Obituaries
Stanley Batker
Dec 4, 2019
Our beloved Dad and Grandpa, Stanley Batker, 97, passed away on December 4, 2019. He was born in Madison, WI to Walter and Dorothy (West) Batker. He grew up in Madison before moving to La Crosse, which he has called home for the past 53 years. He was married to his wife Mary for 67 years.
Stan...
Virgil H. Meinking
Nov 30, 2019
Virgil Meinking, 87 of La Crosse passed away at the Hillview Health Care Center on Saturday, November 30, 2019 with his loving family by his side.
Virgil was born February 12, 1932 to Alvin and Myrtle (Jerome) Meinking. On October 29, 1952 he married Betty Le Jeune at St. Thomas More Church in La Crosse.
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Rose M. Blanchar
Nov 30, 2019
Rose (Schneuriger) Blanchar, 84, died on November 30, 2019. She was born at the family farm on St. Joseph Ridge to Anton and Mary Schneuriger on December 7, 1934.
She was married to Edwin Blanchar in 1958, they later divorced. She worked for many years in the housekeeping department at Lutheran Hospital. Rose was a member of...
Gary Michael Johnson
Nov 29, 2019
Gary Michael Johnson, 63, of Onalaska passed away suddenly November 29, 2019 at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Gary was born at St. Mary’s hospital in Wausau to parents Glendon and Florence (Soczka) Johnson who resided in the city of Athens, Wisconsin on December 17, 1955.
Gary graduated from Owen-Withee...
Jerome J. Papacek
Nov 28, 2019
Jerome J. Papacek, 92, of La Crosse, passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2019, at Gundersen Health System. He was born on January 29, 1927, in La Crosse to John T. and Mary (Roubik) Papacek. His brothers, Clarence, John, and George, who were all U.S. Army veterans, preceded him in death.
Jerome married Colleen...
James Carter Harrison
Nov 26, 2019
James Carter Harrison, 72, was born on March 4, 1947 in Richland Center, Wisconsin, the son of Carter and Georgia Davis Harrison. He passed away peacefully in his sleep on November 26, 2019.
Jim loved Richland County, its people and its landscape, and it remained his lifetime retreat. He was a proud 1965 graduate of Richland Center...
Annette M. (Kolbo) Garner
Nov 26, 2019
Annette Maleta (Kolbo) Garner, 98, of La Crosse, passed away at the Hillview Health Care Center on Tuesday, November 26, 2019.
She was born July 9, 1921, at home in rural Melvina, Wis., the thirteenth of fourteen children born to Adolph and Dora (Johnson) Kolbo. She grew up in Cannon Valley (Portland, Wis.), and attended Cannon Valley...
Margaret "Muggs" Turner
Nov 26, 2019
Margaret L. “Muggs” Turner, 94, of La Crosse, died on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at Brookdale Memory Care. She was born on May 19, 1925 in La Crosse to Alvin and Bertha (Wagner) Wensole. Muggs was an active bowler and a member of the Eagle’s Auxiliary Arie 1254. She was also an active member of Our Savior’s Lutheran...
Leroy H. Ready
Nov 25, 2019
LeRoy H. Ready, 90, La Crescent, MN passed away Monday, November 25, 2019 at Mayo Health Systems in La Crosse, WI. LeRoy entered the Army in 1951 and served his country proudly. He then returned home and farmed the Ready family farm. In addition, he was employed at Heileman Brewery for thirty-eight years before retiring in 1992. On August...
Joe Scott Colburn
Nov 25, 2019
On November 25, 2019, Joe Scott Colburn, 41, entered Heaven the way he lived his life; with courage, dignity and speed. Less than two years after he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, he took his last breath in the place he visited too often the past few months, Gundersen Health System, with the love of his life and wife,...
Theresa E. Breuer
Nov 24, 2019
Theresa E. Breuer, 96, of La Crescent, died on Sunday, November 24, 2019. Theresa was the first of nine children, born March 22, 1923 to Martin and Gertrude Kruse of St. Lucas, IA. There she worked on the family farm and helped raise her brothers and sisters. Later she moved to Cedar Rapids, IA, to pursue a career as...
Dr. Ed B. Miner
Nov 22, 2019
Edward Budd Miner, MD of La Crosse passed away on November 22, 2019 surrounded by his family at the Bethany St Joseph Care Center from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was born to Percy L. and Esther E. (Smith) Miner on January 20,1933 in Pepin, WI where everyone had a nickname, his was Budd. He graduated from Pepin HS...
Howard E. Gloede
Nov 18, 2019
Howard E. Gloede passed away peacefully with his wife by his side Monday, November 18, 2019 at Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare in La Crosse.
Howard is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Kay. Their blended family includes Nicole (Justin) Piller, Ashley Myers, Brandon (Caitlyn) Hemmelman, Nicole Hemmelman, plus grandchildren Bruce, Howie, Scott, and Justin Piller...
Shirlee Mae Schams
Nov 15, 2019
Shirlee Mae Schams passed away at Brookdale-Clare Bridge memory care in La Crosse on Friday, November 15, 2019
She was born March 31, 1934, in La Crosse to Laurence and Lucille (Oldenburg) Knutson and was the eldest of 5 children. She graduated from Aquinas High School in 1952.
Shirlee married William G. Schams, her high...
Frederick "Fred" Lesher
Nov 13, 2019
Frederick, “Fred”, Zumdahl Lesher passed away on November 13 th , 2019. He was 83 years old. He was the husband of Jolene F. Lesher. They shared sixty years of marriage.
Fred was the son of Maurice Edwin and Iva Maude Lesher. He graduated from Clinton High School, Clinton Iowa in 1954 and went on to attend...
Jerome "Jerry" Dagendesh
Nov 12, 2019
Jerome “Jerry” Dagendesh, 79 of La Crosse passed away on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at the Mayo Health System in La Crosse. He was born in La Crosse on February 5, 1940 and graduated from Central High School. Jerry furthered his education at WWTC studying small engine and outboard motor repair.
On October 3,...
Raymond L. Wheeler
Nov 12, 2019
Raymond Lavern Wheeler, 94, passed away at Hillview Health Care Center on Tuesday, November 12, 2019, due to complications of Alzheimer’s dementia. He was born June 17, 1925 – (twin to Ralph Edward), to Preston and Mary Helen Wheeler of Viola, Wis. They were joined by Lorraine and Loretta.
Raymond first married Helen Olson. They divorced in...
Frederick C. Bagniefski
Nov 11, 2019
Frederick (Fred) Charles Bagniefski died peacefully at his home on Nov 11 th after a valiant fight against renal cancer. Fred was born in La Crosse on October 30, 1933 to Lawrence and Mary Bagniefski, and was a lifelong resident of La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Fred enjoyed an accomplished career as a sheet metal worker, who along with...
Donald M. Hermann
Nov 10, 2019
Donald M. Hermann, 97, of La Crescent, MN passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2019 at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. He was born on December 13, 1921 in Winona, MN to Joseph and Elizabeth (Hegenbart) Hermann. He married Lucille Sobeck on December 2, 1944 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Winona. They moved to La Crosse in...
Judith J. Wright
Nov 9, 2019
Judith J. Wright passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 9, 2019, at the Onalaska Care Center. She was 85 years of age and an active member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Onalaska.
Judy was born in La Crosse on November 25, 1933, to Russell and Dorothy Bock and baptized at First Lutheran Church in La Crosse. ...
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