June 2022

Donald R, Whitish, age 86, of Fennimore, WI passed away on Saturday June 25, 2022 at his home in Preston, WI.  Don was able to spend his final days at his home where he was surrounded with love from his family and many friends. Don was born May 23, 1936, at home in Clifton Township, the son of Raymond and Ethel (Kliest) Whitish. He attended Ebenezer Country School through 8th grade and then went to Livingston High School. He married Charlotte Kabele in 1955 and they were married for 22 years before going their separate ways.  Don farmed for many […]

Daniel John Davies, age 83, of Fennimore passed away on Friday June 24, 2022, at the Boscobel Care and Rehabilitation in Boscobel, WI. He was born on August 6, 1938, in Wingville Township Grant County, WI the son of George and Rowena (Bitney) Davies. He was united in marriage to Sandra Freymiller on September 15, 1962, in Fennimore. Dan farmed in the Hickory Grove Township from 1962 until 1986 and then moved to Fennimore. He was then employed by Fennimore Agri-Systems until there dissolvement in 1992. Dan worked other various jobs throughout the area until being employed at Lands’ End

How do you sum up in a few paragraphs a life that was so richly lived for 93 years, 10 months and two days? Katie, or Kate as she was known to many, was born to Vera and William Trankle on August 17, 1928. She was the third of seven kids – Carol (John) Andrew, Genevieve (Harry) Andrew, Phyllis (Neil) Addison, Lynn (Joe Ihm) Halverson, Mary (Delbert) Blasdel, and Roger (Jill). All those girls meant Katie’s life on the farm would be spent more often on the seat of a tractor over a seat in the kitchen. She’d take fields