Obituaries

Jan 31, 2018

Bradley L. Sisbach, 40, died Wednesday evening January 31, 2018 as a result of an automobile accident.  He was born February 16, 1977 in Viroqua to Daniel and Betty (Erickson) Sisbach.  Brad was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chaseburg.  He graduated from Westby High School in 1995. Brad worked with his dad logging and...

Jan 28, 2018

Barbara L. White, 79, of Westby, passed away Sunday January 28, 2018 at the Bland-Bekkedal Center for Hospice in Viroqua. She was born September 28, 1938 in Chicago to Fred and Elenor Roeske. Barb married Earl White on November 27, 1955. In 1980, Earl, Barb and son Howard moved to their farm in Westby where she was a farm...

Jan 27, 2018

Michael (Mike) "Bulldog" L. Raasch, 61, of Coon Valley, passed away Saturday January 27, 2018 at Mayo Health System in La Crosse surrounded by family and friends. He was born July 1 1956 in Milwaukee. He was the son of Ray and Janice Raasch. Mike graduated from Westby High School in 1974 and went on to attend...

Jan 7, 2018

Linda Pearl Chambers received her Crown of Everlasting Glory on Sunday January 7th, 2018 after a long battle at the hospital recovering from heart surgery where she fought a good fight for as long as she could.

Linda was born on March 20, 1945 to Leroy and Violet (Simons) Chambers in Mount Vernon, Ohio and...

Dec 21, 2017

James Willard Johnson, 95, of Chaseburg died Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, at Huntington Place, Janesville, Wis.

Jim was born in La Crosse, Oct. 26, 1922, to Sam and Nora (Albrechtson) Johnson. He was baptized and confirmed at Middle Coon Valley Lutheran Church. He graduated from Central High School, La Crosse. On his 20th birthday, Jim enlisted in...

Dec 17, 2017

Rena V. Theige, 89, of rural Westby, ever the loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother, went to her eternal rest Sunday December 17, 2017 at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. She was born July 14, 1928 to Hjamler and Ellen (Nelson) Williams. She graduated from Viroqua High School in 1946 and attended school in Minneapolis where...

Dec 8, 2017

John Bentley Townsend, 89, of Coon Valley, WI, formerly a resident of Portage for many years, passed away on December 8, 2017 at Norseland Nursing Home in Westby. He graduated from Portage High School in 1946, where he excelled in boxing. John served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War. John loved the...

Dec 2, 2017

Louis Larry Franks, 75, of Viroqua, passed away Tuesday, December 2 at the Bland-Bekkedal Center from complications due to Parkinson's. He was born July 9, 1939, to Louis and Genevieve (Stout) Franks. He graduated from West Lima in 1957. Louis worked for the Viroqua school district for 31 years. He was an avid deer hunter, going out whenever he...

Oct 28, 2017

Mary Beth Stegen, 59, of Stoddard died Saturday October 28, 2017 at Mayo Franciscan Health Care in La Crosse. She was born June 4, 1958 in La Crosse to Leland and Kathryn (Knutson) Hogue. She graduated from Onalaska High School and previously worked for Kramer's in La Crosse. She was married to Rick Stegen and they were...

Oct 21, 2017

Howard Vernon Moilien, 91, of Coon Valley passed away Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 at home.Howard was born to Nordahl and Caroline (Gronvold) Moilien June 22, 1926 at home. He attended North Ridge School through eighth grade then began dairy farming with his father on North Ridge. He was drafted into the Army and served from January of...

Oct 17, 2017

Harland (Hod) B. Johnson, 86, of La Crosse, WI passed away on October 17, 2017 at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. Harland was born on May 28th, 1931 to Harry and Collie (DeWitt) Johnson on their home farm in Vernon County, Wisconsin. Harland married Vila (Macy) Ostreng on February 9th, 1952. They settled in La Crosse...

Oct 15, 2017

Arthur DuWayne Dahlke, age 80, went to his eternal home on Sunday, October 15, 2017 with his loving family by his side at his home. Arthur was born on June 23, 1937 to Arthur Carl and Emma Christine (Schroeder) Dahlke. He was a twin with his sister, Ardyce (Dahlke) Wilson. He was baptized in 1937 and confirmed...

Oct 13, 2017

Florence Ovedia Holen, 94, of Westby, passed away on October 13, 2017 at Norseland Nursing Home in Westby. She was born to Otto and Fredricka (Stafslien) Bakkum on October 30, 1922, the oldest of four children. During the early to mid-1940's she spent several years working in shipyards in Sturgeon Bay and Duluth in support of the...

Oct 12, 2017

Denise L. Rundhaugen, 55, of Westby, died Thursday October 12, 2017 at UW Hospital in Madison. She was born November 30, 1961 to Ray and Nancy (Laas) Michalski in Hammond, Indiana. She graduated from high school in 1980 and then graduated from Western Tech College with a degree in nursing. She worked at St. Francis (Mayo) Hospital...

Oct 10, 2017

Ruth Juliet Ophus, 103, of Coon Valley, passed away on October 10, 2017 at Vernon Manor, Viroqua. She was born to Albert and Christine (Strangstalien) Swenson on September 16, 1914 in Town of Coon, Vernon County. She graduated from Westby High School and Vernon County Normal School. From 1935-1941, she taught at Brown School, a...

Oct 6, 2017

John Eumurian, 92, of Viroqua, died Friday October 6, 2017 at the home of his daughter in Sycamore, Illinois.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday November 5, 2017 at the Viroqua United Methodist Church. A private burial service will be in the Springville Cemetery on Friday October 13.

A complete...

Oct 6, 2017

John Eumurian, 92, of Viroqua, Wisconsin, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on October 6, 2017 at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Jane and Steve Pace, in Sycamore, Illinois. John was born on January 14, 1925 in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Daniel & Aris (Balian) Eumurian. He was born again...

Sep 20, 2017

Dyane E. Loveless, 44, of Viroqua and formerly of Waukesha, died Wednesday September 20, 2017 at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse after a courageous 2 year battle with cancer. She was born November 10, 1972 to John and Delores (Hogan) McNamara in Washington, D.C. Dyane graduated from Carroll College with a B.S. in Education. She taught...

Sep 17, 2017

Joyce H. Matthews, 91, of rural Stoddard, died Sunday September 17, 2017 Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. God decided to raise the beloved soul of Joyce Helen Huss Matthews to his beautiful Kingdom. There where she joined her husband, the love of her life, Calvin Matthews, and two sons Lantz Johnson and Craig Matthews, who also...

Sep 16, 2017

Paul R. Schultz, Jr., 84, of Chaseburg, died Saturday September 16, 2017 at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse. He was born November 26, 1932 to Paul C. and Sadie (Hagen) Schultz. Paul was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chaseburg. He married Connie Student on February 20, 1952 at St. Peter's....