Obituaries
Faye M. Lejeune
Oct 18, 2014
Faye M. LeJeune, 89, of Brownsville, MN, passed away on Saturday, October 18, 2014, at Valley View Healthcare in Houston, MN. She was born in Caledonia, MN, on January 15, 1925, to Charles and Leona (Hanke) Vodraska. On August 13, 1946, she married Eugene LeJeune in La Crosse. He preceded her in death on March 7, 2005. Faye had...
Sherry Ann Gillies
Oct 18, 2014
Sherry Ann (Pierce) Gillies, age 47, passed away peacefully at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse on Saturday, October 18th, 2014, after a courageous eighteen-year battle with breast cancer. Sherry was born in La Crosse, WI on December 28th, 1966 to James and Janet (McAloon) Pierce. She graduated from Logan High School in 1985. She continued her education and...
Jane A. Loeffler
Oct 17, 2014
Jane A. Loeffler, 83 of La Crosse, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 17, 2014 at the Hillview Healthcare Center, La Crosse. She was born in La Crosse on December 28, 1930 to John J. and Frieda A. (Betz) Fuchsel. She married Eugene E. Loeffler on January 5, 1947 at First Evangelical Lutheran Church, La Crosse. Jane had worked...
Peter W. Lepsch
Oct 16, 2014
Peter W. Lepsch, 75, of La Crescent, Minnesota passed away on Thursday, October 16, 2014 at his home. He was born on August 20, 1939 in La Crosse, Wisconsin to Frank and Anna (Mehren) Lepsch. He served with the U.S. Navy from November 1961 - November 1967 on the USS Little Rock. He married Sharon Schlegel on April 15,...
Beatrice Grace De Florian
Oct 16, 2014
Beatrice Grace (Fillner) De Florian, 81 of Stoddard passed away Thursday, October 16, 2014 with her family at her side. She was born to Arthur and Grace (Webb) Fillner on May 26, 1933 in La Crosse. She married Francis Joseph De Florian on September 27, 1958 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in La Crosse. She worked at St. Francis...
Joan A. Reese
Oct 16, 2014
Joan A. Reese, 83 of Onalaska, WI, passed away Thursday, October 16, 2014 at the Augustana Care Center in Apple Valley, Minnesota. Joan was born in La Crosse, WI, on July 18, 1931 to Jerome and Florence (Walsh) Hutzenbuehler. She married John T. Reese at the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman in La Crosse on November 29, 1952....
Barkley "Buck" Gifford Omans
Oct 16, 2014
Barkley “Buck” Gifford Omans died Thursday October 16, 2014. He was 94 years old. He is now reunited with Ruth, his wife of 60 years. He leaves behind his children, Carole and Bradford Anderson, James and Diane Omans, Judson and Susan Omans, John and Nadine Omans, one sister, and eight grandchildren. Buck was born in Newago Michigan. He grew...
Donald John Lyden
Oct 15, 2014
Donald John Lyden Jr., 86, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, devoted husband and loving father, died on Wednesday, October 15, 2014, surrounded by his family and friends at Gundersen Health System, La Crosse. Don was born in La Crosse on March 4, 1928 to Donald and Louise (Dialler) Lyden. He graduated from La Crosse Central High School in 1946 and...
Keith B. Straight
Oct 15, 2014
Keith B. Straight, 99 of La Crosse passed away in his home on Wednesday, October 15, 2014. Old soldiers never die, they just fade away and that’s the way Keith’s life ended. He was an Army veteran of World War II having served as a surgical technician in a hospital in Calcutta, India for three years. Keith was born...
Kenneth William Koch
Oct 12, 2014
Kenneth ‘Ken’ Koch, 57, of La Crosse, passed away on Sunday, October 12, 2014 in his home. He was born on January 16, 1957 in La Crosse, WI to Ralph & Orlean (Arndt) Koch. He is survived by his parents Ralph and Orlean, two brothers Jeffrey (Lori) Koch of Bradenton, FL and Steven (Michele) Koch of Black River Falls,...
