Obituaries
Arlen Verdell Oppie Runice
Nov 6, 2016
Arlen "Oppie" Verdell Runice, 63, of Viroqua, died Sunday, November 6, 2016. Arlen was born on November 5, 1953 to Jerald and Irene Runice. He was baptized and confirmed at the West Prairie Hauge Lutheran Church. He graduated from De Soto High School. Oppie was a jack of trades and had a special love for cats and dogs. He...
Dolores Buchanan
Nov 4, 2016
Dolores Anne Buchanan, 84, of Westby, died Friday, November 4, 2016. Dolores was born on August 2nd 1932 to Melvin and Ruby Olson in Fairchild WI. She married James (Jim) Rex Buchanan on February 18th, 1955 in Woodstock, IL. She was an avid Cubs fan and enjoyed doing arts and crafts. She made and sold many Amish dolls. She...
Nancy Ladwig
Nov 4, 2016
Nancy Ladwig, 77, of De Soto, died Friday, November 4, 2016. Nancy was born on September 10, 1939 to Morgan and Hazel Nagle. She went to De Soto High School before moving to La Crosse and graduated from La Crosse Central in 1958. Nancy married Marlin Ladwig and celebrated 57 years of marriage on September 26. She loved hunting,...
Larry O. Mcgarry
Nov 3, 2016
VIROQUA Larry O. McGarry, age 82, died Thursday November 3, 2016 at Vernon Manor in Viroqua. Larry O. McGarry, age 82 of Viroqua, died Thursday, November 3, 2016 at the Vernon Manor Nursing Home in Viroqua. He was born on May 16, 1934 in Viroqua to Fred and Beulah (Florand) McGarry. On February 14, 1953 he was united in...
Lurl Mossholder
Nov 1, 2016
Lurl Mossholder, 90, of Westby, died Tuesday, November 1, 2016. Lurl was born to Adam and Bertha Mossholder, the youngest of eight children, on October 14, 1926. He enjoyed school and graduated from Westby High at age 16. He served in the U.S. Army from 1948-1949, stationed in Seattle and Hawaii. Lurl married Dorothy Downing on November 1, 1952....
Dona Schoonover
Oct 28, 2016
VIROQUA Dona Schoonover, age 82, of Viroqua, died Friday October 28, 2016. Dona Jean Schoonover passed away on October 28, 2016 at Vernon Manor in Viroqua. Dona was born to Harvey and Theresa (Sordahl) Schoonover on the 7th day of November, 1933. She attended Asbury Elementary School and later graduated from Viroqua High School in 1951. After high school...
Stella Nerison
Oct 22, 2016
Stella Nerison, 86, of Westby, died Saturday, October 22, 2016. Stella Nerison, 86, of Westby, WI. passed away Saturday, October 22, 2016 at Norseland Nursing Home. Stella was born June 29, 1930 in Vernon County to John and Sena Olson. She attended Dahlen Country School. She loved taking care of children and caring for the elderly. On October 26,...
Jeanne Lorraine Kabat
Oct 20, 2016
VIROQUA Jeanne L. Kabat, age 82, of Viroqua, died peacefully Thursday, October 20, 2016 at Vernon Memorial Hospital in Viroqua surrounded by her children. Jeanne was born on August 4, 1934 in Worcester, MA to Theodore and Yvonne (La Montagne) Rondeau. She went on to earn her nursing degree from St. Josephs Hospital School of Nursing, Nashua, New Hampshire....
Gregory M Lunde
Oct 19, 2016
Gregory Lunde, 61, of Westby, died Wednesday, October 19, 2016. Gregory Lunde, 61, of Westby, died Wednesday, October 19, 2016. Greg was born to Roger and Dorothy (Engh) Lunde on April 1, 1955 in Norfolk, VA where his father was stationed with the Navy. He was baptized and confirmed at the Westby Coon Prairie Lutheran Church. Greg graduated from...
Aleda Olene Sherry
Oct 14, 2016
Soldiers Grove / Gays Mills Aleda Olene Sherry, age 88, died Saturday February 17, 2018 surrounded by her loving family, at the Bland Bekkedal Center for Hospice Care in Viroqua. Aleda was born on February 9, 1930 to Ludvig and Anna (Jacobson) Nelson. She attended Brookville Grade School and graduated from Readstown High School. She worked in Viroqua at...
