Obituaries

Apr 30, 2021

Karen June Reick died peacefully on April 30, 2021. Karen was born June 9, 1939, in Portage, Wisconsin, the daughter of Arlene Maass and Erwin Paske. Karen graduated from Portage High School in 1957. On November 1, 1957, Karen married Harold William (Bill) Reick at St. John's Church in Portage, Wisconsin. Karen and Bill celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary in...

Apr 25, 2021

Steve E. Nyen age 58 of Blair, WI passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 25, 2021 at UW Hospital in Madison, surrounded by his loving family. Steve was born on March 19, 1963 in Whitehall, WI to Wayne and Lillian (Walsted) Nyen. He graduated from Blair High School in 1981. Steve married the love of his life Marsha Mattson on...

Apr 16, 2021

Portage, WI Trevor Scott Irion age 50 of Portage died unexpectedly on Friday, April 16, 2021 at his home in Portage. Trevor was employed for many years at the Country Kitchen in Portage and the Dells. He enjoyed spending time with family and hanging at the Bar with his friends. he had fun going to demo derby's. Trevor was a...

Mar 27, 2021

Charles (Chip) David Schuster, 55, originally of Horicon, entered into eternal peace on March 27, 2021 at his home in Portage.He is preceded in death by his father, Glenn A. Schuster, grandparents Charles and Bernice Riese and Willard and Matilda Schuster, great grandparents George Jackson and Louise LaLonde, step-father Dave Bierhals, great aunt Dorothy Simon, great aunt Georgette Jackson, and...

Mar 3, 2021

Viva Marie Kotek left this earth for a new life on March 3, 2021, just shy of her 95th birthday.  She was born on April 13, 1926, the daughter of George Richard and Emma Mamie (Leek) Mountford on the original 1850 family homestead in Moundville settled by her great grandparents William Thomas and Hanna (Hill) Mountford who immigrated from Burslem,...

Feb 27, 2021

Portage, WI Sherry L. (nee: Pugh) Newell born on January 21, 1947 passed on Saturday, February 27, 2021 of Heart Failure. Sherry graduated from Arlington Grade School in 1961, and from Poynette High School in 1965. She attended Madison MATC with honors in police science. She worked for Portage Police as a dispatcher for 32 years. Sherry is preceded in...

Feb 26, 2021

Reigh "Lu" (Haskins) Nichols, 83, of Portage Wisconsin, passed away on 2/26/21.  Lu was born on 4/27/1937 to Annabelle and Commodore Haskins in Sparta Wisconsin.  She graduated from Sparta High school and lived in the Sparta area.  She and her daughters Jeanne and Sheila married Wayne Nichols on 9/13/1963 in Sparta and joined Pete, David and Jeanette.  They had 2...

Feb 12, 2021

Rhonda Frame of Portage WI passed away peacefully in her sleep, Friday February 12,2021.           Rhonda was born Rhonda Lynn Jones to Ronald and Helen (Womack) Jones, November 9,1961. She is survived by the love of her life, Jim Wiegel of Shullsburg WI. Her daughter Jessica McCluskey and her children, Sierrah, Jackson and Chloe and her son Ronnie (Jaiden) Jones.  She...

Feb 9, 2021

Dennis George Roseleip, 81 of Portage passed away peacefully on February 9, 2021 at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison, WI At his side were his wife, Kathy, his sister Judy her husband Jon, and the VA Chaplin Eugene. Dennis was honored with taps and the last call for veterans by the VA staff. Dennis was born,...

Jan 28, 2021

Lawrence J Pepin, 91, of Portage, WI passed away Thursday afternoon, January 28, 2021 at Oak Park Senior Living next to his wife of 66 years.  He was born on June 9, 1929 in Escanaba and was the son of Lawrence and Evelyn (DuBord) Pepin.  Lawrence was raised in Escanaba and was a 1947 graduate of Escanaba High School.  After...

