Obituaries
Lee J Snapp
Oct 21, 2013
Lee was born in La Crosse on May 7, 1941, to George W. and Geraldine M. (Kneifl) Snapp. He attended La Crosse schools and was a 1959 graduate of Aquinas High School. Lee attended the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse for a short time before joining the Wisconsin National Guard. He then attended the Brown Institute in Minneapolis where he...
Donna Mae Steinmetz
Oct 21, 2013
Donna Mae Steinmetz, 78 of La Crosse, passed away at her home on Monday, October 21, 2013. She was born in Taylor, WI, on August 11, 1935 to Ilan and Marie (Waller) Dale. On May 14, 1960 she married Richard Scotty Steinmetz in Coon Valley, WI. Donna had worked in the Traffic Department at the Trane Company of La...
Arthur H Erdmann
Oct 20, 2013
He was born on April 18, 1925, in rural Nodine, Minnesota, to Herman and Theresa (Westphal) Erdmann. He married Mildred Unnasch on October 26, 1946, in Grace Lutheran Church, Ridgeway, Minn. She preceded him in death on January 6, 2005. Arthur and Millie farmed in Winona County until 1995 when they moved to La Crescent. Art also hauled canned...
Judith Ann Elsen
Oct 17, 2013
Judith Ann Elsen, 69, of Onalaska, passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2013 at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, surrounded by her family. She was born on August 22, 1944 in La Crosse to Henry Red and Shirley (Temp) Wittenberg. Judy grew up on the north side of La Crosse and graduated from Logan High School in 1962. Her...
Darlyne Ann Kienahs
Oct 16, 2013
Darlyne Ann Kienahs, 76, of La Crosse, died on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse. She was born on February 1, 1937 in La Crosse to Clifford and Helen (Semlar) Nyberg. Darlyne liked to travel, movies, her pets, rides to Goose Island, and spending time with her grandchildren. She enjoyed their summer...
Mary Marie Lamkin
Oct 15, 2013
Mary Marie Lamkin, 47, of La Crosse, died on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at the Mayo Clinic Health System, La Crosse. She was born in La Crosse on August 22, 1966 to Robert and Gloria (Sanderson) Stanton. Mary graduated from Onalaska High School in 1984. She had worked at Cub Foods for 15 years, Centurytel for five years, and...
Therese J (Trussoni) Hess
Oct 15, 2013
Therese was born on September 1thstth, 1940, in Genoa, Wisconsin, to Joseph and Hulda (Levondoski) Trussoni. Therese graduated from Aquinas High School in 1958. She married Philip Jerome Hess on August 16th, 1958, at St. Thomas More Catholic Church. She later finished her degree as an LPN at Western Wisconsin Technical College in 1972, all while raising her children....
Kristoffer G Raifsnider
Oct 12, 2013
Kristoffer G. "Kris Raifsnider, 27 of Onalaska died on Saturday October 12, 2013 at the Gundersen-Lutheran Medical Center as a result of a motorcycle accident. He was born February 18, 1986 in Wausau, Wis. to Karen (Petersen) Raifsnider and Gregory Raifsnider and graduated from Onalaska High School in 2004. Kris had attended Western Wisconsin Technical College and worked at...
Audrey M Raatz
Oct 11, 2013
Audrey was born on August 3, 1919, in Ashland, Wis., to Helmar and Jennie (Blair) Olson, the youngest of five children. She was a graduate of Aquinas High School. In 1937, Audrey married Julius Theodore Raatz in La Crosse and started a family soon after. She was a generous and loving mother and grandmother, taking special care to create...
Arlene H Walter
Oct 10, 2013
Arlene H. (Bezpaletz) Walter, wife of Francis R. Walter, mother of Steven J. Walter, daughter of Martha and John Bezpaletz, and granddaughter of Suzanna and Frank Bezpaletz and Christina and John Feyen, joined the people she loved in heaven. She died in her 83rd year on Thursday, October 10, 2013; just six days after her beloved husband would have...
Bill Knight
Oct 8, 2013
Bill was born in Sparta, Wis., on August 5, 1922, to Thomas and Augusta (Pischke) Knight. He served with the Army Air Corps in the Pacific during World War II as a co-pilot on a B-24 Liberator and was a member of V.F.W. Post 1530 of La Crosse. On December 21, 1946, he married Elaine Draeger at First Ev....
Elaine Ruth Koza
Oct 7, 2013
Her enormous will, her friendly personality, wealth of selflessness and gracious smile will be sorely missed by her family and all who knew her. Visitation will be held from 6 until 8 P.M. on Friday, October 11, 2013 at the Schumacher-Kish Funeral and Cremation Services La Crescent chapel, 111 South Oak St. A Mass Of Christian Burial will be...
Leslie Jon Williams
Oct 5, 2013
Leslie Jon Jack Williams, 71, of La Crosse, passed away peacefully with his wife by his side on Saturday, October 5, 2013 in his home. He was born on October 30, 1941 in La Crosse to George Chut and Dorothy (Lochman) Williams. He graduated from La Crosse Central High School in 1959. Jack continued on to be a cement...
Omer C Schleich
Oct 5, 2013
Omer C. Schleich - Omer C. Schleich, 91, of Hokah, MN, died on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at the Mayo Clinic Health System in LaCrosse. Omer was born on September 2, 1922, in rural Houston County, Minnesota, to Nicholas and Luella (Mackey) Schleich. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on November 20, 1942 and fought with the...
Frances M Huebner
Oct 5, 2013
She married Walter Huebner in La Crescent. They enjoyed 44 years together, hunting, fishing, boating, dancing and playing cards with family & friends. They did a lot of traveling in their younger days. She liked to go for rides in the country side. Frances also liked to watch the Minnesota Twins. Frances was a cook at the La Crescent...
Martha Elsen
Oct 4, 2013
C. Martha Elsen, 87 of La Crosse, died on Friday, October 4, 2013 at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse. She was born in La Crosse on June 8, 1926 to Olaf and Ida (Anderson) Myrhum. She had graduated from La Crosse Central High School on June 8, 1944. On January 29, 1949 she married Francis A....
Richard B Mulder
Oct 2, 2013
Richard Byron Mulder, 81, of Onalaska, passed away quietly and peacefully at the Onalaska Care Center on Wednesday, October 2, 2013. Dick was born on January 15, 1932 to Byron and Eleanor (Bollrud) Mulder in La Crosse, WI. He lost his birth mother to pneumonia when he was four years old. When he reached the age of 12, his...
Charles J Nicol
Oct 1, 2013
He was born in Sparta, Wis., on May 18, 1933, to Melvin and Stella (Pfaff) Nicol. He married Harriet (Kaiser) Johnson on July 10, 1973, in La Crosse. In his free time, Charlie enjoyed the outdoors camping, hunting and fishing. He also loved hanging out in his man cave, the garage, where you would often find him watching his...
Rita Swinghamer
Oct 1, 2013
Rita was born to Bernard and Helen (Miller) Soller on July 5, 1925, in La Crosse, WI. She was united in marriage to Walter Patrick Swinghamer on April 22, 1950. They were married for 40 wonderful years. Rita had a very full life with her family and nursing career. She ended her nursing career by serving as Head Nurse...
Marcella M Hommer
Sep 28, 2013
She was born in Little Falls, Minn., on June 1, 1925, to Aloysios and Frances (Zientek) Blazejewski. She attended W.W.T.I. in La Crosse, obtaining her certificates in Medical Assistant and in Food Service. She had been employed by Pyroil, Continental Can and Bethany-St. Joseph. Throughout her adult life, Marcella was active in the Salvation Army. She served as a...
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