Area Obituaries

Vera I. (Thatcher) Dresser, age 97 died Saturday, December 4, 2021, at the American Lutheran Home in Menomonie, WI. Vera was born January 27, 1924, in the Twp. of Cady, St. Croix County, WI. The 6th of 14 children born to Thomas and May Isabella (Kegan) Thatcher. She grew up on the family farm until…

Dennis E. Wold, “John Deere Denny” 81, of Connorsville, WI. Passed away on November 29, 2021, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN, after a short battle with emphysema and COPD. Dennis was born on October 6, 1940, in New Richmond, WI, to Elmer and Evelyn (Moen) Wold. He graduated from Boyceville High School in…

Ardys Maukstad Hoveland, 98, of Colfax, WI died on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at the Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center. Ardys was born on October 13, 1923, daughter of George and Mathilda (Teppen) Maukstad.  Ardys’s mother passed when she was about 2. She was raised by her Grandmother Maukstad and Uncle Oliver Maukstad.  Ardys’s father…

Randy J. Larson, age 55 of Colfax, was called home by God on November 30, 2021 surrounded by family while at Luther Hospital after a long hard fought battle with cancer. He was born on March 10, 1966 to Orville and Faith (Snyder) Larson. Randy married Peggy Johnson on October 10, 1992. Randy was a…

Roger Lawrence Stansbury, age 86 of Glenwood City, WI passed away on November 19, 2021. Roger was born on October 10, 1935, to Clara & Lawrence Stansbury on a farm in Town of Sheridan in Dunn County near Vanceburg, WI. Some of his favorite memories are waiting for the older kids to come home from…

Dustin B. Berends, age 36 died on Friday November 19, 2021 at his home in rural Colfax, WI from complications related to a motorcycle accident. Dustin was born August 17, 1985, in Menomonie, WI to Darwin and Laurel (Hintzman) Berends. He recently moved out to the country and conversations revolved around the deer he had…

Walter Ole Weeks Jr., age 87, of Hudson, WI, passed away peacefully on November 19, 2021, at Christian Community Home in Osceola, WI. Walter was born in Ames, Iowa on February 9, 1934, to parents Walter and Mary (Cowdry) Weeks. He grew up in Colfax, WI, and graduated from Colfax High School before attending the…