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  • James “Jim” Anderson

    COBB/ST. GERMAIN – James “Jim” Anderson, age 79 passed away from natural causes at his home on Tuesday, May 26th, with his beloved wife by his side. Born on September 4, 1946, to the late Wilson and Florence Anderson, he grew up on the family farm near Cobb, WI. A devoted husband, loving father, proud…

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  • Thomas Morse Trimble

    Barneveld – Thomas Morse Trimble, age 85, died on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at his home in rural Barneveld.Tom was born in Boonville, Missouri on July 9, 1940, Tom spent his first four years living on a farm before his family moved to Madison. He attended West High School and later graduated from the University…

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  • Mary Ann Warner

    Dodgeville – Mary Ann Warner died peacefully on Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at Crestridge Assisted Living in Dodgeville. Her physical heart failed, but her actual, loving heart never did.Ann was born June 28, 1939 to Mary and Charles Kearns in Iowa. She moved to Whitewater, Wisconsin and graduated with many dear friends in the class…

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  • Renee F. Spensley

    Renee F. Spensley, 60, of Platteville, WI died Sunday, May 10, 2026 after a brief illness at SSM Health- St. Mary’s, Madison. Renee was born December 15, 1965, the daughter of Eugene and Wanda (Duncan) Bartow.Renee graduated from Platteville High School in 1984. Renee married Mark Spensley at the United Methodist Church, Platteville, on May…

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  • Renee F. Spensley

    Renee F. Spensley, 60, of Platteville, WI died Sunday, May 10, 2026 after a brief illness at SSM Health- St. Mary’s, Madison. Renee was born December 15, 1965, the daughter of Eugene and Wanda (Duncan) Bartow. Renee graduated from Platteville High School in 1984. Renee married Mark Spensley at the United Methodist Church, Platteville, on…

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  • Susan “Sue” Foley

    Susan “Sue” Foley, age 80 of Highland, peacefully passed away at home with her loving husband by her side after a very courageous battle with cancer on Saturday, May 16, 2026. Following Sue’s wishes, no formal services will be held. Online condolences may be made at www.houckfuneralhomes.com McGuire-Peterson-Houck Funeral Home Highland 608-929-4815 www.houckfuneralhomes.com

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  • Marion G. (Flattem) Blabaum

    Marion G. (Flattem) Blabaum, age 90 of Dodgeville/Highland, peacefully passed away surrounded by her family on May 18, 2026, at Upland Hills Heath after a brief illness. She was born on December 20, 1935, in Edgerton, WI, to John and Lucille (Richard) Flattem. Marion graduated from Edgerton High School in 1953. On June 19, 1953,…

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  • Fredric Gordon Deines

    Plan and attack the day. So begins the last journal entry of Fredric Gordon Deines on May 11, 2026, words written again and again by a man who for eighty years launched himself out of bed before sunrise and charged at the world like a bull moose, much like his hero Teddy Roosevelt. Born to…

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  • Joyce Alberta Harris

    Joyce Alberta Harris, 93, of rural Barneveld, passed away on Sunday, May 17th, 2026 at her home. Born on July 20, 1932, to Charles H. and Eunice (Howard) Yeager, Joyce grew up on the farm in Iowa County, where she developed a deep appreciation for family, hard work, and rural life. She and her sisters,…

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  • Robert (Bob) Edwin Hill

    Robert (Bob) Edwin Hill, age 95, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, May 17, 2026. He was born on January 10, 1931 in Madison, WI to parents Harold and Grace Hill. He graduated from East High School in Madison, WI in 1949. He married Betty Bergen in September of 1960. Although they divorced…

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