Obituaries
Lola Jean West
Mar 31, 2017
VIROQUA Lola Jean (Haffa) West, age 94, died Friday March 31, 2017 at Bethel Home in Viroqua, Wisconsin. Jean was born in Soldiers Grove WI, on September 24, 1922 to Frederick and Bernice (Alexander) Haffa. After her father died at the age of 26, Jean, her sister Ginger and their mother made their home with Grandma Erie Alexander. This...
Karen Johnson
Mar 29, 2017
Karen K Johnson, age 70, of Gays Mills died March 29, 2017. Karen was born in Madison WI to Floyd and Virginia (Cordary) Tarbox on September 9, 1946. She was a graduate of Oregon High School in Madison. She married John Johnson on June 3, 1967. Together they raised two boys, Scott and Brian. Karen was a long time...
Janice Chessman
Mar 24, 2017
Janice Chessman, 90, of Gays Mills, died Friday, March 24, 2017. Janice Chessman, 90, of Gays Mills, WI, passed peacefully March 24, 2017 in Viroqua, Wi. Janice was born in Detroit, Michigan on March 15, 1927 to Emanuel and Helen (Kuschel) Welandt. She attended school in Detroit and went on to Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois to study nursing....
Richard Boland
Mar 24, 2017
Richard Boland, 65, of Seneca, died Friday, March 24, 2017. Richard "Dick" Mark Boland, 65 of Seneca passed away, surrounded by family, to be with God on Friday, March 24, 2017. He was born on July 26, 1951 in Prairie du Chien, WI to Daniel and Mary Rita (Finley) Boland. He married Susan Schreck, of Seneca, on August 4th1979...
Ruth Ann Kvigne
Mar 22, 2017
GAYS MILLS Ruth Ann Kvigne passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at Sannes Skogdalen Nursing Home, Soldiers Grove, WI. Ruth Ann (Turnmire) Kvigne was born September 2, 1929 at her home on a farm in Barnum, WI, to Grant and Rosetta (Smith) Turnmire. She was a graduate of Soldiers Grove High School. On October 19, 1957 she married the...
Hubert Bud Parr
Mar 20, 2017
Hubert "Bud" Parr, 84, died on Monday, March 20, 2017. Hubert "Bud" Wayne Parr, age 84 of DeSoto and formerly of rural Westby, died Monday, March 20, 2017 at his home. He was born on January 20, 1933 to Hugh "Tate" and Olga (Martinson) Parr. He graduated from Westby High School and attended Vernon Co Normal School and received...
Lola Jean Anderson
Mar 19, 2017
BROOKFIELD / WESTBY Anderson, Lola 'Jean' Born into eternal life at age 90, Lola 'Jean' passed away March 19, 2017. Jean was the loving and cherished wife of the late Donald H. Anderson for 65 years. Jean was raised in Westby, WI, a 1944 graduate of Westby High. She graduated from Madison College in business and attended UW Madison...
Joel Volden
Mar 15, 2017
WESTBY Joel P. Volden, age 85, died Wednesday March 15, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family. Joel was born April 1, 1931 to Hjalmer and Palma (Hansen) Volden in Westby. He went to school through the 8th grade and then stayed and helped his father on the farm, and numerous other farms, before enlisting into the U.S....
Dorothy Ames
Mar 10, 2017
Dorothy Ames, 99, of Viola, died Friday, March 10, 2017. Dorothy H. Ames, 99, of Viola, passed away on Friday, March 10, 2017 at Schmitt Woodland Hills. She was born on May 26, 1917, the daughter of Richard and Hazel (Nevel) Craig in Dayton township in Richland Center. As a young lady she took an active role in helping...
Lori Nee Olson Vielma
Mar 10, 2017
Mexico / Westby Lori Ann (Olson) Vielma, 56, passed away Friday, March 10, 2017 in Cancun, Mexico. She was born in Viroqua on May 12, 1960 to Ivan and Gloria (Hooverson) Olson. Lori was baptized by Rev. O.M. Kleven and confirmed by Rev. LaVerne Nelson at Westby Coon Prairie Lutheran Church. On February 14, 1986 she was united in...
