Honoring the Lives and Legacies of Loved Ones in Lancaster, Bloomington, Cassville, Platteville, and Potosi, WI

Daniel Crubel
Dec 17, 2016
Daniel J. Crubel, age 55, passed away on Saturday, December 17, 2016, surrounded by his loving family at Orchard Manor Nursing Home. He was born on August 29, 1961, the son of Milo and Mary Alice (Meyers) Crubel. Dan attended Bloomington High School. He farmed with his parents, brothers, and sisters, on the Crubel family farm. Dan was a...

Helen Devlin
Dec 15, 2016
Helen C. Devlin, age 96, of Mount Hope, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2016, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Fennimore. She was born on May 27, 1920, the daughter of David and Carrie (Millin) Clark. Helen graduated from Bagley High School and Platteville Normal Teacher's College. On June 19, 1941, she was united in marriage to Paul...

Rose Duncan
Dec 14, 2016
Rose Ann Duncan, age 54, of Lancaster, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family, on Wednesday, December 14, 2016, at her home. She was born on October 4, 1962, the daughter of Roger and Mary Ann (Mislivecek) Chase. Rose graduated from Lancaster High School in 1981 and from the University of Wisconsin Platteville in 1985. On October 3, 1987, Rose was...

Loren Haines
Dec 13, 2016
Loren F. Haines, age 87, of rural Lancaster, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at Orchard Manor Nursing Home, rural Lancaster. He was born on April 8, 1929, on the home farm in Ellenboro Township, the son of Sam and Elva (Boyd) Haines. Loren attended elementary school in several different one room schools and Lancaster Elementary. Loren...

Hannahmarie Horsfall
Dec 12, 2016
Hannahmarie (Webb) Horsfall, age 83, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 12, 2016, at Manor Care in Platteville, after 8 years of dialysis treatment at Tri-State Dialysis in Platteville. She was born January 12, 1933, the daughter of Thomas and Florence (Slater) Webb, Sr. Hannahmarie graduated from Lancaster High School in 1951. She was employed in Savannah, IL, then...

Lona Leighton
Dec 12, 2016
Leona "Lona" M. Leighton, age 92, of Lancaster, passed to her heavenly home on Monday, December 12, 2016, at Atrium Post Acute Care in Lancaster. She was born on February 27, 1924, the daughter of Samuel and Rose (Garvey) Murphy, in Willow Lake, South Dakota. Lona was employed at Savanna Proving Ground in Illinois, an ammunition plant, from 1943...

Gerald Fruit
Dec 10, 2016
Gerald L. "Jerry" Fruit, age 80, of Lancaster, passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2016, at Atrium Post Acute Care in Lancaster. He was born on November 17, 1936, in Lancaster, the son of Harold and Esther (Belscamper) Fruit. Jerry graduated from Lancaster High School in 1954. He served his country in the United States Army Reserves for six...

Leary Fischer
Dec 9, 2016
Leary L. Fischer, age 80, of Mount Hope, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 9, 2016, at his home. He was born in September of 1936, in Woodman Township, the son of John and Ruth (Koening) Fischer. On October 8, 1960, Leary was united in marriage to Maurice A. Riley. After their marriage, the couple farmed Maurice's uncle's farm....

Modesta Scott
Dec 8, 2016
Modesta A. Scott, of Oregon, formerly of Lancaster, passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2016, at Atrium Post Acute Care in Lancaster. She was born on November 23, 1923, the daughter of Charles P. and Inez (Sedbrook) Adams. Modesta attended Hurricane country school. On October 27, 1942, she was united in marriage to Dorman Scott at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Dubuque, IA. After...

Joyce Udelhofen
Dec 4, 2016
Joyce A. Udelhofen, age 85, of Lancaster, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, December 4, 2016, at Orchard Manor Nursing Home, rural Lancaster. She was born on February 22, 1931, in Bellevue, IA, the daughter of William C. and Catherine (Silverding) Yeager. On February 20, 1954, she was united in marriage to Wilford Ryan at St. Joseph...

Clayton Fischer
Dec 1, 2016
Clayton L. Fischer, age 82, of Lancaster, passed away on Thursday, December 1, 2016, at Grant Regional Health Center, Lancaster. He was born in Woodman Township on November 19, 1934, the son of John and Ruth (Koenig) Fischer. Even though Clayton had challenges, he supported himself by working for area farmers and then at the cheese factory in Fennimore...

Tina Fetzek
Dec 1, 2016
Tina M. Fetzek, age 41, of Potosi, passed away on Thursday, December 1, 2016, at her home. She was born on July 19, 1975, in Lancaster, the daughter of Curtis A. and Joan C. (Hoskins) Fetzek. Tina attended school in Potosi. She babysat for area families before she earned her CNA certification and was employed at Cornerstone in Fennimore...

Donald Reynolds
Nov 25, 2016
Donald R. Reynolds, age 81, of Potosi, passed away Friday, November 25, 2016 at Epione Pavilion in Cuba City. Don was born on January 16, 1935 in Potosi, the son of Raymond & Marie (Wiedman) Reynolds.
Don married Charlotte Oellrich on July 13, 1953. He worked at Dubuque Pack for 26 years, and farmed for over 50 years. Don...

Phyllis Biggin
Nov 25, 2016
Phyllis E. Biggin, age 98, passed away on Friday, November 25, 2016, at Dubuque Specialty Care. She was born on June 12, 1918, the daughter of Thomas and Susan (Hillary) Biggin. Phyllis graduated from Cassville High School. She attended State Teacher's College in La Crosse and later Bayless Business College in Dubuque, IA. Phyllis was employed as a secretary at Montgomery Ward in...

Neva Meyer
Nov 23, 2016
Neva I. Meyer, age 88, of Lancaster, passed away on Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at Morning Side Assisted Living. She was born on April 20, 1928, in Pontiac, IL, the daughter of Henry and Hazel (Smith) Berlett. On July 19, 1945, Neva was united in marriage to Raymond H. Smith in Washington, IL. He preceded her in death on...

Robert J. Schumacher
Nov 22, 2016
Robert J. "Bob" Schumacher, age 91, of Potosi, passed away on Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at Orchard Manor Nursing Home in Lancaster. He was born on July 25, 1925, in Potosi, the son of Rudolph and Marie (Mai) Schumacher. Bob graduated from Potosi High School. He served his country in the United States Air Force as a B-29 Ground Crew member, serving in...

Patricia Hall
Nov 18, 2016
Patricia L. "Pat" (Erickson) Hall, age 62 of Ellenboro, passed away peacefully on November 18, 2016 at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque, due to multiple medical complications after open heart surgery. She was born in Lancaster on July 28, 1954, to Robert and Irene (Duve) Erickson. After graduating from Lancaster High School, she worked at Loudspeaker Component Corporation where...

Virgil Bennett
Nov 15, 2016
Virgil E. Bennett entered his eternal reward on his 94th birthday on November 15, 2016, at Grant Regional Health Center in Lancaster. He was born in South Lancaster Township on November 15, 1922, the son of Grant and Margaret (Ertz) Bennett. Virgil married Sophie Stadelman on February 18, 1946, at St. Clement Catholic Church in Lancaster. Together they farmed in Little...