Joyce Ann Powers
Apr 24, 2023
Joyce Ann Powers of Mount Horeb, WI, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 24, 2023, at the age of 86.
Joyce was a graduate of Albion College in Michigan, who earned a Master’s Degree from UW- Madison. Her training as a wildlife biologist and her curiosity and passion for the natural world, led to a career as a native plant...
Beverly Ann Gehrke
Apr 21, 2023
Beverly Ann Gehrke, age 60, crossed to the other side after 37 years of braving ovarian cancer on April 21, 2023.
Beverly (Bev) was born to Jeannette and Robert Chadwick in Neillsville, WI on September 7, 1962. She attended UW-Eau Claire, and afterwards moved to Madison where she met and married Michael Gehrke on September 5th, 1987. Less than...
Ruth Eleanor Darula
Apr 21, 2023
Ruth (Radloff) Darula, (age 76) of Middleton, Wisconsin, passed away on April 21, 2023, at Attic Angel Place. She was born on January 25, 1947, in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Ruth married Bob Darula on June 14, 1969, in Watertown, Wisconsin, and they were married for just shy of 54 years prior to her death. Her parents, Frank and Marion Radloff,...
Jack Edward Loman
Apr 17, 2023
Jack Edward Loman, age 80, died peacefully on Monday, April 17, 2023. Jack is survived by his wife of 54 years, Sandra, his daughter, Emily, and grandson, Bernard. Also survived by, his sister, Cathy Wise, and her daughters, Melissa Filkin and Heidi Gogate; his brother, Gary Loman, his daughter, Kimberly, and sons, Robert and Alex; his sister-in-law, Sharon Bronaugh, her...
Gary Lee Christopher
Apr 17, 2023
Gary L. Christopher, 69, died peacefully on April 17, 2023, at his sister’s home in Madison, WI. He was born in Milwaukee, WI, on September 12, 1953, the son of Milan and Dorothy Krchnavek. Gary graduated from Boys Trade and Technical High School, Milwaukee, in 1971. He received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University in 1986....
Marie Elizabeth Oakeson
Apr 15, 2023
Marie was born in 1934 to the late Herman and Margarete (Wandrei) Strodthoff. She graduated from Stout State College, Menomonie, WI, with a BS in Home Economics Education. Marie met her future husband, John Oakeson, at Stout State College and they were married on August 4, 1956. They lived in Holcomb, WI, and Glenwood City, WI, briefly before moving to...
Joseph Eugene Due
Apr 12, 2023
Joe Due, (Joseph Eugene Due), born April 24th, 1948, in Leavenworth, KS, passed away unexpectedly at Mile Bluff Medical Center, Mauston, WI, Wednesday evening, April 12th, 2023.
Plagued from birth with breathing problems and failure to thrive that required a temporary tracheostomy and experimental radiation treatments, his voice was left impaired, his growth stunted, and his breathing compromised. This...
Mark Stanton Butcher
Apr 12, 2023
Mark Stanton Butcher, a loving husband, devoted father, proud veteran, and lifelong nurse and emergency medic, left us on April 12, aged 71.
Born February 28, 1952, in San Antonio, Mark grew up in a military household with two brothers, Bob and Steve. His father, Boyd Butcher, was a U.S. Air Force veteran. Mark, influenced by father-in-law, Dan Smith, and his...
Margaret Louise Olson
Apr 10, 2023
Margaret Louise (Harding) Olson “Peg”
Beloved daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend, passed away on April 10, 2023. Born June 22, 1932, in Bismarck, ND, to Harry and Veronica Harding. Peg was cherished and will be greatly missed by all her friends and family.
Peg graduated from Bismarck High School in 1950. She took courses at...