Oscar Vamstad
Feb 29, 2016
Oscar Luther Vamstad, age 85 of Blanchardville died on Monday, February 29, 2016 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on October 24, 1930 on the family farm in York Township, Green County, Wisconsin to Oscar and Clara (Thompson) Vamstad. He lived with his family on the family farm for his years growing up, and...
Esther Locke
Feb 29, 2016
Esther Johnson Locke, age 95 of Oregon died on February 29, 2016 at Sienna Meadows in Oregon. She was born April 13, 1920, the fourth daughter of Henry and Margaret Johnson at the family farm in Lafayette County, WI. She graduated from the Argyle High School in 1938 and entered Nursing School at Lutheran Deaconess Hospital in Chicago,...
Clara Hendrickson
Feb 22, 2016
Clara Hendrickson, age 92 of Hollandale passed away peacefully on Monday, February 22, 2016 at the Upland Hills Health and Rehab Center in Dodgeville, WI. Clara was born in Hollandale on July 9, 1923 to Conrad and Maude (Hamman) Retrum. She attended school in Sandy Rock and Moscow Center. She married Anton (Tony) Hendrickson on October 12, 1940...
Patricia Louise Hendrickson
Feb 3, 2016
Patricia "Pat" Louise Hendrickson, age 82 of Blanchardville, died on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital. She was born on December 15, 1933 in Madison to Carl and Alma (Zingg) Raemisch. She grew up in Madison where she graduated from Madison West High School in 1951. She worked at the Madison central office for the...
Jonas Sylvester Kammerude
Dec 5, 2015
Jonas Sylvester Kammerude, age 96 of the Mineral Point Care Center, formerly of Blanchardville, died on Saturday morning, December 5, 2015 at the care center. He was born on the family home farm on August 27, 1919 near Blanchardville to Peter Ole and Mary (Kainz) Kammerude. He lived on the family home farm for his whole life. Jonas...
Richard Nielon Johnson
Nov 17, 2015
Richard "Dick" Nielon Johnson, age 84 of rural Blanchardville died on Tuesday morning, November 17, 2015 at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born on April 14, 1931 in rural Blanchardville to Hans & Goldie (Kammerud) Johnson. He grew up in rural Blanchardville, on the family farm, working with his family. He went to the Bainbridge...
Robert Laverne Berg
Nov 9, 2015
Robert LaVerne Berg, age 89 of Blanchardville died on Monday, November 9, 2015 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital in Monroe, Wisconsin. He was born on February 13, 1926 at home in Drammen Valley near Daleyville to Henry Mikkel & Effie Margaret (Retrum) Berg. He grew up on the family farm, most of the time on highway 78 south...
Helen Demopulos
Oct 27, 2015
Helen Julia Demopulos, age 95, of Carlock, IL, formerly of Evanston, IL and rural Blanchardville, WI died on Tuesday October 27, 2015 at Advocate BroMenn Regional Medical Center in Normal. Helen was born September 23, 1920 in Evanston, IL to James and Julia Nikitopoulos Karras. She married Theodore Demopulos on June 5, 1949 in Evanston. In 1978 Helen...
Donald Carlton Ihus
Oct 23, 2015
Donald Carlton Ihus, age 91 of Shullsburg, formerly of Blanchardville, died on Friday morning, October 23, 2015 at the Shullsburg Home. He was born on April 2, 1924 in rural Blanchardville to Carl & Dorothy (Arntsen) Ihus where he grew up on the family farm. He was married to Pauline Ruth Kuhnke on August 13, 1960 in the...
Eileen Lucille Johnson
Sep 18, 2015
Eileen Lucille Johnson, age 83 of Sienna Crest Assisted Living in Dodgeville, formerly of Blanchardville, died on Friday evening, September 18, 2015 at Sienna Crest. She was born on April 5, 1932 in Blanchardville to Elmer and Geneva (Larson) Johnson. She attended the Bainbridge country school and graduated from the Blanchardville High School in 1951. She was married...
