Dane County Wisconsin
Death Notices and Obituaries
Dane County Wisconsin
Death Notices and Obituaries
B. S. Bell
Ree Heights Review (Hand County, SD) March 6, 1942; submitted by Denise Hargens
Funeral services were held at the Congregational Church Thursday afternoon for B.S. Bell, a resident of Ree Heights and community since 1883. He passed away at the home of his son, Harold, in Miller. Burton Scott Bell was born in Dane County, Wis., August 29, 1868, the son of Winfield and Hannah Bell. He was the eldest of two children—a sister passed away while only a child. In 1883 the family moved to a homestead 12 miles south of Ree Heights. May 9, 1912, he was united in marriage to Ivy Devine. To this union was born one son, Harold, and one daughter, who passed away at an early age. He was active in public affairs and improvement. He was a trustee on the town board for a number of years.
Note: He was buried in the Morningside Cemetery, Ree Heights, Hand County, SD near his parents, his wife and infant daughter, Frances.
George W. Bird
The day book. (Chicago, Ill.), October 01, 1912 - Sub. by K.T.
Madison, Wis.— Col. George W. Bird, 76, died here today. Heart failure.
Alexander Botkin
Jeffersonian Democrat (Monroe, Green County, Wis.) – 12 Mar. 1857; mz, submitted by FoFG
Col. Alexander Botkin, an old and respected citizen of Madison, died suddenly at Sun Prairie, on the afternoon of the 5th.
Carl Brovald
Source: Capital Times (23 March 1970) Submitted by Diana Heser Morse
Verona --- Carl J. Brovald, 90, of Finley, Route 1, Necedah, Wis., a brother of Mrs. Edward Brost, Verona, died Saturday in a Marshfield hospital.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Babcock, Wis., Congregational Church, and burial will be at Babcock.
Friends may call today and tonight at the Feldner Funeral Home, Nekoosa.
Mr. Brovald was born at Stoughton in 1879, and moved to Finley in 1898.
Surviving, besides the sister in Verona, are his wife, the former Sara McMahon, to whom he was married in 1923; two daughters, Mrs. John Mauiokaitis, and Mrs. Chelsea Saylor, both of Route 1, Necedah; another sister, Mrs. James McConnell, Neillsville; two brothers, Clarence Babcock, and Lynn, Eau Claire, and three grandchildren.
Calvin Calder
Source: Cambridge News (Cambridge, Wis.) Friday, 6 Apr. 1917; transcribed by Marla Zwakman
Calvin Calder was born Nov. 2nd, 1888, and died March 30th, 1917. He was taken to Janesville for an operation for appendicitis a little more than a week ago, and seemed to be gaining. But on Friday the family received word to come that another operation was necessary, this was performed, and on Friday evening he was again operated upon, but of no avail, and about eleven o’clock the spirit fled. He was conscious to the last. The body was embalmed in Janesville and brought to the farm home. Funeral services were held at the house and in the P.M. church on Albion Prairie, Rev. Gasch officiating. The Woodmen of which he was a member turned out in a body to the grave. He leaves to mourn his loss, his wife and little son Ellsworth, his mother Mrs. James Calder, three brothers Melvin and Leon and George who resides in Montana, two sisters Mrs. Wallace Drake from Edgerton and Mrs. Henry Vivian of Montana. The family have the sympathy of the entire community in their sorrow.
Charles Cottrell
The Waukesha Freeman (Thursday 23 Jan. 1913) page 6; submitted by Diana Heser Morse
Charles Cottrell, one of the oldest employes of the Milwaukee road, having been in the service as engineer for the past forty years, was stricken with apoplexy Saturday morning, Jan 11, and passed away soon after.
Charles Cottrell was born in New York sixty-five years ago and a few years later came with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cottrell, to Oconomowoc, being among the earliest settlers of the community. He was married Feb. 7, 1883, at Sun Prairie to Miss Nellie Britton and they made their home in Milwaukee until eight years ago, when they went to Oconomowoc to reside. Mr. Cottrell is survived by wife and one daughter, Miss Lois, and a sister, Miss Adelaide Cottrell, Oconomowoc.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the residence with interment in La Belle cemetery.
