Cletus Luke Hying
Jan 23, 2018
Dodgeville / Mineral Point - Cletus Luke Hying, age 94, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 23, 2018. His life began on October 18, 1923, as the eighth of ten children born to Joseph and Lena (Kreul) Hying at their Oak Ridge farm in Richland County, Wisconsin. Cletus graduated in 1941 from St. John the Baptist Catholic High School in...
Joanne K. Meudt
Jan 16, 2018
Lancaster / Dodgeville - Joanne K. Meudt, age 77, of Lancaster, formerly of Dodgeville, passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at Orchard Manor in Lancaster. She was born on March 20, 1940 in Dodgeville, the daughter of William M. and Hazel A. (Butteris) Meudt. Joanne was preceded by her parents and her brother David W. Meudt. She is survived...
Robert Remer Davidson
Jan 13, 2018
Dodgeville / Baraboo - Robert Remer Davidson passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family at Agrace Hospice on Saturday January 13, 2018. Bob was born March 10, 1935 in West Allis Wisconsin to Russell Harry Davidson and Norma Mary Davidson. Bob grew up in West Allis attending the West Allis Methodist Church. He spent much of his youth in the...
Beverly "Bev" White
Jan 11, 2018
Mineral Point - Beverly Joan White, age 83, passed away on Thursday, January 11, 2018. Beverly was born to Elmer and Helen Johnson on November 17, 1934 in Mifflin, WI. On August 21, 1954, Beverly wed Richard G. White of Waldwick, WI. Beverly was a wife, mother, sister, aunt, neighbor and dear friend. She and Richard were members of the...
Robert "Bob" Gribble
Jan 9, 2018
Madison / Mineral Point - Robert (Bob) Gribble, age 63, formerly of Mineral Point passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg after suffering a stroke. He was born on October 19, 1954 the son of Gilbert and Mabel Jayne (Terrill) Gribble. He is survived by his parents Gilbert and Mabel, a sister Debbie (Ben)...
Myron D. "Myke" Bergenske
Dec 29, 2017
Mineral Point - Myron Daniel (Myke) Bergenske passed away on Friday, December 29, 2017 at Bloomfield Manor. He was born in Madison, WI on May 30, 1937 the son of Gordon and Sarah (Beaver) Bergenske. As a young man he attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He studied Astrophysics and taught Astronomy in the early 1960's. When he left...
Arlene Wynona Nelson
Dec 25, 2017
Mineral Point - Arlene W "Wynona" Nelson, age 93 of Mineral Point, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 25, 2017, at Bloomfield Manor after a brief illness. She was born on April 26, 1924, the daughter of Aldro and Alvina Reed. She attended various country school houses in the Pine Knob/Highland area. As a young woman she assisted various families...
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...
