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Delores Ann Steiner
Oct 21, 2012
Delores Ann Steiner, age 69, of New Glarus passed away on Sunday, October 21, 2012 at the New Glarus Home after a brief battle with lung cancer. She was born on March 11, 1943 near Forward in the Town of Perry to her parents Grant and Hazel (Gladem) Boley. Delores attended New Glarus High School. On July 18, 1959 she...
Robert Lowell Belle
Oct 20, 2012
Robert Lowell Belle, age 87, passed away at his home on Saturday, October 20, 2012. He was born on December 7, 1924 in Pasco, Washington to his parents Ide Carl and Lela Myrtle (Burwell) Bell. Bob served in the United States Navy during World War II from 1943 to 1946 as a pharmacist's mate in the Pacific theater. He served...
Dorothy M. Venden
Oct 17, 2012
Dorothy M. Venden, age 90, passed away on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at Hometown Assisted Living in Belleville. She was born on November 22, 1921 at Camp Clark Ranch in Bridgeport, Nebraska to her parents Oscar and Esther (Anderson) Elmquist. Dorothy attended Deuel County School District #24 in Nebraska. On December 19, 1944 she was united in marriage to Kyle...
Gerald Eugene Richardson
Oct 16, 2012
Gerald Eugene Richardson, age 69, of Brooklyn passed away peacefully following a short illness on October 16, 2012 at his home. He was born on August 13, 1943 at St. Mary's Hospital to his parents Eugene and Ruth (Fleming) Richardson. Jerry graduated from Edgewood High School with the class of 1961. On May 1, 1965 he was united in marriage...
Phillip G. Baumgartner
Oct 16, 2012
Phillip G. Baumgartner, age 62, passed away on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at the Fort Atkinson Hospital. He was born on December 12, 1949 in Monroe, WI to his parents Herman and Rita (Ruetten) Baumgartner. Phillip graduated from New Glarus High School in 1968. He then farmed with his parents and brother Dean on the family farm until 1996 and...
William Murray Broderick
Oct 15, 2012
William Murray Broderick passed away on Monday October 15, 2012 in Loma Linda, California. "Bill" was born February 6, 1921 on the family dairy farm in Dayton, Town of Exeter, Wisconsin. He attended schools in Belleville, Wisconsin, and in the early 1950's Bill moved to Chicago, Ill. to work for Norton Roofing Company until his retirement. In 2000, Bill moved...
Donald E. Robert
Oct 8, 2012
Donald Ernest Robert, age 74, of Tucson, AZ a former Monticello resident passed away on Monday, October 8, 2012. He was born on June 20, 1938 the son of Ernest and Louise (Stauffer) Robert. He was the younger of two children. A 1955 graduate from Monticello High School. Donald proudly served in the U.S. Army. Following his service with the...
Lois E. Rens
Sep 27, 2012
Lois E. Bowers-Rens, age 92, passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2012 at Rainbow Hospice Care in Johnson Creek, WI. She was born on July 29, 1920 to her parents Gilman J. and Mary (Schwartz) Bowers at Hawley, MN. Lois graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. While a student at Platteville she met and married her husband Mitchell L. Rens....
Rev. Dr. Linus L. Wierwill
Sep 22, 2012
Rev. Dr. Linus L. Wierwill, age 87, passed away on Saturday, September 22, 2012 at the New Glarus Home. He was born on October 31, 1924, at New Knoxville, OH, the son of Benjamin and Wilhelmina (Fledderjohann) Wierwille. He married Virginia A. Engelking of Sheboygan, WI on June 8, 1948. She preceded him in death on May 29, 1997. He...
Christian P. Guldhaug
Sep 20, 2012
Christian P. "Chris" Guldhaug, age 90, of Janesville passed away on Thursday, September 20, 2012 at Agrace HospiceCare, Inc. in Fitchburg. He was born in rural Blanchardville, WI on August 14, 1922 the son of Christian J. and Gjertina (Hegdahl) Guldhaug. Chris married Dorothy (Albrecht) Sherman on January 11, 1958. She preceded him in death on December 30, 2003. Chris...
