Obituaries in Blanchardville & Hollandale

Apr 28, 2012

Raymond Charles Meade

Raymond Charles Meade, age 68 of rural Blanchardville passed away on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at his home with his immediate family by his side following a long illness. Raymond was born on May 26, 1943 in the St. Clare Hospital in Monroe, Wisconsin to Raymond Victor and Martha (Severson) Meade. Following...

Apr 14, 2012

(Laura) Marie Watrud of Blanchardville died on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital in Monroe. She was born on August 26, 1926 in Dodgeville to Bernard & Lavina (Peterson) Jenks. She grew up in Dodgeville where she graduated from grade and high school, and then graduated from the Platteville Teacher's College. Marie taught in a country...

Apr 11, 2012

Joyce Iandola, age 85 of Blanchardville died on Wednesday evening, April 11, 2012 at the Pleasant View Nursing Home in Monroe. A visitation for Joyce Iandola will be held on Saturday, April 21, 2012 from 9:30 until 11:00 AM at the Blanchardville Lutheran Church in Blanchardville. Funeral services will follow at 11:00 AM at the church. Rev. Mark Gruner...

Apr 6, 2012

Joseph Francis McKeon, age 65 of Onalaska, WI, a long time resident of Blanchardville died on Friday, April 6th peacefully at the home of his niece Sheila Zentner where he was living. He was born on December 20, 1946 in St. Joseph Hospital in Dodgeville to James & Alvina (Granberg) McKeon. He grew up in rural Blanchardville and attended...

Mar 12, 2012

Jerrold "Jerry" William Gant, age 75 of rural Blanchardville died at his home on the family farm, surrounded by his family, early on Monday morning, March 12, 2012. Jerry was born on July 30, 1936 in Darlington to Bernard and Lulu (Thompson) Gant. He grew up and lived his entire life on the Gant farm on Gant...

Mar 5, 2012

Walter Lattin, age 93 of rural Blanchardville died on Monday afternoon, March 5, 2012 at the Pleasant View Nursing Home in Monroe. He was born on February 21, 1919 in Argyle to George & Laura (Chenous) Lattin. He grew up in Argyle and attended the Sunnyside rural school until the death of his father. Then the family moved to...

Mar 4, 2012

Veanus Sophia Theobald Drought, age 89 of New Glarus and formerly of Blanchardville, passed away on Sunday, March 4, 2012 at the Monroe Hospital in Monroe, Wisconsin, surrounded by family. Veanus was born to Clarence and Hatti (Foster) Klosterman on May 20, 1922. As a young girl, Veanus loved riding and tending to her horses and spending time on...

Feb 10, 2012

Kathleen Elizabeth Ayen, age 87 of Janesville, formerly of Blanchardville and Evansville, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on Friday, February 10, 2012 at the Saint Elizabeth Home In Janesville. She was born on March 16, 1924 in Hollandale to Riley & Katherine (Jones) Walrack. She attended the Behm School. Kathleen married Otis L. Ayen on August 10,...

Feb 8, 2012

Donald Edward Lageson, age 86 of Blanchardville died unexpectedly on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at the Saint Mary's Hospital in Madison. He was born on February 14, 1925 in rural Blanchardville to Edward & Helga (Berg) Lageson. He grew up with his family on the family farm and worked on the farm as he was going to school. He...

Jan 10, 2012

Donald Lee Wyttenbach, age 75 of Monroe died on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital. He dealt with his diagnosis of cancer the way he lived his life, still caring more about his family than his own struggles. Don was born on April 19, 1936 on the family farm in rural Green County, Wisconsin to Inez...

Dec 13, 2011

David Lee Dammen, age 46 of Stoughton, formerly of Blanchardville died from complications with Huntington's disease on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at Agrace HospiceCare in Madison. He was born on June 11, 1965 to Jerry & Karen (Hinrichs) Dammen in Madison. He grew up with his family in the rural Blanchardville area. David attended Pecatonica area grade and high...

Dec 8, 2011

Leo Jacob Kainz, age 79 of Blanchardville died peacefully with his loving wife and family by his side on Thursday morning, December 8, 2011 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital in Monroe after a short illness. He was born on September 4, 1932 in rural Blanchardville to John and Ethel (Schindler) Kainz. He attended school in rural Blanchardville....

Nov 5, 2011

If Linc were talking with you, he would tell you that he was "born 100 feet from where he sleeps!" But, that wouldn't begin to explain his big, rich, joyous life.

"Life is good!" was the theme of Linc's life. Meeting and talking with people, laughing, teasing, joking, being outside, having goals, having beauty around...

Oct 4, 2011

Nancy Carol (Camron) Celta, age 75 of Monroe (mother of Julie (Paul) Saether of Blanchardville) died on Tuesday in the late afternoon, October 4, 2011 at the Pleasant View Nursing Home in Monroe with her daughter by her side. She was born on August 25, 1936 at home in Monroe to Alvin "Dutch" & Janiece (Boyer) Camron. They lived...

Sep 6, 2011

Douglas Lee Baker, "Bumpa", age 91 of Blanchardville died on Tuesday morning, September 6, 2011 at the Upland Hills Nursing & Rehab Center in Dodgeville. Doug was born in the Blanchardville area on October 24, 1919 to Dwight and Doris (Parkinson) Baker. He attended school in Blanchardville, and graduated from the Blanchardville High School in 1938. He never missed a...

Sep 6, 2011

Lyla Marian (Anderson) Vinje, age 94 of The New Glarus Home, formerly of Hollandale, Wisconsin died on Tuesday evening, September 6, 2011 at the New Glarus Home in New Glarus. She was born on January 4, 1917, in rural Hollandale, the Town of Moscow, Iowa County, Wisconsin to James and Ella (Watrud) Anderson. She went to school...

Sep 1, 2011

Russell Glenn Ballard, age 83 of Monroe, died on Thursday morning, September 1, 2011 at the Pleasant View Nursing Home in Monroe. Russell was born March 28, 1928 to Arie and Hilda (Lofgren) Ballardon on a farm between Gratiot and Dunbarton. Later, his parents moved to Blanchardville and Russell attended the Loyalty Rural School and helped on...

Aug 31, 2011

Alberta Frances Esposito, age 67 of Mountain Home, Arkansas died on Wednesday evening, August 31, 2011 at the New Glarus Home in New Glarus. She was born on July 17, 1944 in Chicago to James and Frances (Blaszczyk) Anderson. She grew up in Chicago where she graduated from grade and high school. After graduation she started working for Rohm...

Aug 30, 2011

Agnes Odella Benson, age 96 of the New Glarus Home, formerly of Blanchardville, died on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at the New Glarus Home. She was born on August 11, 1915 on the home farm in Dane County, Perry Township, the daughter of August and Mabel (Swenson) Moen. She attended River Forks rural school. Agnes was married on August...

Aug 14, 2011

Dolores Mae Nyhus, age 82 of the rural Mount Horeb-Blanchardville area died unexpectedly on Sunday, August 14, 2011 at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison following a farming accident. She was born on May 9, 1929 in Green County, Wisconsin to Iren and Alfa (Hanson) Wahl. Dolores grew up working on her parent's farm. She attended the Bem...