Obituaries
Robert W. "Bob" Dvorak
Sep 22, 2017
Robert W. “Bob” Dvorak, 64 of Onalaska, Wis. passed away at the Mayo Clinic Health System, La Crosse on Friday, September 22, 2017. He was born in La Crosse on November 27, 1952 to Wenzel M. and Mary L. (Moriarty) Dvorak. On May 31, 1975 Bob married Linda J. Swanbeck at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in La Crosse. Bob...
Robert "Bob" L. Leisgang
Sep 20, 2017
Robert "Bob" Leisgang, 94, died peacefully on Wednesday, September 20th, 2017 at Hillview Health Care Center with his family by his side. He was born on June 17th, 1923 in La Crosse, WI to Frank and Gertrude (Przywojski) Leisgang. Bob attended Holy Cross School for his elementary years and graduated from Aquinas High School in 1942. After graduation, he...
Douglas Richard Rossow
Sep 19, 2017
Douglas Richard Rossow, 78, of Onalaska, WI passed away unexpectedly on September 19, 2017 at Gundersen Health Systems in La Crosse, WI, after a long battle with cancer.
Doug was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin to Gustav “Dick” and Verna (Walters) Rossow on July 15, 1939. He went to high school in La Crosse and then earned...
Willie Ed Hardin Jr.
Sep 18, 2017
Willie E. Hardin Jr., 65, of Onalaska, died Monday, September 18, 2017. Willie was married to the love of his life, Julie Amador, for over 20 years. After 30 years of employment at Mathy Construction, Willie retired as their safety director. Willie was an avid outdoorsman whose spirit was larger than life itself.
Willie...
Donna Jean Elkins
Sep 18, 2017
Donna Jean Elkins, 79, of La Crosse, died on Monday, September 18, 2017 at the Tomah Health Care Center after a brief stay. She was born on June 12, 1938 in Appleton, WI to Joseph and Mabel (Gutweiler) Woods.
She is survived by three sisters and a brother. She was preceded in death by...
Michael C. Osowski
Sep 17, 2017
Michael C. Osowski, 76, of La Crosse, died on Sunday, September 17, 2017 at his home. He was born on January 13, 1941 in La Crosse to Hubert and Florence (Lapitz) Osowski. Mike graduated from Aquinas High School in 1958, and served in the US Navy from 1959-1961. He married his high school sweetheart, Jane Compton, on September...
Amy Cerny Ramsay
Sep 16, 2017
Amy Cerny Ramsay, 43 of La Crosse, reposed in the Lord on Saturday, September 16, 2017 at Mayo Clinic Health System of La Crosse. She was born In Madison, Wis. on December 23, 1973 to Arnold and Nancy (Erskine) Cerny. Graduating from Sun Prairie High School in 1992, Amy went on to earn her BA in Communications from North...
Dolores Heisler
Sep 16, 2017
Dolores A. Heisler, 87, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 16, 2017, surrounded by her loving family at Caledonia Care & Rehab Center, Caledonia, Minn. Dolores was born in La Crosse, Wis., November 4, 1929, to Jerome Hanson and Doris (Krause) Hanson Niebeling. She married Gerald Heisler of Brownville in 1948 and they later divorced. She was a housewife...
David R. Tepp
Sep 16, 2017
David R. Tepp, 82, of La Crosse, passed away on Saturday, September 16, 2017, at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Osseo, Wis.
David was born in Stevens Point, Wis., on June 6, 1935, to Joseph P. and Sandra (Selenski) Tepp. After graduating from Stevens Point High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served two...
Floreene K. Montgomery
Sep 15, 2017
Floreene “Flo” K. Montgomery, 96 passed away peacefully on Friday, September 15, 2017 at the Hillview Healthcare Center.
Flo was born and raised in La Crosse on August 16, 1921 to Archie and Therese (Banasik) Montgomery. She attended Holy Cross Grade School and graduated from Aquinas High School in 1949. She had worked at the Electric-Auto Lite...
