Obituaries in Blanchardville & Hollandale

Jan 30, 2011

Robert Thomas "Bob" McGowan, age 73 of Blanchardville died on Sunday morning, January 30, 2011 at the UW Hospital in Madison after a brief battle with Leukemia. He was born on February 26, 1937 in Lafayette County, Argyle Township, Wisconsin to Harty & Jane (Meylor) McGowan. He grew up in rural Blanchardville and attended the Farmer's School, and then...

Jan 21, 2011

Thomas "Tommy" David Skattum, age 22 of Blanchardville, formerly of Belmont, died Friday morning, January 21, 2011 as a result of an auto accident. He was born on July 22, 1988 in Dubuque, Iowa to Erik & Kay (Burkholder) Skattum. Tommy grew up in the Belmont area, and attended the Belmont schools until 2002 when they moved to Platteville,...

Jan 10, 2011

Margaret Elaine Wahl Gruenenfelder, age 84 of Blanchardville daughter of Palmer and Monica Daly Wahl, died Monday January 10, 2011 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital surrounded by her family. Margaret was born November 21, 1926 on a farm in Blanchard Township. She attended Blanchardville Public Schools all but two years that were spent at Einerson Rural School and graduated...

Dec 19, 2010

Lila Irene Finhert, age 92 of Blanchardville died early Sunday morning, December 19, 2010 at the New Glarus Home in New Glarus. She was born on September 28, 1918 in rural Hollandale to Melvin and Otilda (Peterson) Retrum. She grew up in the River Forks area of rural Hollandale, attended the River Forks rural school, and graduated...

Dec 18, 2010

Paul Elliot Vinje, age 60 of Argyle died on Saturday morning, December 18, 2010. He was born on April 9, 1950 in Dodgeville to Edwin and Lyla (Anderson) Vinje. He grew up in Hollandale, and graduated from the Hollandale High School in 1968. He attended community college for a year in Maryland, and then attended the UW-Superior. He spent...

Dec 5, 2010

Bernard "Buzz" Laverne Larson, age 87 of Hollandale, died on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at his home in rural Hollandale. He was born on October 25, 1923 in the Town of Brigham in Barneveld, Wisconsin, the son of Lewis and Pearl (Owens) Larson. He attended Barneveld schools. He served in the US Army for over 6 years during World...

Nov 20, 2010

Doris Leone Kammerude, age 90 of rural Blanchardville died late Saturday evening, November 20, 2010 at her home, surrounded by her family. Doris was born on November 24, 1919 in the Yellowstone area, in rural Blanchardville to Elmer and Hanna (Larson) Hanson. She grew up in the Yellowstone area, went to the Farmer rural school and then attended high...

Nov 13, 2010

Shawn Loren Burreson, age 51 of Montello, formerly of Blanchardville died on Saturday, November 13, 2010 at his home. He was born on July 7, 1959 in Monroe to James & June (Schroeder) Burreson. Shawn's family lived in Argyle and Blanchardville where he attended school. He graduated from the Pecatonica Area High School in Blanchardville in 1977....

Oct 28, 2010

Mason John Wedige, age 15 of Blanchardville died on Thursday evening, October 28, 2010 as a result of a vehicle accident. He was born on August 16, 1995 in Madison to John & Lisa (McKeon) Wedige. He grew up in Blanchardville, and attended the Pecatonica grade and high school where he was currently a freshman. He was active in...

Oct 4, 2010

Marge Elizabeth Wiemiller, age 62 of Evansville, Wisconsin, formerly of Blanchardville died early Monday morning, October 4, 2010 at the Select Specialty Hospital in Madison after complications following a stroke. She was born on November 12, 1947 in New York City to Richard & Patricia (Gavigan) Schnering. She grew up and attended school in New York City. She was...

Sep 26, 2010

Harland "Swede" Sanford Swenson, age 85 of Hollandale died on Sunday evening, September 26, 2010 at his home after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease and after complications from cancer. He was born on July 19, 1925 in Blanchardville to Sanford and Hazel (Larson) Swenson. He grew up in the Blanchardville area and graduated from the Blanchardville High School...

Sep 8, 2010

Gary Dean Jeglum, age 72 of Blanchardville died on Wednesday, September 08, 2010 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital in Monroe. He was born on August 6, 1938 to Curtis and Helen (Ayen) Jeglum in Monroe. He grew up on the family farm in rural Blanchardville. His father died when he was 1 year old in a car accident. After...

Jul 15, 2010

Orville Chenous, age 91 of Argyle died on Thursday afternoon, July 15, 2010 at the Pleasant View Nursing Home in Monroe. He was born on May 28, 1919 on the family farm in the Yellowstone area in Lafayette County, Wisconsin to Louis Lars & Randa (Rood) Chenous. Orville's father died soon after he was born, he then lived and...

Jul 14, 2010

Russell Lloyd Stiner, age 85 of Blanchardville died on Wednesday morning, July 14, 2010 at the New Glarus Home in New Glarus, Wisconsin. He was born on April 8, 1925 on a farm in York Township, Green County, Wisconsin to Oscar and Elizabeth (Paulson) Stiner. He was baptized in the Perry Lutheran Church by Bishop Lunda of Norway while...

Jul 14, 2010

W. Wayne Chambers, age 82 died on Wednesday evening, July 14, 2010 at the New Glarus Home. He was born on July 16, 1927 in Darlington to Murle & Tina (Ward) Chambers. He attended school in Darlington. He lived in the Fayette, Darlington and Hollandale areas for most of his life. He was active in farming, was an accomplished...

Jun 20, 2010

Joseph "Joey" Cody Pfuhl, age 18 of Hollandale died on Sunday, June 20, 2010 near Poynette on Lake Wisconsin in a tragic boating accident. He was born on November 11, 1991 in Madison to Robert & Cheryl (Gove) Pfuhl. He grew up in Madison, until May of 1992 when he and his mom and brother moved to Hollandale at...

May 24, 2010

Mabel Genevieve Reed, age 95, formerly of rural Argyle died on Monday, May 24, 2010 at the Lafayette Manor in Darlington. She was born on August 4, 1914 to Joseph & Amanda (Mellum) Gilbertson in Pleasant Ridge between Dodgeville and Spring Green. She grew up and lived in Pleasant Ridge and attended country school there. Mabel was married in...

Apr 29, 2010

Gary A. Markhardt, age 66 of rural Barneveld died early Thursday morning, April 29, 2010 at the HospiceCare center in Fitchburg after he toughly fought a 4-year battle with cancer. He was born on October 22, 1943 in Fall River, Wisconsin to Arnold & Lela (Raether) Markhardt. He grew up in Fall River, and graduated from the Fall River...

Apr 18, 2010

Doris Virginia (Eidsmoe) Scheidegger, age 86, of Blanchardville, passed away on Sunday evening, April 18, 2010, at the New Glarus Nursing Home. The former Doris Eidsmoe was born on June 3, 1923, in the Town of Moscow, Iowa County, Wisconsin, to parents Oscar and Bertina (Tofsrud) Eidsmoe.

She attended the Moscow Rural School and graduated from the...

Mar 26, 2010

Stella Cordelia Gilbertson, age 93 of Bloomfield Manor in rural Dodgeville, formerly of Hollandale, died on Friday afternoon, March 26, 2010 at Bloomfield Manor. She was born on May 14, 1916 in rural Argyle, Green County, Wisconsin to Carl & Sigrid Gilbertson. She grew up in rural Argyle, and attended rural school in the area. She worked on the...