All Obituaries

Raymond “Ray” E. Hough, age 80, of La Crosse and formerly of Sparta, passed away on September 17th, 2018 at the Hillview Care Center in La Crosse. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, September 21st at 1 p.m. at the Thorson Funeral Home in Viroqua. Burial will take place in the Viroqua Cemetery. Family and friends may call from 11 a.m. until the time of the service. Online condolences may be left for the family by visiting www.thorsonfuneralhome.com   The Thorson...

          Arlene J. Petrizio, age 70, passed away on September 10th, 2018 at the Vernon Manor in Viroqua.           Funeral services will be held on Friday, September 14th at 10:30 a.m. at the Thorson Funeral Home in Viroqua with Pastor Paul Roberts officiating. Burial will take place in the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Rural Cashton. Family and friends may call from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the...

Trygve Allen Ostrem, age 75 passed away on Saturday, September 1, 2018 at the Bethel Home in Viroqua.  He was born on May 26, 1943 to Trygve and Alma (Johnson) Ostrem.  He was baptized and confirmed at the Bethel Lutheran Church where he was a lifetime member.  He graduated from Viroqua High School in 1961.  He helped his folks on the farm, delivered papers for the La Crosse Tribune and foxy shopper.  For seven years he was a care giver in Oklahoma.  Trygve...

      Arlene Ione (Forde) Wallace, 85, died Saturday, August 11, 2018 at Gundersen Health System after a brief illness. She was born in rural Crawford County on December 29, 1932, the oldest of five children of George and Leona (Anderson) Forde. She was baptized and confirmed at Southwest Prairie Lutheran Church, Viroqua.  Arlene graduated from Seneca High School in 1950 and moved to Madison where she worked at the State Laboratory of Hygiene.  In 1955, she married...

Brad W. Thompson, age 59, formerly of Viroqua, WI passed away at his home in La Crosse, WI on Sunday, August 12th, 2018 due to COPD. Brad was born February 3, 1959 in Viroqua, WI to William and Betty (Pacl) Thompson. Brad loved to make people laugh. He was a very caring man who loved to socialize and talk to people. He had a passion of fishing and cooking. He was a sports enthusiast who loved to root for the Packers, Badgers, and Cubs. Most importantly, he loved his children and...

Gene “Geno” Harley Gabrielson, age 83, of Westby, passed away peacefully at the Norseland Nursing Home in Westby where he had been a resident since 2009. He was born on June 10th, 1935 to Bernard and Hazel (Hooverson) Gabrielson of Vernon County. He married Anita M. Ladue on March 22nd, 1958 and to them were born 5 children. They were later divorced, but remained best of friends. Anita passed away on June 18th, 2007. In 1954 Gene became a member of the 107th Red Arrow Division of...

Lucille Gladys Ellefson, age 88 passed away on Friday morning, August 10, 2018 at the Vernon Manor Nursing Home in Viroqua.  She was born on August 25, 1929 in Seneca, WI. to Albert and Cora (Berquest) Springer.  She was baptized at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Esofea and again on March 15, 1992 at the Viroqua Church of Christ where she currently was a faithful member.  She attended rural country school and on April 16, 1947 she married Julius Ellefson.  They farmed in...

Mary Fortney, age 88 passed away on Friday morning, August 10th, 2018 at the Bethel Home in Viroqua.  She was born on November 4, 1929 to Dr. Rufus and Alverda (Bekkedal) Fortney.  She graduated from Viroqua High School in 1947.  She went on to graduate from Milwaukee Downer and the University of Wisconsin in Madison.  She worked at the University of Wisconsin in Madison in the departmental library.  After receiving her Master’s Degree she took a job at...

Pearl D. Fladhammer, age 93, passed away peacefully at Vernon Manor in Viroqua on August 10th, 2018. Pearl Delores Dahl was born March 21st 1925 in Vernon County to Alfred and Gertie (Louise) Dahl.  On September 29th 1945 she married Alfred Theadore Fladhammer.  Together they spent their time side by side on the farm and raising six children. Pearl enjoyed music and baking but most of all enjoyed spending visiting with family and friends.  You could always count on Pearl to...

Frances Wilma Selin, age 96, of Lakewood, CO, formerly of Viroqua, WI, died Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at Good Samaritan Hospital, Lafayette, CO. She was born June 6, 1922 to Ole and Regina (Nelson) Brothen, Westby, WI. At the age of 4 and after the death of their mother, she and her sister, Helen, were cared for by their uncles Norman and Albert Nelson. On November 22, 1941 she married Maylon Selin at Iowa City, IA. Together they raised a family on a mink ranch in rural Vernon County. She was...