Obituaries
Severna "Kitty" Gay Buta
Oct 25, 2018
Severna Gay “Kitty” Buta, 80, formerly of Sparta, WI, died on Thursday, October 25, 2018 at the Onalaska Care Center. She was born on August 16, 1938 in Annapolis, MD. Severna married Nicholas Buta and they lived in the Sparta area for 28 years. He preceded her in death on April 5, 2018. Severna had worked at Best...
Marvin "Poncho" Edwin Sage
Oct 24, 2018
Marvin (Poncho) Edwin Sage passed away at home and went on to his eternal home on October 24th. He was born in La Crosse on September 29, 1934 to Russell and Ruth (Losie) Sage. Marv was the oldest of seven children. He graduated from Tomah High School in 1953. After graduation he enlisted in the Marines and served...
Shirley L. Gale
Oct 23, 2018
Shirley Louise (Davis) Gale, 85, of Winona, MN and formally of Onalaska, WI, passed away on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at Sugar Loaf Senior Living. She has been reunited with her husband, Art, the love of her life.
Shirley was born in Minneapolis, MN on November 5, 1932 to Lawrence and Vera (McCarthy) Davis. Her mother, Vera,...
Patricia Ann Hanson
Oct 20, 2018
Patricia Ann Hanson, 85, of La Crosse, passed away on Saturday, October 20, 2018, at the Benedictine Manor of La Crosse.
She was born September 26, 1933, in La Crosse to Andrew J. and Fern A. (Nagel) Novak, Sr. She married Donald Hanson and he preceded her in death.
Throughout her life, Pat worked at...
Evelyn A. Magin
Oct 19, 2018
Evelyn “Evie” A. Magin, 98, of La Crosse, passed away on Friday, October 19, 2018, at the Bethany-Riverside Nursing Facility.
Evie was born on November 8, 1919, in La Crosse, to Harry and Marie (Boldt) Hodson. She married Robert C. Magin on September 23, 1946. After 55 years together, Robert preceded her in death on January 15,...
Joanne Virginia Mayer
Oct 18, 2018
Joanne Virginia Mayer, 84, of La Crescent, MN, died on Thursday, October 18, 2018 at the Bethany Riverside Care Center surrounded by family. She was born on June 2, 1934 in La Crosse to Leonard and Virginia (Kerr) Betz. Joanne married Robert Mayer on June 10, 1962 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in La Crosse. She taught special education...
Larry A. Mauch
Oct 17, 2018
Larry A. Mauch, 83 of Onalaska, Wis., left his earthly home and passed peacefully into the presence of his Lord and Savior on October 17, 2018 at Gundersen Health System, La Crosse.
Larry was born July 18, 1935 in Goodrich, ND, to Otto and Lydia (Stein) Mauch. He lived his childhood years in Goodrich and at the...
Dorothy R. Johnson
Oct 16, 2018
Dorothy R. Johnson, 87, died Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at Benedictine Manor in La Crosse. She was born in Elizabeth, NJ, to John and Catherine (Rossner) Rieder. Following graduation from Jamesburg High School in New Jersey, Dorothy worked as a teletype operator and bookkeeper.
She and Melvin “Mel” Johnson were married on September 19, 1954 in Old...
Virginia R. (Roloff) Baeder
Oct 15, 2018
Virginia R. (Roloff) Baeder, 94, of La Crosse, died on Monday, October 15, 2018 at Brookdale Senior Living in La Crosse. She was born on January 5, 1924 in La Crosse to Charles and Cornelia (Quiggle) Brose. Virginia had worked at the Garment Company, Jack Winters, and St. Francis Hospital. She enjoyed traveling and loved her pets. ...
Dolores A. Lugar
Oct 13, 2018
Dolores A. Lugar, 80 of La Crosse passed away on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at her home surrounded by family. She was born December 4, 1937 in Milwaukee to Roman and Emily (Kasinski) Lewandowski. She married Bernard C. Lugar on July 7, 1961 and he preceded her in death on September 25, 2010.
