Obituaries

Kathryn “Kitty” Kritz Peterson, age 93, was born on October 16, 1932. She was the daughter of Reuben and Aurelia Schoenmann Kritz and raised on the Kritz century dairy farm in Wyoming Township, Iowa County, Wisconsin. She passed away peacefully on January 27, 2026, at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg, WI.

Elaine E. (Anding) Drachenberg, 80, of Arena passed away on Wednesday, January 28th after an extended illness. Elaine was born on April 25, 1945 to Arthur and Lorraine (Guell) Anding.  She was in the first graduating class of River Valley High School in 1963.  She married Ronald Drachenberg in 1963.