Obituaries
William Knapp
Jan 11, 2018
VIOLA / LaFARGE William Knapp, formerly of the LaFarge and Viola area, died Thursday January 11, 2018 with his family in West Warwick, RI. Funeral services are pending arrangements and will be announced. The Vosseteig Funeral Home in LaFarge and the Henthorn Memorial Center in Viola, is serving the Family.
Shirley Hanson
Jan 9, 2018
Shirley Hanson, 78, of Viroqua, died Tuesday, January 9, 2018. Shirley A. Hanson, age 78 of Viroqua, died Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at Gundersen Lutheran in LaCrosse. She was born on August 10, 1939 to Milford and Kathleen (Murphy) Buros. Shirley attended Smith School and graduated from Westby High School in 1957. On July 26, 1958 she was united...
Carol Marion Peltier
Jan 4, 2018
VIROQUA Carol Marion Peltier, age 78 of Viroqua, died Thursday January 4, 2018 at Bethel Home. Carol Marion Peltier, 78, of Viroqua, passed away peacefully in her sleep Thursday, January 4, 2018 at the Bethel Home in Viroqua Wisconsin. Carol was born March 24,1939 in Milwaukee WI, to Harold and Mary (Madajewski) Jenks. Carol grew up and attended school...
Rose Marie Olstad
Jan 4, 2018
VIROQUA Rose Marie Olstad, age 84 of Viroqua, died Thursday January 4, 2018 at Vernon Manor. Rose was born on November 3, 1933 to George and Rose (Seiler) Meyer in Belleville, IL. Rose married Byron Edward Miller who died at the young age of 38 in 1968. She fell in love again and later married John Odell Olstad on...
Megan Mccarthy
Dec 27, 2017
Megan McCarthy, 33, of Soldiers Grove, died Wednesday, December 27, 2017. It is with great sadness that the family of Megan Kathleen McCarthy, age 33, of La Crosse WI, announce her passing on December 27, 2017. She grew up in Naperville IL and after graduating from Nuequa Valley High School in 2003, attended Robert Morris University. Megan will be...
Thelma E. Halverson
Dec 24, 2017
VIROQUA Thelma E. Halverson, age 88, died at home surrounded by her loving family, this Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24, 2017. Thelma Eleanor Koenig was born on July 28, 1929 at Boscobel, Wisconsin to William and Eleanore (Kienitz) Koenig. In 1936 her mother died of tuberculosis. After several difficult years she was placed in the home of Elva and...
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...
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