Obituaries
Ida Bown
Jul 26, 2017
GAYS MILLS / WESTON Ida M. Bown, age 75 of Gays Mills died Wednesday July 26, 2017 at St. Claires Hospital in Weston, WI. Ida was born in Viroqua on March 18, 1942 to Clarence and Thelma (Jacobson) Hatlan. She graduated form Soldiers Grove High School. Ida enjoyed fishing, hunting, sewing, and knitting. She did "In Home Daycare" for...
Victor Peterson
Jul 23, 2017
Victor Peterson, 87, of Viroqua, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 23, 2017. Victor was born on November 16, 1929 to John and Nora (Tollefson) Peterson. He was raised in Viroqua and graduated from Viroqua High School in 1949. He married Janice Manske on June 7, 1951. Victor had numerous jobs but his favorites were...
Richard Rick Iverson
Jul 23, 2017
STODDARD / WESTBY Richard Rick Iverson, age 58, died Sunday July 23, 2017, at home surrounded by loved ones. Rick was born in LaCrosse WI on October 21, 1958 to Marvin and Vera (Baldwin) Iverson. After graduating from high school Rick enlisted and served his country in the United States Army. Upon his discharge, Rick went to work doing...
Roger Lee Chessman
Jul 23, 2017
GAYS MILLS Roger Chessman, age 91, died Sunday July 23, 2017 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse. Roger was born in Itasca, Illinois in 1926, a town his family had helped settle in the early 1800s. He was the son of Stanley Chessman and Theresa Paulson and enjoyed growing up in this small town with generations of...
Patricia Elaine Rood
Jul 20, 2017
Patricia Elaine Rood, age 74, of Viroqua died Saturday April 28, 2018. Patricia was born in Viroqua on November 23, 1943 to Alden and Bernice (Beffa) Berg. She graduated from Viroqua High School in 1963. She later married Norman Rood who passed away last year on July 20, 2017. They met while both working at Vernon Manor, Norman continued...
Norman F. Rood
Jul 20, 2017
VIROQUA Norman Floyd Rood, age 90, died Thursday July 20, 2017 at Gundersen Medical Center in La Crosse. Norman was born in Viroqua on April 14, 1927 to Alfred and Edna (Best) Rood. He was raised and spent most of his childhood in the Newton Valley of Harmony Township. It was in Newton Creek that he shared much of...
Lorraine Tryggestad
Jul 18, 2017
VIROQUA Lorraine Tryggestad, age 88, died Tuesday July 18, 2017 at Bland Bekkedal Center for Hospice Care in Viroqua. Lorraine Hope Tryggestad, age 88, of Viroqua, died Tuesday, July 18, 2017. She was born on August 30, 1928 to Anton and Ruby (Wilson) Henden. Lorraine graduated from Viroqua High School and Vernon County Normal School. She married Merlin Tryggestad...
John Pesik, Sr
Jul 14, 2017
John Joseph Pesik Sr, 95, died on Friday, July 14, 2017. John Joseph Pesik, age 95 passed away Friday, July 14, 2017 at the Bethel Home in Viroqua. John was born May 4, 1922 in Dilly, Wisconsin to Rudolph and Elizabeth (Stanek) Pesik. He married Doris Dorschied on November 22, 1943 in Dell, and they had 6 children. In...
Sandra Olson
Jul 14, 2017
Sandra L Olson, 55, of Westby, died Friday, July 14, 2017. Sandra was born on August 18, 1961 to Kenneth and Lois (Larson) Olson. She graduated from Westby High School in 1980. Sandra enjoyed gardening and making crafts. She liked watching Nascar races and cooking. Her love of travel was great, as she often went with her sisters, and...
De Verne Struxness
Jul 11, 2017
De Verne Struxness, 70, of Westby, died Tuesday, July 11, 2017. DeVerne Stanley Struxness, age 70 of rural Westby, died Tuesday, July 11, 2017. He was born on September 6, 1946 the son of Stanley and Eva (Dahlen) Struxness. DeVerne farmed and enjoyed playing softball. He was instrumental in the development of the Snowflake Golf Course where he continued...
