Delores M. Kerl, age 97, passed away peacefully at Maplewood Nursing Home in Sauk City on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. She was born in Black Earth on March 13, 1924 to the late Milton and Alvina Parrell. Delores married Robert “Bob” Kerl on July 7, 1945; they celebrated 71 years before he preceded her in death on Mar. 15, 2017.