Mary Dutcher] Kennedy and Mrs. Helen Wilton, survive with the son, Leo. they remained until 1980. sickness of her mother, grandma Wonderlin, who is very sick with the He was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and the Northwestern Medical college of Chicago. The sisters are: Mrs. Mary Effinger, Mrs. Kate Witherel, Mrs john Feaster and Mrs. Clara Kenyon. Many deaths are occurring in this locality at the present time, hardly a day passing without one or two. 97 Seven Country WGLR - The Tri-States Best Variety of Country - Lancaster, Dubuque, Galena, Platteville, Mary A. Nowak, 91, Fennimore contact@LarsonFuneralHomes.com. The family were closely identified with early colonial history, several members rendering important service to the country Eugenia (DeWitt) Garthwaite, 86, Fennimore, died Sunday, Oct. 23, 2005, at Grant Regional Health Center in Lancaster. Index 1850-2010, Copyright 2023 She will be greatly missed by all her friends and family, but is at peace now from all her suffering. to reside there till 1840, when he removed to Gratiot's Grove. While Grant can be a name or a county, it's not foolproof, but might help you out. Memorial services were at noon Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, at Torgerson's by Mary Dutcher] Arthur worked at Funk Motors in Lancaster until , Eldon Harlan Washburn, age 84, of Fennimore, WI passed away on Friday December 23, 2022, at the U.W. The horses which were lost were very valuable and prized highly by Mr. 9 (1909) Wisconsin Necrology (1876-81) p467; tr by LaDena Livingston] Mr. J. Fure, who has been very sick all fall and winter, has improved so as to be able to it. He was a veteran of World War II. On Friday morning Mrs. Wm. Born Jan. 22, 1951, in Elkins, W.Va., she was a daughter of the late Willis Lacey Turner and Iva Jean (Starkey) Turner. Find a Grave Index 1600s-Current the box of the sled and blankets were discovered frozen to the ice, but no traces of the man and horses. by MZ] A Three daughters are married and are residents of the town; and the other children are members of the He was good-looking, and was reported to have money. 148 in Bloomington. Three sisters survive him, Mrs. Mary Robinson and Mrs. Franklin Atwood of Massena, N.Y., and Mrs. H. S. Bailey, of Platteville, Wis. Dr. E. A. Obituaries High Schools Colleges Newspapers Funeral Homes Locations Local obituaries for Grant County, Wisconsin 447 Results Thursday, March 2, 2023 Add Photos Add a Memory Dennis A.. His earliest paternal ancestor in this country was William Goodridge, who settled in Watertown, Mass., in 1836. 1880 - Joseph Bonham died at Hurricane Corners, Grant County, February 23d, in his seventy-ninth year. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Maynard L. Bartling What is now Grant County was largely uninhabited prior to contact with Europeans, as it was a border region between the territories of the Kickapoo, Menominee, and Illinois tribes. Obituaries - Grant County Herald Obituaries Obituaries Orvin "Orv" Erickson February 24, 2023 Orvin "Orv" Erickson, 91, of Elbow Lake passed away on February 13, 2023. asked Ringling. Mrs. John Brihul Grant County Death Records are documents relating to an individual's death in Grant County, Wisconsin. Born in Dousman, Wis. he has been coming to Sarasota since 1965 from Platteville, Wis. By Appointment- call 608 723-4925 129 E. Maple St. Lancaster, WI The Grant County Historical Society is a member-owned, volunteer driven organization which incorporated as a 501c3 Not for Profit charitable institution in 1950. James A. Honer] - Charles W. Hill, a clerk in the pension office, who came here from Platteville ten years ago, was stricken with apoplexy while leaving the pension office and died within a few minutes. He died in abject poverty, protesting bitterly against the action of Poor Law authorities who insisted upon cutting off his tangled growth of hair and beard. One day Ringling's Circus came to town. Marie married Henry Honer on February 23, 1940, in Angola, Iowa. Grant County, Wisconsin: Obituaries and Funeral Home Records - Linkpendium speaker. At the same place, on the 1st instant, Mrs. Judith Burnett, mother of Mr. Burnett, aged 73 years; all died of the prevailing bilious fever. He was a retired science teacher and athletic coach in Platteville; a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Platteville, Wis.; he attended St. Boniface