March 2019

Linda Mae Ames, age 63, of Mount Hope, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday March 13, 2019, at the Crossing Rivers Health on Prairie du Chien. She was born on Sept. 2, 1955, in Boscobel the daughter of Wilbur and Alice (Whitish) Colson. Linda attended and graduated from Iowa-Grant High School in 1973. Shortly after, Linda married her first husband, which they later divorced in 1994. On June 23, 2001, she was united in marriage to Jeffrey Ames. They made their home in Potosi until moving to Mount Hope in 1997. Linda was always a caring and compassionate person, which led […]

Mary Agnes (nee Forman) Novotny died on Wednesday, February 27, 2019, at the age of 103. Beloved wife of the late Stanley Novotny. Cherished mother of LeRoy (Holly) Novotny; proud grandma of Heather (Mark) Walters; adoring great-grandma of Ava Walters. Also loved by her nieces, nephews, cousins, and other dear relatives and friends. She was born on January 7, 1916, the daughter of Joseph Forman and Mary (nee Wolenec) Forman in Iowa County, Wisconsin. In 1939 she married Stanley Novotny of Hopkins, Minnesota, residing there for seven years. She returned to Montfort, Wisconsin with her husband and son, LeRoy. Later

Celine A. Schaefer, age 92, died on Monday morning March 4, 2019 at the Orchard Manor in Lancaster, WI. She was born on Nov. 20, 1926 in Dickeyville, WI the daughter of Nicholas and Loretta (Schardt) Timmerman. Celine was united in marriage to Homer Schaefer on Oct. 7, 1947 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Kieler, WI. Celine and Homer began farming in the Platteville, Belmont and south of Dickeyville areas until purchasing a farm in Hickory Grove Township rural Fennimore in 1966. She farmed with her husband and family by their side until they retired and moved to

John Philip Brown, age 77, of Fennimore passed away on Thursday evening February 28, 2019 at the Divine Rehabilitation in Fennimore. He was born on November 17, 1941 in Three Oaks, MI, the son of John Milton and Eunice Mae (Phillips) Brown. John was united in marriage to Mary Ellen Roth on August 19, 1961 in Spring Arbor, MI. Farming was John’s passion in life and he was engaged in dairy farming and beef cattle his entire career. He began farming in Michigan, then northern Minnesota, to Unity, WI, then Dodgeville for five years until moving to rural Fennimore in