Obituaries

James Becker

James Becker

Mar 4, 2013

Age 82 years, of Minneapolis, MN, Fairbanks AK, and Danbury, WI., peacefully passed away on March 4, 2013, at his home in Danbury. Preceded in death by his parents, his brother Bill, and his wife, Marilyn. He will be greatly missed by his wife, Jean; daughters Susan (Brad) Anderson, Cindy (Bruce) Palm, son, Dan (Cheryl) Becker; grandchildren, James Anderson, Katie...

Barbara Cunningham

Barbara Cunningham

Mar 1, 2013

Barbara J. Cunningham, age 84, a resident of Siren died March 1, 2013. Barbara was born on March 7, 1928 in Coalinga, California to George & Frankie Smith. Barbara attended school in Coalinga, California. Through the years she also lived in Texarkana, Texas and eventually moved to rural Wisconsin in 1974. As a young person Barbara enjoyed leading horseback hunting...

George Emerson

George Emerson

Feb 26, 2013

George Louis Emerson, age 76 of Webster died February 26, 2013. George was born March 19, 1936 to Charles and Gladys Emerson in Marshfield Wisconsin. George worked as a machinist for McNally Industries in Grantsburg, Wisconsin and proudly retired from the US Navy as a member of the Seabees. He was also a member of the Burnett County VFW Post...

Tom Johnson

Tom Johnson

Feb 25, 2013

Tom Johnson, age 68, a resident of Siren died February 25, 2013 after a short illness. Tom was born on October 7, 1944 to Herman and Ginny Johnson. Tom and his wife, Gloria owned and operated Tom’s Bar, serving their patrons in Siren for 35 years. Tom also owned Johnson Realty, where he spent a number of years selling real...

Roy Semo

Roy Semo

Feb 23, 2013

Roy Edward Semo Sr., age 85 of Danbury died February 23, 2013. Roy was born on July 7, 1927 in St Paul, Minnesota to George and Blanche Semo. He was united in marriage to Lois on March 22, 1945. Roy owned and operated Semo Cattle Company and enjoyed Golf, Hunting, fishing and spending time with his children and grandchildren. Roy...

Thomas Dinkel

Thomas Dinkel

Feb 18, 2013

Thomas L. Dinkel, age 53, of Siren, WI, formerly of Beaver Dam, died suddenly from a heart attack on Monday, February 18, 2013. Thomas was born on June 25, 1959 in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin to Dale and JoAnn (Carr) Dinkel. He graduated from Beaver Dam High School in 1977 and from UW Oshkosh in 1982. Tom served for the State...

Edwin Blanding

Edwin Blanding

Feb 17, 2013

Edwin (Ed) R. Blanding, age 64, of Danbury died February 17, 2013. Ed was born on May 22, 1948 in Frederic to Rexford and Karen Marie Blanding. He was united in marriage to Sharon on November 25, 1972 in Bloomington, Illinois. Ed worked as an industrial electrician, working in oil fields, nuclear power plants, missile sites in the Dakotas, taconite...

George Kasper

George Kasper

Feb 16, 2013

George H. Kasper, age 84, of Danbury died February 16, 2013. George was born on June 6, 1928 in Stubbs Township in Rusk County, Wisconsin to Antone and Helen Kasper. He was united in marriage to Marcella on August 25, 1951 in Weyerhauser. George worked for BF Nelson Manufacturing in Minneapolis for 25 years. He later worked at Horton, and...

Robert Tveit

Robert Tveit

Feb 16, 2013

Robert (Bob) L. Tveit, age 72, a resident of Danbury died February 16, 2013. Bob was born in Williams, Minnesota on February 8, 1941 to proud parents Thorwald and Lorraine Tveit. He and Patricia were married at their church, St. Andrews Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi, Minnesota on September 26, 1964. Bob worked with the Coast Guard Reserves for 45 years....

Dennis Snow

Dennis Snow

Feb 14, 2013

Dennis L Snow, AKA "Snow/Big/ Snowball" age 62 of Dairyland WI passed away on February 14, 2013 surrounded by family. Snow was born on May 8, 1950 to Ruth and Leo Snow. He married Dawn Corbin on January 31, 1992. Snow was a graduate of River Falls High School. He worked for Cemstone Ready Mix for a number of years,...

Charles Peterson

Charles Peterson

Feb 14, 2013

A memorial service will be held at a later date. More information to follow.

Dennis Flavin

Dennis Flavin

Feb 11, 2013

Dennis "Denny" Flavin, age 72, of Webster, WI and formerly of Bloomington, MN passed away on February 11, 2013 at his home. Denny was born on September 2, 1940 to Lyle and Grace Flavin in Minneapolis, MN. Denny had an older brother Thomas "Tom" who lived in Augusta, GA. When Denny's folks divorced, the boys lived with their mother for...

Leianne Doriott

Leianne Doriott

Feb 11, 2013

Leianne G. Doriott, age 52, a resident of Webster died February 11, 2013. Leianne was born on May 11, 1960 in Hudson to parents Leland and Janice Johnson. Leianne enjoyed being outdoors tending to her garden, collecting agates, riding horseback, going hunting and fishing. She also liked to take time to read, travel and was known to sing. She was...

Andrew Karl

Andrew Karl

Feb 10, 2013

Andrew J. (Dude) Karl, age 42, of Illiamna, Alaska formerly of Frederic died February 10, 2013. Dude was born on September 28, 1970 in Frederic to Darrell (Jim) and Nancy Karl. Dude had a passion for hunting, fishing, music and writing. He loved to sing, shoot pool, tell stories, write limericks and laugh with his family and friends. He was...

Wayne Krueger

Wayne Krueger

Feb 7, 2013

Wayne D. Krueger, age 62, of Siren, WI passed away on February 7, 2013 at his home. A time of gathering will be held on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 from 1:00-3:00 at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Siren, WI.

Gordon Pickering

Gordon Pickering

Feb 3, 2013

Private family services were held.

Leo Butler

Leo Butler

Feb 1, 2013

Friends may call on Sunday, February 3, 2013 after 2:00 PM at Leo's home 26822 County Road H, Webster. Funeral service will be held on Monday will burial following at the Gaslyn Cemetery. A full obituary will follow.

Shirley Gipford

Shirley Gipford

Jan 28, 2013

A committal service will be held on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 1:00 PM at the Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Spooner. A full obituary will follow.

Ruth Schmidt

Ruth Schmidt

Jan 25, 2013

Ruth H. Schmidt, age 87, of Danbury died January 25, 2013. Ruth was born on June 14, 1925 in Kingsdale, Minnesota the daughter of Carl and Alva Nelson. Ruth married Robert Miller on January 26, 1946 in Duluth, Minnesota. After his death, Ruth later married Wallace Schmidt in April 1980 in Markville, Minnesota. Ruth was a resident of Blaine Township...

Iola Taylor

Iola Taylor

Jan 21, 2013

Funeral service will be Friday, January 25, 2013 at 1:00 PM (visitation 11-1 PM) at Swedberg-Taylor Family Funerl Home, Webster. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred. A full obituary will follow.