Obituaries
David Marshall Sorenson
Oct 29, 2019
David Sorenson, age 80 of Westby, died Tuesday October 29, 2019. David Marshall Sorenson was born 09/23/1939 in rural Westby to Ted and Orna (Quain) Sorenson. David lived on the Sorenson farm with his parents and sister Becky until Ornas death in April of 1944 from Scarlett fever. David and Becky then moved in with their grandparents Hans and...
Norman Gustav Lindvig
Oct 23, 2019
Norman Gustav LindvigOctober 23, 2005 Norman Gustav Lindvig, age 79 of rural Viroqua (Avalanche) passed away at his daughters home in Janesville on Sunday, October 23rd surrounded by his family. Born December 14, 1925 to Gustav and Grace (Henry) Lindvig in Avalanche, Norman was a graduate of Westby High School. He then hauled milk for the Brush Hollow Cheese...
Daniel Lester Ames
Oct 15, 2019
Daniel L. Ames, age 33 of rural Viroqua, died at home Tuesday October 15, 2019. Daniel L. Ames, age 33 of rural Viroqua, died at home Tuesday October 15, 2019. Daniel was born November 26, 1985 to Steven and Meredith (Widner) Ames in LaCrosse WI. After graduating high school, Daniel went to work along side his father as a...
Thorwald D. Peterson
Oct 13, 2019
Thorwald D. Peterson, 92, of Viroqua died Saturday, October 13, 2012. Thorwald D. Peterson, 92, of Viroqua,Wisconsin, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 13 at Vernon Manor Nursing Home. Thorwald was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin on November 21, 1919 to Edwin and Tillie (Thoreson) Peterson. Thorwald graduated from Viroqua High School in 1939. On November 12, 1941, he married...
Mary Margaret Stevenson
Oct 11, 2019
Mary M. Stevenson, age 82 of rural Gays Mills, died Friday October 11, 2019. Mary M. Stevenson, 82, of Gays Mills passed away Friday October 11, 2019 at home after a short battle with cancer. Mary was born April 25th, 1937 to Melvin and Anna (Anderson) Swenson. In 1954 she was united with Stanley Stevenson into marriage that lasted...
Michael Jay Seidel
Oct 11, 2019
Michael Jay Seidel, age 48 of Newry WI and formerly Arlington Heights and Downers Grove IL, died Friday October 11, 2019. Michael was born September 1, 1971 in Arlington Heights IL to John and Kristin (Fogelberg) Seidel. He was a graduate of and played football while attending Downers Grove South High School. Mike graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
Donald A. Sannes
Oct 11, 2019
Donald A. Sannes, age 74, of Onalaska and formerly Soldiers Grove, died Friday October 11, 2019. Donald "Don" A. Sannes, age 74, of Onalaska, Wisconsin, passed away Friday, October 11, 2019, at the Bland Bekkedal Hospice Center in Viroqua, WI. He was born July 31, 1945, to Dr. William A. and Eda (Nederloe) Sannes. Don was a 1963 graduate...
Ralph W. Schweinfurth
Oct 7, 2019
Ralph Schweinfurth, age 74 of Buck Creek, rural Ferryville, died on Thursday, October 7, 2010. Ralph William Schweinfurth, 74, passed away Thursday morning, October 7th at his home in Buck Creek, rural Ferryville, Wisconsin from Lymphoma and Congestive Heart Failure. Ralph was born July 4, 1936, at the family home in Lansing, Allamakee County, Iowa, to Herman and Genevieve...
Evelyn Josephine Larson
Oct 6, 2019
Evelyn Josephine Larson, age 88 of Westby, died Sunday October 6, 2019. Evelyn (Haugen) Larson was born in La Crosse, WI. She grew up on a farm outside of Westby, WI. She graduated from Westby High School before attending WWTC in Audio Visual Communications and completing the Dale Carnegie course in public speaking. She had also been a member...
Dawn Marie Rundle
Oct 4, 2019
Dawn Marie Rundle, age 41 of Soldiers Grove, and formerly Milwaukee died Friday October 4, 2019. Dawn Marie Rundle, age 41 of Soldiers Grove, and formerly Milwaukee died Friday October 4, 2019 at Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center in LaCrosse. Dawn was born in Madison WI on March 4, 1978 to Charles F. Young and Nancy Jo Fetterolf. Dawn graduate...

