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 […]
Livingston, WI formerly of Fort Atkinson, WI – Larry D. Rogers, age 65 died unexpectedly on Saturday morning June 29, 2013 at the Southwest Health Center in Platteville, WI. Larry was born on April 27, 1948 in Garden City, KS the son of William “Herman” & Helen Elizabeth (Battles) Rogers. He was married to Sherrie Krause in Oct. of 1973 and then was united in marriage to Penny Smith-Faber on July 7, 2007. Following graduation from high school, Larry attended UW-Platteville until enlisting in the US Navy. He served aboard the U.S.S. Independence from 1967 until be honorable discharged in […]
Todd A. Lindauer, age 57 of Dodgeville died on Wednesday morning June 26, 2013 at his residence in Dodgeville. He was born on Sept. 17, 1955 in Dodgeville the son of Homer Alan “Shorty” and LaVaughn “Toddy” (Cordes) Lindauer. Todd married Beverly Ray on Jan. 3, 1983 who preceded him in death in 1998. He later married Shelia Gates on Dec. 17, 2005. Todd graduated from Iowa-Grant High School in 1974. Following graduation, he worked for various farmers throughout the area. Todd then went to work for Land’s End of Dodgeville for numerous years until moving to Avoca. Todd was […]
Matthew Ryan Bender, age 22 of Mazomanie and formerly of Fennimore died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Wednesday morning June 12, 2013 at UW Hospital in Madison from an acute illness. Matt was born on Aug. 4, 1990 in Madison, WI the son of Sharon L. (Fecht) Croft and the late Mark J. Bender Matt grew up in Fennimore and graduated from Fennimore High School in 2008. During high school he worked for Bob Makovec and Ken Kohout milking cows as well as High Point Steak House in Ridgeway busing tables and washing dishes. Following high school Matt […]
Fennimore – Marcella B. Smith, age 100 passed away on Wednesday morning June 12, 2013 at Orchard Manor in Lancaster, WI. Marcella was born May 15, 1913 in Cassville, WI the daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Wunderlin) Wiest. She married Donald Smith on Sept. 23, 1931. Marcella adored her children and took great pride in raising her family. She loved family gatherings with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was a faithful servant of the Lord as a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Fennimore. Marcella loved attending religious retreats at the National Shrine of our Lady […]
Fennimore, WI formerly of Chicago, IL-Ronald F. Blume, age 77 died peacefully surrounded by his family on Friday evening June 7, 2013 at Agrace HospiceCare Inc. in Fitchburg, WI. Ron was born on Oct. 4, 1935 in Chicago, IL the son of Henry & Viola (Kuensting) Blume. He was united in marriage to JoAnne Rezabek on Nov. 25, 1972 in Evanston, IL. Ron graduated from Loyola Academy and worked in the Chicago area at several art studios, ad agencies, as an Art Director for Playboy as well as freelance work before moving to Fennimore, WI in 1995. Ron then worked […]
Robert Swenson, age 93, of Fennimore died on Monday morning May 27, 2013 at the Fennimore Good Samaritan Society in Fennimore. Robert was born on August 16, 1919 in Fennimore, WI the son of Thomas and Lena (Johnsrud) Swenson. He was united in marriage to Dorothy Govier on Oct. 8, 1942 in Madison, WI. Following graduation from Fennimore High School, Robert met the love of his life Dorothy. After their marriage Robert farmed his family farm until purchasing in the mid 1960’s. Bob farmed until retiring and moving to Fennimore in the early 1990’s. Robert was also a self taught […]
Fennimore – Mildred “Millie” Lorraine Miller, age 94 passed away peacefully on Tuesday evening May 14, 2013 at the Fennimore Good Samaritan Society in Fennimore. Mildred was born on Aug. 11, 1918 in Fennimore to Vearl and Hannah (Needham) Rogers. Millie graduated from Fennimore High School in 1936 and closes the chapter for this class as she was the last survivor. Mildred married Kenneth M. Miller on Nov. 9, 1937 in Fennimore and together they had four children; Patricia, Sharon, Bob and Kay. They farmed all their 70 years together and still found time to travel abroad and throughout the […]