Obituaries
Doris Mae Ruegg
Aug 24, 2018
Doris Mae Ruegg, 96, of La Crosse, passed away on Friday, August 24, 2018 at the Bethany St. Joseph Care Center. She was born in La Crosse on May 8, 1922 to John and Julia (Rohdes) Stair. Doris married Raymond Ruegg on May 10, 1941 and he preceded her in death on January 4, 2010. Doris had worked...
Diane Marie Wheeler
Aug 23, 2018
Diane Marie (Strasser) Wheeler, 72, of Onalaska, after a valiant 10 year battle with cancer, was called home on August 23, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Health System in Sparta, WI. She was born on November 12, 1945 in La Crosse to John and Alice (Veglahn) Strasser. After graduating from Aquinas High School in 1963, she worked for La Crosse...
Levi L. Sullivan
Aug 22, 2018
Levi L. Sullivan, 76 of Onalaska, passed away at his home on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. He was born October 21, 1941 in rural Sparta, WI to Timothy and Alberta (Miller) Sullivan.
Levi is survived by a grandson, Riley Page; a son-in-law, Chris Page, both of Trempealeau, WI; three sisters, Evelyn Morkved of Onalaska,...
Clyde R. Butterfield
Aug 19, 2018
Heaven welcomed a very special angel on Sunday, August 19, 2018. Clyde R. Butterfield, Jr., 93, passed away at Mulder Health Care Facility with his family by his side. Clyde was born in La Crosse on April 22, 1925 to Lena and Clyde R. Butterfield, Sr. - the fourth of ten children.
Clyde married Beverly Churchill on...
John "Jack" Gleason
Aug 16, 2018
Jack Gleason, 84, of Onalaska, passed away at home on Thursday, August 16, 2018 surrounded by family and his beloved pets. He was born in La Crosse on July 4, 1934 to J. Francis and Cecelia (Tikal) Gleason. On June 25, 1955 he married Dorothy Zeimentz and she preceded him in death on December 7, 1982.
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Mary Lou Sahlstrom
Aug 16, 2018
Mary Louise “Mary Lou” Sahlstrom, 90, of Onalaska, WI and formerly of Waseca, MN passed away at her home on Wednesday, August 15, 2018.
Mary Lou was born March 16, 1928 in Kanpur, India, the daughter of Presbyterian missionaries, the Reverend Reginald and Laura (Dukes) Louch. She spent her childhood in India and attended Woodstock International School...
Cecelia M. Horn
Aug 14, 2018
Cecelia M. Horn, 84 of La Crescent, died surrounded by her family on Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse. She was born in La Crosse on August 28, 1933 to Aaron and Clara (Boehm) Zumach. On December 5, 1954 she married Wilmer Horn in Caledonia, MN and he preceded her in...
Thomas Charles Brobeck
Aug 12, 2018
Thomas “Tom” Charles Brobeck, 74, of rural La Crescent, passed away at his home on Sunday, August 12, 2018.
Tom was born in Milwaukee, Wis., on April 1, 1944, to Lester Martin and Dorothy “Dottie” Martha (Prahl) Brobeck. He attended college at U.W.-Milwaukee where he played football before transferring to Wartburg College where he also played football...
Alvina D. Clements
Aug 11, 2018
Alvina Dorothy (Breidel) Clements, 88, of rural Coon Valley, WI passed away peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at the Hillview Health Care Center in La Crosse. She was born on April 23, 1930 in La Crosse to Frank and Serena (Neisen) Breidel. Alvina’s mother died of TB when Alvina was 2 years old, so she...
Arlene Marie Sikorski
Aug 9, 2018
Arlene Marie Sikorski, 84, of La Crosse, passed away on Thursday, August 9, 2018 at the Hillview Health Care Center. She was born to Emil and Anna (Selonke) Sikorski on August 19, 1933 in La Crosse. Arlene graduated from Aquinas High School in 1951 and soon afterwards began her first job as secretary in the Export Department at...
