Area Obituaries

A celebration of life will be held for Eugene and Margitta Graf on Saturday, October 14 from 12 to 4 p.m. at Ritchie Pavilion in Turtle Lake Park. Margitta (Specht) Graf passed away November 23, 2022 in Arizona. She was born in Mannheim, Germany in 1938 to parents Kurt and Lydia Specht. As a girl,…

Walter “Bud” Michael Strasser Jr., age 77, of Turtle Lake passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at Golden Age Manor of Amery. He was born September 11, 1946 in Cumberland, WI to Walter Sr. and Frances “Betty” Strasser. He was married in Range, WI on March 11, 1967 to Jill Stevens. Bud attended UW-River Falls…

Dale Otto Evenson, 80, of Rice Lake died, June 5, 2023, peacefully at his home just as he had wanted. He was born October 6, 1942, in Mauston, WI to Lloyd and Myra (Johnson) Evenson. Dale started working in the telecommunications industry in 1963 in Hudson, and then the Turtle Lake telephone company from 1977-2004…

Wayne M. Hagen, 86, of Cumberland died, June 5, 2023, at Cumberland Healthcare. He was born July 24, 1936, in Cumberland, WI to Myron and Martha (Schwederske) Hagen. Wayne began working as a milk hauler and later worked for Yellow River Supply for 35 years before retiring. He was married in Eau Claire, WI on…

On Thursday, May 25th, 2023, Thomas Olson, loving husband and father of three children, passed away at the age of 79. Tom was born on March 15th, 1944 in Cumberland, Wisconsin to Fred and Elvina Olson. He received his bachelor of science in agriculture from UW-River Falls in 1966. His careers over the years included…

Greg Rayment, 70, of Almena died Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at Cumberland Healthcare. He was born March 28, 1952 in Rice Lake to William and Gertrude (Krecker) Rayment. He graduated from Barron High School in 1970, began working for the Township of Almena and joined the Army National Guard. He was married on April 25,…

James Melvin Mitchell was born on September 4, 1947 in Waterloo, Iowa to David and Eleanor Mitchell.  He and his family moved to Frederic, Wisconsin in 1955.  He was a graduate of Frederic High School and continued his schooling at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.  He married Mary Gamache on December 6, 1969 at Elim…

Arlyce “Artie” Langness, 75, of Amery, Wisconsin, passed away Monday, February 13, 2023 at home surrounded by her family after a short battle with cancer. Artie was raised in Turtle Lake, WI. She married Neal Langness on August 31, 1974. They lived on a farm in the big town of Wanderoos. Artie worked many different…

John L. Warland age 75 of Prairie Du Chein, WI formally of Turtle Lake, WI, passed away suddenly at his home on Sunday February 5, 2023. He was born in Turtle Lake, WI on January 10, 1948, the son of Buster Warland and Louise (Johnson) Warland. He grew up in Turtle Lake and graduated from…

Rosella S. Ullrich, age 93 of Turtle Lake, WI passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 2, 2023 at the Shell Lake Health Care Center in Shell Lake, WI. She was born October 25,1929 in Fremont Center, IL to John and Laura (Tekampe) Hertel. Formerly from Johnsburg, IL, Fremont Center, and Mundelein. On June 18, 1949,…