Gerald M. Gary Volden
Jul 6, 2017
VIROQUA / WESTBY Gerald M. 'Gary' Volden, age 72 of Viroqua, died Thursday July 6, 2017. Gerald M. Gary Volden left this world Thursday July 6, 2017 to join his heavenly family. Gary was born in La Crosse, WI on November 5, 1944 to Hjalmer and Palma (Hanson) Volden. After graduating from High School Gary started his career in...
Paula Howard
Jun 29, 2017
Paula Howard, 67, of La Farge, died Thursday, June 29, 2017. Paula J. Howard, 67 of LaFarge, died early Thursday, morning, June 29, 2017. She was born on March 22, 1950 in Viroqua, to Virgil "Jim" and Ruth (Coleman) Muller. Paula graduated from LaFarge High School and had earned her Masters in Counseling degree. She served in the U.S....
Sheree Ann Thompson
Jun 27, 2017
DeSOTO / HUNTSVILLE, AL Sheree Ann Thompson (Mueller), age 60 formerly of the DeSoto area, died Tuesday June 27, 2017. Sheree was born on May 1, 1957 to Dale and Darlene (Sandvick) Mueller Sr. She graduated from De Soto High School. Sheree earned her Bachelors degree in business and management from the University of Maryland University College and her...
Nora V. Weltzin
Jun 27, 2017
VIROQUA Nora V. Weltzin, age 94, died Tuesday June 27, 2017. Nora Virginia Kjesbu Weltzin was born on October 26, 1922 near Mossyrock, Washington. Her parents were Niel and Ollie Kjesbu and Nora was the oldest of four children along with Alice, Arnold, and Norman. Noras family attended a Community Church in Mossyrock since there wasnt a Lutheran church...
Eldon Dean Warren
Jun 22, 2017
WESTBY / VIROQUA Eldon 'Dean' Warren, age 88 of Westby, died Thursday June 22, 2017. Eldon Dean Warren passed away June 22, 2017 at the Bland/Bekkedal Hospice Center in Viroqua, Wisconsin. Dean was born on December 13, 1928 to Fred Warren and Edith (Schied) Warren in the township of Wheatland, Vernon County, Wisconsin. Dean married Diane (Owen) Warren on...
Delores Hornby
Jun 21, 2017
VIROQUA Delores Hornby, age 84 of Viroqua, died Wednesday June 21, 2017 surrounded by her family and loved ones. Delores Mae Hornby, 84, of Liberty Pole passed away in the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at Vernon Manor with her family by her side. Diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2001, she handled this part of her...
Jens A. Vosseteig
Jun 20, 2017
Jens Arlo Vosseteig, age 88 of Galesville, died Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at his home. He was born on January 12, 1929 in LaCrosse to Lawrence and Doris (Huckstad) Vosseteig. He graduated from Galesville High School in 1947 and in 1950 was drafted into the Army where he served with the 11th Air Borne in the Korean Conflict. On...
Marilyn Storbakken Lee
Jun 18, 2017
WESTBY Okemos, MI Marilyn Jeanette (Storbakken) Lee, 85, of Okemos, MI and formerly of Westby, WI passed away Sunday, June 18, 2017, rather suddenly from leukemia. Born to William and Tena (Olson) Storbakken in Vernon County, she lived in Westby in her childhood, and later graduated from Central High School in LaCrosse, WI. Later, she graduated from the University...
Francis Matson
Jun 17, 2017
Francis Matson, 88, of Viroqua, died Saturday, June 17, 2017. Francis James Matson, Jr. died peacefully at home on Saturday, June 17, 2017 at the age of 88. Francis was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin to Francis J. and Edna (Everson) Matson on September 29, 1928. As eldest child, Francis was soon joined by siblings Jerrold, Joan, David, Jean, and...
Harland Mathison
Jun 15, 2017
WESTBY Harland Mathison, age 91, died Thursday June 15, 2017. Harland Mathison, 91, of Westby, passed away on Thursday, June 15, 2017 at the Vernon Manor Nursing Home in Viroqua, WI. He was born on April 24, 1926 at home on Rognstad Ridge in rural Cashton. He married Eunice Christianson in Westby on March 1, 1952. Harland was a...
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