Arthur H. Streitz
Aug 8, 2018
Arthur H. Streitz of Onalaska was called to his eternal rest on August 8, 2018 at the age of 95. Arthur was born March 8, 1923 in La Crosse to Ferdinand and Caroline (Posbeck) Streitz.
On December 12, 1941, at the age of 18, Art enlisted in the United States Navy five days after the bombing of...
Loris B. Rustad
Aug 7, 2018
Loris B. Rustad, 86, formerly of Nodine and La Crescent, Minn., passed away on Tuesday, August 7, 2018, at Springbrook Assisted Living in Onalaska.
She was born in La Crosse on December 6, 1931, to Paul and Theresa (Papenfuss) Radsek. She married Jerry Schwarz in 1953 in Nodine and they later divorced. She then married Oliver Rustad...
Shirley Mae Geiwitz
Aug 7, 2018
Shirley Mae (Copus) Geiwitz age 74, passed away comfortably on August 7, 2018 at the Lakeview Health Center in West Salem, WI. Shirley was born the 2 nd of 8 children on February 2, 1944 to Clifford and Tina (Groothoff) Copus in Wisconsin Dells. The family eventually made their way to La Crosse where she met Jim Geiwitz....
Ronald L. Ewing
Aug 6, 2018
Ronald L. “Ron” Ewing, 75 of La Crescent, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 6, 2018 at the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse. Ron was born in Viroqua, WI on February 27, 1943 to Merlin and Vivian (Merchant) Ewing. He graduated from La Farge High School in 1961. Ron was inducted into the United States Army...
Lila M. Quall
Aug 5, 2018
Lila M. Quall, 95, died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, at Hillview Health Care Center. She was born Aug. 11, 1922, to Lyle and Lillian (Stuckenschmidt) Secord in La Crosse. Lila retired from Kmart and volunteered thousands of hours at Franciscan Skemp Hospital gift shop. She was an avid reader, enjoyed traveling and was a longtime member of Grace Ev....
Jim Dobbs
Aug 3, 2018
James “Jim” Allen Dobbs, 76, of Onalaska, passed away on Friday, August 3, 2018, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Tomah.
Jim was born January 18, 1942, in Mazomanie, Wis., to Floyd and Mildred (Porter) Dobbs. He lived most of his early years in the North Clayton/Soldiers Grove area where he attended elementary and secondary schools....
Norma Lee Daily
Aug 2, 2018
Norma was born on November 9, 1922 to Ralph and Ann Templeman in Calvin, Oklahoma. She died August 2, 2018. When small her family settled in El Dorado, Arkansas. After being diagnosed with bladder cancer, she moved to La Crosse in 2010 to be near her son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Eileen Daily. She rooted for the Packers except...
John Charles Shimshak
Jul 29, 2018
John Charles Shimshak, of La Crescent, Minn., passed away peacefully at his home with family members nearby on Sunday, July 29, 2018. John was born in La Crosse September 28th, 1933 to John and Avis (Larson) Shimshak. John married the love of his life, Joan Shirley Bjergum, and they were married for 53 wonderful years. They were very well...
Rick Masrud
Jul 27, 2018
Richard “Rick” Masrud, 64, of La Crosse and Key West passed away on Friday July 27 th , surrounded by loved ones and his beloved pets Roman and Spike. Rick was a formidable opponent to cancer for 2 years. He never surrendered; he continued to chase and fulfill his dreams to the very last day.
Rick was...
Romey H. Bendel
Jul 27, 2018
Romey H. Bendel, 92, of La Crosse and formerly of Chipmunk Coulee, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 27, 2018, at the Bethany-Riverside Nursing Facility.
Romey was born in rural La Crosse County on July 23, 1926, the son of John and Laura (Schmidt) Bendel. He married Mildred Jones on September 27, 1952, in La Crosse, and...
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