Obituaries
Joan A. Reese
Oct 16, 2014
Joan A. Reese, 83 of Onalaska, WI, passed away Thursday, October 16, 2014 at the Augustana Care Center in Apple Valley, Minnesota. Joan was born in La Crosse, WI, on July 18, 1931 to Jerome and Florence (Walsh) Hutzenbuehler. She married John T. Reese at the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman in La Crosse on November 29, 1952....
Beatrice Grace De Florian
Oct 16, 2014
Beatrice Grace (Fillner) De Florian, 81 of Stoddard passed away Thursday, October 16, 2014 with her family at her side. She was born to Arthur and Grace (Webb) Fillner on May 26, 1933 in La Crosse. She married Francis Joseph De Florian on September 27, 1958 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in La Crosse. She worked at St. Francis...
Donald John Lyden
Oct 15, 2014
Donald John Lyden Jr., 86, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, devoted husband and loving father, died on Wednesday, October 15, 2014, surrounded by his family and friends at Gundersen Health System, La Crosse. Don was born in La Crosse on March 4, 1928 to Donald and Louise (Dialler) Lyden. He graduated from La Crosse Central High School in 1946 and...
Keith B. Straight
Oct 15, 2014
Keith B. Straight, 99 of La Crosse passed away in his home on Wednesday, October 15, 2014. Old soldiers never die, they just fade away and that’s the way Keith’s life ended. He was an Army veteran of World War II having served as a surgical technician in a hospital in Calcutta, India for three years. Keith was born...
Kenneth William Koch
Oct 12, 2014
Kenneth ‘Ken’ Koch, 57, of La Crosse, passed away on Sunday, October 12, 2014 in his home. He was born on January 16, 1957 in La Crosse, WI to Ralph & Orlean (Arndt) Koch. He is survived by his parents Ralph and Orlean, two brothers Jeffrey (Lori) Koch of Bradenton, FL and Steven (Michele) Koch of Black River Falls,...
James J. Baus
Oct 10, 2014
James J. “Jim” Baus, 69, of Onalaska, died at his home on Friday, October 10, 2014. He was born in Sparta, Wisconsin on December 6, 1944, to Norbert and Annabelle (Hauser) Baus. He attended St. Mary’s Catholic Grade School in rural Cashton and was a 1963 graduate of Cashton High School. He married Karen Haun on October 15, 1966,...
Roger C. Saley
Oct 10, 2014
Roger C. Saley, 72 of Onalaska, passed away at his home on Friday, October 10, 2014. He was born September 20, 1942 in La Crosse to Clifford and Helen (Eckhardt) Saley, Sr. Roger served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War for three years until his discharge. On August 12, 1967 he married Margaret McKinney in La...
Richard Vernon Juen
Oct 8, 2014
Richard V. “Dick” “Hooker” Juen, 74 of La Crosse, passed away at the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse on Wednesday, October 8, 2014. He was born in La Crosse on July 26, 1940 to Oscar and Mabel (Schmidt) Juen. He married Virginia Opdahl in La Crosse on February 10, 1968. Dick had retired from Trane Company after...
Marilyn J. Snow
Oct 6, 2014
Marilyn J. Snow, 72 of Onalaska passed away in her home on Monday, October 6, 2014. She was born November 5, 1941 in La Crosse to Rose (Tiffany) and Edward Becker. Marilyn graduated from Aquinas High School in 1959. She went on to pursue a nursing degree from St. Francis School of Nursing in La Crosse. Marilyn was a...
Curtis George Thumann
Oct 6, 2014
Curtis George Thumann, age 67, died at the House of the Dove hospice care facility in Marshfield, WI on Monday October 6th 2014. He was baptized at St. John Church, Red Wing, MN on July 27, 1947 and confirmed at Christ Ev. Lutheran Church, Zumbrota, MN on May 21, 1961. Curtis was born on June 3rd 1947, to Bernard...