James D. Cunningham
Kansas City Star, May 15, 1911, page 3 - Submitted by Peggy Thompson
Owner of St. James Hotel Leaves a $100,000 Estate
James D. Cunningham, 55 years old, died at the St. Mary's Hospital at 12:55 o'clock yesterday. Mr. Cunningham has been in poor health for several weeks. He was born in Madison, Wis., February 11, 1856. He lived at Sargent, Neb., where he engaged in the hardware and implement business with his brother-in-law, and at Brokenbow, Neb., where he was in the live stock business. In 1898 he moved to Enid, Ok., and started a hardware store, also serving a term as county treasurer for Garfield County, Oklahoma. In 1902 he moved to Keytoeville, Mo., where he made his home. He left an estate valued at $100,000 in Kansas City. He owned the St. James Hotel at Tenth and Locust streets and land in Southern Missouri and Oklahoma. His wife and seven children, Mrs. T. W. Smith, Mrs. George D. Key, both of Lawton, Ok., John W. Cunningham, a student of the University of Missouri; Orval J. Cunningham, a physician of this city and Grace Gladys, Leota Ellen and James D. Jr., all living at home.
Walter B. Gavin
Wisconsin State Journal, Jan. 31, 1979 - Submitted by James A. Honer
"Madison--Walter B. Gavin, Age 61, of 4918 Tokay Blvd., died on Tuesday, January 30, 1979 at St. Mary's Medical Center. He was born October 5, 1917 in Madison. He was an instructor in Fire Madison Area Technical College. He was a retired Fire Captain of the Madison Area Fire Department, where he had worked for 29 years. Mr. Gavin was member of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Wisconsin Society of Fire Service Instructors and the National Fire Protection Association. Survivors include his wife, the former Margaret Showers; a daughter, Mrs Harry (Margaret) Conrad,West Des Moines, Iowa; three sons, Michael, Patrick and Timothy, all of Madison; a sister, Sister Amadeo, Lamont, IL; and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at St. Maria Goretta Catholic Church, 5405 Flad Ave. at 11 a.m. on Friday, February 2, 1979. The Reverend Thomas Kuehn will officiate. Burial will be in Resurrection cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. on Thursday, February 1 at Joyce Funeral Home, 5701 Odana Rd. where a prayer service will be held at 7:30 p.m."
Philip H. Kiernan
The Milwaukee Journal, Jan 3, 1884 - Sub. by K.T.
Philip H. Kiernan, Jr., died at his home in Madison yesterday, aged about 23 years, after a brief illness, of congestion of the stomach. The deceased was well known in Milwaukee having been employed by the Telephone company to fix unruly instruments for complaining subscribers.
Belle Case La Follette
Dallas Morning News (19 Aug. 1931) - Sub. by a Friend of Free Genealogy
Bob La Follette's Widow Dies in Washington
WASHINGTON. Aug. 18 (AP).-Mrs. Belle Case La Follette. widow of the late Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin, died at 6:05 p. m. Tuesday in the Georgetown Hospital here.
Senator LaFollette and his brother, Governor La Follette of Wisconsin, her two sons were at the bedside. A daughter, Mrs. George Middleton is en route from California, and another daughter, Mrs. Ralph G. Sucher, was at the hospital.
The 72-year-old widow of Fighting Bob was operated upon Monday for an intestinal ailment.
Will I. La Follette
Tulsa World (2 May 1913) - Sub. by a Friend of Free Genealogy
Senator La Folette's Brother Dead
Madison, Wisc. May 1 -- Will I. Lafollette, only brother of Senator Robert M. LaFollette, died this evening of heart disease after a prolonged illness. He was 66 years old. Mr. LaFollette was active in the recent Wilson campaign in Wisconsin.
Charles Manley
Source: Wisconsin Weekly Advocate (23 Nov. 1899) transcribed by FoFG MZ
Sun Prairie, Wis., Nov. 21. – Charles Manley of this township died very suddenly, aged 38 years. Heart disease was the cause of death.
