Obituaries
Duwayne Richard Dewey Fortney
Jan 23, 2020
DuWayne Richard Dewey Fortney age 79 of Viroqua died at home, Wednesday January 23, 2020. DuWayne "Dewey" Richard Fortney, 79 of Viroqua, died Thursday, January 23, 2020 at his home. Dewey was born on March 25, 1940 in Franklin Township to Arne & Thea (Krogan) Fortney. He graduated from Readstown High School and went on to attend college at...
Elaine Delores Kirby
Jan 20, 2020
Elaine Delores (Holte) Kirby, age 89 of Westby WI, died January 20, 2020. Elaine was born May 10, 1930, the daughter of Alf and Elvena (Kirking) Holte. She was formerly married to John Kirby of London, England. Elaine was a member of Westby Coon Prairie Lutheran Church. She was a retired legal secretary and volunteered at Westby public library....
Bea Marie Koch
Jan 19, 2020
Bea Marie Koch, age 91 of Viroqua, died Sunday January 19, 2020. Bea Marie Koch passed away peacefully on Sunday January 19, 2020. Bea was born on August 11, 1928 on the Molland family farm in West Prairie to Oscar and Myrtle (Zitzner) Molland. She was baptized and confirmed in the North West Prairie Lutheran Church. Bea was a...
Myron Archie Mike Cole
Jan 19, 2020
Myron Mike Cole, age 96 of Westby, died Sunday January 19, 2020. Myron (Mike) Archie Cole was born on the family farm, Town of Clinton, to Clarence and Minnie (Teal) Cole on June 25, 1923. He lived a good life for 96-1/2 years. He worked hard, was frugal, and loved his family. Mike married his dance partner, Shirley Hay,...
Mary M. Oswald
Jan 16, 2020
Mary M. Oswald, age 96 of Evansville and formerly of Viroqua, died Friday, January 16, 2009. Mary Margaret (Connelly) Oswald age 96, of Evansville and formerly of Viroqua passed away on January 16, under the watchful care of family and Evansville Manor Nursing Home staff. She was born in Crawford County on June 10, 1912 to Tim and Jane...
Maryann T. Crook
Jan 16, 2020
Maryann T. Crook, age 71 of Viola, died Thursday January 16, 2020. Maryann Tomaszewski Crook passed away at Vernon Memorial Hospital on Thursday, January 16, 2020, at the age of 71. She was born May 12, 1948, in Minooka, Pennsylvania, to Theodore and Helen (Kotnarowski) Tomaszewski. While working as an accountant in Alexandria VA, Maryann met and married David...
Dorothy Mae Shaw
Jan 11, 2020
Dorothy Mae Shaw, age 89 of Onalaska, died Saturday January 11, 2020. Dorothy Mae Shaw passed peacefully into heaven at home on Jan 11,2020. She was born May 11, 1930 in Soldiers Grove WI to Millard and Celia (Jackson) Christopherson. She was raised on her parents farm and graduated high school from Soldiers Grove. After graduation she met and...
Margeret Jean Larry
Jan 7, 2020
Margaret Larry of Cashton died Tuesday January 7, 2020. Margaret Jean Larry "Jeanie" born March 24, 1955 in Kimball Nebraska. Jeanie passed away peacefully on January 7th, 2020 with family by her side in Cashton, Wisconsin. Jeanie has lived in numerous states throughout her life, over seas in the Canary Islands and England. She had a big passion for...
Donald Edwin Long
Jan 5, 2020
Donald Edwin Long, age 89 of Viroqua, WI., died January 5, 2020. Donald Edwin Long of Viroqua, WI., passed away January 5, 2020 at 4:05PM, surrounded by his wife and loving family at Gundersen Health System in LaCrosse WI. Don was born March 8th 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Lane Tech College Prep in Chicago and University of...
Dollie M. Coleman
Jan 4, 2020
Dollie M. Coleman, age 97 of Gays Mills WI, died Saturday January 4, 2020. After experiencing 97 years of what she recently decreed to be the most beautiful life, Dollie Marjorie Coleman passed away on January 4th at the Soldiers Grove Health Services residence, Soldiers Grove, WI. Dollie was born Marjorie Dull on October 19, 1922 to Arley and...
