Rosella M. Farrey

Benton, Wisconsin Rosella M. Farrey, 87, of Benton, Wisconsin, died Saturday, September 22, 2012, at Southwest Health Center Nursing Home in Cuba City. Services will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 25, 2012, at Casey Funeral Home in Cuba City with Pastor Rodney Johnson officiating. Burial will be in the Primitive Methodist Cemetery in Benton. Friends may call after 9:00 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Rosella was born on March 26, 1925, in Cuba City, Wisconsin, the daughter of Charles and Rosa (Vondra) Alt. She married Thomas E. Farrey on December 5, 1942. He preceded her in death on August 13, 1988. Rosella enjoyed quilting, embroidery, gardening and her flowers. Survivors include two daughters, Rose Mary (Richard) Burkholder, of Platteville, and Luanne (Kenneth) Stodden, of Neillsville; two sons, Thomas R. "Butch" Farrey, of Madison, and Dennis G. Farrey, of Leadmine; two sisters, Melita Oates, of Belvidere, Illinois, and Margaret (Frank) Teuschmann, of Shullsburg; three brothers, Merlin (Louise) Alt, of Benton, Edwin (Anne) Alt and LeRoy (Modesta) Alt, both of Caladonia, Illinois; a sister-in-law, Joyce Alt, of Platteville; fifteen grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Bette Jo Farrey; a brother, Gerald; and three sisters, Arlene, Marion and Hildegarde.