Obituaries
Logan Ryan Connelly
Dec 22, 2017
LA FARGE Logan Ryan Connelly, age 23 of La Farge, died Friday December 22, 2017. Logan Ryan Connelly, 23, La Farge, WI, passed away on Friday, December 22, 2017 Logan was born on June 3, 1994 in Viroqua, WI. He graduated from La Farge High School in 2012. He was a heavy equipment operator for A. Block Marketing in...
Darleen Lasse Johnston
Dec 19, 2017
GAYS MILLS Darleen Lasse Johnston, 88, of Gays Mills, died on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at Bland Bekkedal Center for Hospice Care in Viroqua. Darleen June Coleman was born on June 15, 1929, to George and Delia (Callaway) Coleman. She married Donald Lasse on October 9, 1946 and they lived on his family farm in Richland Center for several...
Lois Ellen Knapp
Dec 18, 2017
VIOLA / LaFarge Lois Ellen Knapp, age 86 formerly of LaFarge and Viola, died Monday December 18, 2017 with her family in West Warwick, RI. There will be a private burial at Viola Cemetery, Friday December 22, 2017 at 11:00 AM, with plans for a memorial service later this spring that will be announced. The Vosseteig Funeral Home in...
Stephanie Jacobson
Dec 15, 2017
GAYS MILLS Stephanie Jacobson, age 47 of Prairie du Chien and formerly Viroqua, died Friday, December 15, 2017. Stephanie Jane (Harris) Jacobson, age 47, died in her sleep, Friday, December 15, 2017. Steph was known for many things: her fierce love of family and friends, vulgarity, her laugh and smile, arguing about who is the favorite, her sense of...
Elaine M. Lund
Dec 13, 2017
WESTBY Elaine M. Lund, age 89 died at Norseland Nursing Home in Viroqua, on Wednesday December 13, 2017. Elaine Mae Lund, age 89, passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 13, 2017, at Norseland Nursing Home in Westby, where she had been a resident since February 2015. She was born on May 23, 1928, in Westby to John...
Grace L. Murphy
Dec 11, 2017
ROLLING GROUND Grace L. Murphy, age 97, died Monday December 11, 2017 at the Bland-Bekkedal Center for Hospice Care in Viroqua. ROLLING GROUND Grace Lorraine Murphy, age 97 of Gays Mills, formerly of Rolling Ground passed away peacefully on Monday, December 11, 2017 surrounded by her family. Grace was born on October 8, 1920 in the log home on...
Winnifred Stigen
Dec 8, 2017
Winnifred I Stigen, 90, of Viroqua, died on Friday, December 8, 2017. She was born January 19, 1927 in Westby, WI, the only child of Oscar and Ruby (Lee) Stigen. Winnie graduated from Viroqua High School in 1945. She worked as a nurses aide at La Crosse Lutheran Hospital before attending school in Minneapolis. She first completed a laboratory...
Beverly L. Haakenson
Dec 8, 2017
Beverly L. Haakenson, age 86 of Westby, died Friday, December 8, 2017. Beverly was born on October 26, 1931 to Reuben and Marie (Lund) Bergh. She graduated from Cashton High School and Vernon County Normal School. On July 12, 1952 she married Earl Haakenson at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cashton. Beverly taught school for two years and then worked...
Hazel Hope Vitcenda
Dec 4, 2017
WESTBY / LaFARGE Hazel Vitcenda, age 99, of Westby, died Monday, December 4, 2017. Hazel Hope Vitcenda, 99, passed away December 4, 2017 at Norseland Nursing Home in Westby. She was born August 18, 1918 near La Farge, to Charles and Lucinda (Lawrence) Hopkins. She married Carl Vitcenda on August 19,1937. They lived and raised their family on a...
Nora Sherry Olson
Dec 3, 2017
Nora Sherry Olson, 94, of Viroqua and formerly of Soldiers Grove, died Sunday, December 3, 2017. Nora L. Sherry Olson, 94, passed away at the Bethel Home in Viroqua on December 3, 2017, just short of her 95th birthday. She was born on December 8, 1922, to Martin and Elsie (Helgerson) Iverson on the home farm in rural Gays...
