Obituaries in Blanchardville & Hollandale

Jun 23, 2025

David Joseph Underly, age 85, of Town of Moscow, Hollandale, formerly of Mishawaka, Indiana, passed away peacefully on Monday June 23, 2025 after a 6 month long illness.

Born on January 2, 1940, in South Bend, Indiana, Dave was the beloved son of Roy Joseph Underly and Eleanor Skarupinski Underly. He grew up on the family farm,...

May 30, 2025

Dennis Lee McCarville, age 77, of rural Mineral Point/Hollandale, passed away Friday afternoon, May 30, 2025, after an ATV accident while doing what he always did — taking care of the land he loved (and probably muttering to himself about how nobody else could do it right).

Born March 5, 1948, in Dodgeville to LaVerne Thomas and...

Apr 21, 2025

William Ward "Bill" Hendrickson, born to Milton and Kathryn Hendrickson on Saturday, February 27, 1943 in Dodgeville, WI, took his last breath Monday April 21, 2025 at 3:59 pm In Madison, WI with his two children by his side. His immediate family, consists of his eldest sister Nancy Mooney, younger brother Tommy Hendrickson (who preceded him in death) and...

Apr 18, 2025

Myron Alton Nelson, age 85 of Town of Perry near Daleyville, Wisconsin died on Friday, April 18, 2025 at his home on the farm.  Myron was born to Morris and Adeline Jane (Paulson) Nelson on August 27, 1939 on the family farm where he lived his whole life.  He grew up on the farm with his two siblings and...

Apr 2, 2025

Raneé Lynn Kurschner, age 60 of Blanchardville died after a struggle with Cancer on Wednesday evening, April 2, 2025 at the UW Hospital in Madison, surrounded by her family.  She was born on September 20, 1964 in Monroe to Larry "Ron" and Vicki (Skaife) Kurschner.  She grew up on the family farm in rural Blanchardville with her siblings and...

Mar 6, 2025

Daniel Michael Schutte, age 55 of rural Blanchardville died on Thursday, March 6, 2025 as a result of a tragic auto accident.  His family greatly mourns his death.  He was born on March 1, 1970 in Monroe.  His mother is Elaine Gutzmer and his father figures were Ron Brandt and Charles Walczak.  Dan grew up in Monroe where he...

Feb 28, 2025

Sandra Gail Goldsmith, age 66 of Blanchardville died on Friday evening, February 28, 2025 at Upland Hills hospital in Dodgeville.  She was born on May 23, 1958 in Vaiden, Mississippi to F. Green and Dorothy Naomi (Maness) Pinkston.  She grew up in Vaiden, Mississippi where she graduated from high school in 1978.  She later Moved to Florida where she...

Jan 30, 2025

Norbert James Day, age 86 of rural Hollandale died early Thursday morning, January 30, 2025 at Upland Hills Nursing and Rehab in Dodgeville.  He was born on December 26, 1938 in Dodgeville to Leo Joseph and Mae Elizabeth (Kosharek) Day.  He grew up with his parents and brother and sister in the rural Dodgeville area on the family farm. ...

Jan 9, 2025

Steven Kermit Jeglum, age 79 of Blanchardville died on Thursday, January 9, 2025 surrounded by his family.  Steve was born in Monroe on September 11, 1945 to Kermit Howard and Sylvia Edna (Schneider) Jeglum.  He grew up on the family farm on Hay Hollow Road with his parents and his brother and sister.  He went to the Meadowview rural...

Jan 5, 2025

Ronald Eugene Hanson, age 80 of Hollandale, died late Sunday evening, January 5, 2025 at Monroe Health Services in Monroe.  He was born in Dodgeville on November 9, 1944 to Norman LeRoy and Phyllis Leone (Anderson) Hanson and spent his childhood in Hollandale.  He attended Hollandale grade school where he played sports, and in 8th grade was a member...

Dec 31, 2024

Vernon Neal Massey, age 70 of Hollandale passed away early Tuesday morning, December 31, 2024 at Our House Senior Living in Richland Center.  Vernon was born on July 8, 1954 to Neal and Amy (Thompson) Massey. He attended school in Hollandale, then graduated from the newly formed Pecatonica High School in 1972. For many years, Vernon worked as a...

Dec 14, 2024

Norbert Allan Lehmann, age 81 of Eau Claire died unexpectedly on Saturday, December 14, 2024 at the Eau Claire Mayo Hospital surrounded by his family.  He was born on March 1, 1943 to Norbert Irvin and Priscilla Marjorie (Radloff) Lehmann.  He grew up and attended school in Hustisford, graduating from the Hustisford High School in 1961.  He attended the...

Dec 8, 2024

Virginia M. Olson Friske, age 95 of Argyle passed away peacefully in her home on December 8, 2024 at the age of 95. Virginia was born on August 17, 1929 to Clifford and Zola (Hale) Olson on the family farm near Blanchardville where she resided until 1948. She was baptized and confirmed at the Blanchardville Lutheran Church. Virginia graduated...

Dec 6, 2024

Janna Lynn McCoy departed her earthly bonds peacefully on December 6, 2024.  She fittingly spent her final days in the comfort of the loving country home in Hollandale Wisconsin.   Janna's abundant capacity in nature, personal relationships and teaching harmonized with life on the farm.  On the driftless valley in the country, Janna crafted beauty and enriched experiences of countless...

Nov 30, 2024

Rosemarie Sigg, age 94 of Hollandale, passed away on Saturday, November 30th 2024 at Crestridge Memory Care in Dodgeville, departing peacefully after spending her last hours with her daughter by her side.

She was born at home on March 18, 1930 in the city of West Allis, to Walter and Veronica (Pacala) Prusak, and baptized at the...

Nov 19, 2024

Robert E. Gomoll, age 75, passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2024, from the effects of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) at Mercy Hospital, Dubuque, Iowa.  Robert was born April 8, 1949, in Clinton, Iowa, the son of Earl & Ruth (Spahn) Gomoll. After   high school graduation, Rob attended the University of Iowa until transferring to University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He graduated...

Oct 21, 2024

Robert Leroy Dietrich, age 83 of Waunakee died at Noel Manor in Verona early Monday morning, October 21, 2024.  He was born on December 17, 1940 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Jacob & Wanda (Kephart) Dietrich.  Bob grew up in Lincoln with his parents, and his sister Cheryl.  He grew to love music, learning piano and enjoying singing as a...

Oct 8, 2024

Paul "Poopsy" Francis Hughes, age 66 of Hollandale died on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital.  He was born on June 14, 1958 in Monroe to Edward Laverne and Nancy Lea (Swenson)  Hughes.  He grew up in Monroe, eventually worked with his family in E & N Hughes Company, INC, the family business started in 1975...

Sep 3, 2024

Robert Frances Ihm, age 90 of Hollandale died on September 3 2024 at Upland Hills Health in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.  Bob was born on January 7, 1934 near Fennimore, Wisconsin to Walter John and Elizabeth Jennifer (Fuerstenburg) Ihm. The family moved to Ridgeway in 1948 where Bob attended rural school and then graduated in 1953 from Arena High School. After...

Aug 4, 2024

In loving memory of Terrance Sean Killips aka McKillip, age 65, was received by the Lord on Sunday August 4th, 2024 at 65 years of age. He died peacefully at his home in Blanchardville, WI.

He was born on August 6th, 1958 to Donald and Rose Marie (Rathnow) Killips in Chicago, IL. He attended Our Lady of...