Obituaries
Clarence Neitzel
Dec 27, 2010
Clarence "Sonny" A. Neitzel, age 82, died on Monday, December 27, 2010 at the St. Clare Meadows Care Center in Baraboo. Sonny was born in Baraboo on September 7, 1928, the son of Harry & Clara (Lehman) Neitzel. He married Dorothy Klabunde Stanford on October 8, 1977. He served his country in the US Army during the Korean War. Sonny...
Ronald Flowers
Dec 26, 2010
Ronald Dean Flowers, age 58 years, of Portage and formerly of Fontana, CA died on Sunday, December 26, 2010 at the UW Hospital in Madison. He was born on December 26, 1952 in San Bernadino, CA to Willard and Bessie (Burrows) Flowers. Ronald lived in California most of his life where he was a superintendant at Kiaser Steel before moving...
Virgil Weyh
Dec 9, 2010
Virgil "Bud" W. Weyh, 78, of Tucson, Ariz., passed away Dec. 9, 2010, after enduring multiple strokes. He was born Aug. 28, 1932, the son of Virgil and Paula Hageman Weyh. Virgil was born and raised in Portage and lived with his aunt and uncle Floyd and Lucille Weyh during his high school years. Several years later he moved to...
Donald Ptaschinski
Nov 24, 2010
Donald Bernard Ptaschinski, age 88 years, of Portage died on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at the Divine Savior Extended Care in Portage. He was born on August 17, 1922 to Bernard and Edith (Donahue) Ptaschinski. Don served in the US Navy during World War II. He later was married to Jean Homley. Don was a clerk at the Social Security...
George Pitman, Sr
Nov 18, 2010
George Albert Pitman, age 90 years, of Portage, died on Thursday, November 18, 2010 at the Clemet Manor in Greenfield, WI. He was born on April 21, 1920 in Portage to Charles and Iva (Dopp) Pitman. George was a farmer and had worked at Weyenberg Shoe Factory for 28 years. He was united in marriage to Phyllis Ashley, who preceded...
Sophie Bagley
Nov 17, 2010
Sophie Bagley, age 90 years, of King, WI died on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at the Wisconsin Veteran's Home in King, WI. She was born on May 10, 1920 in Milwaukee to Adam and Josephine (Wydiela) Polny. Sophie was united in marriage to Darrell Bagley on June 24, 1944, he preceded her in death on December 27, 1983. She had...
Thomas Lennon
Nov 13, 2010
Thomas Edward Lennon, age 84 years, of Endeavor died on Saturday, November 13, 2010 at his residence. He was born on March 13, 1926 in Portage to Elmer and Marie (Zamzow) Lennon. Thomas attended Portage High School and was on the Portage Boxing Team. He enlisted in the United States Navy serving from 1943 - 1946 in the South Pacific...
Betty Weiske
Oct 23, 2010
Betty Rita Weiske, age 86 years, of Portage, died on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at the Divine Savior Extended Care in Portage. She was born on July 29, 1924 in Hamilton, Ohio to George and Anne (Albright) Glenn. Betty graduated from DeSales Heights Academy in Parkersburg, WV in 1942 before moving to Baraboo where she then worked at Badger Ordinance...
Barbara Messer
Oct 20, 2010
Barbara Louise Messer, age 74 years, of Portage died on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison. She was born on September 11, 1936 in Baraboo to George and Minnie (Neuman) Peetz. Barbara was united in marriage to Donald Messer on June 16, 1956 at the St. John's Lutheran Church in Portage; he preceded her in death...
Nita Jones
Oct 19, 2010
Nita Kathleen Jones, age 78 years, of Portage died on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at the Golden living Nursing Home in Wisconsin Dells. She was born on July 30, 1932 in Bay City, Texas to Preston and Marieta (Combs) Tucker. Nita has lived in Portage for many years and wintered in Tucson, Arizona, she was a licensed practical nurse and...
Keli Bos
Oct 7, 2010
Keli DeSha Bos, age 49 years of Portage, died on Thursday, October 7, 2010 at her residence surrounded by her family. She was born on November 2, 1960 in California to Krama and Kathryn (Hooks) DeSha. Keli was united in marriage on May 8, 1999 in Las Vegas to Vincent Bos. She has lived in California, Denver and Portage for...
Edward Kuehl
Oct 5, 2010
Edward Franklin "Red" Kuehl, age 70 years of Portage, died on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at the St. Mary's Hospital in Madison. He was born on August 15, 1940 in Freeport, IL to Frank and Margaret Kuehl. Red had lived in Freeport for about 35 years working for Anchor-Harvey Components for many years and then moved to the Portage area...
Marvel Miller
Oct 1, 2010
Marvel Lucille Miller, age 84 years, of Portage died on Friday, October 1, 2010 at the Divine Savior Extended Care in Portage. She was born on August 13, 1926 to Frank and Maude (Fuller) Tomlinson. Marvel was married to Roy Miller, he preceded her in death on August 22, 2001. She has lived in Portage all her life where she...
Corinne Dieckow
Sep 22, 2010
Corinne Mildred Dieckow, age 89 years of Portage, died on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at the Divine Savior Extended Care in Portage. She was born on March 26, 1921 in Portage to Myrtle R. Dieckow. Corinne was an entertainer beginning her career by singing on WIBU radio station and later toured many night clubs including those in Philadelphia, New York,...
Joshua Halverson
Sep 12, 2010
Joshua Allen "Josh" Halverson, age 20 years, died on Sunday, September 12, 2010 as the result of an automobile accident. He was born on February 24, 1990 in Huntsville, AL to John and Tonya (Teague) Halverson. Josh was a 2008 graduate of Portage High School. He was currently working at Arbor Green Construction and enjoyed hunting, fishing, four wheeling, big...
May Best
Sep 7, 2010
May Gladys Best, age 86 years, of Portage died on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at the Heritage House in Portage. She was born on December 1, 1923 in Portage to Otto and Helena (Moll) Kuhn. May worked at Badger Ordinance and then worked at AMPI for 16 years before retiring. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church and...
Leslie Mountford
Sep 5, 2010
Leslie Delbert "Les" Mountford, age 84 years of Portage died on Sunday, September 5, 2010 at the Divine Savior Extended Care in Portage. He was born on June 25, 1926 in Moundville Township to William and Evelyn (Pfuehler) Mountford. Les enlisted in the United States Army in August 1944, participated in the Battle of the Bulge where he received a...
Gary Faga
Sep 5, 2010
Gary Fredrick Faga, age 57 years passed way on Sunday, September 5, 2010 at the Fairview Nursing Home in Mauston. He was born on May 28, 1953 in Reedsburg to Jerry and Betty (Blackley) Faga. Gary served in the US Army during the Vietnam War era. He has worked at the Oxford Prison as a security guard and librarian and...
Ardella Wall
Aug 29, 2010
Ardella "Kay" Wall, age 70 years of Portage died on Sunday, August 29, 2010 at the University Hospital in Madison. She was born on May 2, 1940 at the Al Ringling Hospital in Baraboo to Alfred and Della (Wilcox) Marshall. On October 26, 1963 Kay was united in marriage to Albert "Dean" Wall at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. One of...
James Lewer
Aug 24, 2010
James David Lewer, age 84 years, of Wauwatosa died on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at Divine Savior Hospital in Portage. He was born on February 5, 1926 in DeForest, Wi to Max and Edla (Davidson) Lewer. He was united in marriage to Shirley Justmann on September 25, 1948 at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Milwaukee. He has lived in Milwaukee,...
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