William R. "Bill" Ludlum
Dec 25, 2017
Mineral Point - William Ludlum, age 64, of Mineral Point, passed away Monday, December 25, 2017 surrounded by family and loved ones during his brief illness at his home. William R. Ludlum was born on March 30, 1953 the son of Willard J. Ludlum and Agnes J. (Palzkill) Ludlum in Willow Springs Township. He attended Parkinson School and St. Mary's...
Marcia Jean Geer
Dec 24, 2017
Dodgeville – Marcia Jean Kinder Geer died on Sunday, December 24, 2017 at Bloomfield Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Marcia was born in Kalamazoo, MI on January 13, 1931 and was the daughter of Bern Benton and Florence (Rothman) Kinder. Her formative years were lived in Bloomington, IL where she attended Walker School, a one room school near Bloomington, and University...
Everett Harold "Bud" Buss
Dec 24, 2017
Belmont - Everett Harold "Bud" Buss, age 91, of Belmont passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 24, 2017 at Manor Care in Platteville. He was born on December 18, 1926 in Kendall township the son of William and Mayme (Perry) Buss. He graduated from Mineral Point High School in 1944. He married Florence "Bobbie" Adams on August 16, 1947 and...
Lucille E. Gorgen
Dec 18, 2017
Fairmont, Minnesota / Mineral Point - Lucille E. Gorgen, age 103, of Fairmont, MN, formerly of Mineral Point, passed away Monday morning, December 18, 2017, at the Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center. Lucille Eisenbarger Gorgen was born September 18, 1914 in Martin County to Hallie and Maude (Mason) Bullard. She graduated from Granada High School and took teacher training in...
Joann H. Berg
Dec 11, 2017
Mineral Point - Joann H. Berg, age 71, of Dodgeville passed away peacefully on Monday, December 11, 2017 at Atrium Post Acute Care in Mineral Point. Joann Berg's 71 years were rich with pastimes; intellectual, artistic, and civic engagement; and the love of family and friends. She was born Joann Helen Sydow on August 3, 1946, in Carlsbad, New Mexico,...
Gerald J. "Gj" Lease
Dec 8, 2017
Ridgeway – Gerald Joseph "GJ" Lease, age 85, of Ridgeway, passed away on Friday, December 8, 2017 at his home. He was born January 9, 1932 to Edward Sr. and Mary (Kiley) Lease. He was one of 11 children raised on the family farm south of Ridgeway. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1951 serving aboard the USS Mellette...
Arlene M. Paynter
Dec 2, 2017
Dodgeville – Arlene M. Paynter, age 81, of Dodgeville, WI passed into the loving arms of Jesus on Saturday, December 2, 2017. Arlene was born on November 5, 1936 in Dodgeville, WI to Walter and Florence (Cutler) Ast. Arlene, the youngest of three children, graduated from Pleasant Ridge School. On January 4, 1958 she married Roger Paynter. Together they raised...
Richard O. "Dick" Cushman
Nov 16, 2017
Mt. Horeb – Richard "Dick" Oren Cushman, age 79 of Mt. Horeb, passed away on November 16, 2017 at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. He was born on August 2, 1938 in Mineral Point, the son of the late Robert and Izro (Pickett) Cushman. Dick grew up in the Mineral Point area where he met his loving wife of 58 years...
Hazel A. Kelly
Nov 12, 2017
Dodgeville - Hazel A. Kelly, age 95, of Dodgeville, passed away on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at CrestRidge Memory Care in Dodgeville. Hazel was born on the family farm near Dodgeville on February 6, 1922, the second child of four to Thomas and SeCelia (Christianson) Anderson. After graduating from Dodgeville High School, Hazel attended Madison Vocational School and received an...
Russell F. Krase
Nov 5, 2017
Mineral Point – Russell F. Krase, age 78, of Mineral Point, passed away on Sunday, November 5, 2017. He was born April 22, 1939 in Chicago, IL to Fred and Grace Krase. He attended Fenton Community High School in Bensenville, IL where he met the love of his life, Gayle (Smeja). He graduated in 1957 before attending Elmhurst College where...