Jan 25, 2021

Jerold (Jerry) Trojanowski Portage/Baraboo - Jerold Trojanowski, age 74, Passed away on Monday January 25th, 2021 at UW Hospital in Madison.  He was born December 2nd, 1946 in Portage, the son of John and Jean Trojanowski.  After high school he joined the Navy, where he served in the submarine service on five different ships. He worked many jobs in the...

Dec 14, 2020

Gordon L. Ulferts age 79 of Portage, WI died on Monday, December 14, 2020 at the Meadow View Memory Care in Baraboo, WI Gordy died after a courageous struggle with Dementia, then contracted a very real pandemic Covid 19. Gordy was born on September 2, 1941 to Louis and Grace (Lutterman) Ulferts. Gordy was in the US Navy from 1959...

Dec 4, 2020

H. Marie Brovold, 97 years old and of Ettrick, WI died Friday, December 4, 2020 at Gundersen Health System, in LaCrosse, WI.    Marie was born March 10, 1923 to Anna (Gilbertson) & Fritjof (Fred) Skorstad on the family farm, Blair, WI.  She attended the Lone Star country school and graduated from Blair High School.     On June 17, 1941 she married...

Nov 15, 2020

Donna J. Heitke age 84 of Portage, WI died on Sunday, November 15,  2020 Donna is survived by three children Terry (Keith) Russell of Cottage Grove, WI; Craig (Lisa Buchholtz) Heitke of Deforest; and Connie Heitke-Lentz of Portage. Four grandchildren Kyle and Ryan Russell, Chad and Keana Lentz also six great grandchildren. Donna was preceded in death by her parents,...

Nov 7, 2020

Endeavor, WI Lodean Ann McFarland age 77, of Endeavor, WI died on Saturday, November 7, 2020 at home with her loving husband by her side. Lodean was born in LaFarge, WI on March 15, 1943 to Roy and Elaine (Rolfe) Hartley. Lodean married Joseph McFarland in August of 1986 Lodean enjoyed hunting and fishing, she loved to paint and was...

Nov 4, 2020

Lonnie Vern "Butch" Sines, age 76 of Portage, WI died on November 4, 2020 at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, WI. Lonnie was born on April 25, 1944 to Samuel and Velma (Lafler) Sines.  He is a veteran of the USAF and served at DaNang AFB from 1964-1965.  He was employed by Martin Marietta/Unimin Corporation as a heavy equipment operator/mechanic...

Oct 31, 2020

Lawrence D. Simerson age 76 of Adams, WI died on Saturday, October 31, 2020 at the Marshfield Medical Center, Marshfield, WI Lawrence was born on September 7, 1944 in Portage, WI to Emery and Lillian (Reppine) Simerson. Lawrence married Joanne Wright in Beloit, WI on August 11, 1967. Lawrence retired from General Motors after 30 years of employment, they then...

Oct 30, 2020

Elliott Allen Heller, age 82 of Portage, formerly of Fond du lac, Wisconsin died on Friday, October 30, 2020 at Tivoli in Portage, WI Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 2, 2020 at the Kratz Funeral Home in Portage, WI Burial will be at the Randolph Cemetery in Randolph, WI Service Details. Visitation

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Oct 11, 2020

Born May 30th, 1937 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to parents Herbert & Evelyn Kraemer, it was not long before little "Bobby" spent a part of his childhood in Annapolis, Maryland while his father served in the US Navy during World War II.  Eventually the family made their way back to Milwaukee after the war was over and his father's time in...

Oct 2, 2020

Loretta Dorothy Weisenberger, age 86, of Blair, WI died on Friday, October 2, 2020 at the Gundersen Tri-County Hospital in Whitehall, WI Loretta was born on December 10, 1933 to Eli and Tracy (Kampa) Marsolek in Rural Galesville, WI Loretta married Ralph Weisenberger on September 7, 1953. They were Married for 60 years. Loretta and Ralph owned and operated the...