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Valgean Ardell Anderson

Valgean Ardell Anderson

Mar 24, 2023

Valgean Ardell Anderson, 92 of West Salem, passed away on Friday, March 24, 2023, at the Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. She was born August 21, 1930 in La Crosse to Clarence and Lillie (Quall) Anderson and graduated from Holmen High School. On March 19, 1955, she married Perry M. Anderson, Jr. and he preceded her in...

Shirley M. Volden

Shirley M. Volden

Mar 23, 2023

Shirley M. Volden, 89, of La Crosse, passed away on Thursday, March 23, 2023. She was born on October 24, 1933 in Minneapolis, MN to Oscar and Laura (Dagnan) Mattson. She married Donald W. Volden on August 1, 1953 and together they had two sons. Shirley was a 1951 graduate of La Crosse Central. She owned and...

Ruby R. Wunnecke

Ruby R. Wunnecke

Mar 22, 2023

Ruby Leone (Roraff) Wunnecke, 92, died peacefully at home on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 surrounded by her family. Ruby was born on July 22, 1930 in La Crosse, WI., to Joseph and Helene (Lampert) Roraff. She was united in marriage to Harold Wunnecke and they celebrated 56 years together before Harold passed in 2005. Their marriage was blessed with...

Jeffrey B. Alexander

Jeffrey B. Alexander

Mar 21, 2023

The Renaissance- “A Modern “Renaissance Man”

“ A man can do all things if he but wills them.” – Leon Battista Alberti *

Jeff Alexander was the second of seven children, born August 23, 1950, in idyllic, historic Winterset, Iowa, a town of 5,000, and the birthplace of John Wayne and...

Mary Ann Bradley

Mary Ann Bradley

Mar 20, 2023

Mary Ann (Schroeder) Bradley of La Crosse, passed away March 20, 2023 at age 98. She was born in Melrose, MN on Dec. 11, 1924 to Otto and Anna (Gerding) Schroeder. Her early years of education took place in Freeburg and Caledonia having attended grades 1- 8 in a one room school house in Freeburg and then graduated from...

Mary Margaret Walter

Mary Margaret Walter

Mar 20, 2023

Mary Margaret Walter, 76, of Holmen, died on Monday, March 20, 2023 at the Northgate Care Center in Waukon, IA. She was born on August 27, 1946 in La Crosse to Leo and Bernice (Wilder) Heilman. Through all of the challenges in her life, Mary’s faith never wavered. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 35 years ago, which brought...

Jane E. Johnson

Jane E. Johnson

Mar 19, 2023

Jane E. Johnson, 87 of La Crosse, died on Sunday, March 19th, 2023 at Riverside Transitional Care in La Crosse. She was born in Ferryville, WI on April 4th, 1935 to John and Gertrude (Ogne) Tweed. After high school, Jane found her way to Chicago, where she met and married Milo Johnson in 1970. In 1972, she gave birth...

Bruce E. La Seure

Bruce E. La Seure

Mar 17, 2023

Bruce E. La Seure, 63 of La Crosse, passed away on March 17, 2023. He was born April 14, 1959 in La Crosse to Edward and Jeanette (Newcomb) La Seure and graduated from La Crosse Central High School.

Bruce was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Following his discharge he returned to...

Scott Barrett

Scott Barrett

Mar 15, 2023

Scott Barrett passed away unexpectedly at home on March 15, 2023 from a brain aneurysm at the age of 48.  He was born in Peoria, Illinois on August 8, 1974 and moved to La Crosse when he was five. He graduated from Central High School in 1992.  Scott married Chantel Griep and they were parents to three children:  Kyrsten,...

Eldon J. Iverson

Eldon J. Iverson

Mar 15, 2023

Eldon Jerome Iverson, 93, of Hokah , MN passed away peacefully, as he longed to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on March 15, 2023 at Valley View Healthcare, Houston, MN.

Eldon was born February 20, 1930 in Preston, MN to Selma (Larson) and Edwin Iverson. He was confirmed at Faith Lutheran Church in Black...

