Obituaries in Blanchardville & Hollandale

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...

Mar 16, 2010

Dewaine Slater, age 75 of rural Blanchardville died on Tuesday morning, March 16, 2010 at his home on the family farm. He was born on September 12, 1934 in Decatur, Illinois to Cyril and Doris (Smith) Slater. He attended school in Decatur. After finishing his schooling he lived in Decatur, and worked at Admiral TV in Harvard, Illinois for...

Mar 11, 2010

Marion Ellen (Baker) Smyth Noble, age 96 passed away peacefully with her 2 granddaughters by her side, Kate (DJ) Schuett and Lindsay (Doug) Williams (of New Glarus) on March 11th at the New Glarus Home. Marion was born on February 18, 1914 on the Baker farm, Iowa County, in rural Blanchardville to Dwight Eldridge & Doris Edna (Parkinson) Baker....

Feb 28, 2010

Leverna Elizabeth Steien, age 97 of the Provena St. Joseph Center in Freeport, Illinois, formerly of Cuba City, Wisconsin died on Sunday evening, February 28, 2010 at Provena in Freeport. She was born on October 30, 1912 in Deer Grove, Illinois to William & Bessie (Coleman) Adams. She attended the Burden country school in Bureau County, near Tampico, Illinois,...

Feb 18, 2010

Peter Olaf Gilbertson Peter Olaf Gilbertson, age 94 of the Ingleside Nursing Home in Mount Horeb, formerly of Blanchardville, died on Thursday evening, February 18, 2010 at the Ingleside Nursing Home. He was born on April 7, 1915 in Madison, the oldest son of George Perry and Hildegard Valentine (Knudsen) Gilbertson. When Peter was quite young, he, his parents,...

Feb 8, 2010

Stanley W. Olson age 82 of Blanchardville died on Monday morning, February 8, 2010 at the Meriter Hospital in Madison. He was born on August 24, 1927 in York Township, Green County, Wisconsin to Clifford and Zola (Hale) Olson. He grew up on the family farm in rural Blanchardville and attended the Loyalty rural school, and graduated from the...

Jan 20, 2010

Ruth Jorenby, age 86 of The New Glarus Home, formerly of Hollandale and Blanchardville died early Wednesday morning, January 20, 2010 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital in Monroe. She was born on March 26, 1923 in Blanchardville, the daughter of Benjamin & Viola (Vinger) Strommen. She attended the Loyalty rural school near Blanchardville, graduated from the Blanchardville High School...

Jan 5, 2010

Helga Viola (Kammerud) Moen, age 99 of Argyle died on Tuesday morning, January 5, 2010 at the Bloomfield Manor in rural Dodgeville after a long and wonderful life. She was born on October 10, 1910 in the Town of York, Green County, Wisconsin, the daughter of Otto and Bertha (Kolden) Kammerud. She attended the Loyalty School. Helga was married...

Dec 21, 2009

Cody David Olson, age 23, of Blanchardville died Monday morning December 21, 2009 as the result of a tragic fire where 4 lives were lost. He was born September 10, 1986 in Madison to David and Marita (Hughes) Olson. He grew up in Blanchardville and attended Pecatonica Grade and High School, graduating in the class of 2005. He was...

Dec 21, 2009

Daniel Fredrick Hardekopf, age 45, of Blanchardville, formally of Somonauk, Illinois, died on Monday morning, December 21, 2009 as a result of a fire at his business/residence in Blanchardville. He was born January 4, 1964 in Aurora, IL the son of Don and Margaret (Haas) Hardekopf. He was a member of Argyle Rod and Gun Club, and enjoyed hunting...

Dec 21, 2009

Jelayne "Jill" LaVon Hughes, age 44 of Blanchardville died early Monday morning, December 21, 2009 in a fire in Blanchardville. She was born on February 10, 1965 in Dodgeville to William & Elayne (Moen) Hughes. She grew up in the Barneveld area, and graduated from the Barneveld High School in 1983. She loved doing daycare in her home in...

Dec 13, 2009

Homer Clayton Hendrickson, age 86 of Blanchardville died on Sunday evening, December 13, 2009 at the New Glarus Home in New Glarus. He was born on December 2, 1923 in rural Argyle to Alvin and Merle (Corbin) Hendrickson. Homer's mother died in an auto accident when he was just 6 years old. At that time he moved to stay...

Nov 26, 2009

Douglas Ever Hanson, age 71 of rural Argyle died on Thursday, November 26, 2009 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital in Monroe. He was born on May 31, 1938 in Madison to Ever & Dorothe (Johnson) Hanson. He grew up in Argyle and attended school in Argyle, graduating from Argyle High School in 1956. He attended the UW Madison for...