Obituaries
Kurt Fetty
Nov 5, 2019
Kurt Fetty, of Viroqua, died Thursday, November 5, 2015. Kurt Allan Fetty, 60, passed away on Thursday, November 5th at St. Josephs Hospital in Chippewa Falls, WI. Kurt went to be with the Lord after a long and hard-fought battle with a lung disease over the past ten years. Kurt was born in Viroqua, WI on March 17, 1955...
Avenelle Alene Halverson
Nov 4, 2019
Avenelle Alene Halverson, age 90 of Purdy, died Monday, November 4, 2019. Avenelle Alene Halverson, age 90 of Purdy, died Monday, November 4, 2019 at Vernon Manor in Viroqua, surrounded by loving family and caregivers. Avenelle was born in Sterling Township, on June 20, 1929 to Sever and Leda (Skrede) Halverson. Avenelle was a caregiver who helped everyone she...
Steven A. Collins
Nov 3, 2019
Steven A. Collins, age 48 of Gays Mills WI, died Sunday November 3, 2019. On Saturday, November 2, 2019, Steven A. Collins, age 48, died in a vehicle accident near Soldiers Grove. Steve is survived by his three children, Nicholas Collins, Joshua (Rebecca) Collins and Christian Collins; parents Robert (Vickie) Collins and Connie (Roger) Evers; brother, Robert (Casey) Collins...
Bernard "Bernie' F. Harter
Oct 31, 2019
Bernard Bernie Francis Harter, age 76 of Viroqua, died Thursday October 31, 2019. Bernard (Bernie) Francis Harter, age 76 of Viroqua, died Thursday, October 31, 2019 at Vernon Memorial Hospital in Viroqua. Bernard Harter was born September 25, 1943. Besides helping his dad with farm work, Bernie started his career driving milk truck then driving for Pepsi. He was...
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...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries.