Month: September 2019

Obituaries

JERRY A. BRABAZON

Jerry A. Brabazon, 65, of Elkhorn, died peacefully Sept. 9, 2019, at his home n Elkhorn. He was born April 1, 1954, in Elkhorn, to the late Arden Brabazon and Ruth (Wolff) (Brabazon) Uglow. Jerry graduated from Burlington High School with the Class of 1972. He was an avid golfer […]

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DeANNA ANDERSON

      DeAnna Jean Anderson, 78, passed away at home with her family on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. She was born in Jamestown, N.Y. on May 27, 1941, to the late Herman and Evangeline (nee Peterson) Nelson. On June 15, 1963 in Milwaukee, she was united in marriage with Donald R. […]

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GARY D. BOHN

Gary D. Bohn, 75, of Halstead, Kan., passed away on Sept. 15, 2019, at Waterford Senior Living in Waterford. Graveside service with military honors will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at Halstead Cemetery in Halstead, Kan. Monroe Funeral Home in Delavan is assisting the family.

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TINA STERKEN SHAFER

      Tina Sterken Shafer, 56, died on Sept. 18, 2019, as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident. She was born in Harvard, Ill., on April 22, 1963, the eldest of what would be six children. She had three children of her own: Jeremiah, of Sparta, Malachi, of […]

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ROBERT RAY SCHMID

      Robert Ray (Bob) Schmid, Dousman, formerly of Delavan, passed away Sept. 17, 2019. Bob was born Nov. 22, 1927, in Elkhorn, the youngest of 10 children to Frederick and Avis (Simmons) Schmid. Bob married Charlotte Hines in 1952, in Walworth County, had a dairy farm and raised three daughters, […]

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NICHOLAS G. KONZ

Nicholas G. Konz Sr., 96, of Delavan, died on Sept. 21, 2019, at Mercy Walworth Medical Center in Lake Geneva. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Monroe Funeral Home in Delavan. Visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service on Saturday […]

Whitewater

Sweet competition

      Studio 84 Inc., which works with people with disabilities, hosted a Chocolate Cake War fundraiser Sept. 14 at the studio in Whitewater. It featured five contestants Michelle Kehoe, Jeanne Jonely, Beth Allen-Tiernan, Stephanie Bailey and Rhonda Kolander with Bailey (above on the right) being chosen the winner after taste […]

Elkhorn

Elkhorn water is safe to drink

High radium levels likely a sampling error, according to officials By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent Officials with the City of Elkhorn want to reassure residents that despite the detection of radium in a test sample of the drinking water at the Lakeland Water Plant this summer, City water is still safe […]