Arnold "Arnie" Pinski
Sep 15, 2017
Arnold “Arnie” Pinski, 95, of Onalaska and formerly of La Crosse, died on Friday, September 15, 2017, at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse
Arnie is survived by Ruby, his loving wife of 69 years; his sons, Ken (Sue), Rich and John; his grandchildren, Ross (Renee) and Mark (Cortnee); his 5 great-grandchildren; his brother and best friend,...
Jeffrey Schumacher
Sep 15, 2017
Jeffrey “Jeff” A. Schumacher, 63, of La Crosse, passed away at his home on Friday, September 15, 2017.
He was born in La Crosse on February 8, 1954, to Edwin and Valeria (Volk) Schumacher. He attended La Crosse schools and was a 1972 graduate of Central High School. On August 21, 1976, Jeff married Mary Stevens at...
Jesse James (Virock) Graves
Sep 14, 2017
Jesse James (Virock) Graves, 43, of Hokah, MN, died peacefully in the arms of his true love while surrounded by his family on September 14, 2017, after a strong two year long battle with a brain tumor. Jesse was born in Winona, MN, on September 29, 1973, to Joyce Graves and Shawn Virock. Jesse worked for many years as...
James F. Michaels
Sep 12, 2017
James (Jim) Francis Michaels, 78, of La Crosse, WI died suddenly of a cardiac event while doing what he loved, fishing, at his lake home in Wautoma, WI on September 12, 2017.
Jim is survived by his wife, Bette (Elizabeth) of 55 years, their children Jeff and Becky (Lund) Michaels, Chris and Vicki (Habermeyer) Michaels, Susan and...
Susan Jo Gallagher
Sep 11, 2017
Susan Jo Gallagher, 67 of La Crosse died Monday, September 11, 2017 at her home. Susan was born March 4, 1950 in La Crosse to Harold and Leona (Puent) Bashaw. She received her Associate degree in electronics and worked in this field until her retirement.
Susan also served her country in the Army reserve...
Vincent "Vinny" Knudtson
Sep 11, 2017
Vincent “Vinny” Alan Joseph Knudtson, infant son of Kelly Knudtson and Steven Coey, passed away at his home on Monday, September 11, 2017. He was born on July 30, 2017 in La Crosse.Vinny is survived by his mother and father; his brothers and sisters, Kaylie Knudtson and Rayna, Maven, Quintin, Aidan and Ethan Coey; maternal grandmother, Wendy Knudtson; paternal...
A. Marlene Papenfuss
Sep 9, 2017
A. Marlene Papenfuss, 85, of Nodine and formerly a resident of the Clara House in La Crescent, died on Saturday, September 9, 2017 at the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse. She was born on September 18, 1931 in New Boston, Ill., to Forest and Maye (Stipp) Mannon. Marlene had worked as an LPN for over 30...
Richard "Rick" Schermerhorn
Sep 9, 2017
Richard G. “Rick” Schermerhorn, 67, of La Crosse, passed away on Saturday, September 9, 2017, while hiking in the bluffs around La Crosse.
He was born in La Crosse on September 25, 1949, to Gordon and May (Roden) Schermerhorn. He attended La Crosse schools and was a 1967 graduate of La Crosse Central High School. On June...
Karl Anthony Tully
Sep 7, 2017
Karl Anthony Tully of Genoa WI, passed away on September 7, 2017. He was born May 4, 1991. He graduated from De Soto High School in 2009. He worked for and with his parents in their business. He loved and treasured his family. Karl had a true appreciation of nature and all God's creatures. He took pride in...
Evangeline Lucille Bauer
Sep 7, 2017
Evangeline Lucille Bauer, infant daughter of David and Ashley (Kirkeng) Bauer, died on Thursday, September 7, 2017 at the American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison, WI. She was born in La Crosse on July 25, 2017. Evangeline was very loved and touched many lives in her short time here.
She is survived by her...
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