Obituaries
Rosie Nell Berry
Aug 28, 2018
Rosie N. Berry, 71 of La Crosse, died on Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at Gundersen Health System of La Crosse. She was born in Chicago, Ill., on March 3, 1947 to Albert and Cora (Ball) House. She was a woman of great strength and courage. She loved hard and cared deeply for all in which she encountered. She was...
Kyle James Rice
Aug 27, 2018
Kyle James Rice (Harper), 30, of Onalaska, passed away Monday, August 27, 2018 on his motorcycle, doing what he loved. He was born July 30, 1988 in La Crosse, to Anita Rice (Harper) and Douglas Rice. He was a "mud slinger" at River City Ready Mix and he loved his job very much.
Kyle was very active...
David Dean Panek
Aug 26, 2018
On Sunday, August 26 th , 2018, David Dean Panek, loving husband and father of two, passed away out on his land doing what he loved at the age of 57. David was born on September 28 th , 1960 to Gerald and Marlee (Akkerman) Panek. He was a man of many hats. He spent many years farming with...
Lynn L. Cody
Aug 26, 2018
Lynn L. Cody, 73 of La Crosse passed away on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at the Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. Lynn was born April 30, 1945 in La Crosse to Cyril and Irma (Emery) Cody.
He is survived a brother, Carl (Mary Ann) Cody; his girlfriend, Kathy Freidhof both of La Crosse;...
Steven P. Graf
Aug 25, 2018
Steven P. Graf, 62 of Sioux Falls, SD and formerly of Hokah, MN., passed away to his eternal home at the Dougherty Hospice House, Sioux Falls, SD., on Saturday, August 25, 2018. He was born to Lawrence and Luella (Flatten) Graf on February 19, 1956. He grew up on the family farm near Brownsville, MN., and graduated from La...
Thomas Savage Mc Lenahan
Aug 24, 2018
La Crosse – Thomas “Tom” Savage Mc Lenahan, 80, of La Crosse died peacefully on August 24, 2018 at his home after a courageous battle with lymphoma.
Tom was born on November 21, 1937 in Berwyn, Illinois to Thomas and Rose Mc Lenahan. He graduated from J. Sterling Morton High School and earned a B.S. in Electrical...
Doris Mae Ruegg
Aug 24, 2018
Doris Mae Ruegg, 96, of La Crosse, passed away on Friday, August 24, 2018 at the Bethany St. Joseph Care Center. She was born in La Crosse on May 8, 1922 to John and Julia (Rohdes) Stair. Doris married Raymond Ruegg on May 10, 1941 and he preceded her in death on January 4, 2010. Doris had worked...
Diane Marie Wheeler
Aug 23, 2018
Diane Marie (Strasser) Wheeler, 72, of Onalaska, after a valiant 10 year battle with cancer, was called home on August 23, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Health System in Sparta, WI. She was born on November 12, 1945 in La Crosse to John and Alice (Veglahn) Strasser. After graduating from Aquinas High School in 1963, she worked for La Crosse...
Levi L. Sullivan
Aug 22, 2018
Levi L. Sullivan, 76 of Onalaska, passed away at his home on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. He was born October 21, 1941 in rural Sparta, WI to Timothy and Alberta (Miller) Sullivan.
Levi is survived by a grandson, Riley Page; a son-in-law, Chris Page, both of Trempealeau, WI; three sisters, Evelyn Morkved of Onalaska,...
Clyde R. Butterfield
Aug 19, 2018
Heaven welcomed a very special angel on Sunday, August 19, 2018. Clyde R. Butterfield, Jr., 93, passed away at Mulder Health Care Facility with his family by his side. Clyde was born in La Crosse on April 22, 1925 to Lena and Clyde R. Butterfield, Sr. - the fourth of ten children.
Clyde married Beverly Churchill on...
Mary Lou Sahlstrom
Aug 16, 2018
Mary Louise “Mary Lou” Sahlstrom, 90, of Onalaska, WI and formerly of Waseca, MN passed away at her home on Wednesday, August 15, 2018.
Mary Lou was born March 16, 1928 in Kanpur, India, the daughter of Presbyterian missionaries, the Reverend Reginald and Laura (Dukes) Louch. She spent her childhood in India and attended Woodstock International School...
John "Jack" Gleason
Aug 16, 2018
Jack Gleason, 84, of Onalaska, passed away at home on Thursday, August 16, 2018 surrounded by family and his beloved pets. He was born in La Crosse on July 4, 1934 to J. Francis and Cecelia (Tikal) Gleason. On June 25, 1955 he married Dorothy Zeimentz and she preceded him in death on December 7, 1982.
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Cecelia M. Horn
Aug 14, 2018
Cecelia M. Horn, 84 of La Crescent, died surrounded by her family on Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse. She was born in La Crosse on August 28, 1933 to Aaron and Clara (Boehm) Zumach. On December 5, 1954 she married Wilmer Horn in Caledonia, MN and he preceded her in...
Thomas Charles Brobeck
Aug 12, 2018
Thomas “Tom” Charles Brobeck, 74, of rural La Crescent, passed away at his home on Sunday, August 12, 2018.
Tom was born in Milwaukee, Wis., on April 1, 1944, to Lester Martin and Dorothy “Dottie” Martha (Prahl) Brobeck. He attended college at U.W.-Milwaukee where he played football before transferring to Wartburg College where he also played football...
Alvina D. Clements
Aug 11, 2018
Alvina Dorothy (Breidel) Clements, 88, of rural Coon Valley, WI passed away peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at the Hillview Health Care Center in La Crosse. She was born on April 23, 1930 in La Crosse to Frank and Serena (Neisen) Breidel. Alvina’s mother died of TB when Alvina was 2 years old, so she...
Arlene Marie Sikorski
Aug 9, 2018
Arlene Marie Sikorski, 84, of La Crosse, passed away on Thursday, August 9, 2018 at the Hillview Health Care Center. She was born to Emil and Anna (Selonke) Sikorski on August 19, 1933 in La Crosse. Arlene graduated from Aquinas High School in 1951 and soon afterwards began her first job as secretary in the Export Department at...
Arthur H. Streitz
Aug 8, 2018
Arthur H. Streitz of Onalaska was called to his eternal rest on August 8, 2018 at the age of 95. Arthur was born March 8, 1923 in La Crosse to Ferdinand and Caroline (Posbeck) Streitz.
On December 12, 1941, at the age of 18, Art enlisted in the United States Navy five days after the bombing of...
Loris B. Rustad
Aug 7, 2018
Loris B. Rustad, 86, formerly of Nodine and La Crescent, Minn., passed away on Tuesday, August 7, 2018, at Springbrook Assisted Living in Onalaska.
She was born in La Crosse on December 6, 1931, to Paul and Theresa (Papenfuss) Radsek. She married Jerry Schwarz in 1953 in Nodine and they later divorced. She then married Oliver Rustad...
Shirley Mae Geiwitz
Aug 7, 2018
Shirley Mae (Copus) Geiwitz age 74, passed away comfortably on August 7, 2018 at the Lakeview Health Center in West Salem, WI. Shirley was born the 2 nd of 8 children on February 2, 1944 to Clifford and Tina (Groothoff) Copus in Wisconsin Dells. The family eventually made their way to La Crosse where she met Jim Geiwitz....
Ronald L. Ewing
Aug 6, 2018
Ronald L. “Ron” Ewing, 75 of La Crescent, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 6, 2018 at the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse. Ron was born in Viroqua, WI on February 27, 1943 to Merlin and Vivian (Merchant) Ewing. He graduated from La Farge High School in 1961. Ron was inducted into the United States Army...
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