Obituaries

Nov 8, 2016

Henrietta M. Beeler, age 89, formerly of Beloit passed away on November 8, 2016 at the New Glarus Home in New Glarus, WI. She was born in Beloit on August 23, 1927 to her parents William and Mary (Shorts) Anschutz. Henrietta grew up in the Gratiot area and attended the Apple River School....

Oct 31, 2016

Keith T. Schmid, age 66, of New Glarus passed away on Monday, October 31, 2016 at his home. He was born on February 8, 1950 to his parents Garfield and Helen (Doerfer) Schmid. Keith graduated from Verona High School in 1968. He worked as a truck driver for Sara Lee and Bimbo Bakeries...

Oct 20, 2016

Doris B. Stuber, age 88, of Verona passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at Willow Pointe Memory Care in Verona. She was born on December 6, 1927 in Mount Horeb, WI to her parents Bernard and Mae (Skuldt) Magnuson. Doris graduated from Mount Horeb High School in 1945 and then graduated from...

Oct 17, 2016

Claude I. Judd, age 92 of Presque Isle, WI died on Monday, October 17th at Howard Young Medical Center in Woodruff, WI. Claude was born on August 28, 1924 in Weston, WI the son of Floyd and Bertha (nee Dunbar) Judd. Claude loved spending time with his family, fishing and watching his birds. He is survived by his Children: Tom...

Oct 14, 2016

Barbara J. Unke, age 67, of Monticello passed away unexpectedly on Friday, October 14, 2016 at her home. She was born on April 11, 1949 to her parents Orville Anderson and Velma (Elmer) Anderson-Schuett. Barb graduated from Monticello High School in 1967. Barb married Tom Kubly on September 3, 1967. She was a...

Oct 7, 2016

Donald E. Smith, age 90, of New Glarus passed away on Friday, October 07, 2016 at the New Glarus Home. He was born on April 1, 1926 at Mokena, IL to his parents Martin and Marie (Paschke) Smith. Donald served in the United States Army in Germany from 1953 to 1955. Following his...

Sep 25, 2016

Amy L. Seals, age 26, passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2016 at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison from complications with pulmonary emboli. She was born on April 10, 1990 at St. Mary's Hospital to her parents Douglas Seals and Jean O'Brien. Amy grew up and attended schools in Oregon. She loved to...

Sep 17, 2016

Howard M. Severson, age 93, of New Glarus passed away on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison. He was born on January 20, 1923 to his parents Casper and Tena (Evenstad) Severson. Howard graduated from Blanchardville High School and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Madison Business College....

Sep 13, 2016

Ethel Mildred Sandridge, age 90, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, at the New Glarus Home. She was born on May 29, 1926, in the town of Burke to her parents, Dean and Della (Smith) Smith. When she was still an infant her family moved to Trego, WI. At age...

Sep 10, 2016

Dennis E. Lien, age 57, of Oregon passed away on Saturday, September 10, 2016 at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison. He was born on August 16, 1959 in Stoughton to his parents Ole and Elaine (Legler) Lien. Dennis graduated from Belleville High School in 1977. He worked on the family farm. Dennis then...

Sep 7, 2016

Jeffrey Orville Van Stelle of Belleville Wisconsin was born January 24, 1953 in Missouri on the Fort Leonard Wood Army Base and lost his life to cancer at age 63 on September 7, 2016 in Madison, Wisconsin.

Raised in Sheboygan, Jeff graduated from Sheboygan South...

Aug 30, 2016

Rolland E. Hustad entered the Kingdom of God on August 30, 2016. He was born May 9, 1922 to Arthur H. and Ada (Ula) Hustad. He attended the Plainview rural school and graduated from New Glarus High School in 1939. He was a life-long member of York Memorial Lutheran Church and...

Aug 26, 2016

Peggy Jane (Fischl) Eichelkraut, age 73 of Belleville, passed away peacefully on Friday August 26, 2016 with family by her side after a courageous 3 month battle with brain and lung cancer. She was born on June 12, 1943 to Norman and Florence (Streiff) Fischl. She was married to Bradford (Butch) E. Eichelkraut...

Aug 16, 2016

Richard Allen Johns, age 68, of Baraboo and former Madison and Belleville resident passed away unexpectedly of an apparent cardiac arrest at his home on Tuesday, August 16, 2016. He was born on August 11, 1948 in Chicago to his parents Arthur and Helene (Laken) Johns. Richard recently retired from Covance in Madison....

Aug 13, 2016

Leo B. Gehin, age 92, passed away on Saturday August 13, 2016 at Heartsong Assisted Living in Belleville. He was born on December 27, 1923 the son of James and Victoria (Wallet) Gehin.

He graduated from Belleville High School, and was studying pharmacy at Platteville...

Aug 12, 2016

William Bruce Van Meer Sr., age 82, passed away on Friday, August 12, 2016 at his home in Belleville. He was born on September 30, 1933 in Owosso, MI to his parents Ernest and Ahlela (Keyes) Van Meer. Bill graduated from Corunna High School and then continued his education at Michigan...

Aug 5, 2016

Melvin Walter Fuchs, age 81, passed away on Friday, August 5, 2016 at the New Glarus Home. He was born on May 7, 1935 at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison to his parents Walter and Katherine (Waelti) Fuchs. Melvin graduated from New Glarus High School in 1954. He served in the United States...

Aug 3, 2016

Clark, Carol Mae (Weddige, Grattafiori, Hunter)

Carol Clark, age 78, died peacefully at home, in New Glarus, WI on August 3rd from pancreatic cancer. She was born September 25, 1937 in Aurora, IL to Paul and Christine Weddige. Carol believed in faith, friends, and family....

Aug 1, 2016

Shirley M. Krauss, age 85, of New Glarus passed away on Monday, August 1, 2016 at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison. She was born on May 14, 1931 at Monroe to her parents Robert and Emma (Edwards) Ruch. After her parents death she was raised by Fred and Minnie Burkhalter. Shirley graduated from...

Jul 29, 2016

Virginia "Ginny" F. Nichols, died peacefully at home on Friday, July 29, 2016.   She was 83 years old having been born on July 30, 1932 in Delavan, Illinois. She moved to Woodstock, Illinois in 1937 with her parents Elwood and Lois Howell. Her father was an agricultural teacher and dairy farmer and her...