Donald Eugene Rumpee of St. Pauls, N.C., formerly of Ontario, passed away, Feb. 11, 2011, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Fayetteville, N.C. He was born March 30, 1946, in La Crosse. He served seven years in the United States Army, including three...
Thomas “Tom” John Sullivan
Thomas “Tom” John Sullivan of Ontario entered eternal rest at Franciscan Skemp Healthcare Sparta Campus, after a courageous 10-year battle with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, at the age of 80. Tom was born Oct. 14, 1930, to...
William “Bill” F. Gibson
William “Bill” F. Gibson, 87, of Ontario passed away Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, at the Bethel Home in Viroqua. Bill was born June 9, 1923, to William and Kathryn (Schmitz) Gibson on the Gibson farm near Ontario. He graduated from Ontario High School and went to the...
Spencer E. Olson
Spencer E. Olson, formerly of Fairfield, Conn., died peacefully Feb. 6, 2011, in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was born April 6, 1920, near Ontario to Edwin and Selma (Allison). On Oct. 2, 1943, he was married to Helen Virginia Dinan in Swampscott, Mass.; she preceded him in...
Paul Nevin
Paul Nevin, 73, of Ontario passed away on Friday, Jan. 21. 2011, at Vernon Manor in Viroqua. He was born June 15, 1937, to Lawrence and Louise (Laufenberg) Nevin. On May 10, 1958, he married Joan Mack at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Summit Ridge, rural...
Eric Edwin Downing
Eric Edwin Downing, 57, of Ontario passed away Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011, at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison from a massive heart attack and other complications. Eric was born in Hillsboro on Aug. 6, 1953, to Paul and Carol (Benbo) Downing. He married...
Hazel H. Witham
Hazel H. Witham, 84, of the town of Lafayette, rural Chippewa Falls, Wis., died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Chippewa Falls. She was born April 27, 1926, in Ontario to Irene (Walters) and Scott Walker. She was raised in Ontario, where she...
John Charles Fisher
John Charles Fisher, 84, of Twin Lakes, Wis., passed away Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. The son of the late Harry and Mary Whalen Fisher, he was born Feb. 2, 1926, in Shullsburg, Wis. On April 19, 1952, he was united in marriage...
Maxine O. Turk
Maxine O. Turk, 93, formerly of Wilton, died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse. She was born Oct. 18, 1917, to William H. Budde and Carrie A. (Jacobson) Budde at Whitestown, Wis. She graduated from Sparta High School....
Bennett H. Anderson
Bennett H. Anderson, 81, of rural Kendall died Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse. He was born Jan. 21, 1929, to Ben J. and Helen (Blein) Anderson on the family farm in the town of Clifton. Bennett was baptized and confirmed...
