Obituaries
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...
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....
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...
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...
Morris "Morrie" Arthur Severson
Sep 29, 2014
Morris "Morrie" Arthur Severson, 90, died Monday, September 29, 2014, at the Hillview Health Care Center. He was born on January 12, 1924 in Wyeville, Wisconsin to Paul Andrew and Maria (Olsen) Severson, who had emigrated to the U.S. from Norway. He spent his early years in Wisconsin, living in Adams, before settling in Tomah where he spent the...
Lois M. Engstler
Sep 28, 2014
Lois M. Engstler, 77, of La Crescent, died on Sunday, September 28, 2014 at the Golden Living Center. She was born on February 1, 1937 in La Crosse to Harold and Irma (Teff) Weise. Lois graduated from Aquinas High School and then from nursing school in Rochester, MN. She worked as a pediatric LPN at St. Francis Hospital for...
Miriam I. Tanke
Sep 28, 2014
Miriam I. Tanke, 81, of La Crosse and Onalaska died peacefully September 28th, surrounded by family at the Lakeview Health Center. She was the beloved wife of Edward C. Tanke for 62 years. Miriam was a devoted and loving mother to Steven (Suzanne) Tanke, Lynn (Dean) Tanke Woodward, Tim (Melissa) Tanke, and Scott (Jennifer) Tanke. It was her joy...
Laverne M. Hendrickson
Sep 27, 2014
LaVerne M. Hendrickson, 96, of La Crosse and formerly of Onalaska, passed away on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at the Hillview Health Care Center. She was born on September 13, 1918 to Rudolph and Elsie (Boldt) Mark. She married Kennard Hendrickson on March 22, 1941 in La Crosse. LaVerne had worked for Allis Chalmers, the University of Illinois and...
Eileen D. Wright
Sep 26, 2014
Eileen D. (Felt) Wright, 93 of La Crosse, passed away at the Bethany Riverside nursing facility on Friday, September 26, 2014. She was born in La Crosse on January 20, 1921 the daughter of Harry and Stella (Beranek) Fillner. In 1937 she married Lawrence Felt and they later divorced. In 1948 she married Roy Wright. Eileen was a loving...
Michael Edgar Albrecht
Sep 25, 2014
Michael E. Albrecht, 66, of La Crescent, entered his heavenly home on Thursday, September 25, 2014, at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse. He was born in La Crosse on April 24, 1948, to Hazel Scheil and Edgar “Shorty” Albrecht. He was a member of the first graduation class of La Crescent High School in 1966. Mike...
William Kenneth Declute
Sep 25, 2014
William Kenneth DeClute, of La Crosse, passed away on Thursday, September 25, 2014 at Benedictine Manor, surrounded by his family. He was born on November 14, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois to Silas Jacob and Henrietta “Sally” (Sherman) DeClute. Bill married LouElla (Strassburg) on March 17, 1950 and they later divorced. Bill served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to...
Obadiah Jacob John Christenson
Sep 23, 2014
Obadiah Jacob John Christenson was born November 3rd, 2005 at Mayo Health System, Lake City, MN to Rev. Christian and Elizabeth Christenson. He was reborn in the Holy Spirit and made a child of the God through Holy Baptism on November 13, 2005 at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, rural Lake City, MN by his father, Rev. Chris Christenson. Obi...
Rev. Phillip J. Stein
Sep 21, 2014
Phillip J. Stein, 53 of La Crosse, was called home for his long awaited foot race with the angels on Sunday, September 21, 2014. He was born in Sandwich, Il, on April 20, 1961 to Edward and Naomi (Phelps) Stein. On September 7, 1985 he married Jodi L. Slaney in Baraboo, WI. Phil started out his career with the...
Donovan "Don" Lee
Sep 19, 2014
Donovan “Don” Lee, 76 of La Crosse passed away Friday, September 19, 2014 at Gundersen Health System with his family by his side. Don was born in La Crosse on November 1, 1937 to Orvis P. and Edna (Messlien) Lee. He grew up in Westby, WI and attended Westby schools. After graduating he worked in Rockford, IL until moving...
Susan (Clumpner) Yolton
Sep 17, 2014
Susan (Clumpner) Yolton, 75 of La Crosse died on Wednesday, September 17, 2014. She was born to G. Arthur and Inez Johnson in Ashland, WI on August 22, 1939. Susan attended Ashland High School and graduated with the class of 1957. She was the first woman nominated to be Senior Class President. Susan attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and...
Ruth Louise Harnish
Sep 13, 2014
Ruth Louise Harnish passed away Saturday, September 13, 2014, at Mayo Franciscan Hospital just one week and one day after her husband Harry. Ruth was born to Edward and Emily (Dey) Schreiber on May 12, 1923, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She was baptized June 16, 1923, and confirmed March 21, 1937, at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in La Crosse....
Ruth Marie Sperbeck
Sep 13, 2014
Ruth Marie Sperbeck, 86, of La Crescent, died on Saturday, September 13, 2014 at the Golden Living Center. She was born on August 11, 1928 in rural Amery, WI to Anton and Anna (Swanson) Melin. Ruth attended Shiloh School and graduated from Amery High School. Prior to her marriage she was employed by First National Bank in St. Paul...
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