Earl E. Vorpagel, 82, Burlington, died Nov. 13, 2014, at his home surrounded by his loving family after a courageous battle with leukemia. He was born in Springfield, on Aug. 10, 1932, to the late Earl and Genevieve (Flemming) Vorpagel. He spent his early life in the Springfield/Lake Geneva […]

      Helen Margaret Mathews, 61, Burlington, died Nov. 12, 2014, at Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington. She was born on March 28, 1953, in Wisconsin, to R. Duane and Margaret Perry. She married Lee Earl Mathews in November 1974. He preceded her in death on April 14. 2012. She was […]

Dorothy Nell Sharp, 95, Waterford, died Nov. 12, 2014. She was born in Waukegan, Ill., on Nov. 19, 1918. She grew up in Lake Villa along with an older sister, Charlotte, and a younger brother, John. She attended Antioch High School and later, through a neighbor, met Vern Sharp whom […]

      Diane M. Tenhagen, 66, Nekoosa, formerly Burlington, died Nov. 10, 2014, at House of the Dove, in Marshfield. She was born in Burlington on March 29, 1948, to the late Jerome and Marie (Mehring) Vogt. She spent her early life in Burlington where she graduated from St. Mary’s High […]

  Marianne R. Alby, age 80, died peacefully at her home on Nov. 6, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Jan. 31, 1934, in Milwaukee, to the late Nicholas and Veronica (Plasz) Meyers. She was very proud of her paternal ancestry and being the fourth great-granddaughter of […]

      John W. Sorensen, 90, died Nov. 7, 2014. He was born in Racine on June 22, 1924, to the late Erwin and Helen (Piehl) Sorensen. During World War II, he proudly served in the U.S. Army Air Corps. On June 16, 1944, he married his high school sweetheart, Arlene […]

      Evertt R. Edstrom, 79, Waterford, died peacefully on Nov. 2, 2014. He was born in Galena, Kan., on Jan. 21, 1935, to the late Arthur and Dora (Hatcher) Edstrom. He spent his early life in Kansas and Missouri and moved to Waterford in 1969. He was a purchasing manager […]

      Beridella ‘Bea’ Bischoff, died peacefully on Nov. 5, 2014, at Linden Grove, Mukwonago. She was born on July 31, 1922, in the Town of Stettin in Marathon County, to the late August Semerau and Bertha (Reiche) Semerau. She married Ellsworth ‘Bud’ Bischoff on June 28, 1947, who preceded her […]

      Nathan Corey Lavin, 34, Kansasville, died unexpectedly Oct. 31, 2014. He was born in Milwaukee on Oct. 24, 1980, to Greg and Dawn (Frauenfelder) Lavin. He spent his early life in Kansasville, on the family homestead, where he was the 6th generation. He graduated from St. Mary’s Grade School […]

      Robert O. Vohs, 91, Burlington, died Nov. 2, 2014, at Pine Brook Pointe. He was born in Lyons, on April 21, 1923, to the late Otto and Anna (Schulz) Vohs. He had been a Rochester/Burlington resident his entire life graduating from Burlington High School. On April 7, 1945, he […]