Jack H. Weirich
Oct 29, 2017
Dodgeville - Jack H. Weirich, age 99, of Dodgeville, passed away on Sunday, October 29, 2017 at Bloomfield Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Dodgeville. Jack was born on February 8, 1918 in Baraboo, Wisconsin, a son of the late Jacob and Birdie (Stone) Weirich. He lived in San Jose, California to the age of 15 with his grandparents and his...
Paul H. Dees
Oct 28, 2017
Dodgeville – Paul Howard Dees, age 68, of Dodgeville, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, October 28, 2017. He was born on June 9, 1949 in Chicago, IL to Howard and Alma Dees. He graduated from Rockford East High School in June of 1967. Paul later attended MATC to earn his Associate Degree in Applied Science. He spent the majority of...
Margaret M. Griffiths-Roberts
Oct 24, 2017
Mineral Point - Margaret M. Griffiths-Roberts, age 94, passed away on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at Atrium Post Acute Care in Mineral Point after a long illness from cancer. She was born in Dodgeville on March 28, 1923 the daughter of Peter and Margaret (Jackson) Arndt. She married Roger "Red" Griffiths in September of 1941. They had five children; Ronald...
Paul L. Hartman
Oct 22, 2017
Dodgeville – Paul L. Hartman, age 65, of Dodgeville, died on Sunday, October 22, 2017 at Upland Hills Health in Dodgeville. He was born on August 9, 1952 in Renton, Washington, a son of Paul and Shirley (Herreid) Hartman. Paul received a Bachelor's Degree in Anthropology for the University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign and his Master's Degree in Artic Anthropology...
Donald M. "Ole" Stephenson
Oct 19, 2017
Dodgeville – Donald M. "Ole" Stephenson, age 91, of Dodgeville, passed away on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at Bloomfield Healthcare. Ole was born on December 31, 1925 in Highland, WI, a son of the late Reynold and Sylvia (Draves) Stephenson. He served in the U.S. Army during W.W. II. On September 23, 1947, he married Mary Jane Foley in Highland....
Norbert W. Meuer, Jr.
Oct 7, 2017
Dodgeville – Norbert W. Meuer Jr., age 79 of Dodgeville, WI passed away Saturday October 7, 2017. He was born September 21, 1938, a son of Norbert and Dora (Francis) Meuer. He graduated from Dodgeville High School in 1956. Norb is survived by his sons Ronald (Penny) Meuer of Delavan, WI, Brian (Jonna) Meuer of Alamosa, CO and Joel (Jeni)...
Robert A. Flum
Oct 3, 2017
Mineral Point – Robert A. Flum, age 91 of Mineral Point, died on October 3, 2017. He was born February 28, 1926 in Chicago to Philip and Margaret (Weber) Flum. He attended Taft High School in Chicago, enlisting in the Naval Air Corps during his senior year. Bob served in the US Navy for two and a half years during...
Louise Prow Williams
Sep 28, 2017
Barneveld / Farmington, MN – Louise (Prow) Williams, age 72, of Barneveld, formerly of Farmington, MN, passed away on Thursday, September 28,2017 at the home of her son, Steve and his family in Barneveld. She was surrounded by the love of her children and her faithful canine companion, Candy. Louise was a woman of strength and patience. She enjoyed bingo,...
Alice R. Baker
Sep 27, 2017
St. Charles, IL / Mineral Point - Alice Harriet Ridley Baker, age 95, formerly of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, passed away September 27, 2017 in St. Charles, Il where she and her husband, Merton, moved in 2005 to be closer to their children. The daughter and only child of Dr. and Mrs. S.R. Ridley, she was born in Dodgeville, WI on...
Jerome J. Buol
Sep 15, 2017
Barneveld – Jerome J. Buol, age 78, of Barneveld, went to heaven on Friday, September 15, 2017 at Upland Hills Health in Dodgeville, surrounded by his family. He was born on August 20, 1939 in Madison, a son of Jacob O. and Florence (Laufenberg) Buol. On February 4, 1959, he married the love of his life Marian Meyer. Jerome farmed...
