Chantelle V. Welch, 15, of Norwalk passed away unexpectedly Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011, at the Mayo Clinic Health System Hospital, Sparta. She was born Jan. 29, 1996, to Charles and Sally (Rampersad) Welch in Worchester, Mass. She attended Brookwood High School in Ontario,...

Calvin J. Summerfield, 85, of Norwalk passed away Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, at the Serenity House in Tomah. He was born Sept. 6, 1925, to John and Arlene Summerfield in Sparta. In 1961, Cal bought the family farm, where he farmed until 1992. He was united in marriage...

O’Tillia Rose “Tillie” (Pallister) Thorson, 96, of Elroy passed away Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Elroy. Tillie was born Oct. 3, 1914, to William and Mary Pallister on a farm near Trippville in Vernon County. On June 11, 1933, Tillie was...

Earl E. Robinson, 70, of Tomah was born into eternal life Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, due to complications after a successful heart surgery. The surgeon said he found “Earl had a big heart,” not a surprise for anyone who knew Earl. He was born in Hillsboro on May 17,...

Caroline M. Bertoline, 85, of Norway, Mich., died Monday, July 25, 2011, at Dickinson County Memorial Hospital in Iron Mountain, Mich. Born April 25, 1926, on a farm in Kendall, she was the ninth child of 14 brothers and sisters and the daughter of the late James and...

Michael "Mike" Bredlow, 59, of Ontario passed peacefully Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, surrounded by his family and friends, at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse. He had fought a courageous battle with cancer. Michael was born Oct. 8, 1951, in Sparta to...

Sharon J. Sharp, 66, of Janesville, a mom who always cared, a grandma who always was there, and a great-grandma who will always be there looking down on all of us, died Saturday, July 16, 2011, at home, surrounded by her family. The daughter of Howard and Emma Alberta...

Virgil Lester Fowler, 86, of Tomah died Monday, July 25, 2011, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Tomah, surrounded by his loving family. He was born July 12, 1925, to Clayton and Edith (Griffin) Fowler in Mather, Wis. He was baptized and confirmed into...

John “Jack” H. Robinson, 83, of Ontario passed away Saturday, July 23, 2011, at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse. Jack was born Dec. 1, 1927, to John D. and Eva Ethel (Budde) Robinson in the same bedroom above his father's hardware store in which he...

Margherita "Margie" Del Core Harris, 76, of Tomah and formerly of Sparta passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2011. One of eight children, she was born June 6, 1935, in Chicago to Michael and Angelica (Giangrande) Del Core, who together immigrated to the United States from...