Dolores...
Thomas W. Custer
Oct 12, 2018
Thomas W. Custer, a resident of Brownsville Township, MN since 1991, passed away peacefully at home on Oct. 12, 2018. He was born in Cokato, MN in 1945 to James and Luella (Claessens) Custer and lived for the first few years with his family in Waverly, MN. He moved with his family to southern California where he spent his...
Mary C. Nestingen
Oct 12, 2018
Mary Holinka Nestingen passed away on Friday, October 12, 2018 surrounded by her family. She was born in La Crosse, WI on December 17, 1934 to Anton “Chops” and Clara (Schmitt) Kreutz. She was a lifelong member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church. She graduated from Aquinas High School in 1952. On September 4, 1954 she married Wally Holinka at...
Dale J. Needham
Oct 10, 2018
Dale J. Needham, 83, formerly of Cedar Rapids, IA and La Crosse, WI, died on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at the Arbor Springs Nursing Home in West Des Moines, IA. He was born on January 9, 1935 in Waukon, IA to Bartley and Katherine (Sweeney) Needham, Sr. Dale attended Waukon area schools and married Catherine Hall on December...
Victor F. Johnson
Oct 9, 2018
Victor (Vic) Johnson died at his home on October 9, 2018 from Myelomonocytic Leukemia (MML). Vic was born on September 6, 1939 to Frank J. and Bernice (Unnasch) Johnson, the second of four children. The farm he grew up on was on the Winona/Houston County border with land in both counties. The house was in Houston County, Mound Prairie...
Dale L Bernett
Oct 5, 2018
Dale L. Bernett, 89 of La Crosse, died on Friday, October 5, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Health System, La Crosse. He was born in Sparta, Wis., on September 10, 1929 to Thomas and Odessa (Williams) Bernett. He grew up on his parent’s farm in rural Sparta and graduated from Sparta High School in 1947. He always shared many great...
Elaine K. Canard
Oct 4, 2018
Elaine K. Canard, 90, of La Crosse passed away on Thursday, October 4, 2018 at Hillview Health Care Center. She was born on October 2, 1928 in La Crosse, WI to Herman and Lila (Zierfus) Olson. Elaine enjoyed gardening, sewing, crocheting, baking and spending time with her two oldest great grandchildren.
She is survived by her grandchildren...
Galetta (Wendorf) Sterba
Oct 4, 2018
Galetta R. (Wendorf) Sterba, 103, of La Crosse and formerly of Wilton, Wis., died on Thursday, October 4, 2018, at the Benedictine Manor of La Crosse.
She was born in Wilton, Wis., March 15, 1915, to Carl and Laura (Buchholz) Schindler. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wilton,...
Fritz Karl Kesselring
Oct 4, 2018
Fritz Karl Kesselring, 86, of La Crosse, passed away on October 4, 2018 after a short illness. He was born in Hannover, Germany on November 21, 1931 to Hermann and Johanna (Witzel) Kesselring.
He came to America at age 24 and settled in La Crosse. He was a policeman in Germany for 2 years and then became...
Donald J. Helfrich
Oct 1, 2018
Donald J. Helfrich, 91, of La Crosse passed away Monday, October 1, 2018 peacefully in his sleep at home. Don was born in La Crosse to Joseph and Clara (Weiland) Helfrich on June 18, 1927. Don started working at an early age and largely supported himself from the age of 16, as his parents worked a farm. He graduated...
Raymond S. Javenkoski
Sep 30, 2018
My dear husband, Ray Javenkoski, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 30, 2018 at Gundersen Health System at the age of 91. He was born September 14, 1927, to Steven and Helen (Karwoski) Javenkoski. He grew up on their small farm in Three Lakes, WI. As a young student, Ray loved basketball and was the leading scorer in the...
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