Obituaries

Elayne M. Weber

Elayne M. Weber

May 6, 2015

Elayne M. Weber, 91 of La Crosse died on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at the Bethany-St. Joseph Care Center. She was born April 28, 1924 in La Crosse to Adolph and Ellen (Hermanson) Wrobel and attended Central High School. On April 30, 1941 she married John Weber in La Crosse and he preceded her in death on January 14,...

Alan H. Christman

Alan H. Christman

May 5, 2015

Alan H. Christman, 69, of La Crescent, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 surrounded by his family, following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on September 7, 1945 in Ladysmith, WI to Willard and Nanna (Magnus) Christman and grew up on the family farm in Tony, WI. After attending Flambeau High School and...

Benjamin William Ellingsworth

Benjamin William Ellingsworth

May 5, 2015

Benjamin William Ellingsworth, 84, of La Crosse, died on Tuesday, May 05, 2015 at his home. He was born on April 10, 1931 in Terre Haute, IN to Clifford and Pearl (Upchurch) Ellingsworth. Benjamin was a very proud veteran of the US Army. He had worked as a truck driver for many years and had owned the Wooden Nickel...

Mary Hale

Mary Hale

May 4, 2015

Mary K. Hale, 80, of La Crosse, passed away at her home on Monday, May 4, 2015. Mary was born in La Crosse on September 19, 1934, to Joseph and Hazel (Evenson) Kratzer. She married Edward C. Hale on December 27, 1952, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in La Crosse. Mary graduated from Aquinas High School in 1952. She...

Coletta E. Walter

Coletta E. Walter

May 4, 2015

Coletta E. Walter, 88, of La Crosse and formerly of La Crescent, passed away on Monday, May 4, 2015 at Benedictine Manor in La Crosse. She was born on March 16, 1927 in Norwalk, WI to Anton and Agnes (Heintz) Ebert. She married Joseph Walter on May 5, 1956 at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in La Crosse. Coletta liked playing...

Patricia M. Solberg

Patricia M. Solberg

May 4, 2015

Patricia M. Solberg, 79 of La Crescent, MN died on Monday, May 4, 2015 at the Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. She was born March 17, 1936 in Spring Grove, MN to Gilman and Minnie (Aasum) Myrah. She graduated from Spring Grove High School in 1954 and attended Luther College in Decorah IA. On December 27, 1958 she...

Erma Faye Clarke

Erma Faye Clarke

May 3, 2015

Erma Faye (Wilson) Gudgeon-Clarke, 89 of La Crosse, went to be with her Lord and Savior peacefully while at home on Sunday, May 3, 2015. She was born in Cashton, WI, on October 27, 1925 to Floyd and Hazel (Currier) Wilson. Erma married Harold Gudgeon of LaFarge, WI, on September 19, 1943. They lived in Cashton until his death...

Willard "Bill" Aspeslet

Willard "Bill" Aspeslet

May 2, 2015

Willard “Bill” O. Aspeslet, 81, of Jordan, MN and formerly of La Crosse/West Salem, passed away on May 2, 2015 at Oak Terrace Memory Care Center in Jordan. In his final years, he battled Alzheimer’s disease. He was born May 16, 1933 to Alfred and Edna (Farnam) Aspeslet in the Town of Holland, La Crosse County. He graduated from...

Myles Odean Richards

Myles Odean Richards

May 1, 2015

Myles Odean Richards, 75, of La Crosse passed away on Friday, May 01, 2015 unexpectedly, but peacefully at home. He was born March 18, 1940 in Caledonia, MN to Max and Gladys (Wilcox) Richards. On June 3rd, 1961, Myles married his loving wife Eleanor Fortun at Our Saviors Lutheran Church and later had four children together. He was a...

Janet Oseth

Janet Oseth

Apr 30, 2015

Janet Oseth, 87, of La Crosse, died on Thursday, April 30, 2015 in her home. She was born on July 11, 1927 in Caledonia, MN to Earl and Lillie (Staggemeyer) Schoh. Janet married Floyd A. Oseth on May 30, 1947 in Eitzen, MN. Janet and Floyd enjoyed travelling all over the country. She was an excellent cook, homemaker and...