Episcopal Church in Sarasota; a member of the American Legion; a Mason, a Kiwanian; a member of The Men of St. Boniface; a director of the Grant County Historical Society; Beta Pi Epsilon and a member of the State Athletic Rules Committee of Wis. Celebrate the 40th Muscoda Morel Mushroom Festival this Saturday! She was married to Mr. Jackson in 1846 and they settled on a farm he still owns five miles north of this place. February 21, 2023 Steven J. Fairbrother Steven J. Fairbrother, age 74, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, February 16, 2023 at the Richland Hospital. Wisconsin Phone: 218-685-5326 Nearly every family has been afflicted with it, some so badly as to require a physician's skill. Join our mailing list [email protected] 1245 N. Water St. Platteville, Wisconsin 53818 (608) 348-2121 John Urban Manitowoc County Historical Society receives Wisconsin Humanities Mini One brother and one sister have gone before her to the eternal home. 1881 - Peter Chapman died in Cassville June 9th, in his eighty-first year. He was a leader of the bolting Republicans who supported Hon. Henry and Marie were regular customers of the Senior Citizens Meal at St. John's Catholic Church in Muscoda. Lancaster Obituaries at tributes.comCasey Funeral Home Obituaries in Cuba City, WI Aged Citizen Gone. He is survived by his wife, Marydel K. Bartling of Sarasota; two brothers, Dale Bartling of Platteville, Wis. and Glenn Barling of Milwaukee, a sister, Mrs. Ruth McAllister of Milwaukee, a daughter, Mrs. Steven (Sally) Hamtil of Sarasota, two sons, Tony Grunta and Joseph - Dr. H. L. Jenckes, county physician of Jo Daviess county, was found dead in his room early Monday morning. Catholic church Wednesday, Rev. Lancaster, WI Dr. Jenckes was born at Hazel Green, Wis., in 1852. John Hardcastle Genealogy Mt. Upon returning home, he attended Southwest Technical College in Fennimore and graduated with a mechanical degree. ; two daughters, Sara DeLaFuente of Vancouver, Wash., and Marjory Davis of Platteville, Wis.; five stepchildren, Patsy McEnany and Carol Jones, both of Vashon, Wash., Arthur Fluharty of Auburn, Wash., Walter Fluharty of Everett and Allan Fluharty of Chicago; and 14 grandchildren. Martin Schwartz Funeral Homes & Crematory | Lancaster, Bloomington, Cassville, Platteville and Potosi, WI Funeral Home & Cremation Serving Each Family with dignity and respect Service Options Ruth Ann Mae Knutson Arlys J. He began his career with WFBR in Baltimore in 1928. Hope, WI passed away on Saturday December 31, 2022, at Orchard Manor in rural Lancaster. Services Held for First of Mine Victims He leave [sic] a widow and two daughters. one sister in the town of Potosi, one in Iowa, and one sister and three brothers in far away Oregon. "You're hired." Gray will officiate, and burial will be in Calvary cemetery. by MZ] [Source: Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin at [Source: Reports and Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Vol. Mr. Garthwaite was an ag teacher in Granton and Mineral Point school districts. Margaret Day Grant County, Wisconsin Full-Text Obituaries - RootsWeb Add Photos Add a Memory Ray Smallwood Mr. Ray Smallwood, age 90, of LaGrange, passed away on Feb. 19, 2023. deaths as well as obituaries published before 2000 - Wisconsin Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Metcalf-Kuenster Funeral Home in Cassville, Wisconsin, where friends may call from 11 a.m. until time of service. He was born on December 9, 1942, in Fennimore, WI. For twenty years Hendershot stayed with the circus. both in the War of the Revolution and that of 1812. September 27, 1929 - February 14, 2023. He practiced his profession of law in Grant County, and subsequently at La Crosse. Grant County Herald Independent - SWNews4U John will be remembered as a loving father, devoted brother, loyal friend and someone who could always make people laugh. He had spent the day working with Christmas baskets for the poor and complained of feeling ill at the end of the afternoon. Dennis A. McClimans, age 75 of Boscobel, passed away on Wednesday March 1, 2023 at his residence in Boscobel, surrounded by his family. Marie and Henry farmed near Highland until 1970, when they retired to Muscoda. To the Editor of The Tribune beneficiaries who died between the years 1850 and 2010 DIED, At Fonticulus, Grant county, on the 21st ult., of a chronic complaint, Mrs. Rebecca, daughter