Gordon John Johnson

Gordon John Johnson

Mar 15, 2023

Gordon J. Johnson, 92, of La Crescent, MN., died on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at Gundersen Health System, La Crosse. He was born in the town of Farmington, WI., on August 7, 1930 to Segur and Florence (Sacia) Johnson.  He married Carla Anderson on November 5, 1955.

Gordon was a carpenter/building contractor in the area for many...

Burton "Burt" Eugene Andrus

Burton "Burt" Eugene Andrus

Mar 14, 2023

Burton “Burt” Eugene Andrus passed away peacefully at the age of 87 surrounded by loved ones, at Riverside Transitional Care in La Crosse, WI. He was born June 27, 1935 to Anna (Merrow) and Arthur Andrus. He was the second of three boys. Burton grew up on a farm in the Sparta Area. He graduated from Sparta High School....

Marilyn (Rollins) Blexrud

Marilyn (Rollins) Blexrud

Mar 14, 2023

Marilyn JoAnne Blexrud, 82 of Hokah and recently of SpringBrook Village in La Crescent, passed away on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, after a brief battle with cancer.  She was born November 4, 1940, in Prosper, Minnesota to Royal and Borghild (Narum) Rollins she was raised in Mabel, MN and graduated from Mabel High School. She met the love of...

Sharon Christine Hanson

Sharon Christine Hanson

Mar 14, 2023

Sharon Christine Hanson, 58 of La Crosse, passed away following an extended battle with breast cancer on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, with her son by her side. She was born February 2, 1965 in La Crosse to John and Paulita (Severson) Bower and graduated from Logan High School in 1983.

Sharon received her Associates...

Christina E Farrell

Christina E Farrell

Mar 13, 2023

Christina Eileen Farrell, 59, of La Crescent, formerly of Munising, MI went home to heaven on March 13, 2023 after a 4-year, hard fought battle with advanced frontal lobe dementia.

She was born, October 17, 1963 to the late Walter “Elmer” and Nancy (Stubrich) Rantanen.  She was a 1981 graduate of Mather High School, Munising Michigan. Christina...

Richard "Rick" J. Kouba

Richard "Rick" J. Kouba

Mar 13, 2023

Richard (Rick) J. Kouba, devoted husband, father, and grandfather, passed away Monday March 13 th at his home in Onalaska surrounded by his loving family. Rick was born on April 19, 1948, in Hillsboro, WI.  Following his graduation from Hillsboro High School he earned his Bachelor of Science in business administration and science at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse,...

Thomas Norton Bayer

Thomas Norton Bayer

Mar 12, 2023

Thomas N. Bayer , Ph.D.

Thomas Norton Bayer, 88, of rural Houston, Minnesota, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday morning, March 12, 2023. He was born in Elyria, Ohio on December 23, 1934 to John Alexander Bayer II and Mabel Ellen (Johnson) Bayer.

While being educated in the St. Paul Public Schools, Tom...

Kathy A. Buchholz

Kathy A. Buchholz

Mar 12, 2023

Kathy A. Buchholz, 57, of La Crescent, MN passed away on Sunday, March 12, 2023 at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. She was born July 21, 1965, in Rochester, MN to James and Jeanne (Guidinger) Hoffman. On May 11, 1991, she married her soulmate, Dan Buchholz in Winona, MN. Kathy worked at United Building Center for 10 years...

Dawn M. Caplan

Dawn M. Caplan

Mar 9, 2023

Dawn M. Caplan, born July 14, 1971, and passed suddenly from a heart attack on March 9, 2023 at her home in La Crosse. She attended State Road Elementary, then Blessed Sacrament, followed by graduation from Aquinas High School. Dawn graduated from Echols Hotel School in Chicago and was immediately hired by the Chicago Hilton in a supervisory...

Rita F. Pfaff

Rita F. Pfaff

Mar 5, 2023

Rita F. Pfaff, 90, of La Crosse, WI., died on Sunday, March 5, 2023 at Mayo Clinic Health System, La Crosse.  She was born in La Crosse on October 4, 1932 to Alfred and Verna (Von Arx) Hutzenbuehler.  She married Robert Pfaff and he preceded her in death in 1984.

Rita is survived by...

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