Obituaries
Janet M. Zibrowski
Mar 3, 2017
Janet M. Zibrowski, 79, of Onalaska, died on Friday, March 3, 2017 in her home. She was born on May 3, 1937 in Caledonia, MN to Dewey and Lenora (Solum) Trehus. She was a 1955 graduate of Caledonia High School. Janet married Leslie Zibrowski on August 10, 1956 in La Crosse. She had worked at the Country Kitchen...
David Michael Barney
Mar 2, 2017
David Michael Barney, 54, of Denver, Colo., and formerly of La Crosse, died onThursday, March 2, 2017, at Centers at Lincoln, Parker, Colo., after a battle with cancer. He was born on May 16, 1962 in La Crosse to Larry and Vivian (Scherz) Barney.
David graduated from Central High School and was a laborer working outdoors whenever...
Dale Richard Merten
Mar 1, 2017
Dale Richard Merten, 53, of Holmen, WI, died on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 in his home. He was born on December 29, 1963 in Sauk Centre, MN to Anthony and Rose (Wiess) Merten. He grew up in Sauk Centre, MN and graduated from Sauk Centre high school in 1982. He graduated from NDSU with a bachelor’s degree in civil...
Fern Ruth Buchholtz
Mar 1, 2017
Fern Ruth (Knight) Buchholtz, 91 of La Crosse died at her home on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. She was born July 22, 1925 in La Crosse to Henry A. and Clara (Poehling) Knight. Fern lived in Galesville, WI until 1938 and attended grade school there. She attended Lincoln Middle School and Central High School in La Crosse. She...
Cecelia Ann Halweg
Feb 23, 2017
Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother and friend, Cecelia A. Halweg, 94 of La Crosse and formerly of Cresco, IA died on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at the Bethany-Riverside Nursing Facility. She was born October 23, 1922 in Le Roy, Minnesota to John and Adela (Matura) Zotika. She moved with her family to a farm near Lime Springs, IA...
Harold Greeno
Feb 23, 2017
Harold Eugene Greeno, 73, of Dresbach, MN died on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. He was born on April 1, 1943 in La Crosse to Harold E. and Joyous (Norby) Greeno. He graduated from Central High School in 1961. He actively served on the USS Bennington CV-20 in Vietnam. He was discharged from...
Charles Robertson
Feb 22, 2017
Charles Robertson died Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at his home in Onalaska. He was born June 24, 1931, to Harold and Faye (Rose) Robertson. He attended grade schools on French Island and the North Side of La Crosse and graduated from Logan High School in 1949. On October 19, 1957, he married Jean Zirbes at St. Mary’s Catholic...
Raymond Marvin Wichelt
Feb 22, 2017
Raymond “Ray” Marvin Wichelt, 83, of Stoddard, WI, died on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at the Bethany Riverside Care Center. He was born on July 6, 1933, in Beloit, WI, to Marvin and Sylvia (Peterson) Wichelt. Ray was a 1952 graduate of Beloit Memorial High School, where he excelled in sports. He served with the US Army from 1953-1956....
James M. Atchison
Feb 21, 2017
James “Jim” Atchison, 84, of La Crosse, WI, passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2017. He was born November 12, 1932 to Wallace and Mable (Indahl) Atchison. He married the love of his life Shirley Fredrickson on July 30, 1966 at Bethel Lutheran Church in La Crosse, WI.
As a young man, Jim was a member of the...
Bonnie Louise Raatz
Feb 21, 2017
Bonnie L. Raatz, 72 of La Crosse, passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, after fighting a long courageous battle with cancer. She was born in La Crosse on June 24, 1944 to Walter and Dolores (Lautz) Langhofer. She married John Raatz in La Crosse on January 14, 1967. Bonnie had attended Central...
William P. Skemp
Feb 17, 2017
William P. Skemp, 82 of La Crosse passed away Friday, February 17, 2017 at Eagle Crest South in La Crosse. He was born May 8, 1934 in La Crosse to Thomas H. and Beulah (Kelley) Skemp. He graduated from Aquinas High School in 1952 where he excelled in sports, setting several state records in basketball. He then attended...
Glenn "Joey" Wells
Feb 16, 2017
Glenn Frederick “Joey” Wells, 48 of West Salem, passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2017 at his home where he spent his life. Joey was born July 27, 1968 in La Crosse to Jack and Jacqueline (Needham) Wells. Joey as he was known to his family and friends was an adult with disabilities with an incredible smile, an...
Francis C. Von Arx
Feb 14, 2017
On Tuesday, February 14, 2017, Francis C. Von Arx, 91, went to Heaven to join his son, grandson, brothers, sisters, parents and a host of loved ones in our large, extended family. He was born November 3, 1925, to William J. and Emma T. (Langen) Von Arx in Bush Valley in the family home in Rural Mound Prairie Township,...
Alice Esther Mattson
Feb 13, 2017
Alice Esther Mattson, 71, of La Crescent, passed away on Monday, February 13, 2017, at Valley View Nursing Home in Houston, Minn.
Alice was born November 16, 1945, in Sparta, Wis., to Roy and Geneva (Pagel) Mattson. Her family moved to Brownsville, Minn., in 1947 where she attended elementary school and she later graduated from Caledonia High...
Gunvor Dahl
Feb 13, 2017
Gunvor Dahl of Onalaska Wis., and formerly of Rockford Ill., passed away peacefully at the Onalaska Care Center on February 13, 2017. She was born on September 27, 1921, in Tistedalen, Norway, to Dr. Aksel Fjeldstad and Aagot (Neraas) Fjeldstad. As a young girl, her family moved to nearby Halden, Norway, where she attended school and at the age...
Rose E. Weber
Feb 12, 2017
Rose E. Weber, 92 of La Crosse, passed away on Sunday February 12, 2017 at Bethany St. Joseph Care Center. She was born May 16, 1924 to James and Lonie (Weis) Houlihan in Caledonia, Minn. She married Francis Weber in 1947 at St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral. She graduated from Aquinas High School in 1942. She worked for 25...
Audrey M. Soucheck
Feb 12, 2017
Audrey M. Soucheck, 87, of Stoddard, WI, died on Sunday, February 12, 2017 at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center. She was born on January 27, 1930 in rural Ferryville to Knute and Laila Wangen. Audrey grew up on a farm near Ferryville, and moved to Stoddard in the mid-1950s. She was married to Al Soucheck on August 8, 1953...
Leona Amundson
Feb 11, 2017
Leona (Kensmoe) Amundson, 87 of La Crosse/Hayward, Wis., died on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Mulder Health Care in West Salem. She was born in Whitehall, Wis., on August 23, 1929 to Otto and Clara (Loga) Kensmoe. On May 12, 1951 she married Richard D. Amundson in La Crosse. He preceded her in death on October 10, 1992.
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Burr Udell Wenzel
Feb 10, 2017
Burr Udell Wenzel, 90, of La Crosse, died on Friday, February 10, 2017 at the Tomah Veteran’s Administration Medical Center. He was born on May 13, 1926 in La Crosse to Charles and Elsee (Weder) Wenzel. Burr graduated from Logan High School and served with the US Navy during WWII. He married Shirley Ann Sinniger on September 27,...
Beverly Jean Wilder
Feb 10, 2017
Beverly Jean Wilder, 74, of La Crosse, died on Friday, February 10, 2017 at the Hillview Health Care Center. She was born on March 12, 1942 in La Crosse to Elmer and Eleanor (Hase) Wilder. Beverly had worked as a waitress at Waltz’s and the Cerise for several years. She enjoyed bike riding, sewing, collecting beanie babies and...
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