Hazel Marie Doran
Sep 17, 2015
Hazel Marie Doran, age 81 of Blanchardville, and formerly of Hollandale, died on Thursday morning, September 17, 2015 at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. She was born on April 3, 1934 in Menasha, Wisconsin to Martin and Rowena (Carpenter) Arno. She went to school in Menasha, including the St. Patrick's Catholic Grade School, and the Menasha High School. Following...
Mayme Berniece Hanson
Aug 28, 2015
Mayme Berniece Hanson, age 95 of the New Glarus Home, formerly of Blanchardville died on Friday morning, August 28, 2015 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital. She was born in Lafayette County, Wisconsin on April 22, 1920 to John and Velma (Larson) Ingwell. She grew up on the farm her parents ran with her 2 brothers and 4 sisters....
Arthur "Leon" Nelson
Aug 25, 2015
Arthur "Leon" Nelson, age 87 of Covina, California died on August 25, 2015 at the Masonic Homes of Covina. He was born in 1928 in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Leon enlisted in the Marine Corps immediately upon graduation from high school and was honorably discharged in 1948. Following his time in the military, he attended Tulane University and ultimately graduated...
Carolyn Jeanne Wood
Jul 11, 2015
Carolyn Jeanne Wood, age 73 of Columbus died on Sunday, July 12, 2015 at the Larson House in Columbus. She was born on December 13, 1941 in Monroe to Myrto and Stella (Gilbertson) Gilbertson. She grew up in the rural Argyle, Blue Mounts and Mount Horeb areas, and graduated from the Mount Horeb High School in 1959. Carolyn...
Ronald Joseph Cleary
Jun 18, 2015
Ronald Joseph Cleary, age 70 of Westfield, WI, formerly of Blanchardville, died on Thursday evening, June 18, 2015 at the VA Hospital in Madison. He was born in the St. Joseph's Hospital in Dodgeville on November 11, 1944 to Harry Michael and Henrietta Ilene (Tonkin) Cleary. He attended the Bainbridge country school near Blanchardville, and graduated from the...
Grace Caroline Larson
Jun 18, 2015
Grace Caroline Larson, age 80 of Blanchardville/Argyle died on Thursday evening, June 18, 2015 at the New Glarus Home. She was born on May 18, 1935 in Wilton, Wisconsin to George and Helen (Backhus) Nelson. She grew up in the Argyle area, and then the Blanchardville area on Horseshoe Bend Road. Grace attended the Ingwell-Watrud country school, and...
Louise Eunice Kammerud
Jun 4, 2015
Louise Eunice Kammerud age 82 of Blanchardville, died on Thursday, June 4, 2015 at her home in Blanchardville.
She was born on April 9, 1933 in Houston, TX, the daughter of James Samuel and Molly Elizabeth (Blackburn) Irons. She traveled with her dad's lumberjack job, went to many schools and graduated from high school in Oklahoma. On...
Jim Frederick Rufenacht
May 16, 2015
Jim Frederick Rufenacht, age 72 of Blanchardville died on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital in Monroe. He was born in Monroe on August 11, 1942 to Warner and Esther (Broders) Rufenacht. He grew up in the Twin Grove area south of Monroe, and Mount Horeb, attending school in those towns. Through the years he...
Norma Elaine Mckeon
Apr 23, 2015
Norma Elaine McKeon, age 70 of Blanchardville died on Thursday evening, April 23, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on August 10, 1944 in Dodgeville to Amos and Verna (Steensland) Moen. She grew up and went to school in Blanchardville, graduating from the Blanchardville High School in 1962. She was married on November...
James Norman Nelson
Mar 16, 2015
James Norman Nelson, age 90 of Blanchardville died on Monday afternoon, March 16, 2015 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital after a long life. Jim was born on December 1, 1924 to Ole and Rose (Frislie) Nelson in the Blanchardville area where he also attended school. He served in the US Army as a combat engineer in Korea. Jim...
