Obituaries
Thomas R. Jerisha
Nov 22, 2020
Tom passed away at the Onalaska Care Center on November 22, 2020. He was born on November 25, 1946 in Joliet. IL to William and Louise (Everett) Jerisha.
The family moved to Monona, Wi where he attended Immaculate Heart of Mary Grade School and Monona Grove High School. He then enlisted in United State Air Force serving...
Marion Fuchs
Nov 20, 2020
Marion Fuchs, 95, of La Crosse, passed away on November 20, 2020 at Riverside Transitional Care. She was born in La Crosse on May 19, 1925 to Joseph and Anna (North) Davis. Marion graduated from Central High School and worked as a secretary and receptionist for Dr Dean Smith, an ENT Specialist prior to her marriage to Adrian E....
Tamara Kay Irvine
Nov 19, 2020
Tamara (Tammy) Kay Irvine, age 57, passed away on November 19, 2020 in her home. She was born on December 28, 1962 in La Crosse, WI to Robert and Elona (Papenfuss) Stanton. Tammy was baptized at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Nodine, MN and was a member at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in La Crescent. She graduated from La...
Levina Philomena Hauser
Nov 17, 2020
Levina Philomena Hauser passed away Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020.
She loved her husband and children and was a friend to many. She enjoyed dancing and beating you at cards. She was slow to anger and seldom criticized. When she wasn’t fond of something, she would only say that’s interesting. A phrase we knew meant displeasure. She had...
Jeanne M. Norby
Nov 16, 2020
With sad and heavy hearts, on this November 16 th , we had to say good-bye to our beloved Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother, Jeanne Marie Norby (nee Yost).
Jeanne was married for 49 years to her cherished husband, Leonard Norby, until his death in 2001. They were high school sweethearts. Jeanne was proud to be an...
Harland A. Viner
Nov 16, 2020
Harland A. Viner passed away November 16, 2020 at the Bethel Home in Viroqua, WI, following recent health complications due to COVID-19.
He was born April 5, 1933 to Ellsworth and Amy (Strahl) Viner in La Crosse, WI. After graduating from Central High School in 1950, he went to work for Tausche Hardware and then Trane Company. ...
Eleanor Frances Hogue
Nov 15, 2020
Eleanor Frances Hogue, 98, of La Crescent, died on Sunday, November 15, 2020 at La Crescent Health Services. She was born on January 21, 1922 to John and Ida (Fogel) Roraff. Eleanor loved the outdoors, gardening, chopping wood, and watching the birds.
She is survived her children, Mary (Duane) Forer, Jack (Frances) Schlegel, Rita...
Walt Hammond
Nov 14, 2020
Clifford Walter Hammond, 96, of La Crosse, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 14, 2020, at Riverside Transitional Care in La Crosse.
Walt was born on February 18, 1924, in Omaha, Neb., to C.W. and Minnie (Brooks) Hammond. He attended several elementary and high schools, graduating from Omaha Central High School in 1941. He began college at...
Norma L. Cox
Nov 14, 2020
Norma L. Cox, 97, passed away Saturday, Nov. 14, at Benedictine Manor in La Crosse. She was born May 10, 1923, to Leonard and Gertrude (Jacobus) Johnson, in Victory, Wisconsin. Norma graduated from Lansing (Iowa) High School, and attended La Crosse Vocational School.
She married Robert B. Cox on November 28, 1942, and he preceded her in...
Jon H. Bichel
Nov 13, 2020
Jon H. Bichel, 83 of Onalaska, passed away Friday, November 13, 2020 at Gundersen Health System following eight years of dialysis and complications of COVID-19.
He was born May 15, 1937 in La Crosse to John and Nina (Venners) Bichel. He graduated from Central High School in La Crosse and joined the Naval Reserves,...
Paul Francis Sorenson
Nov 10, 2020
Paul Francis Sorenson passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, November 10, 2020. He was born February 14, 1957 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin to Elmo and Virginia (Tomsicek) Sorenson. Paul graduated from Aquinas High School in 1975. He then pursued his secondary education at WWTI earning two degrees in Machine Tool Operation and Welding. Later he went to Winona State earning a Bachelor...
Julia Ann Konichek
Nov 9, 2020
Julia A Konichek, age 62, passed away peacefully in her home on Monday, November 9 th , 2020 after a long struggle with an autoimmune disease called PSC. Julie was known for her kindness and thoughtfulness for her relatives and friends. She had the unique ability for crafts, from needle point to making jewelry. She also enjoyed the...
Jerry Lee Padgett
Nov 8, 2020
Jerry was called to his heavenly home on November 8, 2020. He was born in Iowa City to Tom and Minnie Padgett on June 7, 1938, a middle child with 8 brothers and sisters. Jerry and Jeannie were the twins in the family. He married Rosalie Mae Savage on June 6, 1960 and they had 3 children Curtis (Gail)...
Ronald "Lars" Johnson
Nov 8, 2020
Ronald L. “Lars” Johnson, 77, of La Crosse, passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2020, at the Gundersen Health System in La Crosse.
Ron was born in La Crosse on August 31, 1943, to Lloyd and Agnes Johnson. Shortly after Ron’s birth, Agnes passed away, and Lloyd then married Marion Johnson.
Ron grew up in...
Richard S. "Dick" Sartz
Nov 7, 2020
Richard "Dick" Sartz died on November 7, 2020, at age 101 in his own home in La Crosse with his wife, Mary Jean, at his side. Their caring neighbors provided them both with so much loving support through the years.
He was born August 20, 1919, in Bayonne, New Jersey, and met the press early in life...
Genevieve Eleanor Larson
Nov 6, 2020
Genevieve Eleanor Larson 1930-2020
Strength, Loving, Caring! These are lessons she taught us all. She never said “Goodbye”…just “So Long”. If she knew you, you were in her prayers.
Her children: Barbara (1952-1971), Steve, Brian, Chris (Julie), Sara (Michael) Taggart.
Her grandchildren: Lola (Dina) ...
Andy J. "Red" Roraff
Nov 6, 2020
Andy J. “Red” Roraff was born on the family farm on the road to Hokah, MN on May 18,1922 to Andrew and Katherine, he was the youngest, behind Emil, August, Adrian, Bertha and Annie, the baby of the Roraff family. After graduating from the 8th grade from the old school in La Crescent, he was called home to help...
Bernadette K. Schumacher
Nov 4, 2020
Bernadette K. Schumacher, 96, of La Crosse passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, at the Bethany-St. Joseph Care Center. She was born January 12, 1924, in St. Mary’s, Kansas to Henry J. and Sophia (Sieger) Frederick.
On September 4, 1947, she married John F. Schumacher in Emmett, Kansas, and he preceded her in...
Thomas Allan Kish
Nov 2, 2020
Thomas Allan Kish, 67, passed away unexpectedly at his home in La Crosse on Monday, November 2, 2020. He was born on October 19, 1953, to Jule and Leora (Strasser) Kish in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Tom was a 1971 graduate of Central High School. After graduating from high school, Tom served in the US Navy. Upon returning from his...
Kathryn “Kappy” Tausche
Nov 1, 2020
Kathryn “Kappy” Tausche passed away on November 1, 2020 at the age of 95. She was born on June 25, 1925 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to Emma and John Gaffney and grew up in a working class neighborhood on Green Bay’s west side, the youngest of seven children.
Her siblings contributed when times got tough, especially during...
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