Mary A. Linder, 52, Burlington, died Dec. 14, 2012, at Kindred Nursing and Rehab in Burlington. She was born May 7, 1960, in Burlington, to Norbert J. and Helene M. (Johannes) Linder. She spent her early life in Tichigan and attended Sunny Grove School in Union Grove until age 21. […]

Caroline E. Buhler, 88, of Delavan, died Wednesday Dec. 5, 2012 at her home in Delavan. She was born on Oct. 15, 1924 in Burlington to the late William and Anna (Meyers) Frey. She was united in marriage to Robert Buhler at Camp Carson Colorado. He preceded her in death […]

Patricia C. Helding, 73, of Elko, Minn. passed away December 9, 2012. She is preceded in death by her sister; Alice and brother, Robert. Survived by her husband, Jerry; sons, Eric (Jennifer) and Neal (Cheryl); and her grandson, Gavin; sisters, Mary Aspinall and Phyllis (Joe) Zelenski; also by other loving […]

Raymond J. Post, 94, died Dec. 8, 2012, at Walnut Grove Assisted Living in Lake Geneva. He was born on Nov. 7, 1918, in Milwaukee to the late Arthur and Anna (Thiede) Post. He proudly served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He retired from Nestles, […]

Trudy Lee Leemkuil Erickson, 64, died unexpectedly at her Monona home Nov. 14. She was born Dec. 9, 1947, in Burlington, to the late Wilbur and Margaret Hamilton Leemkuil. She graduated from Burlington High School in 1966, and from UW-Madison with honors (after almost failing her freshman year – one […]

Susan M. Boss, 57, Burlington, died Dec. 5, 2012, at Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington. She was born Sept. 1, 1955, in Burlington, to the late Harmon and Mary (Turner) Miles. She spent her early life and received her education in Lyons and Burlington. On May 11, 2004, in Las […]

Raymond N. Thomas, 85, Boulder Junction, died Dec. 3, 2012, at Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington. He was born on July 28, 1927, in Ontario, Wis., to the late Fred and Frances (Stoikes) Thomas. He spent his early life and received his education in Ontario. He proudly served in the […]

Lydia Dorothy (Bork) Maerzke, 85, Waterford, died Nov. 30, 2012. She was born Jan. 4, 1927, to the late Richard and Hedwig (Bahr) Bork. On Sept. 2, 1950, in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Dover, she married the love of her life John Charles Maerzke. He preceded her in death […]

Robert G. Rosenthal, 79, most recently of Leaburg, Ore., died Nov. 23, 2012. He was born in Milwaukee on March 31, 1933, to the late Arthur and Alvina (Meyer) Rosenthal. He was the owner of Waterford Floral from 1964 to 1981, where he pioneered the use of hydroponics for growing […]

Brett Reed, 40, formerly Hastings, Neb., died Nov. 19, 2012, in Wauwatosa. He was born in Hastings, to Bill and Jackie (Barth) Reed on Dec. 15, 1971. He graduated from Hastings High School in 1990. He then went on to graduate from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln in 1995 […]