(4/23/12) Mary Z. Overlien, 90, of Black River Falls, WI passed away Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Pine View Care Center, Black River Falls.  Funeral services for Mary will be held Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 11:00 a.m., at Little Norway Lutheran Church, Black River Falls. Reverend Calvin Thoreson will be officiating. Burial will follow in Little Norway Lutheran Cemetery, Black River Falls. Family and friends are invited for visitation Wednesday, from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service at the church.  Buswell Funeral Home of Black River Falls is assisting the family with arrangements.

(4-22-12)  John H. Sullivan, 75, of Black River Falls, WI, passed away Saturday, April 21, 2012, at Black River Falls Memorial Hospital, while under the care of Black River Memorial Hospice. According to John’s wishes, there will be no services held. Buswell Funeral Home of Black River Falls is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences are available at www.buswellfuneralhome.com.

(4-21-12) Carrol Berg age 90 of Blair, WI died on Friday April 20, 2012 in the Tri-County Memorial Hospital in Whitehall, WI. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday April 24, 2012 in the Blair Lutheran Church East (formerly First Lutheran)  Visitation will be held on Monday April 23, 2012 from 4 till 8 p.m. in the Jack Funeral Home in Blair, WI and also one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will follow in the Rest Haven Cemetery in Blair.

(4/21/12) Raymond “Ray” H. Aschenbrenner, 59, of Black River Falls died Friday, April 20, 2012, in Green Bay, Wis. There will be a celebration of life from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Miles-Hagen American Legion Post, Black River Falls. Torgerson Funeral Home, Black River Falls, is assisting the family.

(4-21-12)  Arliss I. Utke, 97 of Tomah, died Saturday, April 21, 2012 at the Tomah Memorial Hospital. She was born on March 29, 1915 to Frank and Alma (Schultz) Zimmerman. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 3:00 P.M. at St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church, 525 Superior Ave., Tomah. Pastor Donald R. Buch will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Relatives and friends are invited to call on Wednesday at the church from 2:00 P.M. until the time of the service. The Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be given at www.sonnenburgfamilyfh.com

(4-19-12) Edward C. Shramek, Jr., 83, of Alma Center, WI, passed away peacefully, Thursday, April 19, 2012, at the home of his daughter and surrounded by family, while under the care of Black River Memorial Hospice. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, April 26, 2012, 11:00 a.m., at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Alma Center. Father Emmanuel Famiyeh will be officiating. Burial, with military honors, will follow at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Alma Center. Family and friends are invited for visitation, Wednesday, April 25, 2012, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., with a rosary starting at 7:45 p.m., at Jensen-Modjeski Funeral Home, Hixton, WI. Family and friends are also invited for visitation Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of mass at church. Jensen-Modjeski Funeral Home of Hixton is assisting the family with arrangements.

Artyce Joy Palmer, 87, of Albert Lea, MN/formerly of Black River Falls, WI passed away Friday, April 20, 2012, at her home in Albert Lea.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 28, 2012, 1:30 p.m., at Torgerson Funeral Home, Black River Falls. Reverend Richard Spande will be officiating. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Black River Falls. Family and friends are invited for visitation Saturday, from 12 noon until the time of the service at the funeral home.