Barbara C. Gayhart, 79, Burlington, died peacefully Nov. 14, 2012, at Aurora Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was born June 28, 1933, to the late Harold and Dorothy (Peltier) Miller in Racine, where she spent her early life. On July 13, 1962, she married Jeffrey L. Gayhart […]
Author: Ed Nadolski
LORRAINE A. OLDENBURG
Lorraine A. (Brook) Oldenburg, 85, Burlington, died Nov. 13, 2012, at Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington with all of her children by her side. She was born on Dec. 22, 1926. Her place of birth and her biological parents are unknown. As an infant she lived in a Norwegian Lutheran […]
CYNTHIA M. KWIATKOWSKI
Cynthia M. “Cindy” (Swanson) Kwiatkowski, 57, of Winter, Wis., formerly Racine, died peacefully at Angels Grace Hospice in Oconomowoc on Nov. 17, 2012, with her loving family by her side. She was born in Manistique, Mich., on March 20, 1955, to the late Wayland and Diane (Dixon) Swanson. She spent […]
Father and daughter die in plane crash near Burlington airport
A Walworth County Sheriff’s deputy on Monday keeps watch over the wreckage of a single-engine plane that crashed just west of the Burlington Municipal Airport Sunday, killing a father and daughter from Antioch, Ill. The airport’s runway can be seen at the upper right of the photo. (Photo by Ed […]
Preliminary test scores encouraging
BASD sophomores show marked improvement over last year By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Before the start of the testing process for Burlington Area School District students this fall, district administrators felt confident that the changes they had made – both in the curriculum and in testing procedures – would benefit […]
City taxes will likely decline
TIF funds will offset levy hike; city portion of most tax bills should go down By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Mayor Bob Miller expects the City of Burlington’s 2013 budget to be on the agenda for Tuesday’s City Council meeting. That meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. The total tax […]
DONALD J. BAUMGART
Donald J. Baumgart, 80, our wonderful, wildly talented father, passed to eternal peace Nov. 13, 2012, after a courageous fight with cancer. A principal in the Greendale School system, a splendid actor, director with the Suburban Players of Greendale, a town supervisor for Waterford, cartoonist, multi-media artist and dear friend […]
ISABELLE I. JOHNSON
Isabelle I. Johnson, 80, Union Grove, died Nov. 13, 2012, at Oakridge Care Center. She was born Oct. 15, 1932, to the late Antone and Idella (Crane) Jensen in Burlington. She spent her early life in the Burlington and New Munster area. She then resided in Kenosha before moving to […]
GEORGE H. HACHMEISTER
George Henry Hachmeister, 93, Beaufort, N.C., formerly of Powers Lake, died Nov. 15, 2012. He was born in Chicago, on Sept. 7, 1919, to the late George J. Hachmeister and Christina Albert Hachmeister. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. He had a […]
ANITA H. VORPAGEL
Anita H. Vorpagel, 85, Springfield, Wis., died Nov. 13, 2012, at the Geneva Lake Manor Nursing Home, Lake Geneva. She was born July 26, 1927, in Detroit, to the late Fred and Louise Schindel Neiman. She married Lyle Vorpagel March 12, 1949, in Lake Geneva. She was a member of […]