Henry Neiland
Source: "The Rockford Morning News", October 16, 1907 - Sub. by Barb Z.HANGS HIMSELF - BODY IS FOUND ON C&N.W. TRAIN
BODY IS FOUND IN TOILET ROOM
BOARDED TRAIN AT HURON . S. D.
WINONA, Minn., Oct. 15—When a passenger train on the Northwestern railroad pulled into the station here this afternoon, Henry Neiland, of Dane county, was found hanging by his suspenders which had been attached to a pipe in the toilet room of the coach. The man boarded the train at Huron, S. D. He had a ticket to Madison, Wis., and a small sum of money. A telegram with a note directing that whatever was discovered on his body was to be given to his brother William, at Dane, Wis., were found.
Robert Nichols
Source: Wisconsin Weekly Advocate (23 Nov. 1899) transcribed by FoFG MZ
Madison, Wis., Nov. 21. – Word has been received here of the death in Kansas City of Robert J. L. Nichols, father of “Kid” Nichols, the famous twirler of the Boston baseball team. Mr. Nichols the elder came to Madison in 1856 from Saratoga Springs, N. Y., and conducted a meat market here for several years, his last shop being the one now owned by Mayor Hoven. Two of his children still live in this city, one being John H. Nichols, the other Mrs. S. E. Griffiths. Other sons are engaged in business in Kansas City.
Myron H. Orton
Source: Marathon County Record (Wausau, Marathon County, Wis.) Thursday, 27 Mar. 1862; transcribed by Marla Zwakman]
Myron H. Orton, of Madison, Wisconsin, died at his residence, of consumption, on the 19th instant.
James E. Pertzborn
"Wisconsin State Journal", May 1, 1996 - Submitted by Jim Honer
MADISON - James E. Pertzborn, age 70, died on Tuesday, April 30, 1996. He was born on September 2, 1925 in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Henry and Gertrude Pertzborn. Jim married the former Peggy Cleary on May 1, 1948. He attended Blessed Sacrament Grade School, Edgewood High School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He served aboard the U.S.S. Spangenberg, a destroyer escort, during World War II. He later became president of H. J. Pertzborn Plumbing and Fire Protection, a company his father founded in 1928. Jim was past president of the West Side Businessman's Association, the National Association of Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors, the Madison Exchange Club, served as Dane County Board Supervisor from 1963 to 1970 and as a volunteer fireman for the Town of Madison. He was also a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus, Rounder's Club, Rotary Club, Madison Club, VFW Post # 1318 and the Navy League. During the past 10 years, Jim and Peg spent the winter months at their residence in Naples, Florida where they now have many friends. Jim is survived by his wife of 48 years, Peg Pertzborn; seven children, Robert (Karen) Pertzborn of Madison, Mary Jo (Steve) Kolkhorst of York, Maine, Janet (John) Morrison of Denver, Colorado, Jane (Al) Short of Middletown, Maryland, Rita (Mark) Foxworthy of San Diego, California, John (Mary) Pertzborn of St. Louis, Missouri and Kit (Jeff) Seeliger of Madison; nine grandchildren; four sisters, Delores (Bill) Butler of Madison, Elaine ("Hoppy") Hopson of Prescott, Arizona, Mary Weaver of West Bend, Wisconsin, and Patricia (Dean) Corcoran of Madison; and a brother of Coolidge, Arizona. He was proceeded in death by his parents. Funeral services will be held at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1905 West Beltline Highway at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 4, 1996. Father Guy Blair will officiate. Burial will follow in Resurrection Cemetery. Family and friends may call from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Friday May 3, 1996 at the Cress Funeral Home, 3610 Speedway Road. A rosary service will be held for Jim at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The family would like to thank the doctors and staff of University Hospital who assisted Jim. He will be greatly missed by all who were fortunate enough to enjoy his generosity, humor and appreciation of life. His spirit lives on in all who admired and loved him.
Baby Son of Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Strand
Source: Cambridge News (Cambridge, Wis.) Friday, 16 Mar. 1917; submitted by FoFG (mz)
The four and a half month baby boy of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Strand died Friday morning of pneumonia. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 12:30 at the West Koshkonong church, Rev. Krostu officiating. The pallbearers were Arden Hansen, Rudolph Strand, Lloyd and Arthur Hansen.
