Obituaries

Sandra A. Olson

Sandra A. Olson

Aug 29, 2019

Sandra Ann Olson 57 of La Crescent, MN died on August 29, 2019 at Gundersen Health System, LaCrosse, WI from metastatic kidney cancer.

Sandy was born December 10, 1961 to Daniel Joseph and Arlene Rose (Boguslawske) Stein at Mt. Sinai Hospital, Milwaukee, WI. She was the youngest of 5 children, moved from Milwaukee to Eau Claire in...

Phyllis Mary Jorgenson

Phyllis Mary Jorgenson

Aug 27, 2019

Phyllis M. Jorgenson, 93, of Onalaska and formerly of La Crosse, died on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 in the Sterling House at Brookdale in La Crosse. She was born on July 16, 1926 in La Crosse to William and Leona (Fritz) Spah. Phyllis attended Holy Trinity Grade School and graduated from Aquinas High School in 1944. She married...

Juliet F. Steiger

Juliet F. Steiger

Aug 24, 2019

Juliet F. Steiger, 64, of La Crosse passed away peacefully at Gundersen Health System on Saturday, August 24, 2019, after an eight-year battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.

She was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on May 12, 1955 to Roman and Rosemary (Klinski) Meyer. She graduated from Central High School in 1973 and lived the remainder of her...

Bonnie Jean Mae Vaher

Bonnie Jean Mae Vaher

Aug 22, 2019

Bonnie-Jean Mae Vaher, after a lengthy illness, passed-away on August 22, 2019 at the Bethany Riverside Lutheran Home in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. She was 87.

Bonnie was born in Taylors Falls, Minnesota on March 19, 1932. She was the daughter of William (Anderson) Schmidt and Minnie (Ekdahl) Schmidt. Her blond hair and blue eyes reflected her 100% Swedish...

Robert W. Reider

Robert W. Reider

Aug 22, 2019

Robert (Bob) W. Reider, 65 of La Crescent, MN, died unexpectedly on Thursday, August 22, 2019 at Valley High Golf Course in Houston, MN. He was born in La Crosse on September 25, 1953 to Winston and Mary (Hengel) Reider.

A life-long resident of Houston County, he graduated from La Crescent in 1971 and was the first...

Anita R. Tanke

Anita R. Tanke

Aug 21, 2019

Anita R Tanke, 88, of La Crosse, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 21, 2019. Anita was born in La Crosse, WI on June 8 th , 1931, to Ferdinand and Helen (Weber) Schreier.  She married Donald E. Tanke on June 17, 1950. She was a graduate of Logan High School and La Crosse Technical College and was then...

Scott V. Halvorson

Scott V. Halvorson

Aug 18, 2019

Scott V. Halvorson, 41, of La Crosse, WI passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2019 at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, after a boating accident on the Mississippi River. He was born on February 20, 1978 in Marquette, Michigan to Victor and Carol (Lausted) Halvorson. His family lived in Ishpeming, Michigan until Scott was 11 years old. While...

Jack Fischer

Jack Fischer

Aug 17, 2019

Jack Fischer, 96 of Stoddard passed away on Saturday, August 17, 2019 at the Hillview Healthcare Center where he had resided for some time. He was born to Ervin and Ethel (LeJuen) Fischer on August 3, 1923 in La Crosse. Jack was a WWII veteran, joining the Army, and then being attached to the Air Force as a...

Darwin E. Severson

Darwin E. Severson

Aug 16, 2019

Darwin E. "Butch" Severson, 76, passed away August 16, 2019 at Gundersen Health System. Darwin was born on September 10,1942 to Wilfred and Fern (Geary) Severson.

Darwin was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Dennis "Dog/Dino" Severson, niece, Kathy Hegenbart and nephew, R. Scott Bjorge. He is survived by his daughter, Kristin (Scott) Jerome,...

Virginia V. Trehus

Virginia V. Trehus

Aug 10, 2019

Virginia V. “Ginny” Trehus, 90 of La Crescent, MN, died on Saturday, August 10, 2019 at La Crescent Health Services. She was born in Los Angeles, CA, on June 21, 1929 to Calvin and Viola (Stolz) Christie and was raised in Brooklyn, NY. On October 8, 1949 she was married to Ken Trehus and he preceded her in death...

