Obituaries

Alta Rae Barnes

Alta Rae Barnes

Feb 3, 2020

Alta Rae Barnes, age 84, passed away on February 3rd at Vernon Manor in Viroqua, WI. Alta Rae Barnes, age 84, passed away on February 3, 2020 at Vernon Manor in Viroqua, WI. Alta Rae (Turner) Barnes was born August 27, 1935 to Albert and Vinnie (Green) Turner, Webster Township, Vernon County, Viola, WI. She was the youngest of...

Jacob Robert Vedvik

Jacob Robert Vedvik

Feb 2, 2020

Jacob Vedvik, age 95 of Utica / Mt. Sterling, died Sunday February 2, 2020 at Vernon Memorial Hospital. Jacob was born May 17, 1924 in Seneca, WI to Jacob and Agnes (Anderson) Vedvik Sr. Jacobs birthday bought him great joy to be a Norwegian born on Syttende Mai. He loved traveling back and forth many times to Norway; once...

Roy Orland Clark

Roy Orland Clark

Feb 2, 2020

Roy O. Clark, age 78 of Gays Mills, died at home Sunday February 2, 2020 surrounded by his loving family and caregivers. Roy Orland Clark went to be with his Lord on Sunday, February 2, 2020, with his wife at his side. He was born in Steuben, WI on September 3, 1941 to William Delbert Clark & Edith Luella...

Alan Slavik

Alan Slavik

Jan 29, 2020

Alan Slavik, age 67 of Utica, died Wednesday January 29, 2020 at home, surrounded by family and friends. Special Services for Alan have been addressed per Alan and Shirleys wishes. The Vosseteig Funeral Home, 325 Sunset Ridge Ave. & Hwy 131, in Gays Mills is serving the family. (608) 735-2100.

Duwayne Richard Dewey Fortney

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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...