Oregon High Wisconsin Alumni Obituaries

Corine Rash Birge was born on March 9 1944 in Ruleville Mississippi to the late Queen Ethel Roy Rash and Ledger William Rash Sr. She was the fourth of thirteen children. Corine received her education in the Sunflower County Public School District and graduated from Ruleville Central High School in 1...

Carlene Ann Kavajecz lived her life with generosity selflessness and style. Her 86 years were centered around caring for others family members friends and patients. She was born on July 11 1939 to Carl and Martha Haarstad in Duluth Minnesota. She attended South Shore High School in Port Wing WI and ...

Jean Joyce Shepherd Hays was born on December 13 1939 to Louise and Floyd Shepherd in La Crosse Wisconsin. She graduated from Central High School in La Crosse Wisconsin in 1957. She was united in marriage in 1960 to Stanley Bruce Hays and together they had three children Bill Sue Unfred of Oregon Ci...

Gordon Elvin Ehlers Gordie age 64 died on December 30th 2025. Gordon was born in Neillsville Wisconsin just 10 miles from his family farm. Gordon was the youngest of seven children born to Eugene and Mildred Maher Ehlers. Shortly after he was born his family moved to Columbus Wisconsin where his fat...

Elvina Giesbrecht Bates was born to Tobias and Ella Friesen Giesbrecht in Winton California on December 22 1940. She peacefully passed from this life on January 25 2026 with her family beside her reaching the age of 85 at the Autumn Leaves Assisted Living in Cumberland Wisconsin. Death was caused by...

Sharon Lee Myers of Flagstaff died on December 11th at the Oliva White Hospice Home. A resident of Flagstaff since 1973 Sharon was born in Wesley Iowa on March 8 1933 to Robert F. and Verna C. Kain. Sharon graduated from Algona High School in 1950 and went on to attend Briar Cliff College in Sioux C...

Esther L. Baxter 96 formerly of Kankakee Illinois passed away on Sunday July 19 2020 at Merkle Knipprath Nursing Home in Clifton Illinois. She was born on August 1 1923 in Browning Illinois the daughter of Howard and Inez Robertson Bader. She married Donald B. Baxter on June 27 1948 at the Bader C...

William Henry Martins 83 passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on Thursday November 27 2025. He was born on April 23 1942 in Oak Park Illinois to the late Roy Martins and Agnes Cramer. Bill graduated from Middletown High School in 1960 and attended Miami University of Ohio. He went on to w...

Mass of Christian Burial for Mary Virginia Rockett, age 101, a longtime Buffalo resident, who passed away Thursday at the Amie Holt Care Center in Buffalo, will be celebrated Saturday, January 10th at 10:00 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Buffalo, with Father Bryce Lungren as Celebra...

Gary Lee Kent born on January 29 1941 in Mondovi Wisconsin to parents Vilas and Eileen SchultzSmiskey Kent has passed away at the age of 84. Gary was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Gilmanton Wisconsin. Gary grew up in the unincorporated village of Gilmanton attending Gilmanton ...

Philip Thomas Kelley passed away peacefully on October 17 2025. He was born July 191946 third of seven sons to Eloise and Leonard Kelley. Raised on the west side of Chicago Phil spent his childhood learning from the life of hard knocks and walking uphill both ways to school frequently in two feet of...

Reed was born April 7 1956 to Alden and Adele Munson in Menomonie Wisconsin. He grew up in West Linn Oregon as one of nine children and graduated from West Linn High School in 1974. Reed started college at Eastern Oregon University where he played baseball and then graduated from Oregon State Univer...

Helen Marie Petrowitz age 100 passed away on January 4 2026 surrounded by family. She was born to Herman R Miller and Amelia L Belke Miller on August 28 1925. She attended Sarno country school and graduated from Mauston high school. After graduation she worked in the Juneau County courthouse for fiv...

Beverly Ann Gilbertson 67 of rural Blanchardville passed away suddenly in a tragic fall in her home on December 3 2025. She was born on September 4 1958 at St. Claire Hospital in Monroe Wisconsin to Henry Tyler and Grace Marie Broten Gilbertson. Beverly grew up in Monticello and graduated from the M...

David Lee Jeremiason 79 passed away on December 1 2025 surrounded by the people who loved him most. He was born on March 13 1946 to Ole and Alice Helmeid Jeremiason and grew up on the family farm near Blanchardvillea place that he later raised his own family with his devoted wife Linda. David attend...