Honoring the Lives and Legacies of Loved Ones in Lancaster, Bloomington, Cassville, Platteville, and Potosi, WI
Dolores Leibfried
Jul 6, 2014
Dolores Pete A. Leibfried, age 83, of Potosi, passed away Sunday, July 6, 2014, surrounded and comforted by her children. She was born on January 19th, 1931, daughter of Celestine and Emma (Friesen) Winkler. She married Denis Leibfried on August 8th, 1950 at St. Andrew Church in Tennyson and enjoyed 61 years of marriage.Dolores was a homemaker and amazingly...
Charles Edge
Jul 3, 2014
Charles L. Edge, age 71, of Lancaster, passed away on Thursday, July 3, 2014, at Grant Regional Health Center in Lancaster. He was born on January 12, 1943, in Platteville, the son of Gerald and Loretta (McPhail) Edge. Charles attended Platteville Schools. He worked for local farmers and lived and worked in Rockford, IL, for several years. Charles later...
Mary Friederick
Jul 1, 2014
Mary C. (Abing) Friederick, age 80, of Lancaster, went to God
s embrace July 1, 2014. She was born on June 27, 1934, near Potosi, Wisconsin, the daughter of Harry Abing and Lillian Hufnagel. She married Joseph Friederick on January 8, 1955 who survives her. Mary excelled as a gardener, book reader, cook, seamstress, and story teller. Some of...
Gertrude E. Vander Drink
Jun 25, 2014
Gertrude E. Vander Drink, age 99, of Potosi, passed away on Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at Orchard Manor Nursing Home, rural Lancaster. She was born on February 9, 1915, in Rockton, IL, the daughter of Roy and Florence (Miller) Dingman. Gertrude graduated from Rockton High School. She was united in marriage to Harry Vander Drink. After their marriage, the...
Hazel Gillen
Jun 20, 2014
Hazel Gillen, age 93, of Potosi, passed away on Friday, June 20, 2014, at Orchard Manor Nursing Home, rural Lancaster. She was born on September 6, 1920, in Harrison Township, the daughter of Clarence and Fannie (Israel) Eastlick. Hazel was united in marriage to Raymond Gillen on October 18, 1943, at the Lancaster Congregational Parsonage. She was employed at...
Doris A. Bode
Jun 15, 2014
Doris A. Bode, age 89, of Potosi, passed away on Sunday, June 15, 2014, at Morningside Assisted Living in Lancaster. She was born on April 9, 1925, in Paoli, WI, the daughter of Leo and Rose (Ziegler) Ambort. Doris graduated from Seneca High School. On May 22, 1944, she was united in marriage to Robert Bode at St. Thomas Catholic Church in...
Marcus Martin
Jun 11, 2014
Marcus Martin, age 86, passed away peacefully with his family present on Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at Orchard Manor Nursing Home, rural Lancaster. He was born April 5, 1928, the son of Ralph and Hazel (Boyd) Martin. Marcus attended Dry Hollow Rural School through the eighth grade. In 1953, he completed a mechanic course with Allis Chalmers Tractor Company...
Jean M. Crubel
Jun 6, 2014
Jean Marie Crubel, age 83, of Bloomington, passed away on Friday, June 6, 2014, at Prairie Maison in Prairie du Chien. She was born on August 9, 1930, in Prairie du Chien, the daughter of Charles and Marie (Tesar) Draka. On February 5, 1951, Jean married Gerald Jerry Crubel at St. Johns Catholic Church in Prairie du Chien. He...
Verna Nickson
Jun 6, 2014
Verna C. Nickson, age 100, of Lancaster, passed away on Friday, June 6, 2014, at the Lancaster Care Center, Lancaster. She was born on June 27, 1913, in Platteville Township, the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Weigel) Johnsen. Verna attended Blockhouse Grade School and graduated from Platteville High School at the age of fifteen. She then went on to...
Ivanelle Funk
May 31, 2014
Ivanelle Winifred Funk, 89, of Lancaster, WI, passed away peacefully Saturday, May 31, 2014.
She was born June 28, 1924 in Stitzer, WI to Arthur and Winifred (Cook) Stich.
Ivanelle grew up in the Stitzer area where she attended Rock School, and Livingston High School, class of 1941. After high school Ivanelle attended college at the University of WI,...
