Obituaries
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...
Robert Nestingen
Jun 12, 2017
Robert Nestingen, 87, of La Crosse and formerly of Westby, died Monday, June 12, 2017. Bob was born in Westby, WI on July 11, 1929 to Mandley and Sena (Blihovde) Struxness. At the age of two Bobs parents were tragically killed when lightning struck the barn they were hanging tobacco in, killing them and a neighbor boy who was...
Becky Jo Widner Banaszynski
Jun 11, 2017
WESTBY Becky Jo (Widner) Banaszynski, age 57, of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, died Sunday June 11, 2017. Becky Jo (Widner) Banaszynski, age 57, of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas passed away unexpectedly at home after a second battle with cancer on June 11, 2017. She was born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin on January 14, 1960 to Ralph and the late Avanelle...
Thomas Earle Normann
Jun 10, 2017
SOLDIERS GROVE / VIROQUA Thomas Earle Normann, age 65 of Soldiers Grove WI, died Saturday June 10, 2017. Thomas Earle Normann, age 65 of Soldiers Grove, WI, died Saturday, June 10, 2017. Tom was born on March 15, 1952 to Raymond and Corrinne (Earle) Normann in Chicago, IL. He was a graduate of Cary-Grove High School in Cary, IL....
Ross Stoppenbach
Jun 1, 2017
SOLDIERS GROVE Ross Paul Stoppenbach, age 71 of Soldiers Grove, died Thursday June 1, 2017. Ross was born in Richland Center to Paul and Gyneth (Fish) Stoppenbach on February 8, 1946. He graduated from Wauwatosa High School and after starting college served his country in the U.S. Air Force for four years earning the rank of staff sergeant. When...
Phyllis Johanna Drake
May 30, 2017
GAYS MILLS Phyllis Johanna Drake, age 87, died Tuesday May 30, 2017. Phyllis Johanna Drake (Finley), age 87, passed away peacefully surrounded by; family and friends on Tuesday, May 30 at the Vernon Memorial Hospital. She was born on April 24, 1930 to Berneice and Leo Finley. Phyllis married Virgil Drake on June 18, 1949 and lived in the...
Joyce Anne Weiby
May 26, 2017
LaCrosse / WESTBY Joyce Anne Weiby, age 80 of Shelby, died Friday May 26, 2017. Joyce Anne Weiby, age 80 of Shelby, died Friday May 26, 2017 at Vernon Memorial Hospital in Viroqua. Joyce was born in Edina MN to Maxwell and Mabel (Hovland) Weiby on April 30, 1937. After graduating high school Joyce went on to get her...
Ronald P. Olson
May 23, 2017
Coon Valley Ronald P. Olson, 65, of Coon Valley, died Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Ronald P. Olson, 65, of Coon Valley died at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. He was born September 23, 1951, to Paul and Blanche Olson in Black River Falls. Ron married Kristine Thompson on August 23, 1975 at the...
Norman Nubby Oftedahl
May 19, 2017
VIROQUA Norman 'Nubby' Oftedahl, age 86 of rural Viroqua, died Friday May 19, 2017 at his home. Norman (Nubby) Oftedahl, 86, of Viroqua, passed away on May 19, 2017 at his home in Viroqua. Nubby was born in Viroqua to Carl and Emelia (Thompson) Oftedahl on May 19, 1931. He proudly served in the military for 22 years. He...
Deanna Gardner
May 13, 2017
Onalaska / Westby / Soldiers Grove Deanna K. (Braaten) Gardner, age 75, formerly of the Soldiers Grove area, died Saturday May 13, 2017. Deanna K. (Braaten) Gardner, age 75, passed away at home surrounded by her loving family on May 13, 2017. Deanna was born on April 16, 1942 in Viroqua, Wisconsin, the youngest of nine children, to Ole...
Carol Elaine Bjornstad
May 10, 2017
WESTBY Carol Elaine Bjornstad, age 88, of Westby, died Wednesday May 10, 2017. Carol Elaine Bjornstad, age 88, of Westby, died Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse. Carol was born April 19, 1929 to Reuben and Marie (Lund) Bergh. Shortly after graduating from Cashton High School, she married the love of her life,...
Kevin Jay Starkey
May 6, 2017
Boscobel / Gays Mills Kevin Jay Starkey, age 57, of Boscobel, died Saturday May 6, 2017. Boscobel / Gays Mills Kevin Jay Starkey, age 57, passed away at home in Boscobel surrounded by family, on Saturday May 6, 2017, after a short battle with lung cancer. Kevin was born on December 10, 1959 in Cresco, Iowa to Garland and...
Kenneth A. Bjorge
May 3, 2017
WESTBY Kenneth Albert Bjorge, age 56, died Wednesday May 3, 2017. Kenneth (Kenny) Albert Bjorge, 56, of La Crosse, WI died at home Wednesday, May 3, 2017. He was born on February 16, 1961 to Albert Edvin Bjorge and Minerva Alvia (Haugen) Bjorge. Kenny graduated from Logan High School of La Crosse in 1980. Shortly after high school, Kenny...
Wayne D. Tollefson
May 3, 2017
WESTBY / VIROQUA Wayne D. Tollefson, age 84, of Arizona and formerly of the Westby and Viroqua area, died Wednesday May 3, 2017. Wayne Dale Tollefson, age 84, died Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at the Oasis Pavilion Nurse and Rehab in Casa Grande, Arizona where he had been a resident for several years. He was born on June 14,...
Margaret Garlick
May 1, 2017
WESTBY Margaret Arlene Garlick, age 85, of Westby, died Monday May 1, 2017. Margaret Arlene Garlick, 85, resident of Westby, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Monday, May 1, 2017, at Gundersen Health Care in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The faith she treasured became sight as she stepped into the arms of her Savior, Jesus Christ. Margaret was...
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