Laverne W. Sherry
Oct 14, 2016
Soldiers Grove, WI LaVerne Winston Sherry, 89, passed away on Friday October 14, 2016 at 11:00 P.M. at Vernon Manor in Viroqua. LaVerne was born March 9, 1927 at home, to Sidney and Ella (Wee) Sherry. He attended Star Valley Grade School and graduated from Soldiers Grove High School. On October 19, 1952 LaVerne married Aleda Nelson at the...
Patricia Knutson
Oct 10, 2016
Patricia Knutson, 69, of La Farge, died Monday, October 10, 2016. Patricia Ann Knutson, age 69 of LaFarge, died Monday, October 10, 2016 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in LaCrosse surrounded by her family. She was born on January 29, 1947 in Richland County, Wisconsin to Orley and Beulah (Bauman) Chadwick. Pat attended school in Viola, Wisconsin and then...
Richard C. Elver
Oct 9, 2016
MIDDLETON VIROQUA Richard C. Elver, age 93, passed away on Sunday, October 9, 2016. Richard was born on August 1, 1923, in Middleton, the son of Alfred and Lydia Elver. Richard graduated from Middleton High School in 1942. He attended Milwaukee School of Mortuary Science. Richard was a World War II veteran having proudly served his country in the...
Lorraine P. Mageland
Oct 6, 2016
VIROQUA Lorraine P Mageland, age 81, died October 6, 2016 at Vernon Memorial Hospital in Viroqua. Lorraine Phyllis (Larson) Mageland, 81, of Viroqua, passed away on Thursday, October 6, 2016. She was born on August 14, 1935 in Vernon County to Maurice & Agnes (Hoffland) Larson. She grew up in Brush Hollow and graduated from Viroqua High School in...
Fritz Palmer
Oct 5, 2016
Westby / Boscobel / Stoddard Fritz M. Palmer, age 58, of Westby died October 5, 2016. Fritz was born on August 28, 1958 to William and Carol (Redman) Palmer, in Boscobel, WI. After graduating High School he enlisted in the Army and was stationed in Hawaii as a helicopter mechanic. He had many great memories of his time spent...
Chester R. Ostrem
Oct 4, 2016
Chester R. Ostrem, age 81, of Viroqua, died October 4, 2016 surrounded by family, loved ones and caregivers at the Bland Bekkedal Center for Hospice Care in Viroqua. Chester R Ostrem, 81, of Viroqua, passed away on Tuesday, October 4th, 2016, at the Bland Bekkedal Center for Hospice Care, surrounded by his family. He was born on March 9th,...
Henry Thomas James
Sep 30, 2016
VIROQUA Minneapolis Henry Thomas James age 101, formerly of Viroqua died on September 30, 2016 in Golden Valley, MN. Henry Thomas James, former Dean of the School of Education at Stanford University and Founding President of the Spencer Foundation, died on September 30, 2016, in Golden Valley, Minnesota. Tom James was born May 19, 1915 on a farm near...
Alice Nuetzel
Sep 27, 2016
Alice Nuetzel, 95, of Viroqua, died Tuesday, September 27, 2016. Alice was born on June 4, 1921 to Severt and Anna (Olson) Virak. She graduated from Viroqua High School and moved to the Milwaukee area. She married Roland Nuetzel on March 17, 1945 and they spent most of their married life in Milwaukee. Alice worked at Alice Chalmers and...
Dennis Andert
Sep 27, 2016
Ferryville / Gays Mills Dennis Roland Andert, 72, of Ferryville, Wisconsin, passed away on September 27, 2016 from pancreatic cancer. Dennis was born in Milwaukee on March 24, 1944. He graduated from Custer High School class of 1962. Dennis joined the Army Reserves completing six years of service. Dennis worked as a Commercial Printing Pressman for W.A. Krueger for...
Joseph Menne
Sep 22, 2016
Joseph Menne, 79, of Viroqua, died Thursday, September 22, 2016. He was born on December 9, 1936 in Calmar, IA to Bernard and Irene (Wieling) Menne. Joe attended school in Ossian, IA before joining the Army in the late 50s and served a tour of duty in the Korean War. He met and married Rita Hageman on July 25,...
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