Alberta M. Schwartz
May 29, 2014
Alberta M. Schwartz, age 91, of Lancaster, passed away on Thursday, May 29, 2014, at Orchard Manor Nursing Home, rural Lancaster. She was born on May 16, 1923, in Dubuque, IA, the daughter of Albert and Mary (Purcell) Udelhof. Alberta graduated from Immaculate Conception Academy in 1941 and was a 1944 graduate of the Mercy School of Nursing in Dubuque, IA. In...
Loren Junk
May 24, 2014
Loren M. Junk, age 87, of Platteville, formerly of Cassville, died Saturday, May 24, 2014, at the Grant Regional Health Center in Lancaster. Loren was born on February 23, 1927 in Glen Haven Township, WI a son of Arnold and Marie (Esser) Junk.
Loren married Elizabeth Betty Weber on August 28, 1950 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Bloomington....
Mary E. Chappell
May 24, 2014
Mary E. Chappell, age 85, of Lancaster, passed away on Saturday, May 24, 2014 at the Lancaster Care Center. She was born on December 15, 1928, in Cassville, the daughter of Joseph and Thelma (Craig) Caspers. Mary graduated from Lancaster High School in 1946. She received her Bachelor Degree from Iowa State University and later attended the University of...
Rosa J. Gillilan
May 22, 2014
Rosa J. Gillilan, age 86, of Lancaster, passed away Thursday, May 22, 2014, at Grant Regional Health Center surrounded by her family. She was born on November 9, 1927, in Little Grant Township, the daughter of Wesley and Marie (Wilkinson) Welsh. Rosa attended Milner Country Grade School and graduated in 1945 from Lancaster High School. She married John Drew...
Roger VanNatta
May 18, 2014
Roger E. VanNatta, age 80, of Stitzer, passed away on Sunday, May 18, 2014, at Grant Regional Health Center in Lancaster. He was born on August 27, 1933, in Lancaster, the son of Earl and Irene (Jeidy) VanNatta. Roger graduated from Lancaster High School in 1951. He served his country in Korea as a medic from December 11, 1956,...
Beverly J. Schmidt
May 10, 2014
Beverly Jean (Noble) Schmidt, 59, of De Forest, WI passed away on May 10, 2014. She was born in Lancaster, WI on October 1, 1954 to Ralph and Wilma Noble. She married Dennis Schmidt of Bloomington, WI on February 7, 1976.She enjoyed reading, collecting bird figurines and miniature tea sets. She loved her dogs and enjoyed spending time gardening. She...
Benjamin Retallick
May 10, 2014
Benjamin E. "Ben" Retallick, age 56, of Glen Haven, passed away Saturday, May 10, 2014, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison. He was born March 19, 1958 in Dubuque, IA, the son of Earl "Buck" and Neoma (Turner) Retallick. Ben graduated from Cassville High School in 1976, and farmed the Retallick Family Farm in North Andover. He also drove...
Naomi Gotto
May 2, 2014
Naomi M. Gotto, age 91 passed away Friday, May 2, 2014 at Orchard Manor Nursing Home, rural Lancaster. She was born November 20, 1922, the daughter of Harry and Anna (Bouzek) Benish. Naomi graduated from B. A. Kennedy High School, Prairie du Chien in 1940. She was employed with the U. S. Government in Prairie du Chien. Naomi married...
Patricia Schauff
May 1, 2014
Patricia J. Schauff, age 88, of Cassville, passed away on Thursday, May 1, 2014 at Grant Regional Health Center in Lancaster. She was born on April 6, 1926, in Cassville, the daughter of Harvey and Gertrude Weber-Groom. On June 28, 1952, she married LeRoy Schauff of Cassville. Patricia Pat enjoyed traveling, fishing, playing cards, and was well-known for her decorated cakes and...
Celestine Winkler
Apr 30, 2014
Celestine Cornelius C.C. Winkler, Jr., 77, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at Orchard Manor Nursing Home, Lancaster. He was born on May 5, 1936, the son of Celestine and Emma (Friesen) Winkler. Celestine Jr. lived his life in Potosi, Wisconsin. He served in the U.S. Navy. He married his best friend, Viola Reuter, on September 3,...
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