Steven E. Smetana
Oct 5, 2014
Steven Edward Smetana, 58, of Stoddard, Wis., passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 at his home. He was born in Burlington, Wis. on Sept. 19, 1956 to Wenzel and Edna (McCarthy) Smetana. Steve attended St. Mary’s Catholic High School, graduating in 1974 with his best friend for life David Benkendorf. Upon graduation, he moved to La Crosse,...
David Keith Davis
Oct 4, 2014
David Keith Davis, 74, of La Crosse, died on Saturday, October 4, 2014, at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Dave was born on April 28, 1940, in Gilmanton, Wisconsin. Survivors include his siblings: Doris (Pat) Coughlin, Kathy (Paul) Nichols, Carla (Clyde) Lessard, and John (Rose) Peterson; and their children, Michael Dobrunz...
Karen I. Olson
Oct 3, 2014
Karen I. Olson, 77, of La Crescent, died Friday, October 3 at Bethany Riverside, La Crosse. She was born January 6, 1937, in La Crosse, to Randall and Irene (Barsness) Albrechtson. Karen was a graduate of Central High School. She married her high school sweetheart, Eugene Olson, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in La Crosse on May 5, 1956....
Dorothy Ellen Gibson
Oct 3, 2014
Dorothy E. Gibson, 79 of Onalaska, WI passed away at her home on Friday, October 3, 2014. She was born in La Crosse on October 14, 1934 to Arthur W. and Mary A. (Hatfield) Campbell. She married Russell R. Gibson in La Crosse on September 25, 1951. Dorothy had served as a Sunday school teacher for twenty seven years...
Cody Harrison Strittmater
Oct 1, 2014
Cody Harrison Strittmater, 20, of Holmen and formerly of La Crosse, died on Wednesday, October 1, 2014. He was born in La Crosse on January 7, 1994, to Scott and Tracey (McKim) Strittmater. He attended La Crosse schools and was a 2012 graduate of Logan High School. Cody enjoyed drawing, listening to music, and playing the drums. He also...
Morris "Morrie" Arthur Severson
Sep 29, 2014
Morris "Morrie" Arthur Severson, 90, died Monday, September 29, 2014, at the Hillview Health Care Center. He was born on January 12, 1924 in Wyeville, Wisconsin to Paul Andrew and Maria (Olsen) Severson, who had emigrated to the U.S. from Norway. He spent his early years in Wisconsin, living in Adams, before settling in Tomah where he spent the...
Lois M. Engstler
Sep 28, 2014
Lois M. Engstler, 77, of La Crescent, died on Sunday, September 28, 2014 at the Golden Living Center. She was born on February 1, 1937 in La Crosse to Harold and Irma (Teff) Weise. Lois graduated from Aquinas High School and then from nursing school in Rochester, MN. She worked as a pediatric LPN at St. Francis Hospital for...
Miriam I. Tanke
Sep 28, 2014
Miriam I. Tanke, 81, of La Crosse and Onalaska died peacefully September 28th, surrounded by family at the Lakeview Health Center. She was the beloved wife of Edward C. Tanke for 62 years. Miriam was a devoted and loving mother to Steven (Suzanne) Tanke, Lynn (Dean) Tanke Woodward, Tim (Melissa) Tanke, and Scott (Jennifer) Tanke. It was her joy...
Laverne M. Hendrickson
Sep 27, 2014
LaVerne M. Hendrickson, 96, of La Crosse and formerly of Onalaska, passed away on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at the Hillview Health Care Center. She was born on September 13, 1918 to Rudolph and Elsie (Boldt) Mark. She married Kennard Hendrickson on March 22, 1941 in La Crosse. LaVerne had worked for Allis Chalmers, the University of Illinois and...
Eileen D. Wright
Sep 26, 2014
Eileen D. (Felt) Wright, 93 of La Crosse, passed away at the Bethany Riverside nursing facility on Friday, September 26, 2014. She was born in La Crosse on January 20, 1921 the daughter of Harry and Stella (Beranek) Fillner. In 1937 she married Lawrence Felt and they later divorced. In 1948 she married Roy Wright. Eileen was a loving...
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