Leona Josefa Rundhaug
Jul 7, 2011
Leona Josefa Rundhaug, age 86 of Blanchardville, died on Thursday, July 7, 2011 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital. She was born on July 25, 1924 in Forward at the Perry Center Cheese Factory, the daughter of Henry and Christina (Gruenenfelder) Gruenenfelder. She grew up there and attended the Forward School for eight years, then moved with her parents to...
K. Robert "Bob" Larson
Jun 10, 2011
K. Robert "Bob" Larson, age 89 of Blanchardville died on Friday afternoon, June 10, 2011 at the New Glarus Home. He was born on January 6, 1922 in rural Blanchardville to Palmer & Ida (Watrud) Larson. He attended the Ingwell country school near Blanchardville, and graduated from the Blanchardville High School in 1939. He grew up on the family...
Kathleen Harding Rakow
May 21, 2011
Kathleen Harding Rakow, age 55, of Lone Rock died Saturday, May 21, 2011 at the University Hospital in Madison. She was born December 1, 1955 Sycamore, IL the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Holderness) Harding. She moved to the Blanchardville area in 1970 and graduated from Pecatonica High School in 1974. Kathleen loved to crochet and taught many people...
Charles Harding
Apr 18, 2011
Charles Harding, age 88 of Mankato, Minnesota, formerly of Blanchardville, died Monday, April 18, 2011 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, MN. He was born on December 5, 1922 in Luverne, MN to William and Oella (Cragne) Harding. After graduating high school in DeKalb, Illinois, he served in the Air Force from 1944 to 1946. On September 20, 1946...
Loantafay Martha Percell
Apr 13, 2011
Loantafay Martha Percell (aka Lanny) ,87, passed away at approximately 7:30 am Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at the New Glarus Home, located in New Glarus, WI, just 15miles from the home she shared with her daughter in Blanchardville for the past 16 years. Lanny was born on January 26, 1924 in Huntington, Indiana. She was one of ten children...
Barbara Elsbeth Retrum
Apr 13, 2011
Barbara Elsbeth Retrum, age 89, formerly of Hollandale and Spring Green, passed away while surrounded by members of her family on Wednesday evening, April 13, 2011 at Maplewood Nursing Home in Sauk City after a brief illness of pancreatic cancer. She was born on June 6, 1921 in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, the daughter of Adolf and Lena (Youngen) Schneider....
Henry Joseph Gruenenfelder
Apr 11, 2011
Henry Joseph Gruenenfelder, age 90, of Blanchardville, died on April 11, 2011 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital in Monroe, WI. He was born February 10, 1921 in Perry Township, Dane County, WI the son of John Henry and Christina Gruenenfelder. Henry attended the Forward country school. He made cheese with his dad at the Perry Center Cheese Factory in...
Joseph Robert Sigg
Mar 30, 2011
Joseph Robert Sigg, age 79 of Hollandale died on Wednesday morning, March 30, 2011 at the Saint Mary's Hospital in Madison after a brief illness. He was born on April 14, 1931 in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin to Herman and Alice (Herger) Sigg. He grew up in Mount Horeb and Riley, living with his uncle Alois Herger after his father...
Robert "Bob" Thomas Mcgowan
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...
Thomas "Tommy" David Skattum
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,...
Margaret Elaine Wahl Gruenenfelder
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...
Lila Irene Finhert
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...
Paul Elliot Vinje
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...
Bernard "Buzz" Larson
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...
Doris Leone Kammerude
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...
Shawn Loren Burreson
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....
Mason John Wedige
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...
Marge Wiemiller
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...
Harland "Swede" Swenson
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...
Gary Dean Jeglum
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...
