Jean L. Frey, age 87, of Fennimore passed away on Saturday morning March 11, 2023, at her residence. She was born on April 2, 1935, in Highland, WI, the daughter of Bert and Harriet (Tindell) Hooks. Jean was united in marriage to Alfred Frey on June 5, 1953, in Boscobel. She enjoyed horses, horseback riding and attending horse shows. Jean also enjoyed playing cards, traveling, gardening, canning, golfing, painting and arts and crafts. She had her artwork displayed at the Healing Arts Gallery at Crossing Rivers Health Center in Prairie du Chien and held the record for the most artwork […]
Gordon Samuel Whitish of Mineral Point, Wisconsin passed away on March 5, 2023, surrounded by his loving family, at the age of 78, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born to Samuel Whitish and Ruby (Edge) Whitish in Madison on November 10, 1944. Gordon grew up in the Montfort area and graduated from Iowa Grant High School in 1963. After high school, he worked for General Motors in Janesville. In 1965, Gordon was drafted into the U.S. Army and was sent to South Korea for two years. After being discharged from the army, he returned to General […]
Sharon Jean Wells, age 82, of Fennimore, WI, passed away, leaving her pain behind, and with her loving sister and brother at her side Friday, March 3, 2023. She was born July 19, 1940, in Livingston, WI, the daughter of Howard and Betty Wells. Sharon attended grade school in Stitzer, WI, while her father co-owned the Stitzer Cheese Factory with his brother Vernon Wells. After moving to the family farm Howard & Betty purchased in 1952, Sharon attended The Fennimore Grade School and Fennimore High School, graduating in 1959. She left there with a love of reading that led to […]
Mary A. Nowak, age 91, of Fennimore, WI passed away on Wednesday March 1, 2023, at the Lancaster Health Services in Lancaster. She was born on October 20, 1931, in Hickory Grove Township Grant County, WI the daughter of Edward and Lena (Wienkes) Rasque. Mary graduated from Boscobel High School in 1948. She worked as the bookkeeper of Parker-Hildebrand Department Store in Boscobel for two years until her marriage to Bernard Nowak on May 25, 1950. They farmed on Castle Rock Ridge for 42 years until retirement and moved to Fennimore. She worked as the head bookkeeper of CESA 3 […]
Allen Gratz, age 66, of Boscobel, WI passed away on Monday February 13, 2023, at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse. He was born on June 7, 1956, in Prairie du Chien the son of Gerald and Viola (Bunts) Gratz. Allen was united in marriage to Sandra Udelhoven in 1973. With this marriage, they shared three children. Choosing to go separate ways, Allen was later married to Connie Weidemann until her untimely death and was later united in marriage to Beverly Brinks until she lost her battle with cancer. As a young boy, Allen loved farming and continued […]
Gordon Robert Bender, age 88, of Fennimore, WI passed away on Saturday February 4, 2023, at Mercy Hospital in Dubuque, IA. He was born on June 27, 1934, in Boscobel, the son of Robert and Agatha (Perkins) Bender. Gordon was united in marriage to Patricia “Pat” Steiner on July 1, 1954, in Prairie du Chien. Gordon loved to take things apart and put them back together, he had a natural curiosity that was with him throughout his life. He was a mechanic, working at Young & Sime Chrysler in Boscobel, and the Boebel Farm Store in Fennimore. He was a […]
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 […]