Obituaries
Donald R Bentz
Jan 2, 2013
Don was born February 20, 1926, in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., to August and Anne (Cuskelly) Bentz. He joined the Navy as a radioman in 1944 and served aboard a troop landing ship in the South Pacific until 1946. After returning from the Navy, he attended the Central Wisconsin Teachers College in Stevens Point, Wis. It was there he met...
Ernest H Baker
Jan 2, 2013
Ernest H. Ernie Baker, 82 of Holmen, WI, passed away on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at the Bethany St. Joseph Care Center in La Crosse. He was born in Stevenstown, WI, on June 23, 1930 to Melvin and Beatrice (Lovell) Baker. He married Audrey Eno on September 5, 1952 in Aberdeen, MD. Ernie had worked at NSP (Excel Energy)...
Marjorie Mae Lind
Jan 2, 2013
Marjorie (Marge) Mae Lind, 74, of La Crescent, Minnesota, passed away on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at her home from lung cancer, which was diagnosed just four months earlier. She was born on December 28, 1938 in Chisholm, Minnesota to John and Catherine (Scaia) Grahek. Marge attended school in Chisholm until moving to Hastings, MN with her family, where...
Roderick P Johnson
Dec 31, 2012
Roderick P. Rod Johnson 88 of Onalaska, died on Monday, December 31, 2012 at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center. He was born in rural Onalaska on September 27, 1924 to Ben and Amie (Morse) Johnson. He married Norma L. Thompson in Onalaska on July 2, 1944 and she preceded him in death on December 14, 2009. Rod had proudly...
Joseph W Davy
Dec 29, 2012
He is survived by his wife Irene of Bluffview Memory Care in Holmen, a son Larry (Sherry) Davy of Cadillac, MI, a daughter Lynda (Steve) Christen of La Crosse, six grandchildren, Joseph (Shelly) Davy and Jana Davy of Cadillac, MI, Jolie (Garner Sackett) Lueth of Homer, Alaska, Emily (Nathan Pupp) Christen of La Crosse, Danielle (Tyler) Malay of Wauwatosa,...
Gladys M Pfennig
Dec 27, 2012
Gladys had worked as a registered nurse for Franciscan-Skemp Medical Center in La Crosse for 40 years until her retirement in 1986. She then continued as a volunteer at the hospital for many years. Gladys is survived by two grandchildren; Jeremy (Kelley) Kenyon of Corpus Christie, TX and Lesley (Erica Bowers) Kenyon of Rochester, MN; two great-grandchildren, Kayla and...
Betty J (Lafser) Meinzer
Dec 27, 2012
Betty Jane (Lafser) Meinzer, 91, of La Crosse, passed away on Thursday, December 27th 2012. Betty was born on July 19, 1921, in La Crosse to Louis C. and Ella R. (Johnson) Hess. Betty was a 1939 graduate of La Crosse Central High School. After graduation she attended Western Wisconsin Technical School of Business College and worked for a...
Dean A Dilley
Dec 26, 2012
Dean A. Deano Dilley, 55 of La Crosse, Wi, passed away at his home on Wednesday, December 26, 2012. He was born in Waterloo, Iowa on October 1, 1957 to Albert and Betty (Weber) Dilley. On August 28, 2004 he married Colleen Brown-Rask. Dean enjoyed gardening, camping and cooking but most of all making people laugh. In addition to...
Helen Weier
Dec 26, 2012
Helen Weier, 88 of La Crosse passed away in La Crosse at the home of her granddaughter on Wednesday, December 26, 2012. She was born August 19, 1924 in La Crosse to Emmett and Cora (Yehle) Loughan and graduated from Aquinas High School. On April 8, 1942 she married Arnold C. Weier in La Crosse and he preceded her...
George C O\'Kane
Dec 24, 2012
George C. Scotty OKane, 88 of La Crosse passed away Monday, December 24, 2012 at the Bethany-St. Joseph Care Center. He was born February 26, 1924 in Dumbarton, Scotland to Peter and Margaret OKane. On February 26, 1946 he married Margaret Mills in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland and she preceded him in death on November 11, 2007. They had two...