John C. Cremer

John C. Cremer

Aug 9, 2019

John Charles Cremer, 79, of rural La Crescent, passed away peacefully from this world on Friday, August 9, 2019, at his home.

He was born on January 15, 1940, to Victor and Teresa (Hauer) Cremer in Festina, Iowa, and later graduated from New Albin High School in New Albin, Iowa.

John’s career was in trucking,...

Brenda J. Peterson

Brenda J. Peterson

Aug 8, 2019

Brenda J. Peterson, 71 of La Crescent passed away at her home on Thursday, August 8, 2019. She was born July 23, 1948 in La Crosse to James and Joyce (McNally) Norman and graduated from West Salem High School.

On August 27, 1966 she married Jim Peterson in West Salem. Brenda had worked for...

Robert J. Twite

Robert J. Twite

Aug 7, 2019

Robert J. “Bob” Twite, 84 of La Crosse passed away on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at the Benedictine Manor. He was born December 16, 1934 in La Crosse to Peter and Violet (Munkel) Twite and graduated from Aquinas High School.

On June 21, 1958 he married Diane Poellinger at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in...

Donald Terlson

Donald Terlson

Aug 7, 2019

On the early morning of August 7, 2019 Donald Terlson was called to Heaven. He was born on February 10, 1931 in New Lisbon, WI to Edwin and Emma (Wildner) Terlson. Don graduated from Central High School and served in the US Navy for four years as a third-class Petty Officer on an LCM during the Korean Conflict....

Helen Mae Vitale

Helen Mae Vitale

Aug 6, 2019

Helen Mae (Chopieska) Vitale passed away peacefully August 6th at the Bland-Bekkedal Center for Hospice Care in Viroqua. She was 93.

Helen liked to tell stories. Most of all she liked to tell stories of the things that she loved: her life, her family, and the Mississippi Valley in which she resided.

She was born...

Nyla J. Diekrager

Nyla J. Diekrager

Aug 6, 2019

Nyla Joyce (Steve) Diekrager, 85, of La Crescent, passed away on Tuesday, August 6, 2019, at SpringBrook Village of La Crescent.

Nyla was born on June 22, 1934, to Ben and Emma (Moldenhauer) Steve and lived in Moldenhauer’s Store in Nodine.  A short time later, her family moved to Rose Valley on the Moldenhauer farm.  During her...

Beverly J. Mach

Beverly J. Mach

Aug 5, 2019

Beverly J. Mach, 84 of La Crosse passed away on Monday, August 5, 2019 at Eagle Crest South Senior Living. She was born June 13, 1935 in Mitchell, S.D. to Edwin and Thelma (Kinney) Mayer. Beverly graduated from Tripp, S.D. High School and received her teacher’s certificate from Yankton College, S.D. She later graduated from Minot State University...

Ruth D. Kloss

Ruth D. Kloss

Aug 4, 2019

Ruth D. Kloss, 99, of La Crosse, died on Sunday, August 4, 2019 at the Hillview Health Care Center. She was born on December 5, 1919 to Willard and Mina (Wuensch) Kubal, the eldest of five girls. She married Frank E. KIoss on August 22, 1942 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Ruth was a member at Holy Trinity...

Robert "Bob" C. Thomsen

Robert "Bob" C. Thomsen

Aug 3, 2019

Robert (Bob) C. Thomsen, 74, of Brownsville, MN, passed away Saturday, Aug.3, 2019, at the Tomah VA medical center in Tomah, WI. Having lost his 19 year battle with prostate cancer, he is now at peace.

Bob was born in Austin, MN, on July 24, 1945 to Robert and Donna Thomsen. He graduated from high school in...

Rosemary T. Zemlo

Rosemary T. Zemlo

Aug 3, 2019

Rosemary T. Zemlo was called home to her Savior on August 3, 2019. Having lost her battle with cancer, she is now at peace.

Rosemary was born on January 22, 1939 in Chicago, IL to George and Mary (Austin) Phelan. On April 26, 1969 she married Steve Zemlo. Together they raised two daughters.

Rosemary served...