Obituaries

Oct 24, 2020

William John Argue, age 89 of New Glarus passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2020 surrounded by his loved ones. He was born on November 29, 1930 near Hillsdale in Barron County, WI the son of Gladys Rae Barton and Abner Spencer Argue. Bill and his family first lived on a farm near Mt. Vernon, and then later moved...

Oct 21, 2020

Lester A. Smith, age 68 passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital. He was born on March 19, 1952 the son of Henry and Marie (Schmieder) Smith in Sparta, WI. As a child his family moved to New Glarus where he graduated from New Glarus High School in 1970 and continued his...

Oct 18, 2020

Annette Ruef, age 78 was reunited in eternal life with her beloved husband Willy on Sunday, October 18, 2020. She was born on February 22, 1942 in McHenry, IL the daughter of Alvan Rothermel and Ruth Michels. Annette grew up in the Monroe area. Through her gymnastics practices at Turner Hall she met her future husband and...

Sep 30, 2020

Ruby Ann (Richard) (Handel) Reuter died on September 30, 2020 at Willow Pointe in Verona. She was born in Madison, WI on December 25, 1934 to Walter and Anne (Disrud) Richard. Ruby grew up on a dairy farm in the Belleville area, attended the East Dayton School and graduated from Belleville High School in 1953. She worked...

Sep 25, 2020

Francis "Frank" O'Connor passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Friday September 25, 2020. Frank was born on the O'Connor Family Farm in the Town of Primrose, WI on May 15, 1932. The farm quickly became his lifelong passion. He attended Mount Horeb High School, where he excelled in all sports, and was better known...

Sep 17, 2020

Eunice M. (Keehn) Grunnet, age 92 passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at her home. She was born at home in the Town of Brooklyn to Theodore and Irene (Smith) Keehn on April 23, 1928. Eunice graduated from Brooklyn High School in 1946. On September 24, 1949 she was united in marriage to Jerome Grunnet at the Oregon...

Sep 16, 2020

With heavy hearts we announce the unexpected passing of Dennis R. Blumer, better known to his many friends as "Denny B," at age 54 on September 16, 2020, in Lake Charles, LA. True to his ever-generous nature, Denny was down in Louisiana sharing brats and smiles on a hurricane relief tour when he passed. Denny was born...

Sep 12, 2020

Jeffery C. Fess, age 59 passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Hospital in Milwaukee, due to complications of an automobile accident in May. He was born on August 11, 1961 to Charles and Ruth (Replinger) Fess, Jr. in Chippewa Falls, WI. Jeff graduated from Madison East High School and continued...

Sep 5, 2020

Betty Jo (Pearman) Gill of Belleville/Brooklyn, WI, died on Saturday, September 5, at Agrace HospiceCare, Inc. in Fitchburg, WI, just 2 months short of her 99th birthday.

Betty was born in Oklahoma City, OK on November 12, 1921, to Lewis and Maude (Palmer) Pearman. She graduated from Central High School in Oklahoma City...

Aug 31, 2020

Robert J. Gehin, age 60 passed away unexpectedly on Monday, August 31, 2020 at UW Hospital in Madison. He was born on October 22, 1959 in Madison the son of Leo and Alma (Waefler) Gehin. Rob graduated from Belleville High School in 1977 and then continued his education at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville where he earned his...

Aug 31, 2020

Noah J. Hershberger, age 67 of Monticello passed away on Monday, August 31, 2020 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital. He was born on June 23, 1953 the son of Eli and Elizabeth (Yoder) Hershberger, Noah grew up in Plain City, OH until his family moved to the New Glarus area. He married Sandy Steiner and they had...

Aug 30, 2020

Ileen (Peterson) Hollis, age 81 of Verona passed away on Sunday, August 30, 2020 at St. Mary's Care Center in Madison. She was born on May 12, 1939 the daughter of Melvin and Mava (Waldron) Peterson. Ileen grew up on a mink farm outside of LaFarge, WI. She graduated from LaFarge High School and then moved to...

Aug 28, 2020

Susan Sam, age 66 passed away on Friday, August 28, 2020 at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison due to complications from an aneurysm. She was born on March 6, 1954 in LaCrosse, WI. On her 22 nd birthday, March 6, 1976, she was united in marriage to Gary Sam at the Immaculate Heart of Mary...

Aug 26, 2020

Sharron R. Gempeler died on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at Watertown Regional Medical Center in Watertown, WI after a brief illness. She was born on September 7, 1940 at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, WI to Russell and Lyla (Wilke) Grinde. Growing up in Norway Grove, she and her three sisters were known as "the Grinde girls."...

Aug 20, 2020

Margaret Kelley passed away on August 20, 2020 at age 92. Born on June 26, 1928 in Highland, Wisconsin Margaret was the second oldest of Leo and Lucile Kreul's seven children. Her siblings were sisters Mary Claire Kreul, Virginia Prochaska, Evelyn McQuade, Carol Baggot, and brothers Bill Kreul and Thomas Kreul.

Margaret attended...

Aug 19, 2020

Allen "Big Al" Hanna, age 79 of Mount Horeb, passed away at home with his family on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, after a courageous battle with ALS. He was born in Madison on August 19, 1941, to Sylvan and Malena (Auestad) Hanna. Al grew up on the family farm in Primrose Township attending the Chandler-Hanna school through...

Aug 12, 2020

Jody L. Legler, age 63 of rural Brooklyn passed away on August 12, 2020 at Agrace HospiceCare, Inc. in Fitchburg. She was born on March 3, 1957 in Osceola, IA the daughter of Ronald and Linda (Smith) Reed. Jody graduated from Osceola High School in 1975. In 1987 she met her future husband Art Legler while he...

Aug 11, 2020

Gerald S. Donovan, age 85, passed away August 11 in Madison, Wisconsin. He was born and raised in Madison and graduated from Edgewood High School before attending Michigan State University and Marquette University and serving in the Army. He graduated from Marquette Dental School in 1961.

In 1961, Jerry, as he was known,...

Aug 11, 2020

Esther L. Disch, age 95 of New Glarus passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at the Monroe Clinic Hospice Home. She was born on September 17, 1924 at Albany, WI to her parents Andrew and Emma (Phillipson) Waage. Esther graduated from Argyle High School with the class of 1942. On November 14, 1943 she was united...

Aug 9, 2020

David A. Tourdot, age 71 of rural Brooklyn passed away at his home on Sunday, August 9, 2020. He was born on April 13, 1949 in Monroe the son of Frank and Esther (Root) Tourdot. David graduated from Belleville High School in 1968. He was a lifelong farmer and steward of the land. David enjoyed golfing, watching Nascar and...