Obituaries
George Joseph Johnson
Sep 3, 2019
George Joseph “Joe” Johnson, 73, of Onalaska, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, September 3, 2019.
He was born in Milwaukee on March 22, 1946, to Leland and Helen (Heathcote) Johnson. His childhood years were spent in Greendale, Wis., before he moved with his family to Madison’s west side as a 14-year-old. Joe graduated from Madison...
Winnifred J. Jergenson
Sep 1, 2019
Winnifred “Winnie” June Jergenson (nee Johnson), 79, of La Crosse died Sunday, September 1, 2019, at Gundersen Health System. She was born June 20, 1940 to Merlin and Winnifred (Peloquin) Johnson in Chippewa Falls, WI.
Married later in life to Roger E. Jergenson on November 11, 1982 in Caledonia, MN. She retired from Trane Company, Lodge 66,...
Gloria H. Barney
Aug 30, 2019
Gloria H. Barney, 82, of La Crosse, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Friday, August 30, 2019, at Hillview Health Care Center. She was born in La Crosse on January 4, 1937, to Ruth Hauser.
On December 31, 1952, she married Keith Edward Barney, raising five children together during their 66 years of marriage....
Sandra A. Olson
Aug 29, 2019
Sandra Ann Olson 57 of La Crescent, MN died on August 29, 2019 at Gundersen Health System, LaCrosse, WI from metastatic kidney cancer.
Sandy was born December 10, 1961 to Daniel Joseph and Arlene Rose (Boguslawske) Stein at Mt. Sinai Hospital, Milwaukee, WI. She was the youngest of 5 children, moved from Milwaukee to Eau Claire in...
Phyllis Mary Jorgenson
Aug 27, 2019
Phyllis M. Jorgenson, 93, of Onalaska and formerly of La Crosse, died on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 in the Sterling House at Brookdale in La Crosse. She was born on July 16, 1926 in La Crosse to William and Leona (Fritz) Spah. Phyllis attended Holy Trinity Grade School and graduated from Aquinas High School in 1944. She married...
Juliet F. Steiger
Aug 24, 2019
Juliet F. Steiger, 64, of La Crosse passed away peacefully at Gundersen Health System on Saturday, August 24, 2019, after an eight-year battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.
She was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on May 12, 1955 to Roman and Rosemary (Klinski) Meyer. She graduated from Central High School in 1973 and lived the remainder of her...
Robert W. Reider
Aug 22, 2019
Robert (Bob) W. Reider, 65 of La Crescent, MN, died unexpectedly on Thursday, August 22, 2019 at Valley High Golf Course in Houston, MN. He was born in La Crosse on September 25, 1953 to Winston and Mary (Hengel) Reider.
A life-long resident of Houston County, he graduated from La Crescent in 1971 and was the first...
Bonnie Jean Mae Vaher
Aug 22, 2019
Bonnie-Jean Mae Vaher, after a lengthy illness, passed-away on August 22, 2019 at the Bethany Riverside Lutheran Home in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. She was 87.
Bonnie was born in Taylors Falls, Minnesota on March 19, 1932. She was the daughter of William (Anderson) Schmidt and Minnie (Ekdahl) Schmidt. Her blond hair and blue eyes reflected her 100% Swedish...
Anita R. Tanke
Aug 21, 2019
Anita R Tanke, 88, of La Crosse, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 21, 2019. Anita was born in La Crosse, WI on June 8 th , 1931, to Ferdinand and Helen (Weber) Schreier. She married Donald E. Tanke on June 17, 1950. She was a graduate of Logan High School and La Crosse Technical College and was then...
Scott V. Halvorson
Aug 18, 2019
Scott V. Halvorson, 41, of La Crosse, WI passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2019 at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, after a boating accident on the Mississippi River. He was born on February 20, 1978 in Marquette, Michigan to Victor and Carol (Lausted) Halvorson. His family lived in Ishpeming, Michigan until Scott was 11 years old. While...