Earl Van Minsel
Mar 5, 2017
Earl Albert Van Minsel, age 77, of Onalaska, died Sunday, March 5, 2017. He was born on November 17, 1939 in Buffalo City, WI to August and Elsie (Doebert) Van Minsel. Earl served in the U.S. Army from November 1960 to November 1963 where he worked in road construction. Earl continued to work in construction following his service and...
Charlotte Yaun
Feb 28, 2017
Charlotte Joyce Yaun, 88, of Westby, died Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at Gundersen Health Systems in La Crosse. She and her twin brother were born on June 19, 1928 in Purdy at home to Sever and Hazel (DeLap) Erickson. Charlotte attended Collins country school. She married Frederick "Fritz" Alexander Yaun on August 11, 1945 in Long Beach, CA before...
Darlene Gilardi
Feb 27, 2017
Darlene Gilardi, 83, of Viroqua, died Monday, February 27, 2017. Darlene Gilardi, 83, of Viroqua, surrounded by her family, passed away at the Hospice House on Monday, February 27, 2017. Darlene was born on July 7, 1933 to Harry and Eva (Adams) Lamprech. She was a graduate of Central High School, She married Louis "Pete" Gilardi on April 18,...
Aldoris Everson
Feb 26, 2017
Aldoris G. Everson, 92, passed away Sunday February 26, 2017 at Gundersen Healthcare after a brief illness. She was born on December 31, 1924, on the family farm, to Herman and Olga (Skaug) Bergum. She graduated from Westby High School and worked briefly at Grand View Hospital in La Crosse. On May 14, 1948 she married Lawrence Everson. Together...
Jo Ann Sather
Feb 17, 2017
Jo Ann Sather, age 55, died Friday February 17, 2017 at Vernon Manor in Viroqua. Jo A. Sather, 55, of Viroqua, WI, went to the Lord on February 17, 2017 at the Vernon Manor Nursing Home in Viroqua, Wisconsin after many years of battling Multiple Sclerosis. She was born in Topeka, KS, on October 28th, 1961, to William W....
Jeff Sanwick
Feb 17, 2017
Jeffery Sanwick, 49, of Viroqua, died Friday, February 17, 2017. Jeffery A. Sanwick, 49, died Friday, February 17th, 2017 at his home. Jeff was born May 20th, 1967 to Ole and Beverly (Kingston) Sanwick in Janesville Wisconsin. Jeff graduated from Viroqua High School in 1985. He was a genius in the automotive profession all of his life. On September...
Orvis Primmer
Feb 15, 2017
Orvis Primmer, 80, of Viroqua, died Wednesday February 15, 2017. Orvis Wayne Primmer passed away at the Gundersen Healthcare System surrounded by his family on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at the age of 80 after a courageous battle with cancer. Orvis was born on September 22, 1936 in Viroqua, WI to Guy and Merle (Fish) Primmer. He graduated from...
Audrey Stenslien
Feb 13, 2017
Audrey Stenslien, 82, of Westby, died on Monday, February 13, 2017. Audrey was born on February 4, 1935 to Gerald and Edna (Thompson) Rusdal. She graduated from Westby High School and worked with her father at the Vernon Telephone Cooperative. Audrey married David Stenslien on October 15, 1955 in the Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Westby. She then went...
Ona M Veglahn
Feb 10, 2017
Ona M Veglahn , 93, died on Friday, February 10, 2017. Ona M Veglahn, 93, passed away on Friday, February 10, 2017 after a short stay at the Morrow Memorial Home. Ona was born on February 22, 1923 to Russell and Lizzie (Sheldon) Delap. She attended school at Victory School. Ona had various housekeeping jobs before she married Delmon...
Leroy Halverson
Feb 2, 2017
LeRoy Halverson, age 85, died at home Thursday, February 2, 2017. The Vosseteig Funeral Home in Gays Mills is serving the family.
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