of Charles and Roccena Ashley, late of Pennsylvania, and consort of J. E. Dodge, Esq., aged 32 years. Boscobel, Wisconsin; 21 Jan 1864]; transcribed by Angie Lietzau Benjamin Wm. was the following request: "Make my burial as plain as possible. Vocalist - Mrs. Jeannette Klaas | Organist - Mrs. Jean Malone Thomas H. Grimm [Source: The Milwaukee Journal 31 Dec 1956 - Transcribed by Mary Dutcher] A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, March 4, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Clement Catholic Church, Lancaster, with Father William Vernon officiating. by Mary Dutcher] At the age of 16, he joined the CCC's in Vernon county. Henry was born on November 20, 1919, in Richland County, to Joseph and Helen (Reidel) Honer. [Source: Platteville Grant County Witness (Platteville, WI) 14 Feb 1894; transcribed by He was born on January 1, 1932, the son of Frank and Mae (Bark) Fremont. [Source: Reports and Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Vol. A Gray Media Group, Inc. Station - 2002-2023 Gray Television, Inc. 2002-2023 Gray Television, Inc. Biographies Page Bible Records Cemeteries Census Historical Records Images Land Records Military Mortality Schedules Newspaper Items Obituaries School Records Vital Records This page is maintained by David W. Taft ( dwtaft @ gmail .com), Alpharetta, GA He was an old settler and a soldier in the Black Hawk war. Theological Seminary, 1878; ordained Rochester, Vt., Jan. 14, 1879. By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Mary graduated from Boscobel High School in 1948. [Source: Richland Observer, 15 Dec 1949 - Submitted By James A. Honer] MUSCODA - Thomas H. "Tom" Grimm, age 85, of Muscoda, died Sunday, July 6, 2014, at the Richland Hospital. In the year 1840 the family came to Wis. and settled in a locality called Hurricane, in the town of Lancaster, Grant county, eight years before this became one of the states of the American Union. Richland Center - Henry T. Honer, Age 80, of Muscoda, died on Wednesday, August 23, 2000, at the Richland Hospital in Richland Center. Clad in rags, and gnawing a bone, he was the central attraction for huge crowds who gathered round his cage and listened to him growling and roaring. Green[Source: The Boscobel Broad-Axe; Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Hope United Methodist Church. Platteville, Wis.--Robert I. Dugdale, 88, a retired weekly newspaper editor and publisher who helped to start the state mining college here, died Sunday after a long illness. They later lived in Mineral Point where Chester was teaching. Mr. Barr was a native of Bedford, This was in1838. had concealed in a chicken coop before leaving home. Elbow Lake, MN 56531 [Source: Wisconsin State Journal Oct. 1 1886 - Sub. [Source: Grant County News (Canyon City, OR) - Saturday, 4 Dec. 1880; submitted by Jim Dezotell] Anna Elizabeth Honer Grant County & Platteville, WI Obituaries, 25+ indexes married. hundreds of US newspapers Passing years, however, made him homesick, and he returned to his home town, where he finally died in the poorhouse after the police had forcibly removed him which she He was united in marriage to Laurie McClusky on January 4, 1961, at the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Fennimore. Jessie G. Hill; a son, Dr. David D. Hill of St. Petersburg; a sister Elizabeth Hill Sleep of Waukesha, Wis. and two grandsons. Marie is survived by two sons, Morris (Lois) of Madison, and Martin (Pat) of Highland; four grandchildren, Penny (Roger) Bohringer of Boscobel, Jennifer (Jeff) Biba of Castle Rock, Wendy (Al) Stelpflug Honer of Stitzer, and Abigail (Mike) Mathews of Muscoda; five great-grandchildren, Katelyn and Brian Mathews, Michael and Morgan Biba and Joelle Bohringer; a sister Katherine; a special nephew, John (Mary) Honer of Cazenovia; and many nephews, nieces and friends. [Source: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) 9 Oct 1885; transcribed by Mary Dutcher] George (Gladys) Heins and Ervin Heins, both of Belmont. Forgotten by his friends, the "Wild Man" lived alone in a little shack in Platteville, Wisconsin, where he was known as "Ves" Hendershot. Boscobel, Wisconsin; 17 Sep 1863]; transcribed by Angie Lietzau Obituaries - Larson Funeral Homes, Fennimore WI and Montfort WI. "So you are," agreed the other. (Mrs. Honer was the sixth of seven children. History and Genealogy, Obituaries and Death Notices Greg was born on December 15, 1950, in Fennimore, the son of Kenneth and Arlene (Shepherd) Fry. The funeral was held at St. John's Catholic Church, Muscoda, WI, with burial in St. John's Catholic Cemetery. Genweb Shirley Roe of Delevan, Hope. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 8 at the Belmont Peace Lutheran Church with the Rev. [[Source: Revealer (Bloomington, Wis.) Tuesday, 4 Sept. 1894; Sub. Funeral services will be held Friday, June 22, 2001, at the BASSWOOD CHURCH, at 11 a.m., with Pastor Duane Thomas officiating. He was a , Fennimore, WI Gregory D. Fry (fondly known as Bear), age 72, of Fennimore, passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2023. He was a visiting professor at the University of Texas from 1955 to 1956 and as the visiting associate professor at the University of Oregon from 1962 to 1964. It was a brief four-paragraph document, with space left for the date of death. Arthur graduated from Lancaster High School and then served his country in the U.S. Army. He did not bring his family until 1834; he devoted much of his life to mining. Grant County Journal | Your Community Newspaper Since 1907 Wilma Jean Rhoades McIntosh Greene. Obituaries - Grant County Herald Independent Angela Kay Bonin Galena, Ill., Nov. 21. Mrs. William Dutcher Gordon was united in marriage to Patricia Pat Steiner on July 1, 1954, in Prairie du Chien. eleven months and 28 days. LOST THROUGH THE ICE--Last Thursday morning a German named Joe Janan, formerly of Potosi, who was in the employ of Mr. O. C. Hathaway, of Muscolonge, was sent to Guttenburg in charge of a span of horses and box sled. Myrtle Grimm Dubuque--Mrs. Myrtle Grimm, 89. Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and of Many of the Early Settled Families (Source: MyHeritage) ($) Grant Co, Wisconsin, USA (Source: Our Family Tree) accoutrements, though it is nearly 20 years ago since he made his last appearance in a circus. County Surnames at WI GenWeb in Highland. He was a member of the G. A. R. post and Masonic order of Platteville. He spent his early childhood in Mineral Point before moving with his parents in 1950 to a farm in the Mt. With this uniting, they were blessed with their three sons. Burial was in the Belmont Cemetery. Naman Blandin[Source: The Boscobel Broad-Axe; Boscobel, He was married to the former Loretta Loring on Feb. 11, 1947. She worked as a past 30 days, Cemetery. Zion--It has been a good while since this place has been heard from, we have been so busy for the last few weeks attending to the wants of la grippe. jinge@tds.net Kellie Houtakker Human Resources . FENNIMORE, Wis. - Chester Allan Garthwaite, 79, of Fennimore, died Tuesday, March 9, 1999, at Grant Regional Health Center, Lancaster. the McGuire-Longmeier VFW Post 9440 held at St. John the Baptist JOHN'S CATHOLIC GYM in Muscoda and also on Saturday in the gym from 10 Hope United Methodist Church. The death is announced of Professor George M. Guernsey, of Platteville. W. E. Dudley, of Hazel Green, Grant county, died at his home, March 17, at the age of 81. Hull A Carolyn Ann (Kube) Windom, 80, of Hillsboro, ND, passed away, Monday, February 13, 2023 in Hillsboro. They later moved to Fennimore where he graduated from Fennimore High School in 1956. As a young boy, Allen loved farming and continued , Gordon Robert Bender, age 88, of Fennimore, WI passed away on Saturday February 4, 2023, at Mercy Hospital in Dubuque, IA. After he helped establish what is now Platteville Institute of Technology, he became its first regent. She lived in Mauston before moving to Taylor. John F. "Swampy" Meunch, 76, Prentice, Wisconsin, formerly of Lancaster 76 year old John F. "Swampy" Muench of Prentice, formerly of Lancaster passed away on Friday February 24th. grip. Surviving are five sons, Timothy (Sally) Waterman and Roger Hale, all of Taylor, Kevin (Barbie) Hale and Scott (Sherry) Hale, all of Neillsville, and Brian Hale, Illinois; three daughters, Denise (Randy) Becker, Marion, Terri Hale, Sparta, and Tammy Mohr, Mauston; two sisters, JoAnn (Warren) Bottlemy, Owen, and Jean Heuvelman, Illinois; 17 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Died, Nov. 23, at Wesley Hospital, Lizzie Anne, beloved wife of William He was born in Massena, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., and came of New England stock, being, on his mother's side, a descendant of Geourge Soule, of the Mayflower party.