Jack Fischer
Aug 17, 2019
Jack Fischer, 96 of Stoddard passed away on Saturday, August 17, 2019 at the Hillview Healthcare Center where he had resided for some time. He was born to Ervin and Ethel (LeJuen) Fischer on August 3, 1923 in La Crosse. Jack was a WWII veteran, joining the Army, and then being attached to the Air Force as a...
Darwin E. Severson
Aug 16, 2019
Darwin E. "Butch" Severson, 76, passed away August 16, 2019 at Gundersen Health System. Darwin was born on September 10,1942 to Wilfred and Fern (Geary) Severson.
Darwin was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Dennis "Dog/Dino" Severson, niece, Kathy Hegenbart and nephew, R. Scott Bjorge. He is survived by his daughter, Kristin (Scott) Jerome,...
Virginia V. Trehus
Aug 10, 2019
Virginia V. “Ginny” Trehus, 90 of La Crescent, MN, died on Saturday, August 10, 2019 at La Crescent Health Services. She was born in Los Angeles, CA, on June 21, 1929 to Calvin and Viola (Stolz) Christie and was raised in Brooklyn, NY. On October 8, 1949 she was married to Ken Trehus and he preceded her in death...
John C. Cremer
Aug 9, 2019
John Charles Cremer, 79, of rural La Crescent, passed away peacefully from this world on Friday, August 9, 2019, at his home.
He was born on January 15, 1940, to Victor and Teresa (Hauer) Cremer in Festina, Iowa, and later graduated from New Albin High School in New Albin, Iowa.
John’s career was in trucking,...
Brenda J. Peterson
Aug 8, 2019
Brenda J. Peterson, 71 of La Crescent passed away at her home on Thursday, August 8, 2019. She was born July 23, 1948 in La Crosse to James and Joyce (McNally) Norman and graduated from West Salem High School.
On August 27, 1966 she married Jim Peterson in West Salem. Brenda had worked for...
Donald Terlson
Aug 7, 2019
On the early morning of August 7, 2019 Donald Terlson was called to Heaven. He was born on February 10, 1931 in New Lisbon, WI to Edwin and Emma (Wildner) Terlson. Don graduated from Central High School and served in the US Navy for four years as a third-class Petty Officer on an LCM during the Korean Conflict....
Robert J. Twite
Aug 7, 2019
Robert J. “Bob” Twite, 84 of La Crosse passed away on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at the Benedictine Manor. He was born December 16, 1934 in La Crosse to Peter and Violet (Munkel) Twite and graduated from Aquinas High School.
On June 21, 1958 he married Diane Poellinger at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in...
Helen Mae Vitale
Aug 6, 2019
Helen Mae (Chopieska) Vitale passed away peacefully August 6th at the Bland-Bekkedal Center for Hospice Care in Viroqua. She was 93.
Helen liked to tell stories. Most of all she liked to tell stories of the things that she loved: her life, her family, and the Mississippi Valley in which she resided.
She was born...
Nyla J. Diekrager
Aug 6, 2019
Nyla Joyce (Steve) Diekrager, 85, of La Crescent, passed away on Tuesday, August 6, 2019, at SpringBrook Village of La Crescent.
Nyla was born on June 22, 1934, to Ben and Emma (Moldenhauer) Steve and lived in Moldenhauer’s Store in Nodine. A short time later, her family moved to Rose Valley on the Moldenhauer farm. During her...
Beverly J. Mach
Aug 5, 2019
Beverly J. Mach, 84 of La Crosse passed away on Monday, August 5, 2019 at Eagle Crest South Senior Living. She was born June 13, 1935 in Mitchell, S.D. to Edwin and Thelma (Kinney) Mayer. Beverly graduated from Tripp, S.D. High School and received her teacher’s certificate from Yankton College, S.D. She later graduated from Minot State University...
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