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Jerome A. "Jerry" Verthein, age 81 of Baraboo, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 at St. Clare Meadows Care Center. Jerome, son of Arthur and Gertrude (Bainbridge) Verthein was born Jan. 10, 1936 in Rock Springs. He was a graduate of Reedsburg High School, Class of 1953. On Sept. 17, 1960 he was united in marriage to Geraldine......

Eilene "Arlene" A. Boyd, age 86 of Baraboo passed away Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017 at Our House Assisted Living. Arlene, daughter of Bert and Elizabeth (Falk) Collins was born Feb. 17, 1931. She was united in marriage to Earl "Polly" Boyd on Oct. 25, 1948 in Baraboo; he preceded her in death on Jan. 27, 1995. Together with her husban......

David Bruce Ament was the personification of integrity. He was born in Merrill, WI on October 24, 1944, where reportedly he had a perfect Tom Sawyer style life on the Wisconsin River. His family moved to Madison when he began 7th grade. Perfect he felt. He left us on October 10, 2017. He will be remembered for his dedica......

Esther W. Platt, 95, of Baraboo passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017 at Meadow View. Esther was born on Feb. 17, 1922 to William and Iva Martin of Merrimac. She graduated from Sauk City High School in 1939, then worked as a nurse's aide at St. Mary's Hospital. She married the love of her life, Harold A. Platt, on ......

Kevin J. Cummings, age 52 of Baraboo, died Monday, October 9, 2017 at St. Clare Meadows Care Center with family by his side. Kevin, son of Kenneth and DuVonne (Diske) Cummings was born Sept. 10, 1965 in Baraboo. He was a graduate of Baraboo High School, Class of 1983. In his younger years Kevin enjoyed public speaking and had a ......

Michael D. Crotty, age 68 of Baraboo, passed away at home on Tuesday, October 3, 2017. He was born on July 9, 1949 in Milwaukee, WI to Charles and Grace (Bannon) Crotty. He worked 41 years as a railroad conductor- brakeman for Milwaukee Road, Soo Line and Canadian Pacific Railroad. Michael is survived by his wife Kathryn, daug......

Dolores Yvette Baum Strohbeen, 86, often a soprano soloist at Walnut Hill Bible Church in Baraboo, Wisconsin, died Thursday, Sept. 28, after a decade-long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Dolores had a voice and she used it -- always "singing in the rain," to quote one of her favorite Sinatra songs, "laughing at the clouds, an......

Julia G. Halweg, age 94 of Baraboo, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017 at Meadow View Assisted Living. She was born on Feb. 16, 1923 in Kendallville, Iowa. Her parents, George and Gusta (Moe) Winnaberg, brought Julia to holy baptism and confirmation at an early age. She was united in marriage to Robert Halweg on May 12, 194......

Geraldine Fern Knapton, age 84 of Greenwood, formerly of Baraboo, passed away Saturday, September 23, 2017, at House of the Dove in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Geraldine, daughter of Ernest and Virginia (Knapp) Schueman was born April 27, 1933, in Greenfield, Monroe County, Wisconsin. Geraldine also recently lived for a short time at......

Doris Pollard Wichern (nee Brown), 96 years old, of Baraboo, was born to eternal life Sept. 21, 2017 at Meadow Ridge Assisted Living after a brief illness. She was born June 3, 1921 in Shennington, Wisconsin, the daughter of Harry and Lucille Brown. In 1941 she married James B. Pollard in Kendall, Wisconsin with whom she rais......