended St. Francis School of Nursing. Lucille married Charles Krause on October 2, 1954, at Holy Trinity....

Nov 17, 2022

Florence Rae Ames, 101, of De Soto, passed away Thursday, November 17, 2022. She was born August 2, 1921, to Martin and Barbara (Ronkoske) Syverson.

Florence is survived by three daughters: Yvonne (Gary) Lysne of Mt. Sterling, Carmen Lee of Lansing, IA, and Marlene (John) Nelson of Genoa; one son, Orin (Jan) Ames of Genoa;...

Nov 11, 2022

Barbara Smith, 98, of Viroqua, formerly of Readstown, passed away peacefully on Friday morning, November 11th, 2022, at her home. Barbara was born June 25, 1924, to Harold and Nellie Weber of rural Viroqua.

After attending three years at Minnesota Bible College in Minneapolis, she married Gayle Smith on August 27, 1947. They resided on...

Nov 10, 2022

Eldon Robert Townsend, age 75, of rural De Soto, passed away Thursday, November 10, 2022. He was born on January 15, 1947, to Eldon R. Townsend Sr. and Eileen (Larson) Townsend. He graduated from De Soto High School in 1965, where he was a member of the baseball team. After graduation, he began working at the Red Mound Co-Op...

Nov 4, 2022

Margaret “Peggy” Louise Turben, age 91, of Viroqua, died Friday, November 4, 2022, at Vernon Manor with her family by her side. Peggy was born on December 14, 1930, in Soldiers Grove to Melvin and Ingeborg (Everson) Swiggum. Peggy graduated from North Crawford Schools. On March 12, 1948, she married Gilbert Turben by a ‘justice of the peace’ on...