Obituaries
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...
Marjorie M. Strait
Apr 29, 2017
LaFARGE Marjorie M. Strait, age 63 of LaFarge, died Saturday April 29, 2017. Marjorie (Steinmetz) Strait, 63, passed away on April 29, 2017 with her family at her side. She was born on May 13, 1953 to Donavon and Merle (Perkins) Steinmetz at Vernon Memorial Hospital. On October 21, 1972 she married her high school sweetheart, Tommy Strait. They...
Gordon L. Wallace
Apr 26, 2017
Westby / Viroqua Gordon L. Wallace, age 96, died Wednesday April 26, 2017. Gordon Wallace, 96, of Viroqua, passed away on April 26, 2017 at Norseland Nursing Home in Westby. He was born at home on August 18, 1920 to Clinton and Cora (Running) Wallace. He was united in marriage to Lucille Davidson on August 18, 1952. They farmed...
Eilene Larson
Apr 26, 2017
Eilene Larson, 79, of Viroqua, died Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Eilene Mae (Graham) Larson, age 79, died Wednesday April 26, 2017 at Vernon Manor in Viroqua. Eilene was born in Viroqua to Roy and Eva Mae (Hornby) Graham on July 22, 1937. She married Donald Larson in Viroqua on June 21, 1958 and raised four kids. A working mother,...
Carole Larson
Apr 24, 2017
Carole A Larson, 89, of West Salem, died Monday, April 24, 2017. Carole A Larson, 89, of West Salem passed away peacefully Monday, April 24, 2017, at Gundersen Health with family by her side. Carole was born April 7, 1928, on the family farm in Westby, to Eddie and Anna (Hanson) Lunde. She is a graduate of Westby High....
Lorraine Lawton
Apr 23, 2017
Lorraine Lawton, 86, of Viola, died Sunday, April 23, 2017. Lorraine (Lieurance) Lawton, 86, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 23, 2017, with her daughters by her side. She was born March 4, 1931 to Floyd and Lois (Fowell) Lieurance at the Richland Hospital. On June 1, 1949 she married her high school sweetheart, Wilfred Lawton, in a double...
Wesley Oldenburg
Apr 19, 2017
Wesley Oldenburg, 85, of Viroqua, died Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Wesley Carl Oldenburg, age 85 of Viroqua, WI went to be with his Lord on April 19th, 2017 at the Oldenburg family farm. He was born March 22, 1932 in La Crosse, WI to William H. and Anna (Schock) Oldenburg. On August 16, 1952 Wesley married Marie Ann Manske....
Gertrude Trudy Dugan
Apr 19, 2017
Gertrude (Trudy) Dugan, age 96, of Viroqua, died Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Gertrude (Trudy) Dugan, age 96, of Viroqua, died Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Vernon Memorial Hospital. Trudy was born August 1, 1920 on a farm in Boaz, WI to Sheldon and Iva (Popp) Glick. She spent her elementary school years growing up in the Blue River, WI...
Larry Bolster, Sr
Apr 19, 2017
Larry L. Bolster, age 76, of DeSoto, died Wednesday April 19, 2017. Larry L. Bolster, age 76, of DeSoto, died Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, WI Larry was born on April 9, 1941 at the farmstead in Coulee Valley in Wisconsin to Arthur and Clara (Cox) Bolster. He was a graduate of...
Lillian Alverda Stigen
Apr 15, 2017
WESTBY Lillian A Stigen, age 99, of Westby died Saturday April 15, 2017 at Norseland Nursing Home. Lillian was born on August 21, 1917, in La Crosse, WI to Martin and Mabel (Swenson) Schye. She was baptized and confirmed in Coon Prairie Church. She graduated from Westby High School, the class of 1935. Lillian married LeRoy Stigen on June...
Edith Buros
Apr 12, 2017
WESTBY Edith Charlotte Genevive Buros, age 89 of Westby, died Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at the Norseland Nursing Home in Westby. She was born on December 19, 1927 in the township of Jefferson, Vernon County, Wisconsin to Nordahl and Julia (Tollacson) Buros. She attended South Natwick rural school and graduated from Westby High School in 1945. Edith worked for...
Lynn Diane Stanton
Apr 11, 2017
WESTBY Lynn Diane Stanton, age 63, of Westby, died Tuesday April 11, 2017 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse. Lynn was born in Rockford IL on May 31, 1953 to George and Marjorie (Hayden) Haller. She graduated with a bachelors degree from Illinois State University, located in Normal, IL, although Lynn called it Abnormal, IL. As a...
Joyce Fryseth
Apr 11, 2017
Joyce Fryseth, 84, of Ferryville, died Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Joyce Fryseth, 84, passed with peace and grace on April 11, 2017 with her family at her side. Joyce was born in Crawford County on July 26, 1932, and attended Gays Mills High School. On November 8, 1950, she married Norman Fryseth of Ferryville where she enjoyed sewing, crochet,...
Paul James Pj Lomas
Apr 10, 2017
SOLDIERS GROVE Paul James PJ Lomas, age 91, of Soldiers Grove, died Monday April 10, 2017, at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, WI. PJ, as he was known by his friends, was born on April 2, 1926 to Jule and Hazel (Wilkenson) Lomas at their farm on Halverson Ridge. He lived there until he was 8 or...
Doris Hysel
Apr 8, 2017
Doris Hysel, 85, of Viroqua, died Saturday, April 8, 2017. Doris was born in Viroqua on February 21, 1932 to Thomas and Leota (Parr) Lyons. She attended and graduated from West Lima High School. Doris was a baptized member of the Jehovahs Witness Congregation. She met Donald Hysel and they were married on June 21, 1954. Together they farmed...
Lucita Lucy Vaiciunas
Apr 8, 2017
Lucita "Lucy" Vaiciunas, 75, of Soldiers Grove, died Saturday, April 8, 2017. Lucy was born on September 9, 1941 in Davao City, Mindanao, in the Philippines to Pablo and Victoria (Lumain) Villasica. She graduated from San Pedro Nursing School in Davao City. Lucy moved to the United States in 1979. She met George Vaiciunas in Chicago and they were...
Patricia Smith
Apr 2, 2017
Patricia 'Pat' Smith, age 80, died Sunday April 2, 2017. On March 31st, 2017, Patricia Benjamin Smith of Viroqua declared that she was going to "die today". She did not, in fact, die that day, and could not die on April 1st as that would be too cruel of an April Fools joke. Pat, known affectionately by her family...
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