Joseph ‘Joe’ Dougherty, 70, of Avoca, passed peacefully into heaven on Thursday, April 21, 2022, while holding his daughter’s hand and surrounded by family at the Milwaukee VA Hospital.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Avoca. Burial will follow in St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery in Avoca, with military rites will be provided by the Avoca American Legion Post 335. 
Visitation will be held on Friday, April 29, 2022, from 4-7 p.m. at the Godager Pratt Funeral Home in Muscoda and again at St. John’s Lutheran Church from 10 a.m.until the time of the service at 11 a.m. 
 A complete obituary is in the April 28, 2022 issue of The Muscoda Progressive.