Obituaries

Wed
04
Nov

Obituary: Beverly R. Hirst

Beverly Rose Hirst, age 79, of Birchwood, formerly of Reedsburg, passed away on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 in an Eau Claire hospital following a long illness. She was born in 1941 in the Town of Dellona, the daughter of Francis and Florence (Rhinehart) Hirst.

Wed
04
Nov

Obituary: Arkie Lorraine Pickel

Arkie Lorraine Pickel, 82, of Reedsburg, passed away Saturday, October 31, 2020, at the Senior Life Center in Reedsburg.  Arkie was born March 20, 1938 in Richland County to the late Allen Ray Milton Denman and Wanda Mae West. She was married to Wayne Marion Pickel on June 18, 1955. 

Wed
28
Oct

Obituary: Margaret M. ‘Marge’ Sullivan

Margaret M. “Marge” Sullivan, age 84, of Reedsburg, passed away on Saturday, October 23, 2020. Margaret, the daughter of Frank and Helen (Lump) Raupp, was born in Wheeling Township in Illinois. She was married to Jack Sullivan for 34 years. Their family grew to six with the addition of Scott, Barry, Koren and Glenn.

Wed
28
Oct

Obituary: Kenneth Joel Biel

“Make that bass sound like a fog horn and the trebles sound like rain”, one student reported him saying, in a three-room apartment from which he taught on Pulaski Street.

Kenneth Biel, a longtime resident of Milwaukee’s East Side, died on October 15th, in Madison. He was 74. The cause was complications of cancer.

Wed
28
Oct

Obituary: Frederick J. ‘Fred’ Montgomery

Frederick J. “Fred” Montgomery, age 88, of Reedsburg, passed away on Thursday, October 22, 2020. He was born on November 10, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan, to Joseph H. and Jean E. (Wynn) Montgomery. He worked for the Great Lakes Steel Mill in Detroit before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force.

Wed
21
Oct

Obituary: Cletus H. Plantenberg

Cletus H. Plantenberg, age 90, passed away peacefully October 14, 2020.

Wed
14
Oct

Obituary: Robert Rodger Gorsline

Robert Rodger Gorsline was born on December 5, 1934 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, WI to Rodger F. and Lucille M. (Wohlfert) Gorsline; he passed away on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. He spent the majority of his childhood on Wisconsin farms. He lived in Endeaver, Oxford, Arlington, Marshall, and Sun Prairie.

Wed
14
Oct

Obituary: Helen A. Pistello

Helen Ann Pistello, age 93, of Reedsburg, died on Friday, October 9, 2020. She was born on September 21, 1927 in Chicago, the daughter of William and Helen May. On May 10, 1947, she was married to James L. Pistello. They were married for seventy-five years prior to his death. They enjoyed wintering in Florida for over 30 years.

Wed
14
Oct

Obituary: Beverly Ann Cole

Beverly Ann Cole, age 84, of Reedsburg, WI, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. She was born on December 17, 1935 in Boaz, WI, to James and Margarite (Berry) LeBansky. On May 7, 1955 she was united in marriage to Ervin Cole at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Reedsburg. He preceded her in death August 22, 2020.

Tue
06
Oct

Obituary: Vernon E. Stando

Vernon E. Stando, 78, of Reedsburg, passed away Saturday, October 3, 2020.

Vernon was born August 2, 1942 in Reedsburg to the late Ervin Fredrick William and Erna Louise (Daugs) Stando. He was a member of the Wisconsin National Guard. On June 14, 1975 he married Shirley Mae Louise Peterson.

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