John Joseph Foster, 81, Topsham, Vt., died Jan. 16, 2015, after a short illness. He was with his family during his illness and at his death. He was born in Marion Ind., on Feb. 24, 1933, to the late John Morrill Foster and Eleanora Lutz Foster. John attended schools […]

      Doris F. Karpen, 85, Waterford, died Jan. 19, 2015, at Elder Care Cottages, Waterford. She was born in Burlington on April 22, 1929, to the late Warner W. and Edna H. (Bazen) Smith. She spent her early life in Burlington where she graduated from Burlington High School. On June […]

      Warren E. ‘Skeet’ McCown, 72, Burlington, died Jan. 18, 2015, at Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington. He was born in Burlington on Jan. 29, 1942, to the late Esker and Helen (Culver) McCown. He was a lifetime resident of the Honey Creek/Burlington area and graduated from Burlington High School […]

Wallace Ellsworth Markestad died peacefully Dec. 25, 2014, with his wife Marline and his two sisters Burnell Crain and Viola McDonald, by his side. He was born May 10, 1927, in Minnesota and grew up in Mellen, with his brothers and sisters. After high school he spent two years in […]

      Luetta ‘Lu’ Goetz (Christman), 86, Union Grove, died peacefully in the presence of Almighty God on Jan. 13, 2015, at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare in Franklin. She was born in West Allis on April 11, 1928, to the late Joseph P. and Emma C. (Eppers) Christman. Her early life was […]

      Constance ‘Coni’ Keyes, 81, died Jan. 12, 2015, following a traffic accident in Kissimmee, Fla. She was born on March 25, 1933, to Norbert and Marion (Gonnering) Sakowski. She married Robert R. Keyes on Nov. 3, 1951. She will be best remembered as a bold and daring entrepreneur establishing […]

      Garrett S. Ammon, 45, Spring Prairie, died Jan. 10, 2015, at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa, surrounded by his loving family following a brain aneurysm. He was born in Waukesha on Sept. 9, 1969, to Gary A. and Susan L. (Breckenfeld) Ammon. He graduated from East Troy High School before […]

      Evelyn Ruth Hensel, 91, East Troy, died Jan. 4, 2015, in Elkhorn. She was born Sept 18, 1923, in Richfield, Ill. She attended Burlington High School and was a CNA at Burlington hospital. She married Donald Charles Hensel on July 10, 1942, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, East Troy. […]

      Thomas L. Peacock, 85, Burlington, died Jan. 12, 2015, at Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington. He was born in Elkhorn on July 20, 1929, to the late Francis and Violet (Voss) Peacock. He spent his early life in Lake Geneva, Woodstock, Ill., and Hebron, Ill., where he graduated from […]

      Christine Cathrine Vogt Loew (Orlowski), 76, died unexpectedly, but peacefully on Jan. 5, 2015. She was born Oct. 2, 1938, in Wauwatosa, to the late Joseph and Helen Orlowski. She married Gordon J. Vogt Jr. in December 1956 and Robert E. Loew in June 1964. He preceded her in […]