Dorothy E Krajewski

Dorothy E. (Robinson) Kane Krajewski, 85, of La Crosse, passed away on Monday, July 16th, 2012 at the Bethany Riverside Care Center where she was a resident. She was born on May 19, 1927 to Lyle and Margaret (Hansen) Robinson in La Crosse. Dorothy went to Central High School and then went to work at Northern Engraving where she inspected shells during WWII. She also attended WWTC. In 1946 she married Mark Kane and together they had three children, Mark (Julie) Kane, Jr., Debra (Neil) Fredrickson, and Cindy (James) Brush. Mark preceded her in death in 1985. In 1989 she married Valentine Poodles Krajewski and he also preceded her in death. After working at Northern Engraving, Dorothy worked at Jack Winters inspecting jackets, and then at Empire Screen Printing inspecting decals. She retired at the age of 60.

Dorothy loved beautiful things and clothes. She looked her best no matter what she was doing or where she was going. She loved going shopping with Cindy. Dorothy and Cindy had a special relationship, usually if you saw one the other wasnt far behind. She loved spending time with family and friends.

Dorothy has many great-grandchildren, and two of them, Brooklyn and Boston Jacobs brought her lot of love and joy during her final years. Brooklyn, who is two, loved to push Mema Dorothy in her wheelchair and Mema Dorothy would laugh. Boston, who is nine months, would make Mema smile and she loved to give him kisses and hold him.

Dorothy made people smile wherever she lived. She had many great friends at Spring Brook Assisted Living. She loved living there until her health would no longer permit it. Dorothy enjoyed going to casinos and playing the slot machines. When her grandkids stayed by her she loved to cook for them and make sure she had goodies in the house for them to eat. She loved sweets and every night would sit in her chair, get her candy bag and watch TV.

In addition to her three children she is survived by her grandchildren, Michelle Beech, Jessica Kane, Andy Paulson, James Fredrickson, Alexandra Fredrickson, Carrie Brettingen, Autum (Codi) Jacobs, Mike Smith, Caitlyn Brush, Shawn (Kathy) Brush, Travis (Paige) Brush, Tracy Brush, Kim Kaiser, John (Kaara) Freismuth, Jenny (Doug) Kuehn, and Leah (Craig) Waters, one sister, Donna (Jim) Pangier,two brothers, Morris Robinson and Gerald (Arlene) Robinson, and a sister-in-law, Bev Robinson. In addition to her husbands she was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, La Vern(Fay) Robinson and Richard Robinson, and a sister-in-law Ruth Robinson.

Memorial services will be held on Monday, July 23thrdth, 2012 at 11:00 AM at the Schumacher-Kish Funeral Home of Onalaska. Pastor Ben Terpstra will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 9:00 AM until the time of services. In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the Gundersen Lutheran Foundation where a fund will be established in Dorothys name.

Her family would like to thank the staffs at Gundersen Lutheran, Bethany-Riverside, and Spring Brook Assisted Living, for taking such great care of Dorothy