January 2023

Fennimore, WI – Gregory D. Fry (fondly known as Bear), age 72, of Fennimore, passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2023.  Greg was born on December 15, 1950, in Fennimore, the son of Kenneth and Arlene (Shepherd) Fry.  He was united in marriage to Kristine Vondra on September 29, 1979, in Belmont and together they had three children. Greg was proud to be a senior technical engineer for Amcor.  He made many great friends working at Amcor’s different plants, formerly Milprint and Pechiney Plastic Packaging (others). After retiring, he took on a new adventure at Grab A Cone (Kris and […]

Janet (Batten) Novinski age 86, passed away peacefully on Monday January 9, 2023, at St. Mary’s hospital in Madison. Jan was born on September 23, 1936, inMineral Point WI.  She was the 5th child of Ray and Sylvia (Rule) Batten. She attended Fennimore schools until 5th grade when her family moved to Milwaukee. She graduated from Milwaukee Washington High School and worked in Milwaukee until she married William “Bill” Novinski on June 29, 1957, and she came back to live in Fennimore.  She was a homemaker for 13 years while Bill owned and operated H&N Plumbing and Heating in Fennimore

Mark P. Brown, age 49, of Woodman, WI passed away unexpectedly on Saturday morning January 7, 2023, at his residence. He was born on November 5, 1973, in Boscobel the son of Thomas and Josephine (Burns) Brown. Mark graduated from Boscobel High School. He was united in marriage to Kathryn Pugh on February 14, 1993, in Boscobel. He entered the work force and was employed at Meister Cheese in Muscoda and later Skyline in Lancaster. Mark was currently employed at Truvant in Boscobel as a loader operator for the past few years. He was an avid Nascar fan, always rooting

Richard “Dick” Ketterer, age 80, of Fennimore, WI passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, January 7, 2023. He was born on December 9, 1942, in Fennimore, WI. He was united in marriage to Rita Klaas on September 12, 1964. With this uniting, they were blessed with their three daughters and one son. Dick graduated from Fennimore High School in 1960. After high school he completed the Farming & Industry Short Course at University of Wisconsin-Madison and returned to Fennimore to take over the family farm. Dick was a successful farmer who modeled a

Arthur A. Fremont, age 90, of Mt. Hope, WI passed away on Saturday December 31, 2022, at Orchard Manor in rural Lancaster. He was born on January 1, 1932, the son of Frank and Mae (Bark) Fremont. Arthur was united in marriage to Doris White on August 19, 1955, at the Mt. Hope United Methodist Church. Arthur graduated from Lancaster High School and then served his country in the U.S. Army. After his honorable discharged he was engaged in farming until becoming one of the best, yet self-taught, mechanics in the area. Arthur worked at Funk Motors in Lancaster until