Delores J. Udelhoven, 85, Fennimore, passed away on the morning of May 12, 2019 surrounded by her family. Delores was born on May 8, 1934 in rural Montfort to Clarence and Wilhelmina (Komarek) Stivarius. After her high school graduation, Delores earned her teaching degree from a two-year program at Platteville Normal School and went on to teach at Roger Hollow Country School. Delores was united in marriage to Gerald W. Udelhoven at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Montfort, Wisconsin on February 15, 1955. The couple purchased a farm between Montfort and Fennimore on Highway 18. The life they built there, […]
Florence E. Martin, age 95, of Lancaster formerly of Stitzer passed away on Friday morning May 10, 2019, at the Orchard Manor in Lancaster. She was born on June 17, 1923 in Stitzer the daughter of John and Mary (Wiest) Bennett. Florence was united in marriage to Glen Martin on November 24, 1943 at St. Clement Catholic Church in Lancaster. Florence farmed beside her husband for over 40 years in Liberty Township Grant County. They retired from farming in 1988 and moved to Stitzer. After the death of Glen, Florence moved to Lancaster in 1998 where she had been currently […]
Melly S. Staskal, age 76, of Bagley and formerly of Milton, Wisconsin, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday morning May 9, 2019, at her residence in Bagley. Melly was born on Jan. 9, 1943 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of William “Bill” and Jane (Bailey) Hayward. She was united in marriage to Redgie Staskal on Nov. 18, 1962 in Maquoketa, Iowa. Melly and Redgie lived in Geneva, Illinois until moving to Milton in 1963. Melly began her employment at Jones Dairy Farm in Fort Atkinson. She then worked at JC Penny in Janesville, where she ran most departments, until her […]
Larry W. Aide, age 71, of Fennimore, died on Saturday evening May 4, 2019, at his residence in Fennimore surrounded by his beloved children. Larry was born on August 21, 1947 and after graduating from high school, enlisted in the U.S. Army 9thInfantry. He served from Dec. 30, 1968, until being honorably discharged on Nov. 13, 1974. Larry received personal decorations of a Bronze Star with a Combat V, and two Purple Hearts. Once returning home, he resided in Montfort and in 1994, moved to Fennimore. He worked at Ray-o-vac of Fennimore until his retirement after 30 years of employment. […]
Alfreda O. Lee, age 85, of Fennimore, passed away peacefully at Grant Regional Health Center in Lancaster, WI, on Monday, April 22, 2019. Alfreda was born March 15, 1934 in Seneca, WI, the daughter of Temron and Clara (Rand) Aspenson. She was one of five daughters and she attended and graduated from Seneca High School, Seneca WI. Alfreda was united in marriage to Theron Lee on January 26, 1952. They were married 58 years until Theron’s passing on August 29, 2010. Together they lived in Denison, TX, while Theron was serving in the United States Air Force. Theron and Alfreda […]
William E. “Bill” Galbraith, age 86, died on Sunday evening April 7, 2019, at U.W. Hospital in Madison, surrounded by his loving family. Bill was born on November 20, 1932, in Ellenboro, WI, the son of Wilfred and Edna (Tucker) Galbraith. He married the love of his life and high school sweetheart, Marolyn Monroe on Jan. 22, 1952, at the Mount Hope United Methodist Church. Bill graduated from Mt. Hope High School in 1951. After working several jobs throughout the area, Bill and Marilyn moved to Waukesha County. He then worked for Turner Sand and Gravel in Sussex as a […]
Myrna V. (Stich) Croft, age 100, made her final passage peacefully on Friday morning April 5, 2019. She was born on August 2, 1918 and was a lifelong resident of Lancaster, WI. Myrna owned Croft’s Shur-Sav grocery store with her husband, Wilford “Bill” Croft. She enjoyed travelling, theater, music, and golf. Mastery as a seamstress extended to her work with arts and crafts, especially with seasonal decorations. She was known for her joy for living – entertaining, her gardening green thumb, clogging, square dancing, yodeling, sweet tooth, and homemade fudge. Myrna was an active church member for over 80 years, […]
Donald J. Raimer, age 87 passed away on Sunday April 7, 2019 at his home in Montfort, Wisconsin. Don was cared for by his family and Upland Hills Health Hospice since coming home from his last hospital visit on March 8th, 2019. Don was born on August 26, 1931 to Kenneth and Loretta (Undesser) Raimer at St. Joseph’s Catholic Hospital in Dodgeville. He attended Sunnyside grade school and then graduated from Cobb High School in 1947 at the age of 16. Don was always a hard worker and started at an early age working in the Sunnyside Cheese Factory Coop […]
Joseph “Joe” J. Foreman, age 78, passed away on Thursday April 4, 2019 at Upland Hills Health in Dodgeville surrounded by his loving family. He was born on April 4, 1941 in Eden Township, Iowa County, WI the son of John and Ruth (Ruzicka) Forman. Joe was united in marriage to Lois Post on Jan. 16, 1965 in Spring Green. Joe graduated from Cobb High School in 1959. After some time, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Upon returning home, Joe took over the family farm and enrolled at Southwest Technical College and took farm management classes. Joe went to […]
Sandy Stender, age 71 of Fennimore, entered heaven on March 31, 2019, at the Grant County Regional Hospital in Lancaster, WI. Her faith was what sustained her and it remained the precedence enabling her to slip peacefully in to sleep as she dreamed of her beloved husband Keith. Sandy was born on July 24, 1947 to Ruth (Campbell) and Harold Stivarius. Sandy grew up and lived in Fennimore, graduated from Fennimore High School and later received her Bachelors degree in Business Accounting. Sandy’s younger brother, Tom introduced her to Keith Stender when she was eighteen and immediately knew they were destined to be […]