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Helen Behnke, age 98, of Baraboo, passed away on April 28, 2016 at St. Clare Meadows.Helen was born on June 5, 1918 to Russell Angell and Eunice Jambois Angell in Genoa, WI. The family later moved to Baraboo where Helen graduated from Baraboo High School and where she continued to live for the rest of her life. She married Donal......

Gordon Herfort, age 79 of Baraboo, passed away on April 27, 2016 at his home. He was born on April 22, 1937 to Rodney and Janice Herfort in Baraboo. He graduated from Baraboo High School in 1955. He was employed at Circus City Printers as a printer until it closed. Gordon was then employed by the Baraboo School system as a cust......

Kinnsley Rae Bak infant daughter of Kailyn Bak and Christopher Barebo came into this world too soon and was taken into the arms of angels on Friday, April 22, 2016 at St. Clare Hospital in Baraboo; weighing only 11oz and measuring 10in long. Left to grieve the loss of our sweet Kinnsley are the maternal and paternal grandparents......

Clarence "David" Lake, age 69 of Middleton, formerly of Baraboo passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2016. Clarence, son of Clarence and Bernice (Ferguson) Lake was born Aug. 1, 1946. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Baraboo and Middleton.Survivors include his siblings, Joyce Lake, Flo (Fran) Gonzagowski, Lar......

John Henry Litscher, 88, of Baraboo passed away on Monday, April 18, 2016 at St. Clare Hospital in Baraboo. He was born on March 31, 1928 to John and Mae (Tooley) Litscher in Baraboo. John was united in marriage to Joyce Sinner on March 5, 1949 at the First United Methodist Church in Baraboo. John was a dairy farmer for 43 years......

Christopher Paulson, 49, died unexpectedly at his home in Reedsburg, WI on April 17, 2016. Christopher was born in Minneapolis to Cliff and Sharon Paulson on February 10, 1967. He graduated from Winona Public Schools and Winona State University, and went to work as a manager for the K-Mart store in Baraboo. He soon decided to re......

Lucy (Morawetz) Weiss was born July 9, 1921 to Rudolf and Dorothea Morawetz in Vienna, Austria. She peacefully passed away to go with God on April 16, 2016.In 1939 Lucy traveled on the Kindertrain to England. She was a German/English translator in the hospital for the Medical Doctors working in surgery.In 1941 she came to the US......

Betty Mae Wendt, 88, of Baraboo passed away on April 16, 2016 surrounded by family at St. Clare Hospice House in Baraboo.Betty was born on Sept. 5, 1927 to Jesse and Dolly Decker in Reedsburg. On June 8, 1946 she married Lester Wendt and they raised 6 children and two brothers. She moved to Baraboo in 2002.She and Lester worked ......

Loving life and living it to the fullest is how we will always remember Judie (Ronnenberg) McCaffrey, age 71. From twirling her baton in the streets of Independence to the softball fields at Catch for a Cure in Baraboo, everyone had a smile when Judie was near. She passed away peacefully in Baraboo on Saturday, March 5, 2016.Her......

Surrounded by his wife and family Paul Dean Henke lost his long and courageous battle with cancer, and has gone to his eternal rest on Friday, March 11, 2016. Paul was born on October 3, 1954 to Dean Lamoine and Eva Ellen (Murphy) Henke in Baraboo.He grew up on a family farm in the North Freedom area along with his three sisters......