Janice D. Otterson

Janice D. Otterson

Apr 29, 2015

On Tuesday, April 29, 2015 a kind, gentle, loving and caring lady left this world. Janice D. Otterson, 85 of La Crescent, MN, passed away at the Bethany St. Joseph Care Center in La Crosse with the sounds of her late husband Sid singing on the stereo in the background. She was born in La Crosse on November 14,...

Thomas Mcinerny Coulombe

Thomas Mcinerny Coulombe

Apr 28, 2015

Thomas McInerny Coulombe, 39 of La Crosse, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. He was born in La Crosse on January 8, 1976 to Mike and Theresa (McInerny) Coulombe. And grew up with his older brothers and sisters playing in the parks and woods and marshes of La Crosse. He attended Blessed Sacrament School for eight years, then...

Elizabeth "Libby" Renner

Elizabeth "Libby" Renner

Apr 27, 2015

Elizabeth ‘Libby’ Renner passed away peacefully on Monday, April 27, 2015 at Lakeview Health Center in West Salem, with her daughter Heather by her side. Libby was born on October 24, 1923 in Bedford, VA to Samuel and Mamie (Fitzgerald) Worley. She attended school in Mt. Vale, VA and later she moved with her mother to Basking Ridge, NJ...

Marion Olson Fredsall

Marion Olson Fredsall

Apr 27, 2015

Marion Olson Fredsall, 97 of La Crosse, died on Monday, April 27, 2015 at the Benedictine Living Community of La Crosse. She was born October 17, 1917 in La Crosse to Martin and Mathilda (Haupt) Olson who owned a large farm in Mound Prairie, Minnesota. Marion was married to William Bromiley from 1945 until 1950. In 1956, she married...

Valeria "Val" M. Schumacher

Valeria "Val" M. Schumacher

Apr 23, 2015

Valeria M. “Val” Schumacher, 80, of Onalaska, died on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center. She was born on April 10, 1935 in Romance, WI to Walter and Mae (Welch) Volk. Val was a graduate of Aquinas High School and had worked at the Trane Company until her retirement. She married Edwin “Eddie” Schumacher on...

Bonnie Bea Gillette

Bonnie Bea Gillette

Apr 22, 2015

Bonnie Bea Gillette, 72 of La Crescent, MN, died on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse. She was born in La Crosse on April 28, 1942 to Jerome and Doris (Miller) Baker. On October 29, 1960 she married Tom Gillette. Bonnie had worked for the G. Heilman Brewing Co. for 16 years...

Gregory A. Henriksen

Gregory A. Henriksen

Apr 18, 2015

Gregory A. Henriksen, 66, of La Crosse, passed away at his home on Saturday April 18th, 2015. Greg was born September 21st, 1948, in Watertown, Minn., to Reinhart V. “Swede” and Rita A. (Sexton) Henriksen. He met and married his soulmate and loving wife, Kathleen M. (Herring), on May 17th 1986, in La Crosse, and together they had three...

Virginia "Ginnie" Hill

Virginia "Ginnie" Hill

Apr 18, 2015

Virginia “Ginnie” Ann Hill, 54, of La Crescent, passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2015. Ginnie was born in Little Falls, Minn., on July 28, 1960. She worked as a medical transcriptionist for many years and moved to La Crescent from Colorado two years ago to be closer to family once her cancer was discovered. Ginnie became a member...

Joyce Marie Dannhoff

Joyce Marie Dannhoff

Apr 18, 2015

Joyce Marie (Ward) Dannhoff, 89, of La Crosse, passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2015, at the Hillview Health Care Center. She was born in La Crosse on August 1, 1925, to Milton and Luella (Pengra) Ward. She married Albert C. Dannhoff in La Crosse on February 15, 1946. He preceded her in death on May 4, 1986. Joyce...

Mary Jane (Bicha) Schroeder

Mary Jane (Bicha) Schroeder

Apr 17, 2015

Mary Jane (Bicha) Schroeder, 72, of Onalaska, died at her home on Friday, April 17, 2015. She was born in La Crosse on May 20, 1942, to John E. and Mildred A. (Fish) Bicha. She married Delbert Schroeder on July 5, 1969, in La Crosse. Del preceded her in death on May 18, 1993. Mary was a 1960 graduate...