Owen Withee High Wisconsin Alumni Obituaries

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of William Bill Guthrie on Sunday January 25 2026 at the age of 86. Billwas born to Harold and Emilie Guthrie and raised on the family farm in Tomah Wisconsin. He graduated from Tomah High School in 1 957 then moved to Rockford Illinois shortly a...

Marian Fox age 87 of Amery Wisconsin died peacefully at home on January 7 2026 surrounded by her family and supported by Adoray Home Health and Hospice following several physical setbacks over the past six months. Marian was born on May 4 1938 in St. Paul Minnesota to Harvey and Cecilia Juran Letson...

Dawn Phyllis Gilbert Wakefield of Hollister Missouri passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday February 11 at the age of 84 following an agerelated illness. Dawn was born on December 8 1941 in North Bend Wisconsin to Walter Gilbert and Phyllis Young Gilbert. She grew up on a dairy farm attende...

Ronald “Mike” M. Chasteen, 75, Pittsville, passed away on Monday, February 9, 2026 at Clark County Rehab and Living Center in Owen after a long battle with dementia.A private family service will be held. Burial will take place at Mound Cemetery, Pittsville at a later date. Buchanan/Rembs Funeral Hom...

Kenneth W. Field age 86 passed away at his home on the morning of Wednesday November 26 2025 following a brief but aggressive battle with cancer. He was born on December 1 1938 in Fall River Wisconsin to Gilbert Cecelia Field. He graduated from Fall River High School in 1958. He married his sweethe...

Robert H. Janssen (a/k/a Spence), 97 ½, passed away peacefully on February 17, 2026. Born July 20, 1928 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, he grew up during the Great Depression. His childhood was brief, as he lost his mother at the age of 10 and started working mowing lawns and at age 13, setting pins at Van...

David L. Kress, age 84, passed away at home in Milton, WI, on Sunday, February 15, 2025. He was born in Independence, IA, the son of Loren Henry and Alma Maira (Kouba) Kress.Raised on the Kress Family Farm, established in 1850, Dave learned the value of hard work alongside his father. After high sch...

Lyle Downing, age 67, passed away on February 14, 2026 at Mercy Hospital. He was born in Hillsboro, Wisconsin on November 19, 1958, the son of Ernest and Roberta Louise (Ferguson) Downing. He graduated from Parker High School in 1977. On April 30, 1988, Lyle married Karen Lewis at The Church by the ...

Family and friends are invited to meet in the DraegerLangendorf Funeral Home and Crematory on Saturday for a visitation from 1030 AM 1200 pm. A service celebrating his life will follow at 1200 PM. With fond memories and grateful hearts we announce the passing of Gerald Joseph Jerry Larsen who died ...

With profound grace and surrounded by love Patricia Ann Sell Sisel 91 passed into eternal rest on February 9 2026 at her home in South Bend Indiana. She was born October 5 1934 in her grandmothers farmhouse in Slovan Wisconsin to Laura Marguerite Rubens and Gordon Patrick Sisel. She was the oldest s...

Michael Captain J. Wallschlaeger age 83 died Friday February 6 2026 in Villa Marina Health and Rehab Superior. Michael was born in Milwaukee WI to Walter and Shirley Collier Wallschlaeger on January 22 1943. He would graduate from Columbus High School in Marshfield WI in 1961 with a group of classma...

Joyce Annette Sannwald age 89 a resident of Minong died on Thursday February 5 2026 in Duluth MN. Joyce was born on November 28 1936 at home in Trego Wisconsin to parents George and Rubie Pierce Hanacek. She attended and graduated from Spooner High School. After High School Joyce worked at the dime ...

Family and friends are invited to meet in the DraegerLangendorf Funeral Home and Crematory on Friday February 27 2026. Due to music licensing laws you may experience moments without sound while recorded music is played. In lieu of flowers and gifts the family suggests memorials in Sanfords name be d...

He was born on December 7 1931 to Reverend Joe V. Shoults and Edith Young Shoults in Shannon County MO. He spent most of his school years in St. Clair MO where he was involved in church playing mandolin trombone piano and arranging musical compositions basketball and anything with a ball music and a...

Allen L. Malcore 93 Green Bay resident died Sunday February 1 2026 at a local care facility. He was born October 15 1932 in Duvall to the late Gustave and Grace Jadin Malcore. Al was a graduate of Central Catholic High School graduating in 1950. Al married the love of his life Elizabeth Liz Allen on...

    Thomas “Tom” Rielly McCauley, 64, of St. Charles, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at The Kavanauh House in Des Moines, Iowa, with his family by his side.    Tom was born on March 21, 1961, in Kirksville, Missouri, the son of John “Jack” Edward and Elnor “Evie” Yvonne H...

WEST BATH Robert Bob W. Deans age 75 of Quaker Point Road in West Bath Maine passed away on December 27 2018. He passed away at his home with his family after a fiveyear battle with prostate cancer. He was born in Biddeford Maine on May 30 1943 the son of William and Pauline Walker Deans. He graduat...

Stevan R. Ferris a lifelong resident of Milwaukee and a man remembered by all for his effortless "cool" passed away on December 22 2025 at the age of 71. Born on July 3 1954 Stevan was a proud graduate of Pius XI High School. Throughout his life he was the definition of a hard worker who balanced hi...

Janice R. Parrett, age 86, of Sun Prairie, WI, formerly of Wisconsin Rapids, WI passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 17, 2026 in Sun Prairie, WI.Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, January 23, 2026 at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. Rev. Joseph R...

Vernon was born on September 29 1939 in Horicon Wisconsin the son of Arnold C. and Mabel L. Fink Franke. He graduated from Horicon High School in 1957 and spent 30 years employed with John Deere. On February 10 1988 he was united in marriage to his wife Jean M. Miller in Las Vegas. In his free time ...

Jim was born on July 8 1947 in Mauston Wisconsin to Henry and Helen Holland Dziewior. He grew up in Mauston and after high school Jim served in the US Navy as a Navy Engineering Laboratory Technician on the nuclear submarine the USS Tecumseh. Jim was stationed in Hawaii and Guam during the Vietnam w...

Irene was born on January 17 1941 to Anna and Arvid Larsonboth Swedish immigrantswho met and married in Chicago. She grew up in Chicago and attended Lakeview High School Chicagos oldest high school and later the University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign. Education was very important to Irene and she la...

Carol Durushia, age 84, of St. Croix Falls, WI, passed away on Monday, December 29, 2025.Carol was born on December 2, 1941. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1960. Carol worked as a CNA for 13 years at Good Samaritan Center in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, before ...

Ronald Ford Gardner 79 passed away on February 17 2026 at Rose Hill Retirement Community in Marion NC after an extended illness. Born on December 13 1946 Ron grew up in Black Mountain NC. He was the eldest child of Mary McMahan and John Gardner both of whom preceded him in death. A 1965 graduate of ...

Thomas Robert White lovingly known as Tommy was born on November 11 1960 in Black Mountain North Carolina and passed away on January 28 2026 at the age of 65. He was proudly named after his grandfather Thomas Owenby a namesake that reflected the strong family roots from which he came. Tommy leaves b...