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LaDorna "Dorny" (Jones) Hill, age 94 of Baraboo, passed away Saturday, June 1, 2019 at St. Clare Hospital. She was born above the Centerville Creamery in the town of Trempealeau, Wisconsin, near the Mississippi River on the 19th of September, 1924 to Jess and Mildred (Mills) Jones. Her father was the creamery butter maker and ma......

Howard Verne Barden, age 84, of Sauk City was born August 7, 1934. He was the son of Reginald and Elsie (Albee) Barden, passed away May 30, 2019 following fifteen years living with Parkinson's Disease. He was the youngest of eleven children: Maurice, Dorothy, Thelma, Ralph, Ron, Myrna, Ruth, Maxine, Stuart and Donna.On March 24,......

LaVerna M. Hackett, age 101 of Baraboo, passed away Sunday, May 26, 2019 at St. Clare Meadows Care Center. LaVerna, daughter of Ira and Jessie (Davis) Keith was born April 9, 1918 in Reedsburg. She was a graduate of Baraboo High School. LaVerna was a laboratory technician for the Badger Ordnance as well as a clerk at Fletcher's ......

Gaylor F. Nelson, of Baraboo, was born on September 2, 1950 To Macy and Irene Nelson in Joy, IL. He died peacefully on May 26, 2019 at UW-Madison Hospital at the age of 68.Gaylor began life in rural Illinois. During his formative years he learned a love of all things in God's nature. He became an avid fisherman, hunter and began......

Caroline Ruth (Schult) Peetz, Reedsburg, passed away peacefully on May 27, 2019 at the age of 92. She was born on July 6, 1926. She married Donald William Peetz at the Caledonia Presbyterian Church at Portage, WI on December 16, 1944. They had 3 daughters; Donna (Roosevelt) Harden of Reedsburg, WI, Rita (Leslie) Forstner of Bili......

Kevin L. Moll of Baraboo passed away May 16, 2019 at the age of 65. He was born in Milwaukee August 31, 1953 to Dean and Lorna Moll. He graduated from UW-Stevens Point and later earned a Masters Degree in Studio Arts from UW-Madison. During his college years Kevin worked at Chileda Institute for Educational Development in Steven......

Dona Rae (Lobenstein) Smith, 76 of Baraboo, passed away Tuesday May 14, 2019 at the UW Hospital in Madison after a long battle with cancer.Dona was born in Mauston, WI on September 19, 1942 to parents Raymond Lobenstein and Marie Gregor. On May 21, 1960 she married the love of her life, Roy Smith in Mauston, WI.She had several j......

Joseph Merle Alt, of Baraboo, was born on July 22, 1935 in a log cabin on a farm in Sauk County Wisconsin to Joseph (Sep) and Edith (Phettyplace) Alt; he passed suddenly on May 14, 2019 at the age of 83.In the beginning of his first grade, it was decided by his parents to use Merle, his middle name, as his primary name. Merle gr......

Jean E. (Sizer) Caldwell, 88, better known as "Grandma Jean", passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at home surrounded by loving family.Jean was born June 27, 1930, to Leslie and Amanda Sizer in Milwaukee, WI. After attending Washington High School, Jean furthered her education at Carroll College University in Waukesha, graduating w......

Earl Frederick Petzke of DeForest and formerly of Baraboo, age 87, passed away peacefully on May 9, 2019, at Agrace Hospice Center in Fitchburg of ALS and complications from influenza. Earl was born on April 10, 1932, in North Freedom; the oldest of 10 children of the late Frederick and Anna Petzke. He attended Valley Grade Scho......