Obituaries
Rita Mae Hutson
Feb 5, 2024
Rita Mae Hutson, 91, of La Crosse, WI, died February 5, 2024 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 6, 1932 in La Crosse to William C. and Annette M. (LeJeune) Brown. Rita married Philip J. Hutson on November 21, 1953 in La Crosse, WI. Rita was a loving wife and mother with a vibrant...
Kenneth B. Bakewell
Feb 5, 2024
Kenneth B. Bakewell, age 78 of Hokah, MN passed away Monday, February 5, 2024 at his home after an 8 month battle with leukemia. He was born April 5, 1945 in Waukon, Iowa to the late Joseph and Luella (Schulte) Bakewell. At the age of 20 he married Carole Ward. They divorced after 23 years of marriage. Ken was...
Lois Mae Murray
Feb 4, 2024
Lois was born on February 16, 1939, to Harold and Bertha (Reimer) Lee in Masonville, IA. She died on Sunday, February 4, 2024, from Frontotemporal Dementia. Lois graduated from Dundee High School, Dundee, IA in 1956. She was very proud to be a member of the defense on the girls basketball team that was a 6-on-6 game at that...
Claudia F. Knobloch
Feb 4, 2024
Claudia Faye Knobloch, a beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away on Sunday, February 4, 2024, at Gundersen Lutheran Health System – La Crosse. She was 82 years old. She was born in Cedar Falls, IA, on October 5, 1941, to Clarence and Alma Sommerfeld. The couple later divorced. Sadly, when Claudia was just eight years old, tragedy...
Marlene Mildred Fiegen
Feb 2, 2024
Marlene Mildred Fiegen, formerly of La Crescent, Minnesota, age 90, died in her sleep when her heart stopped on February 2nd, 2024, at Bethany Saint Joseph Care Center in La Crosse. Despite her severe stroke in 2020 she retained her zest for living. Her appetite for all forms of exercise and therapy was legendary at BSJ.
Marlene...
Mary Lou Huebner
Jan 31, 2024
Mary Lou Huebner, 68, of Stoddard, WI, died on Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse. She was born on September 5, 1955 in Winona, MN to Stanley and Helen (Dzwonkowski) Foster. Mary Lou graduated from La Crescent High School in 1973. She married Roger Huebner on July 26, 1975 in La Crosse....
John "Jack" J. Schaller
Jan 28, 2024
In Loving Memory of Jack Schaller
Jack passed away at the age of 76 at Springbrook Assisted Living facility on January 28, 2024 surrounded by family and friends.
John James (Jack) Schaller III was born on October 7, 1947 in La Crosse, WI to John & Eileen (Ravenscroft) Schaller. He grew up and lived in...
Thomas 'Rocky' M. Kloss
Jan 28, 2024
In Loving Memory of Thomas M. "Rocky" Kloss
Tom Kloss, 76, of La Crescent, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on 1/28/2024, surrounded by his loving family.
Tom was born on 9/19/1947 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, to the late Frank and Ruth Kloss. He was preceded in death by his parents and his oldest brother, Ed Kloss....
Duane H. Flatten
Jan 28, 2024
Duane Harvey Flatten, 83, of La Crescent, MN, passed away on Sunday, January 28, 2024 at The Veterans Hospital in Tomah, WI. He was born on October 15, 1940 in La Crosse, WI to Harvey and Frances (Ives) Flatten. On August 15, 1987 he married Brenda Buttikofer in La Crescent, MN.
Duane had proudly served his country...
Carol M. Hanson
Jan 24, 2024
Carol Marit Hanson (Voge), 84, of Holmen, WI, passed away on January 24, 2024. She was born on June 25, 1939, to Arne and Stella Voge in Iron Mountain, MI. The family moved to Minnesota where she graduated from Butterfield High School in 1957. Later in her life, she became an RN after graduating from WWTI in La...
Margaret "Maggie" Loretta Zumach
Jan 23, 2024
Margaret “Maggie” Loretta Zumach, 86 of La Crosse, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at Brookdale Assisted Living.
She was born one of thirteen children to Hubert and Albina (Huinker) Schneberger on October 17, 1937, in Festina, IA. Maggie graduated from Calmar High School in Calmar, IA in 1955 and later that year she started...
Colleen Mary Vollenweider
Jan 23, 2024
Colleen Mary Vollenweider, 73, of La Crosse, WI, passed away on January 23, 2024. She was born on March 26, 1950, to George and Marita (Koel) Smith in Caledonia, MN. Colleen graduated from Aquinas High School in 1968. After graduating from Viterbo University in 1972, She received her R.N. B.S.N.
Colleen began her nursing career at Lutheran...
John F. Davenport
Jan 23, 2024
John Frederick Davenport, age 68 of Mindoro, passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at Mayo Clinic, St. Mary’s Campus following a sudden and severe stroke. He was born April 13, 1955 in La Crosse, Wisconsin to the late Frederick and Margaret Davenport (nee Weltner). He married Nancy Davenport in 1977 and had two children. They later divorced but...
Mary Ann Fries
Jan 23, 2024
Mary Ann Fries August 28, 1931 – January 23, 2024
Mary Ann Fries, 92, of West Salem, WI and formerly of Tomah passed away Tuesday, Jan 23, 2024 at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, WI. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great-great grandmother, who will be dearly missed.
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Karin M. Mclain
Jan 22, 2024
Karin M. McLain, 56, of La Crosse, WI passed away on Monday, January 22, 2024 in her home with her family at her side. She was born on June 5, 1967 in La Crosse to William and Alice (Reichert) Lichtie, Jr. She married James McLain on April 22, 1989 in La Crosse. Karin worked as a Drivers License Examiner...
Judy E. Cobb
Jan 21, 2024
Judy E. Cobb passed away peacefully on 01-21-2024 knowing she was deeply loved.
Judy was born in Washington D.C. on February 22, 1931, to Robert and Anna Raymond. She was preceded in death by her parents and 9 siblings. Judy is best remembered for her charm, smile, and keen wit. She loved dancing and she was good....
Larry Emmett Norris
Jan 20, 2024
Larry Emmett Norris, aged 81, of La Crosse, weighed anchor for the last time and shipped out to meet his maker on January 20, 2024. He was born on September 23, 1942, on the family farm in rural Vernon County, Wisconsin, just east of Westby. He was delivered by his great aunt Gertrude (nee Norris) Potter. He was the...
Alvin "Big Al" J. Muenzenberger
Jan 19, 2024
Alvin J. “Big Al” Muenzenberger, 72, of La Crosse, passed away on Friday, January 19, 2024. Al was born in La Crosse on May 10, 1951, to Albert and Madeline (Anderson) Muenzenberger. In 1970 he married Irene Maxwell and together they raised two children, Lynnette and Douglas. Al served his country in the National Guard for six years....
Norma Jean Johnson
Jan 17, 2024
Norma Jean Johnson
Norma Jean Johnson, 81, of La Crescent, MN passed away on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at Springbrook Village in La Crescent. She was born on April 20, 1942 in La Crosse, WI to George and Margaret (Steger) Kistler. She married Lawrence Johnson on November 6, 1961. He preceded in death on July 6, 2006....
Gina Marie Papenfuss
Jan 17, 2024
Gina Marie Papenfuss, 58, passed away on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, after a brief but valiant battle with cervical cancer. Gina NEVER gave up on beating her cancer diagnosis; if it weren’t for her body being uncooperative, her tenacity, positive attitude and stubbornness would have carried her through for many years to come.
Gina was born on...
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