Obituaries
Earl H. Schrandt
Jan 27, 2018
Earl H. Schrandt, 93 of La Crescent, MN passed away on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at the Hillview Healthcare Center in La Crosse. He was born May 31, 1924 in Winona, MN to August and Emma (Nast) Schrandt. At the age of 17 he began work as a welder in the Bremerton, WA shipyards. He returned to Winona...
Bernice Whiteman
Jan 26, 2018
Bernice A. Whiteman, 95, of Onalaska, died on Friday, January 26, 2018, at the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse, after a brief illness.
She was born in La Crosse, Wis., on July 20, 1922, to Thomas and Victoria Burns. She attended Aquinas High School and Coleman Vocational School (now Western Technical College) where she learned...
Wilbur Lee Talbot
Jan 26, 2018
Wilbur Lee Talbot, 79, of Onalaska, died on Friday, January 26, 2018.
He was born, January 18, 1939, in Covington, Ky., to Chauncey and Mary (Payne) Talbot. He later married his long-time friend, Olivia Ann France, on June28, 1968.
Following high school, Wilbur joined the United States Army. The army provided him with many adventures...
Willard C. Otto
Jan 23, 2018
Willard C. Otto, 90, of La Crosse, died on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at Bethany Riverside Care Center. He was born February 9, 1927 at his grandmother’s house in La Crosse to Frank and Olga (Blank) Otto. Willard grew up on the family farm on South Ridge, MN. At the...
Dorothy Mae Kaczorowski
Jan 23, 2018
Dorothy Mae Kaczorowski, 94 of La Crosse passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at the Benedictine Manor in La Crosse. She was born on June 24, 1923 in Winona, MN to Gerhardt and Mae (Kessler) McGill. Dorothy graduated from Winona High School in 1941. On June 3, 1942 she married Marion J. Kaczorowski and he preceded her...
Jean Ann Every
Jan 23, 2018
Jean Ann Every, 79, of Onalaska, died on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at the Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. She was born on September 4, 1938 in La Crosse to Arthur and Hazel (Harnisch) Remus. Jean attended Central High School. She married Arnold “Arnie” Every on September 6, 1958 at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. Jean enjoyed gardening,...
Lavonne Louise Lepsch
Jan 22, 2018
LaVonne Louise Lepsch, 86, of La Crosse, died on Monday, January 22, 2018 at the Bethany Riverside Care Center. She was born on January 12, 1932 in La Crosse to Harry and Julia (Bell) Nieber. She attended Central High School, and married James “Sparky” Lepsch on August 19, 1950 in St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church. LaVonne was a beautician...
Michael "Mick" Lucey
Jan 21, 2018
Michael “Mick” Joseph Lucey, 83, died on Sunday, January 21, 2018, at the home of his daughter, with his family beside him.
Mick was born October 20, 1934, in Ferryville, Wis., the sixth of twelve children born to Daniel and Irene (Finley) Lucey. After graduating from Gays Mills High School, he served in the United States Army...
James D. Woods
Jan 21, 2018
James D. Woods, 78 of La Crosse, died on Sunday, January 21, 2018 at the Gundersen Health System of La Crosse. He was born in Appleton, Wis. on August 17, 1939 to Joseph and Mabel (Gutweiler) Woods. He married Sharon M. Wang on October 27, 1962. Jim was a 1959 graduate of Central High School where he excelled in...
Delores Smull Teale
Jan 21, 2018
Delores “Dee” Smull Teale, 75, of Onalaska, passed away on Sunday, January 21, 2018, at the home of her daughter in Blair, Wis. She was born in Davenport, Iowa, on September 19, 1942, to Emory Jennings Smull and Catherin Marie Louise Prachar. She later graduated from Davenport Central High School. After attending Northern Iowa University for two years, Delores married...
John Dougherty
Jan 20, 2018
John A. Dougherty, 73, of Onalaska, died at his home on Saturday, January 20, 2018, surrounded by his loving family. John was born April 14, 1944, in Springfield, Ill., to John A. and Edith Mae (Phillips) Dougherty. He married the love of his life and soul mate, Cynthia (Demorest) Dougherty, November 7, 1975. In addition to his wife Cindy,...
Richard Dudkiewicz
Jan 17, 2018
Richard Frank Dudkiewicz, 88, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at Benedictine Manor in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Richard was born in Chicago, Illinois, July 6, 1929, to Francis and Marie (Bisek) Dudkiewicz. He grew up in Chicago and attended Holy Innocents Grade School, graduating from Lane Tech High School and attending the University of Illinois at Navy...
Judith A. (Knutson) Severino
Jan 16, 2018
Judith A. (Knutson) Severino, 77, of Bangor, formerly of La Crosse, passed away at home on Tuesday, January 16, 2018. She was born in La Crosse on May 18, 1940 to Obed and Alice (Snow) Schaller. Judy graduated from Logan High School. She was united in marriage to Ray Knutson on August 12, 1958. Judy and Ray had a...
Jean E. Kihm
Jan 16, 2018
On January 16th, our mother Jean Elizabeth “Little Jean” Kihm (85) passed away surrounded by family at the Hillview Health Care Center in La Crosse. She was one of seven children born in Hokah, Minnesota to Maleta (Schulenburg) and Bernard Kerrigan. Jean was an excellent student, graduating in 1950 from Hokah’s St. Peter’s High School, along with four other...
Charles M. Flint
Jan 15, 2018
This is the story of Charles M. Flint. Charlie, 38, of La Crosse, passed away on Monday, January 15 th , at his home surrounded by his family, after a brief illness. Charlie’s story started on August 2nd, 1979 in Owatonna, MN, the oldest son of Dennis and Kathy (Rieber) Flint. A graduate of Owatonna High School in 1997,...
Harold Doweiko
Jan 15, 2018
Harold “Harry” E. Doweiko, 64, formerly of Onalaska, passed away on Monday, January 15, 2018, after a ten-year battle with a brain tumor.
Harry was born and raised in Rhode Island and moved to the Midwest in 1976 to begin graduate school and remained in the Midwest since that time, earning his doctorate from the University of...
Charles S. Gilbertson
Jan 14, 2018
My name is Charles Christiaan S. Gilbertson, 66 years old and born in La Crosse, WI. I lived in order of these places, Winona, MN; Brooksville, FL; Tacoma, WA; Palo Alto CA; New York City, NY; San Jose CA and finally back to La Crosse, WI where I died.
To say that my life...
Agnes Gourlay Rand
Jan 12, 2018
Agnes “Nan” Gourlay Rand, 75 passed away Friday, January 12, 2018 in Onalaska, Wisconsin. She fought a brave, twenty-year battle with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and died peacefully in her own home with her children by her side. Nan was born in Dunoon, Scotland, on May 16, 1942 to John and Mary (Adams) Munro.
Nan married and left home...
Robert "Bob" L. Bernett
Jan 12, 2018
Robert L. “Bob” Bernett, 65, of rural DeSoto, died on Friday, January 12, 2018 in his home. He was born on July 18, 1952 in Sparta, WI to Dale and Evaline (Blegen) Bernett. Bob attended Viroqua High School. He was an avid Packers fan, and enjoyed hunting and fishing. Bob loved his dogs, probably more than people. ...
Kenneth W. Kramer
Jan 12, 2018
Kenneth W. Kramer, 87, of La Crosse, died on Friday, January 12, 2018 at the Lakeview Health Center in West Salem. He was born on August 17, 1930 in La Crosse to Bernard “Ben” and Margaret (Cain) Kramer. Ken was a US Army veteran of the Korean War, serving with the 101 st Airborne. He married Donna M....
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