July 2013

Montfort, WI-Priscilla Rose Hoffman age 8 weeks passed away surrounded by her family on Friday July 26, 2013 at American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison after complications from being born with Gastroschisis. Priscilla was born on May 27, 2013 at Meriter Hospital in Madison the daughter of Timothy & Amanda (Hanson) Hoffman. Priscilla is survived by her beloved parents, Tim and Amanda Hoffman of Montfort, three Siblings; Christopher, Faith and Wyatt Trapper all at home, her grandparents; Charlene (Monte) Larson of Viroqua, DuWayne (Vicki Vikemyr) Hanson of Viroqua, Pete (Deb) Hoffman of Montfort, great grandparents; Joe (Hazel) Straka of Montfort, […]

Boscobel, WI – Janet L. Hecker, age 81 of Boscobel died on Wednesday morning July 24, 2013 at Boscobel Care and Rehab in Boscobel.  She was born on January 11, 1932 in Ellwood City, PA the daughter of Harry and Florence (Fleeger) McConnell.  Janet married Wallace Hecker on Jan. 27, 1951 in Ellwood City, PA. Janet and her family lived in the Milwaukee area before moving to Boscobel in 1972.  After the death of her husband in 1979, Janet worked at Advance Transformer in Boscobel until her retirement.  Janet was a very strong woman who took great pride in raising

Englewood, CO – Darrell D. Porter, age 75 of Englewood CO, and formerly of Fennimore, WI went to be with the Lord on July 24, 2013. Darrell was born on May 21, 1938 in Fennimore, WI, the son of Herman and Mildred (McKee) Porter. He married Tanya Wilson on June 30, 1983 in Englewood, CO. Darrell was born and raised on a farm in Fennimore, WI and attended Wisconsin State College & Institute of Technology in Platteville, WI, where he received a B.S. in Mining Engineering, and the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO, where he obtained his Masters

Barbara E. Pascoe, age 78 of Fennimore, passed away on Tuesday morning July 9, 2013 at Vernon Memorial Healthcare in Viroqua. Barbara was born on July 10, 1934 the daughter of Wendell and Genieva (Dreher) VonFeldt. She was united in marriage to Kenneth Pascoe on Oct. 10, 1963 in Joliet, IL. Barbara and Kenneth moved to rural Stitzer in 1969 when they purchased their farm. She enjoyed working with her husband and while he managed the fieldwork, Barbara managed the livestock. While continuing to work hard on the farm, Barbara opened the “Missing Inch” in Fennimore in 1986 until moving

Montfort, WI – Gresley “Pete” Pederson, age 84 of Montfort died on Monday afternoon July 8, 2013 at Bloomfield Healthcare and Rehab in rural Dodgeville.  He was born on Oct. 17, 1928 in McFarland, WI the son of Herman and MettaSophia (Hanson) Pederson.  Pete married Shirley Lorenz on May 9, 1953. Following graduation from Deforest High School, Pete drove taxi cab in Madison before owning his own feed truck, “Pete’s Feed Service”, in Beetown, WI.  Pete later worked as a cheese maker in Glen Haven for several years until working for the City of Montfort in 1964 until retiring due