Kenneth Eugene Anderson
Oct 4, 2019
Kenneth E. Anderson, age 93 of Viroqua WI, died Friday October 4, 2019. Kenneth E. Anderson, age 93 of Viroqua WI, died Friday October 4, 2019, at the Bland Bekkedal Center for Hospice Care, in Viroqua, surrounded by his loving family and caregivers. Immediate survivors are his wife Elizabeth and son Mark. A Memorial service for Kenneth will be,...

Lester Frank Copus
Oct 3, 2019
Lester Frank Copus, age 58 of Bangor and formerly Gays Mills, died Thursday October 3, 2019. Frank was born in Wisconsin on March 17, 1961 to Beuford and Verna Marie (Rockwell) Copus. He attended school at Broadhead and Seneca. He drove trucks over the road and stopped to return to Gays Mills and took care of his Dad. Frank...
Thomas R. Knitt
Oct 2, 2019
WESTBY Thomas R. Knitt, age 76 of Westby, died Wednesday October 2, 2019. On Wednesday, October 2, 2019, Thomas Raymond Knitt, loving husband and father of three children, passed away at the age of 76. Tom was born on May 17, 1943 in Clintonville, WI to Alfred and Myrtle (Kautz) Knitt. He grew up in Marion, WI where he...
Arlen Einer Johnson
Oct 1, 2019
Arlen E. Johnson, age 77 of LaFarge, died Tuesday October 1, 2019. Arlen E. Johnson, age 77, passed away Tuesday October 1, 2019 at Bland Bekkedal Center for Hospice Care in Viroqua. Arlen was born July 26, 1942 in Milwaukee WI to Einer and Helen (Nerod) Johnson. He graduated from Rufus King H.S. in 1960. He attended North Central...
Henry Earl Anderson
Sep 29, 2019
Henry Earl Anderson, 77, of Viroqua, died on September 29th, 2012. Henry Earl Anderson, 77, of Viroqua, passed away at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital on September 29th, 2012. He was born to Olaf and Edna Anderson on July 3rd, 1935. He grew up in the Westby area and graduated from Westby High School. He went on to attend vocational school...
Mabel R. Volden
Sep 20, 2019
WESTBY Mabel R. Volden, age 100 of Westby WI, died Friday September 20, 2019. Mabel R. Volden, age 100 of Westby WI, passed away Friday, September 20, 2019 at Norseland Nursing Home. Mabel was born on July 31, 1919 to Christian and Alma B. (Larson) Anderson of rural Cashton WI. She married Eugene Volden at the Coon Prairie Parsonage...
T. James Gudgeon
Sep 19, 2019
Theron James Gudgeon age 84 of La Farge, died Thursday September 19, 2019. Theron James Gudgeon age 84 of La Farge, died Thursday September 19, 2019 at Dove Health Care N.H. in Osseo WI, surrounded by loved ones and caregivers. James was born in LaFarge WI on October 30, 1934 to Oscar and Bernice (Richards) Gudgeon. He spent 83...
Phyllis Dianne Mellem
Sep 16, 2019
Phyllis Dianne Mellem, age 66 of Viroqua, died Monday September 16, 2019. Phyllis Dianne Mellem, age 66, died suddenly in a tragic car accident on September 16, 2019. She was born on March 2, 1953 in Viroqua, Wisconsin to Ruth & Clinton McClurg. Raised on the family farm just outside of Viroqua, Phyllis always loved being a "farm girl"...

Jeffrey Holt Millikin
Sep 14, 2019
Jeffrey Holt Millikin, age 67 of Viroqua, died Saturday September 14, 2019. Private services have been rendered for Jeffreys family. A Celebration of Jeffreys Life" is being planned for a future, date yet to be determined, but will be announced. The Vosseteig-Larson Funeral Home, 123 W. Decker, in Viroqua is serving the family.
Charles Hysel
Sep 13, 2019
Charles Hysel, age 80 of rural LaFarge, died Friday September 13, 2019. Born to Jonathan & Amy (Parr) Hysel on October 5, 1938, in La Farge WI passed Friday, September 13, 2019. Upon graduating, Charles married on June 8, 1957, his high school sweetheart, Darlene Miller. Together, they farmed in the Tunnelville area of La Farge for many years....
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