Roger C. Saley
Oct 10, 2014
Roger C. Saley, 72 of Onalaska, passed away at his home on Friday, October 10, 2014. He was born September 20, 1942 in La Crosse to Clifford and Helen (Eckhardt) Saley, Sr. Roger served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War for three years until his discharge. On August 12, 1967 he married Margaret McKinney in La...
James J. Baus
Oct 10, 2014
James J. “Jim” Baus, 69, of Onalaska, died at his home on Friday, October 10, 2014. He was born in Sparta, Wisconsin on December 6, 1944, to Norbert and Annabelle (Hauser) Baus. He attended St. Mary’s Catholic Grade School in rural Cashton and was a 1963 graduate of Cashton High School. He married Karen Haun on October 15, 1966,...
Richard Vernon Juen
Oct 8, 2014
Richard V. “Dick” “Hooker” Juen, 74 of La Crosse, passed away at the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse on Wednesday, October 8, 2014. He was born in La Crosse on July 26, 1940 to Oscar and Mabel (Schmidt) Juen. He married Virginia Opdahl in La Crosse on February 10, 1968. Dick had retired from Trane Company after...
Marilyn J. Snow
Oct 6, 2014
Marilyn J. Snow, 72 of Onalaska passed away in her home on Monday, October 6, 2014. She was born November 5, 1941 in La Crosse to Rose (Tiffany) and Edward Becker. Marilyn graduated from Aquinas High School in 1959. She went on to pursue a nursing degree from St. Francis School of Nursing in La Crosse. Marilyn was a...
Curtis George Thumann
Oct 6, 2014
Curtis George Thumann, age 67, died at the House of the Dove hospice care facility in Marshfield, WI on Monday October 6th 2014. He was baptized at St. John Church, Red Wing, MN on July 27, 1947 and confirmed at Christ Ev. Lutheran Church, Zumbrota, MN on May 21, 1961. Curtis was born on June 3rd 1947, to Bernard...
Steven E. Smetana
Oct 5, 2014
Steven Edward Smetana, 58, of Stoddard, Wis., passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at his home. He was born in Burlington, Wis. on Sept. 19, 1956 to Wenzel and Edna (McCarthy) Smetana. Steve attended St. Mary’s Catholic High School, graduating in 1974 with his best friend for life David Benkendorf. Upon graduation, he moved to La Crosse,...
David Keith Davis
Oct 4, 2014
David Keith Davis, 74, of La Crosse, died on Saturday, October 4, 2014, at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Dave was born on April 28, 1940, in Gilmanton, Wisconsin. Survivors include his siblings: Doris (Pat) Coughlin, Kathy (Paul) Nichols, Carla (Clyde) Lessard, and John (Rose) Peterson; and their children, Michael Dobrunz...
Dorothy Ellen Gibson
Oct 3, 2014
Dorothy E. Gibson, 79 of Onalaska, WI passed away at her home on Friday, October 3, 2014. She was born in La Crosse on October 14, 1934 to Arthur W. and Mary A. (Hatfield) Campbell. She married Russell R. Gibson in La Crosse on September 25, 1951. Dorothy had served as a Sunday school teacher for twenty seven years...
Karen I. Olson
Oct 3, 2014
Karen I. Olson, 77, of La Crescent, died Friday, October 3 at Bethany Riverside, La Crosse. She was born January 6, 1937, in La Crosse, to Randall and Irene (Barsness) Albrechtson. Karen was a graduate of Central High School. She married her high school sweetheart, Eugene Olson, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in La Crosse on May 5, 1956....
Cody Harrison Strittmater
Oct 1, 2014
Cody Harrison Strittmater, 20, of Holmen and formerly of La Crosse, died on Wednesday, October 1, 2014. He was born in La Crosse on January 7, 1994, to Scott and Tracey (McKim) Strittmater. He attended La Crosse schools and was a 2012 graduate of Logan High School. Cody enjoyed drawing, listening to music, and playing the drums. He also...
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