Obituaries
Carolyn Lee Grimm
Oct 24, 2017
Carolyn Lee Grimm, 75, left this world on October 24, 2017. She was born on January 11, 1942 in La Crosse, graduated from Aquinas high school, and Viterbo College with a music degree. After college Carolyn spent 5 years with the FSPA at St. Rose Convent teaching music.
Carolyn worked as a seamstress in the bridal industry...
Shirley Tollefson
Oct 22, 2017
Shirley F. Tollefson, 92, of La Crosse, died on Sunday, October 22, 2017, at Bluffview Memory Care in Holmen. She was born on September 6, 1925, in La Crosse, to Lionel and Elsie (Scheel) Gardiner. She worked in the office at Gateway Transportation for many years and then in the mailroom at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center before retiring. Shirley...
John H. Betton
Oct 22, 2017
John Howard Betton died peacefully at his home in La Crosse, WI, on October 22, 2017. He was 68.
John was born in Erith, Kent, UK, to Marjorie Kovachich Betton and Aubrey Harold Betton. He attended Dartford Grammar School and Oxford Brookes University in England. For a time, he worked in the City of London and later...
Gerald A. Johnson
Oct 22, 2017
Gerald A. “Jerry” Johnson, 64, of La Crosse, passed away on Sunday, October 22, 2017.
He was born on June 3, 1953, in La Crosse, to Arthur and Gladys (Arneson) Johnson. He grew up in La Crescent and was a 1971 graduate of La Crescent High School. He was later united in marriage to Linda M. Lepsch....
Ruth Anderson
Oct 20, 2017
Ruth V. Anderson, 92, of La Crosse, passed away on Friday, October 20, 2017, at the Bethany-Riverside Nursing Facility, La Crosse.
She was born March 22, 1925, in La Crosse, to John and Ida (Ziegler) Bey. She attended Central High School and graduated in June of 1943. She worked at Jupiter and Kmart for 43 years as...
Gina Maria Boisen
Oct 18, 2017
Gina Maria (Muth) Boisen, 50, of La Crosse, died on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse. She was born on June 20, 1967 in La Crosse to James and Kathleen (Peterson) Boisen. Gina attended Logan High School and worked in various service related positions in the community. She loved gardening, crafts,...
Betty J. Rumsey
Oct 16, 2017
Betty Jane Rumsey, 73, of Cashton, Wisconsin died on Monday, October 16, 2017 at the Bethel Home & Services in Viroqua. She was born on February 2, 1944 in La Crosse, WI to Clarence and Doris (Schneider) Roraff, the fourth child born among four. Betty had a great love for horses, hunting and the great outdoors. She was an...
Ona Belle Hammond
Oct 16, 2017
Ona Belle (Happel) Hammond, 93 of Onalaska, Wis., passed away on Monday, October 16, 2017. She was born in Money Creek, Minn., on April 27, 1924 to George and Helen (Olson) McGaffey.
Ona grew up in the Money Creek area where as a child she loved to roller skate. She graduated from Houston High School in 1941....
Galo Burgos
Oct 15, 2017
Galo R. Burgos of La Crosse, formerly of Chicago and Evanston, Illinois passed away on Sunday, October 15, 2017 at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse. He was born in Quito, Ecuador on December 1, 1927. He studied engineering at the Central University in Quito. He arrived in the U.S. on Thanksgiving Day, 1952. He completed his...
Carol J. Opdahl
Oct 11, 2017
Carol J. Opdahl, 85, of La Crosse, died on Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse. She was born on May 7, 1932 in La Crosse to Irvin and Beatrice (Olson) Lawrence. She married Edward Opdahl on May 20, 1950 in St. John’s Catholic Church, La Crosse. Carol worked as a waitress...
Marilyn J. Vedell
Oct 10, 2017
Marilyn Jeanette Vedell, 79 of La Crescent, Minn., died on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at her home. She was born in Porter Ind., on September 12, 1938 to Arvid and Ethel (Ross) Carlson. On June 22, 1963 she married Thomas D. Vedell at the Augsburg Lutheran Church in Porter, Indiana.
Marilyn graduated from Chesterton High School in...
Lorraine Mae Heyer
Oct 9, 2017
Lorraine Mae Heyer, age 94, passed away Monday, October 9, 2017 at her home in the care of her loving family. Lorraine was born on October 1, 1923 and baptized at her parent’s home in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. On October 21, 1950 she was united in marriage to...
Beverly Schultz
Oct 7, 2017
Beverly J. Schultz, 95, of La Crosse, passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2017, at the Bethany-St. Joseph Care Center in La Crosse.
Beverly was born on June 6, 1922, in Hokah, Minn., to Archie and Elsie (Parmenter) Meinzer. She married Leonard Schultz on February 26, 1946, in La Crosse. She and Leonard farmed on St. Joseph...
Richard "Dick" Berry
Oct 5, 2017
Richard A. “Dick” Berry, 77 of La Crescent, Minn., died on Thursday, October 5, 2017 at Gundersen Health System of La Crosse. He was born in Muscatine, Iowa on December 27, 1939, to Cecil and Hattie (Alteneder) Berry.
Dick spent his youth in Muscatine where he graduated from high school in 1957. He moved to La Crosse...
Thomas A. Hogan
Oct 4, 2017
Thomas A. Hogan died peacefully surrounded by his loved ones Wednesday October 4, 2017 at St Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN following a stroke and consequent cardiac arrest.
Thomas was born in Madison, WI on July 26, 1943 to parents Alder and Ruth (Steinborn) Hogan. He attended University of Wisconsin in both La Crosse and Madison, earning...
Richard "Dick" Duffrin
Oct 3, 2017
Richard C. “Dick” Duffrin, 85, of La Crosse, died on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at Lakeview Health Center in West Salem after a year-long illness.
He was born in La Crosse on June 25, 1932, to Norman Duffrin, Sr. and Viola (Euler) Duffrin and remained a lifelong resident of the city. He married Phyllis Sendelbach on December...
Donald F Lorenz
Oct 3, 2017
Donald F. Lorenz, 84 of Hokah, Minn., passed away on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at La Crescent Health Services. He was born on June 25, 1933 in rural Hokah Township to Joseph and Malinda (Pilger) Lorenz. He married Helen L. Sauer at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Hokah on June 26, 1954. She preceded him in death on May...
Ruth A. Mclean
Oct 1, 2017
Ruth A. McLean, 100, of La Crosse died on Sunday, October 1, 2017 at Eagle Crest South. She was born January 21, 1917 in Belvidere, IL to Charles and Mabel (Andrews) Lindquist and graduated from Belvidere High School in 1935. On March 25, 1939, she married Robert McLean and they divorced in 1974.
Ruth...
Mary L. Lobeck
Oct 1, 2017
Mary Linse Lobeck passed away at the age of 72 in her home on October 1, 2017 with a soul full of warmth, love surrounding her, wonderful memories in her heart and peace of faith with God. Mary was blessed to have fallen in love twice, loved her children unconditionally and loved her grandchildren...
Dallis Lynn Cordes
Oct 1, 2017
Dallis L. Cordes, 63, of La Crescent, Minn., passed away Sunday, October 1, 2017 in her home surrounded by her family. Survivors include her daughter, Michelle Larson, son Kurt (Brittany) Larson and grandchildren Alex and Alyssa Wolter, Keagan and Owen Larson; her Brother Trevis (Deanna Trausch ) Loper. She was preceded in death by her father, Morgan Loper;...
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