Obituaries
Philip J. “Butch” Abbott Jr., 75, of Black River Falls died Saturday, July 23, 2022, at Marshfield Medical Center, Marshfield. He was born on May 13, 1947, to Philip Sr. and Dorothy (Johnson) Abbott in Sparta.
He lived in Cataract, WI, for his entire childhood. He attended Sparta Area...
Kathy “Kat” Heeringa, 53, passed away peacefully July 14, 2022, at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, WI. Kathy was born Sept. 19, 1968, to Elwin and Fran Walsted of the Hixton, WI area. A graduate of Black River Falls High School, she worked many years at the Black River Falls truck...
Dean John Wilken, 80, of Black River Falls, WI, passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at Black River Memorial Hospital in Black River Falls, WI. He was born Sept. 14, 1941, in Champaign, IL, to John and Anna Peters.
Dean enlisted in the United States Navy March 2, 1960, and honorably...
Roy F. Conant of Appleton, passed away 7/24/2022.
Visitation Thursday 7/28/22 4-7, Friday visitation 7/29/22 3-5 with services @5pm.
Valley Funeral Home Greenville N1858 Greenville Dr. Greenville WI 54942.
A full obituary is available at valleyfh.com and will appear in next week’s issue of the...
A Celebration of Life will be held for Richard Ernst Saturday, July 30, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, Black River Falls.
Harold I. Salsbery, Jr. (Bill) passed away peacefully in his sleep the morning of June 12, 2022, at Grandview Care Center, Blair, WI. He was born in Dunmore, PA, to Harold and Mary (Watkins) Salsbery Aug. 24, 1931.
A celebration of Bill’s life will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, July 31,...
Paul E. Galster passed away Saturday, July 23, 2022, in his home in Alma Center, WI, after a battle with ALS. Paul was born Sept. 28, 1957 to Everett and Evelyn (Keach) Galster in Neillsville, WI. He was the youngest of seven children.
Paul lived all his life on the family farm in Alma...
On Wednesday, July 20, 2022, Don H. Walker, loving husband, father of two children and five grandchildren, passed away at the age of 64.
Don was born Feb. 27, 1958, to Dick and Jean (Fees) Walker. He graduated from Alma Center High School, and was united in marriage to Beth Bilda Feb. 5,...
Isaac “Ike” Jay Bryan, 23, of Neillsville passed away tragically July 10, 2022, as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Ike was born June 29, 1999, in Eau Claire to Beth Bryan Powell and Eric Koster. He was baptized Lutheran at Zion Lutheran Church in Granton. A 2017...
Carolyn Jean Hart passed away peacefully in her sleep and was called home to be reunited with family members in Heaven July 15, 2022, at the age of 85. Carolyn was born Dec. 13, 1936, the daughter of John Albert and Loretta (Livermore) Frueh. She attended school in Fairchild.
On Aug. 7, 1954...