Ole O. Texle
Source: Cambridge News (Cambridge, Wis.) Friday, 16 Mar. 1917; submitted by FoFG (mz)
Ole O. Texle died in Cambridge, Sunday morning, March 4th at the age of 77 years and 6 months. He was buried Tuesday March 6th at the East Koshkonong cemetery.
He was born Aug. 17th 1839 at Osland, Nummedal, Norway of parents, Ole Paulsen Osland and wife Marit and was the fourth of five children born in Norway.
In 1853 the family came to America and settled first in La Salle Co., Ill. Here a daughter died twenty years old in 1853. The family later moved to Koshkonong Prairie where Ole Texle first had 40 acres of land near Deerfield and later bought 40 acres in town of Christiana north of Martin Kravlek's. Twice he made visits to Norway and called on relatives and friends in the land of his birth. Remaining unmarried, he sought comfort in the Lutheran church and the Christian faith and after retiring to Cambridge, was still a regular attendant at church services at East Koshkonone.
He roomed for many years with Mrs. Lera Olscn Berg, and leaves only three relatives, sons of his married sister. They are Martin, Theodore and Karl Tergersen, who were present at the funeral. Rev. Krostu officiated and Rev. John Halvorson also spoke at the funeral.
Ronald M. Vandervort
Source: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wis.) Thursday 20 Aug. 1992, page 3B; submitted by Diana Heser Morse
Madison - Ronald M. Vandervort, age 48, of Madison, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 18, 1992. He was born on April 25, 1944, in Raleigh, North Carolina, the son of Miles and Jane Vandervort. He married Jane Bauman on August 13, 1966. Ron was employed with General Casualty of Wisconsin as a Commercial Accounts Specialist for the last 20 years. He served with the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam Conflict and graduated from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a Bachelors Degree in Business. Survivors include his wife, Jane; two children, Stuart of Fort Carson, Colorado, and Sarah of Madison; and two brothers, Robert (Yvonne) Vandervort of Madison, and Edward (Sue) Vandervort of Houston, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, Augsut 20, 1992 at Bethany Evangelical Free church, 301 Riverside Drive, with the Reverend W. Peter Vander Hook officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery with Military graveside rites conducted by the Madison Area Veterans Council. Friends may call on Wednesday, August 19, from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. at the Gunderson Funeral Home, 5203 Monona Drive. Memorials may be made to the Bethany Evangelical Free Church.
Lillian Vaughan
Source: Ron Flink Scrapbook Collection; contributed by Ron Flink & transcribed by Marla Zwakman
Miss Lillian Vaughan passed away at her late home in the town of Unity on Saturday morning, October 9, 1937, aged 69 years, her death being caused by a cancer from which she has suffered for the past several months.
Miss Vaughan, daughter of Daniel B. and Sarah J. Vaughan, was born near Sun Prairie, Wis., April 23, 1868. In 1880 the family moved to Unity, Wis., and it was just 57 years ago that she first set foot upon the farm that has continued to be her home nearly all of the time.
She attended and graduated from our schools and has spent most of her life among us. For more than a year she engaged in evangelistic work as a member of the Christian Crusaders, then returning home and devoted her life to the car of her parents and brothers. For several years she served as a substitute carrier on rural route No. 1 out of Unity and was the first carrier on route two when it was first authorized, serving six months as temporary carrier.
On May 10, 1885, she united with the Unity Methodist Episcopal church and became its oldest resident member. She was a sincere and earnest Christian and held nearly every office the local church has to offer. She began her work as a teacher in the Sunday school and continued in this work for years. In this way her life has touched hundreds of children and youths and she has given hope and inspiration to many others during this half century of labor. Her last work for the church was the compilation of its history for the “home-coming” services the first of August, 1937, these being the last services she attended.
She was always ready to go out and nurse the sick and help the needy. She was ever busy with the life of the farm, the church, and the community, but her interests were larger than these – she was always interested in world movements of church and state.
