About Us

LaVerna M. Hackett, age 101 of Baraboo, passed away Sunday, May 26, 2019 at St. Clare Meadows Care Center. LaVerna, daughter of Ira and Jessie (Davis) Keith was born April 9, 1918 in Reedsburg. She was a graduate of Baraboo High School. LaVerna was a laboratory technician for the Badger Ordnance as well as a clerk at Fletcher's ......

Gaylor F. Nelson, of Baraboo, was born on September 2, 1950 To Macy and Irene Nelson in Joy, IL. He died peacefully on May 26, 2019 at UW-Madison Hospital at the age of 68. Gaylor began life in rural Illinois. During his formative years he learned a love of all things in God's nature. He became an avid fisherman, hunter and beg......

Caroline Ruth (Schult) Peetz, Reedsburg, passed away peacefully on May 27, 2019 at the age of 92. She was born on July 6, 1926. She married Donald William Peetz at the Caledonia Presbyterian Church at Portage, WI on December 16, 1944. They had 3 daughters; Donna (Roosevelt) Harden of Reedsburg, WI, Rita (Leslie) Forstner of Bili......

Kevin L. Moll of Baraboo passed away May 16, 2019 at the age of 65. He was born in Milwaukee August 31, 1953 to Dean and Lorna Moll. He graduated from UW-Stevens Point and later earned a Masters Degree in Studio Arts from UW-Madison. During his college years Kevin worked at Chileda Institute for Educational Development in Steven......

Dona Rae (Lobenstein) Smith, 76 of Baraboo, passed away Tuesday May 14, 2019 at the UW Hospital in Madison after a long battle with cancer. Dona was born in Mauston, WI on September 19, 1942 to parents Raymond Lobenstein and Marie Gregor. On May 21, 1960 she married the love of her life, Roy Smith in Mauston, WI. She had sever......

Joseph Merle Alt, of Baraboo, was born on July 22, 1935 in a log cabin on a farm in Sauk County Wisconsin to Joseph (Sep) and Edith (Phettyplace) Alt; he passed suddenly on May 14, 2019 at the age of 83. In the beginning of his first grade, it was decided by his parents to use Merle, his middle name, as his primary name. Merle ......

Jean E. (Sizer) Caldwell, 88, better known as "Grandma Jean", passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at home surrounded by loving family. Jean was born June 27, 1930, to Leslie and Amanda Sizer in Milwaukee, WI. After attending Washington High School, Jean furthered her education at Carroll College University in Waukesha, graduating......

Earl Frederick Petzke of DeForest and formerly of Baraboo, age 87, passed away peacefully on May 9, 2019, at Agrace Hospice Center in Fitchburg of ALS and complications from influenza. Earl was born on April 10, 1932, in North Freedom; the oldest of 10 children of the late Frederick and Anna Petzke. He attended Valley Grade Scho......

Archie Royal Kirchstein Jr. , 89, of Merrimac, WI passed on April 30, 2019 at Sauk Prairie Healthcare Center. He was born March 14, 1930 in Merrimac, WI to parents Archie Kirchstein Sr. and Viola (Parks) Kirchstein. On September 22, 1950 he married the love of his life Wilma Maria Daege, and they had three children. Archie was......

Kenneth "Ken" Bochler, 82, of Baraboo passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2019 at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg, WI. Kenneth, son of Wolfgang and Margaret Ovida (nee Sauey) Bochler was born January 28, 1937 in Catawba, Wisconsin. On April 27, 1957 he was united in marriage to Lenora Anne Brooks at St. John's Lutheran Church in Bara......