Obituaries
Delores "Dorie" Mae Boehlke
May 29, 2022
Delores Boehlke, 93, of La Crosse, passed away Sunday, May 29, 2022, at Riverside Transitional Care in La Crosse.
Dorie was born in the Town of Curran, Wisconsin on May 20, 1929, to Fred and Lillian (Knutson) Hansen. She graduated from Central High School in 1947. Dorie married her husband Le Roy ‘Roy’ Boehlke at English Lutheran...
William M. "Bill" Olson
May 28, 2022
William M. “Bill” Olson, 83 of Onalaska, passed away on Saturday, May 28, 2022. He was born on June 11, 1938, in Dodgeville, WI to William and Marguerite (Durand) Olson and graduated from Highland High School in Highland, WI. On September 28, 1963, Bill married Jeanette Breunig in Sauk City, WI.
Bill had worked...
Robert "Bob" J. Stigen
May 27, 2022
Robert J. “Bob” Stigen, 93, of La Crosse, died on Friday, May 27, 2022 at the Bethany St. Joseph Care Center. He was born on October 21, 1928 in Spring Grove, MN to Albert and Geneva (Olson) Stigen. Bob served with the US Army from 1950 – 1952. He married Isabelle Helstad on March 2, 1963. Bob had...
Donald J. "Don" Meyer
May 26, 2022
Donald J. Meyer, 85, of Onalaska, passed away on Thursday, May 26, 2022, at the Gundersen Health System in La Crosse.
He was born in West Salem, WI, on January 27, 1937, to Erwin and Sarah (Tompkins) Meyer. Don grew up in West Salem and, as a young man, took a trip to Illinois with his brothers,...
Richard V. Arneson
May 26, 2022
Richard Virgil Arneson, 93, passed away on Thursday May 26 th . He was born on Sept 2nd, 1928, near a fine candy store (the Sweet Shop) in North La Crosse, WI to Virgil and Matilda Arneson. Also near his childhood home was the marsh and thus began his love of fine candies and exploring natural places.
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Mary J. Key
May 26, 2022
Mary Joanne (Cooley) Key passed away at Cass Street Assisted Living on Thursday, May 26, 2022. Mary was born November 30, 1930, in Fennimore, Wisconsin to Wes I. Cooley and Mary J. Johns. Mary graduated from Fennimore High School in 1948. On September 13, 1952, she was united in marriage to Lyle D. Key at Fennimore Lutheran Church....
Carrie Jo Hoffman
May 25, 2022
Carrie Jo Hoffman, Age 63 passed away on May 25, 2022 at Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. She was born on April 28, 1959 in La Crosse WI to Gerald and Joan (Carpenter) Guentz and was a 1977 graduate of La Crosse Central High School.
Carrie attended Western Wisconsin Technical College where she became a Certified Central...
Mary Therese Smith
May 25, 2022
Mary T. Smith of La Crosse, WI, passed away unexpectedly in her home on Wednesday, May 25, 2002.
She was born on May 19, 1954, to Mona (Pedersen) Dent and Richard Dent. She came from a big family and had many siblings. She was a graduate of Aquinas High School. Mary worked at LaCro Products and retired...
Gregory A. Craig
May 24, 2022
Gregory A. Craig, 67 of West Salem, passed away on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, at the Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. He was born December 14, 1954, in La Crosse to Stanley “Budd” and Yolanda “Sis” (Osley) Craig. Greg attended West Salem schools and graduated from West Salem High School in 1974. He later graduated from WWTC...
Jacqueline Lee Range
May 22, 2022
Jacqueline “Jackie” Range (Freeman), age 72, of La Crosse, WI, passed away on Sunday, May 22 nd , 2022, at Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, surrounded by her family, after a short battle with ovarian cancer.
Jackie grew up in Brainerd, MN, with her parents, Jim and Ida Mae (Hines) Freeman, and her brother Greg. It was...
Ione J. Phillips
May 21, 2022
Our beloved mother, Ione Joyce (Engler) Phillips passed away at Gundersen Health Systems on May 21, 2022 at the age of 98 with her daughter Debbie at her side.
She was born in Alma, WI on September 25, 1923 to Joseph and Marie (Hartman) Engler. She was proud of being a “farm girl”.
She met...
Ronnie "Ron" Lynn Weldon
May 20, 2022
Ronnie Lynn Weldon (Ron) passed with dignity and grace from this world on May 20, embraced by his loving wife, LouAnn, and his sister, LaNette Zimmerman. The past two years found Ron coping with multiple health issues that became increasingly challenging and complex. He reached his repose at Mayo Hospital in La Crosse after a brief stay there.
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Andrew A. "Andy" Roth
May 18, 2022
Andrew “Andy” A. Roth, 54, of La Crosse died Wednesday, May 18, 2022, in his home.
He was born September 8, 1967, in La Crosse, to Richard “Dick” and Elizabeth “Betty” (Gerke) Roth. Andy graduated in 1986, from Aquinas High School. He was an auto-mechanic for several years along with retaining wall specialist and...
Robert J. Hafner
May 15, 2022
Robert J. “Bob” Hafner, 71, of La Crescent, MN., passed away unexpectedly at his home on Sunday, May 15, 2022. He was born June 29, 1950, in La Crosse to Joseph and Matilda (Schmidt) Hafner. He lived and worked on the family farm in Skunk Hollow during his childhood. He graduated from La Crescent High School in 1968. Bob enlisted...
Suzanne "Amah" Welch
May 14, 2022
Suzanne “Amah” Welch, 69 of Caledonia, MN, passed away at the Tweeten Care Center in Spring Grove, MN on Saturday, May 14, 2022. She was born December 11, 1952, in La Crosse to Bernard and Alice (Shafto) Weiland and graduated from Central High School.
On April 2, 1977, she married Michael Welch in La...
John "Jack" Wiley Welch
May 14, 2022
John “Jack” Wiley Welch, 93, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus on Saturday morning, May 14, 2022, at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. He was only there minutes before passing away from congestive heart failure. He lived at home until that morning with his loving wife of 63 years, Jann Deen (Witt) Welch. He was...
Jaynie Ann Sheffer
May 14, 2022
Jaynie Ann Sheffer passed away Saturday, May 14, 2022 at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, WI surrounded by family and loved ones. She was 62 years old.
She was born July 24th, 1959 in La Crosse, WI to Robert and Phyllis (Haar) Ideker. She grew up on a farm in Hokah, MN and lived in Hokah...
Eugene G. Strasser
May 13, 2022
Gene G. Strasser, 84, of Onalaska, died Friday, May 13th, 2022, at home with family at his side after a short battle with lung cancer. There will be a private family memorial service held.
He was born May 30, 1937, in La Crosse to George and Viola (Schroeder) Strasser. He graduated in 1955 from Aquinas High School. ...
Larry W. Ryberg
May 13, 2022
Lawrence William Ryberg, 77 of La Crescent, MN, passed away peacefully at Mayo Health System in La Crosse on Friday, May 13, 2022.
Larry was born to Drexel and Rose (Gauvin) Ryberg in St. Paul, MN, on January 27, 1945. He married the love of his life Connie (Mc Cormick) on September 26, 1964. He joined the...
Stanley Allen Johnson
May 13, 2022
Stanley Allen Johnson, 70, of La Crescent, passed away suddenly at his home on Friday, May 13, 2022.
Stan was born in Caledonia, MN, on January 18, 1952, to Leonard and Melpha (Rauk) Johnson. He grew up in Caledonia and was a 1970 graduate of Caledonia High School. He went on to attend Southwest Minnesota State University...
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