Richard Tollkuhn, 65, died of complications of emphysema Dec. 24, 2019 at his home in High Ridge, Missouri in the St. Louis area. He was the son of Dorothy and Reinhold Tollkuhn, and grew up in Delavan. He graduated from Delavan-Darien High School in 1972 and was on the swimming […]
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DALE H. OLSON
Dale H. Olson, loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, died on Oct. 26, 2020, at the age of 83, after too many years with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born March 9, 1937 in Walworth, to Katherine (Eifer) and Hubert Olson. As a young boy he loved spending summers in Cherry […]
County responds to rising COVID-19 cases
Public Health Dept. implements crisis standards of practice for contact tracing Health Officer Erica Bergstrom announced Friday afternoon the Walworth County Public Health Department has implemented Crisis Standards of Practice in response to the growing number of COVID-19 cases in Walworth County. During the past two weeks, nearly 600 new […]
JOHN JURGENS
On Oct. 9, 2020, John Leroy Jurgens of Elkhorn, went to be with the Lord at the age of 65. He was a loving husband and father of seven daughters. John was born on Jan. 14, 1955. He was second in line of four sons. His mother, Kallie Jurgens, fell […]
GWENDOLYN TVETER
Gwendolyn “Gwen” Tveter, 92, longtime resident of Williams Bay, currently of Golden Years Retirement Home, died Tuesday, Sept. 22. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Friday, Sept. 25, at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Delavan. Friends may call the church a half hour prior to services. Betzer Funeral Home […]
SANDRA MOSER
Sandra Moser, 71, of Janesville, formerly of Delavan, passed away at University of Wisconsin Medical Center in Madison. A visitation will be held Friday, Aug. 28 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Toynton’s Walworth Funeral Home, 328 Kenosha St., Walworth and again on Saturday, Aug. 29 from 10 a.m. until […]
JOHN BALTES
John Fredric Baltes, 87, of Kenosha, passed away Aug. 18, 2020, at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Home in Dover. He was born Feb. 7, 1933 to Norbert and Bertha (nee Ziebarth) Baltes in Madison. He attended Madison grade schools and graduated from Madison East High School. John married Madonna Cammack in […]
GARNETT L. BURT
Garnett L. Burt, 68, of Loretta/Draper, passed away Aug. 12, 2020. She was born June 28, 1952, in Elkhorn, to Lawrence and Mertie (Rumppe) Beier. She married Charles “Chuck” Burt on May 6, 1978; in Woodstock, Ill. Chuck and Garnett were always together and hardly apart. They lived many happy […]
MEL BONESS
Mel Earle Boness, 91, Delavan, died Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020 at Ridgestone Village. Private family services were held Wednesday at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. Betzer Funeral Home is serving the Boness family.
SCOTT TAYLOR
Scott LeRoy Taylor, 60 of Elkhorn, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020 at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee. He was born Nov. 19, 1959 in Goldsboro, NC to Lyle and Ethel (Strand) Taylor, while his father was stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. Scott was […]