Wilmer E. Homstad
Jan 3, 2020
Wilmer Everett Homstad, age 98 of Westby, died Friday January 3, 2020. Wilmer E. Homstad, life long resident of the Westby, Wisconsin area quietly passed away at the age of 98 on January 3 at the Bethel Home in Viroqua. He is survived by two sons; Keith (Torild) of Northfield, MN and their children, Hans of Minneapolis and his...
Robert Storbakken
Jan 2, 2020
Robert D. Storbakken, age 75 of Chaseburg died Thursday January 2, 2020. Robert D. Storbakken, 75, of Chaseburg passed away on Thursday, January 2, 2020 at Gundersen Hospital after a long battle with cancer. Robert was born on August 16, 1944 to William and Tena (Olson) Storbakken in LaCrosse, WI. He was the youngest of nine children. He had...
Paul James Jim Lomas, Jr.
Dec 29, 2019
Paul James 'Jim' Lomas Jr., age 67 of Gays Mills, died Sunday December 29, 2019. Jim was born January 4, 1952 in Boscobel WI to Paul Sr. and Geradine (George) Lomas. Jim was a 1970 graduate of Seneca High School. He was raised by his grandparents Jule (Hazel) Lomas. He worked for his dad at first hauling milk. He...
Albert Anthony Wolfe
Dec 29, 2019
Albert A. Wolfe, age 82 of Romance / Genoa, died Sunday December 29, 2019. The Vosseteig Funeral Home, 708 S. Main St., in Westby is serving the family, (608) 634-2100.
Robert L. Bob Bekkum
Dec 28, 2019
Robert Bob Lamont Bekkum, age 82 of Viroqua, died Saturday December 28, 2019. Robert Bob Lamont Bekkum, age 82 of Viroqua, died Saturday December 28, 2019 after battling multiple cancers for over 25 years. Bob was born May 18, 1937 in Viroqua to Melvin and Amanda (Olstad) Bekkum. After graduating high school, Bob entered the Air Force and served...
Harold B. Dull
Dec 27, 2019
Harold B. Dull, age 97 of Soldiers Grove, died Friday December 27, 2019. Harold B. Dull, age 97 of Soldiers Grove, died peacefully at home on Friday December 27, 2019. Harold was born on July 3, 1922 in Soldiers Grove, WI to Earl Edward Dull and Anna Bell (Bailey) Dull. He attended Soldiers Grove Grade School and High School...
Alvin R. Swart
Dec 25, 2019
Alvin Russell Swart, age 58 of rural Soldiers Grove WI, died Wednesday December 25, 2019. Alvin "Al" Russell Swart died December 25th, 2019, after a long battle with cancer. He was born on November 7th, 1961 in Dubuque, IA to Florence (Edwards) and William Swart. On October 8th, 1988, he married Tammy Robelia in Platteville, WI. After graduating from...
Ruth Nestingen
Dec 24, 2019
Ruth Nestingen, age 88 of Westby, died Tuesday December 24, 2019. Ruth Nestingen, 88, of Westby, passed away December 24, 2019, at the Bland Bekkadahl Center of Hospice in Viroqua, WI. She was born April 14, 1931, in Blue Earth, MN to David and Letha (Yarnell) Perrine. Following High School, Ruth furthered her education at the St. Paul School...
Fern Ida Connely
Dec 17, 2019
Fern Ida Connely, age 91 of Viroqua, died Tuesday December 17, 2019. Fern Ida Connely, age 91 of Viroqua, died Tuesday December 17, 2019, at the Bland Bekkedal Center for Hospice Care, surrounded by loved ones and caregivers. Fern was born May 18, 1928 in rural Soldiers Grove (Crawford Co.) to Archie and Ethel (Hutchcroft) Maybee. She attended Bear...
Vivian L. Lee
Dec 11, 2019
Vivian L. Lee, age 99 of Germantown and formerly Westby, died Wednesday December 11, 2019 at the Gables of Germantown. Vivian L. Lee, age 99, of Germantown and formerly Westby, died Wednesday December 11, 2019 at her apartment at the Gables of Germantown. Vivian was born May 2, 1920 near Westby to Palmer and Alma (Frydenberg) Nustad. After high...
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