Clarice Hagen
Dec 2, 2017
Clarice Hagen, 73, of Tomah and formerly of Sparta, died Saturday, December 2, 2017. Clarice Joan Hagen joined the family reunion in Heaven December 2, 2017. Clarice was born April 15, 1944 in Westby to Arthur and Cora Hagen. She was the third of four siblings. She grew up in the country around the Westby, Cashton area. Clarice was...
Shirley Sordahl
Nov 23, 2017
VIROQUA Shirley Sordahl, age 69, of Muscoda and formerly Viroqua, died at The Richland Hospital, Thursday, November 23, 2017 in Richland Center. Shirley was born on March 22, 1948 to Selmer and Eleanor (Lawrence) Sordahl in Viroqua. Shirley enjoyed spending time with Mom and with family. She was a rare Badger in so much as she actually enjoyed shoveling...
Casey A. Mcnamer
Nov 22, 2017
VIOLA Casey A. McNamer, age 37, died Wednesday, November 22, 2017. On February 4th of 1980, we were blessed with our little girl Casey. She was the most beautiful baby we could ever wish for. Casey attended Kickapoo Area Schools where she enjoyed and excelled in softball and volleyball. She has five beautiful children, who she loved very much....
David Hadley
Nov 21, 2017
LaFarge David L. Hadley, age 64 of Richland Center and formerly of Viola, died Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at the Pine Valley Healthcare Center in Richland Center. He was born on February 19, 1953 in Viroqua the son of Lawrence and Mary Phyllis (Appleman) Hadley. David graduated from Cook School in Viroqua. He enjoyed old westerns and loved watching...
Tyler David Jackson
Nov 20, 2017
GAYS MILLS / PETERSBURG / HANEY Tyler David Jackson, age 26, of Madison, died Monday, November 20, 2017, in Readstown, WI. Tyler was born on September 14, 1991 to Morris and Sandra (OKane) Jackson at Meriter Hospital in Madison. He joined older sisters April & Heather to complete their family. Growing up in the Gays Mills area, Tyler had...
William Paggi
Nov 17, 2017
William Paggi, 79, of Genoa, died Friday, November 17, 2017. William D. "Bill" Paggi, 79, of Genoa, passed away Friday, November 17, 2017 at a Nursing Home. He was born in La Crosse on September 10, 1938 to Charles and Kathryn (Hastings) Paggi. After graduation from High School he worked at the Robertson Saw Mill in De Soto and...
John Hoeschele
Nov 17, 2017
John Hoeschele, 80, of Richland Center (formerly of Baraboo and Holmen) passed away on Friday, November 17, 2017 at the Bland Bekkadal Hospice Center in Viroqua. John Hoeschele, 80, of Richland Center (formerly of Baraboo and Holmen) passed away on Friday, November 17, 2017 at the Bland Bekkadal Hospice Center in Viroqua. He was born in Romania (Muldova) on...
Fae Zitzner
Nov 14, 2017
Fae Zitzner, 89, of Viroqua, died Tuesday, November 14, 2017. Fae Lorraine Zitzner, 89, of Viroqua died November 14, 2017 after a brief illness at Vernon Memorial Hospital. Fae was born on April 23, 1928 in Viroqua to Lewis and Aleda Tollefson and raised by Tollef and Mabel Bolstad. Fae graduated from Viroqua High School in 1945. On December...
Bernard Herb Watson
Nov 11, 2017
GAYS MILLS Bernard HERB Watson, age 95, died Saturday, November 11, 2017, at Greenway Manor in Spring Green. GAYS MILLS / SPRING GREEN Spring Green, WI. Bernard R "Herb" Watson passed away peacefully on November 11, 2017 at Greenway Manor. Herb was born May 27, 1922 to George and Ellen (Kane) Watson in Seneca, WI. He was engaged in...
Roger Lee Kvigne
Nov 8, 2017
MT. STERLING Roger L. Kvigne, age 69, of Mt. Sterling, died on Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at his home. Roger was born August 26, 1948 in Viroqua to Adolph and Beatrice (Ellefson) Kvigne. He was baptized, confirmed and a life long member of Utica Lutheran Church. He graduated from North Crawford High School in 1966 and from Golden Valley...
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