Richard G. Wainwright
Sep 13, 2012
Richard Gordon Wainwright, age 83, of New Glarus passed away on Thursday, September 13, 2012 at the New Glarus Home. He was born on September 14, 1928 at Shorewood, WI to his parents Clarence and Arminta (Van Matre) Wainwright. Richard graduated from Monroe High School and then earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and a...
Thomas Carl Anderson
Sep 13, 2012
Thomas Carl Anderson, age 74, of Belleville passed away on Thursday, September 13, 2012 at UW-Hospital in Madison. He was born on March 16, 1938 in the Town of Primrose on the Anderson Homestead, the son of Milo O. and Berdine (Ahrensmeyer) Anderson. Tom attended the Nessa Country School and New Glarus High School. On June 8, 1958 he was...
Dale P. Kratzenberg
Aug 31, 2012
Dale P. Kratzenberg, age 78, of rural Monticello passed away on Friday, August 31, 2012 at his home surrounded by family. He was born on August 13, 1934 in Frankfort, IL to his parents George and Emma (Heisner) Kratzenberg. Dale graduated from Bloom High School in 1952. On August 24, 1957 he was united in marriage to Mary Ann Heisner...
Charles L. Viney
Aug 29, 2012
Charles L. "Charlie" Viney, age 82, of Belleville passed away on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at Agrace HospiceCare, Inc. in Fitchburg. He was born on January 24, 1930 in the Town of Montrose to his parents Paul and Millie (Colney) Viney. Charles graduated from Belleville High School in 1949. Following high school Charles served in the United States Army from...
Timothy L. Fahey
Aug 20, 2012
Timothy L. "Tim" Fahey, age 53, passed away surrounded by his family on Monday, August 20, 2012 at Agrace HospiceCare, Inc. in Fitchburg. He was born on March 10, 1959 in Madison the son of Paul L. "Laddie" and Rita (Hetznecker) Fahey. Tim graduated from Belleville High School in 1977 and then went on to the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse and...
Judith Ann Zingg
Aug 13, 2012
Judith Ann (Schneider) Zingg, age 77, of Verona, passed away on Monday, August 13, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison surrounded by her family. She was born on May 4, 1935 in New Glarus, the daughter of Leona (Becker) Schneider and John B. Schneider. Judy (as a lot of her friends called her) married Edmund Zingg on June 20,...
Evelyn B. Piller
Jul 18, 2012
Evelyn B. Piller, age 98, of Belleville passed away on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at the Four Winds Manor in Verona. She was born on March 4, 1914 on the family farm near Dayton, WI to her parents Roy and Julia (Pernot) Butts. Evelyn graduated from Belleville High School and then graduated from Green County Normal to become a school...
Merton O. Colney
Jul 7, 2012
Merton O. Colney, age 90, passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2012 at the New Glarus Home. He was born on April 13, 1922 in Basco, WI to his parents Orville and Hilda (Zweifel) Colney. Mert graduated from the Paoli Grade School in 1936 and Mt. Horeb High School in 1940. On February 12, 1946 he was united in marriage...
S. C. Ehlers
Jul 7, 2012
S. C. "Spike" Ehlers, age 105, of Madison passed away on Saturday, July 07, 2012 at his home. He was born on December 31, 1906 in Rolla, North Dakota to his parents George and Emily Ehlers, later as a child his family moved to Iowa. As a young man Spike moved to Madison in 1925 and worked in the printing...
Barbara Faye Hammerly
Jun 29, 2012
Barbara Faye Hammerly, age 84, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 29, 2012. She was born on February 11, 1928 to her parents Merrill and Faye (Brobst) Milks. She was raised as a child in Brodhead, and then lived in Monticello from the age of seventeen. Barbara taught school for over thirty years starting in country schools and later the...
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