She was a member of the local Rebecca Lodge and served as a delegate to the grand assembly of the state. She was also a member of the Eastern Star at Abbotsford.
She leaves to recall her sacrificial life, her brothers, Fred S., of Yankton, S.D.; George, the pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church in Stanley, Wis.; and John and Ralph of Unity, a large number of nephews and nieces, and other relatives, as well as many friends.
The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Unity Methodist church, Rev. Paul Nulton officiating. The pall bearers who carried her to her last resting place were all members of her beloved family.
Sarah Jane Vaughan
Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 17 Apr. 1919; contributed by Ron Flink & transcribed by Marla Zwakman
Sarah Jane Terry was born in Janesville, N.Y., Feb. 3, 1844, and departed this life at the home of her son, Ralph, April 3, 1919, aged 75 years and two months.
On July 17, 1863, she was united in marriage to Daniel B. Vaughan, who was at home on furlough, in Redford, N.Y. To this union nine children were born: Francis O., who died in infancy; Fred S. of Ocean Springs, Miss.; Mary A. Lawson of Hartsell, Ala.; Nellie V. James of Mt. Hope, Wis., and George W. of Patch Grove, Wis. All were present at the funeral, except Mary.
In 1867 the family decided to come west and they settled in Sun Prairie, Wis. Her they lived for thirteen years. They then removed to Clark County, Wis., and reached Unity, Oct. 12, 1889. Mr. Vaughan had previously purchased 80 acres of land at two dollars per acre, and had cleared on acre. A building was put up, 16 x 24 feet in size, which forms the present home.
Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan came to this section when it was a vast wilderness, dotted here and there by little communities of pioneers, but the many cares of the home and her growing family did not restrain this Christian woman from her tireless and unceasing labors for the uplifting and bettering the early social conditions of the community.
In her girlhood, Mrs. Vaughan united with the Methodist Episcopal Church and has remained an active worker up to the time of her death. Besides the children, there are 13 grandchildren, who, with many friends and acquaintances, will miss her.
The funeral services were held in the Methodist Church on Wednesday afternoon, April 9 and were conducted by her pastor, the Rev. J. H. Paul. - Unity Register
Leonard Vetter
Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 11 May 1950
Mr. and Mrs. George Vetter and sons left last week Wednesday afternoon for Madison to attend the funeral of his father, Leonard Vetter, age 90.
Lars Vingom
Capital Times (Madison, Dane County, Wis.) 17 September 1920; submitted by Diana Heser Morse
STROKE FATAL TO L. VINGOM OF STOUGHTON
Resident Since 1865 is Called by Death at 76 Years
Stoughton --- Lars Vingom, who last Saturday evening was stricken with apoplexy at his home on Sixth st., passed away Thursday morning. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home and at 1:30 at Our Savior's church, burial following at Riverside cemetery.
The deceased was a native of Norway, where he was born in Navslo, Sogn, March 4, 1844, thus being in his 77th year at the time of his death. In 1855 he came to this country, arriving in Stoughton on June 21, and his since resided here continuously. He was married on June 24, 1868, to Miss Siri Halverson, who had come from Norway the year before Mr. Vingom, and after their marriage went to housekeeping in the house in which they have lived ever since --- more than half a century. Mr. Vingom was engaged in general contracting and house moving throughout his residence here until some seven or eight years ago when he retired from active work.
He leaves his wife, now 78 years of age, and three children, two sons, Nels and Martin, and a daughter, Mrs. Amil Haried, all of this city, and surviving him are also one brother, Ole, residing on the west side, and two sisters, Mrs. Andrew Brovald, of Findley, Wis., and Mrs. Brita Peterson, who at present is making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Jesse Utter.
Charles B. Watson
Source: Wisconsin Enquirer (16 Mar. 1839) submitted by Erica Beatty
In this town on Sunday evening last Charles B. Watson, Printer, aged about 40 years.
Source: Milwaukee Sentinel (26 Mar. 1839) submitted by Erica Beatty
In Madison, on Sunday, the 15th Charles B. Watson, Printer, aged about 40 years.
