Clara Lucille Strommen
Jun 16, 2016
Clara Lucille Strommen, age 91, formerly of Blanchardville, peacefully went home to the Lord on Thursday, June 16, 2016 at Crestridge in Dodgeville. She was born on March 9, 1925 in Mount Horeb to Fred and Rose (Rettemund) Wittwer. Clara grew up on the family farm, helping with chores and working with her family. She attended school...
Hugh Ellory Hosking
May 19, 2016
Hugh Ellory Hosking, age 79 of Madison died on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. He was born in Racine on January 29, 1937 to Joy Harriet (Peterson) Hosking. He grew up in Hollandale where he attended grade school and graduated from high school. He attended the UW-Platteville for two years, and then entered the...
Amos Lavern Peterson
May 18, 2016
Amos Lavern Peterson, age 94 of Blanchardville, died on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at his home. He was born on February 3, 1922 in Moscow Township, Iowa County, WI, the son of Bernhardt Henry & Anna Christine (Johnsrud) Peterson. He attended Adamsville grade school and graduated from the Hollandale high school in 1939. Amos was married on July...
Ursula Hermanson
May 16, 2016
Ursula Hermanson, age 80, of rural Blanchardville passed away on Monday evening May 16, 2016, under the loving care of hospice and her family. She was born in Zweibrucken, Germany, in 1935 to Alfred and Gertrud Kostka. She lived through the horrors of World War II being evacuated to farm areas in southern Germany. In 1958 she met...
Helen May Timm
Apr 23, 2016
Helen May Timm, age 38 of Blanchardville died on Saturday evening, April 23 2016 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital in Monroe. She was born on May 26, 1977 in Rockford to Eugene and Helen Neal. She later lived with her foster parents Greg & Francis Brandli near Albany. While living with them she attended school in Albany, and...
Robert Thompson
Apr 19, 2016
Robert A. Thompson (Bob, Bobby) completed the final chapter in the book of his life, writing the last line on April 19, 2016, at home in Menomonie, WI, surrounded by family. His final sentence simply written was 57 years, 11 months, 9 days. Bobby was born in Dodgeville, WI on May 10, 1958 and raised on a 400...
David Allen Benson
Apr 13, 2016
David Allen Benson, age 69 of Menomonie, WI died on April 13, 2016 at the Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Mary's Campus in Rochester, MN. He was born on April 30, 1946 in Monroe, WI to Sever and Agnes (Moen) Benson. He grew up in Blanchardville and graduated from the Blanchardville High School in 1964. His first marriage to...
Lois Patricia Nelson
Apr 8, 2016
Lois Patricia (Disrud) Nelson, age 88 of Covina, California died on April 8, 2016. Lois was born on January 17, 1928 in Blanchardville, Wisconsin. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1950 with a Bachelors degree in Music. Following graduation, Lois taught music (instrumental and choral) in various schools around the Blanchardville area, including Mt....
David Dan Vermillion
Apr 5, 2016
David Dan Vermillion, age 85, of Blanchardville, WI area, died April 5, 2016 with his family nearby. He was born October 26, 1930 in Anderson, IN. His parents were Paul T. Vermillion and Rachel A. (Bolen) Vermillion. The family lived in southern Indiana and on a small farm in Sullivan County, IN. David Vermillion went to Indiana State...
Doris Mae Rear-Hustad
Mar 18, 2016
Doris Mae Rear-Hustad, age 90 of the New Glarus Home, formerly of Blanchardville, died on Friday evening, March 18, 2016 at the New Glarus Home with her family at her side. She was born on August 25, 1925 to Oscar & Clara (Thompson) Vamstad on the family farm in rural Blanchardville in Green County, Wisconsin on York Center...
Alexandra Sue Ihm
Mar 6, 2016
Alexandra Sue Ihm, age 21 of rural Hollandale, died on Monday evening, March 6, 2017. She was born on September 23, 1995 in Madison to Douglas and Connie (Wyttenbach) Ihm. She enjoyed working with her dad on the farm she loved as she was growing up. Alexandra loved her farm kittens, and named them all. She went to...
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...