Aetas Margaret Hafner
Dec 24, 2012
Aretas Margaret Hafner, 89, of Onalaska, passed away on Monday, December 24th, 2012 at the Onalaska Care Center. She was born on February 17, 1923 to Anton and Agnes (Heintz) Ebert on Summit Ridge near Norwalk, WI. She attended Bohn Grade School and graduated from Norwalk High School in 1940. Aretas worked for many years at Sacred Heart Hospital...
Shirley R Hogan
Dec 21, 2012
She was born January 4, 1947, in La Crosse, WI, to Gerald and Theresa (Graf) Devine. She married John Hogan in 1968. They later divorced, but maintained a friendly relationship. She is survived by two sons, Pat (Christie), who was born November 5, 1969, and Peter (Paula), who was born January 5, 1971. She is also survived by two...
Jay C Larson
Dec 20, 2012
Jay C. Larson, 61, of La Crescent, Minnesota and formerly of the Twin Cities, died unexpectedly at his home on December 20, 2012. Jay was born on February 4, 1951 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Warren and Maxine (Cleaveland) Larson. He was a graduate of Edina High School, class of 1969, and played on the first Edina hockey team to...
Beatrice L Miller
Dec 17, 2012
Beatrice L. Bea Miller, 87 of La Crescent, MN, passed away at her home on Monday, December 17, 2012. She was born in La Crosse, WI, on September 15, 1925 to John and Minnie (Strasser) Weiland. She married Martin Marty Miller at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in La Crosse on April 20, 1948. In addition to her husband, Marty,...
Phyllis J Motylinski
Dec 15, 2012
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, December 22, 2012 at the Schumacher-Kish Funeral Home of La Crosse. Pastor John Parkyn will officiate. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse. Friends may call on the family Friday evening from 4 until 6 P.M. and again at the funeral home on Saturday from 10...
Erwin J Albrecht
Dec 15, 2012
Erwin J. Erv Albrecht, 86 of La Crosse, Wi, passed away on Saturday, December 15 at his home. He was born in La Crosse on April 4, 1926, to Otto and Anna (Lepsch) Albrecht. He married Mary L. Kuehn in La Crescent, MN, on August 26, 1950. Erv had worked for La Crosse Trust Company for thirty years retiring...
Paul A Johnson
Dec 15, 2012
Paul A. Johnson, 76 of La Crosse passed away on Saturday, December 15, at the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse. He was born in La Crosse on June 20, 1936 to Harold and Elizabeth (Richmond) Johnson. Paul had taught at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse for 30 years and was the first Department chair in the...
Charlotte M Riniker
Dec 13, 2012
She is survived by five children, Shirley (Jim) Besl of La Crosse, Patricia (Jan) Mahin of Onalaska, Rita (Bill) Dubay of Bay City, MI, Ray (Dana) Riniker Jr. of Brownsville, MN, and Dick (Shawna) Riniker of La Crosse, 21 grandchildren, Scott (fiance Barb Phelps) Besl, Tim (Beth) Besl, Randy (Heather) Besl, Deb Burhoe, Corey (Carrie) Besl, Chris Schultz, Jane...
Jill E Kendall
Dec 13, 2012
She was born in Elkhorn, Wis., on March 30, 1956, to John S. and L. Dolores (LaWonn) Kendall. She graduated from East Troy High School and attended the School for the Visually Blind and Handicapped in Janesville, Wis. Jill lived in East Troy for many years where she had many friends, including her seeing-eye dog, Ruby. After her mothers...
Raymond E Janisch
Dec 13, 2012
Raymond E. Janisch, 80 of La Crosse passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012 at the Bethany-St. Joseph Care Center following an extended battle with Lewy Body Dementia. He was born November 22, 1932 in La Crosse to Emil and Margaret (Mullenberg) Janisch and graduated from Aquinas High School in 1951. Ray then began his career as a welder at...
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