Obituaries
Gary L. Stephans
Apr 6, 2023
Gary L. Hisamoto Stephans, age 77, of St. Paul, MN, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 6, 2023, at his home in Onalaska, WI. He was born on March 29, 1946, to Wallace and Velma (Danielson) Hisamoto in La Crosse, WI. The couple later divorced. Velma then married James Stephans.
Gary graduated from Del...
Jere L. Siegersma
Apr 3, 2023
Jere L. Siegersma, age 80, passed away at home, Monday, April 3, 2023. Jere was born in Milaca, MN on December 4, 1942 to Peter and Louise (Kiel) Siegersma. He grew up on a dairy farm, went to a one-room-school for much of his education, and graduated from Milaca High School in 1960. Jere joined the Navy when he...
Paul John Schmidt
Apr 2, 2023
Paul John Schmidt, 56, of Central City, Iowa, died April 2nd, 2023, in his sleep due to heart failure.
Paul was born on May 7th, 1966, in La Crosse, Wisconsin to Ed and Judy Schmidt. He attended Aquinas High School and graduated in 1984. From a young age, Paul showed an aptitude for mechanics and electronics. From...
Joann Flynn
Apr 2, 2023
JoAnn Flynn, 80, of Bangor, WI, passed away peacefully at Franciscan Skemp Hospital in La Crosse, WI on April 2, 2023, Palm Sunday, after a brief illness and with family by her side comforting her. JoAnn Marie Johnson was born August 3, 1942, in Algona, Iowa to Oscar and Helen (Greij) Johnson. She lived on the family farm...
Wayne D. Hermann
Mar 31, 2023
Wayne D. Hermann, 71 of La Crescent, MN passed away on Friday, March 31, 2023, at the Tweeten Care Center in Spring Grove, MN. He was born January 29, 1952, in La Crosse to Donald and Lucille (Sobek) Hermann.
On September 20, 1980, he married Jane A. Smith. Wayne had worked as a computer...
Richard C. Glander
Mar 30, 2023
Richard C. Glander, 87, of Mount Pleasant, WI., passed into the care of our Lord on Thursday, March
30, 2023 at Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, WI.
Richard was born in Minnesota on August 17, 1935 to Fredrick and Margaret (Lohn) Glander. He was formerly a resident of Alma, WI. He graduated from Alma High...
John H. Thurk
Mar 29, 2023
John H. Thurk, 90, of La Crosse, passed away at his home while surrounded by his loving family on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. John was born in LeRoy, WI., on September 11, 1932 to Clarence and Rose (Oechsner) Thurk. He married Sylvia M. Schabel in LeRoy on November 9, 1957. John had proudly served his country with the United States...
Alice Helen Howe
Mar 29, 2023
Alice Helen Howe, 88, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 29th, 2023, at Bluffview Memory Care Center in Holmen, Wisconsin surrounded by family.
Also deceased, are her husband, Thomas Howe, her parents, Helen (Ryan) Schneider and Edward Schneider, as well as her siblings; Eugene, Marjorie, Florence, William, Edward Jr., Marie, and survived by sisters; Ruth, Phyllis, and...
Joyce A. Allemand
Mar 28, 2023
Joyce A. Allemand, 94 of La Crosse, passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at the Bethany-St. Joseph Care Center. She was born September 12, 1928, in La Crosse to Raymond and Ruth (Curtis) Allemand and graduated from La Crosse Central High School.
Joyce had worked as a bookkeeper at Gundersen Health System for...
Robert H. "Bob" Caplan M.D.
Mar 28, 2023
Dr. Robert H. Caplan died on March 28, 2023 at his home. He was born in Chicago, IL on February 24, 1936 to Louis and Harriet (Novak) Caplan. He was raised in Cicero, IL. After graduating from Morton High School, he attended Purdue University where he was named an Arbuckle Scholar for achieving a perfect grade point average....
Verda J. Goetzman
Mar 28, 2023
Verda J Goetzman, La Crosse died Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at Hillview Nursing Home; she was 103.
Verda was born to Fred L & Emma (Lauterbach) Kramer on September 2, 1919. She attended Central H.S. and went to La Crosse State Teacher’s College for 2 years. It was there that she met John Sayer.
They...
David W. Fruehling
Mar 27, 2023
David W. Fruehling, 72, of La Crescent, MN., died on Monday, March 27, 2023, at Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, WI.
Dave was born on March 9, 1951, in Dubuque, IA to Eldor and Florence (Steffens) Fruehling. He received a master’s degree in social work from the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1976 and practiced for...
Charlene Ann Byers
Mar 26, 2023
Charlene A. Byers (nee Limberg), 87 of La Crosse, passed away on Sunday, March 26, 2023, at the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse. She was born June 18, 1935, in La Crosse to Frank and Marion (Wagner) Limberg and graduated from Aquinas High School. On October 30, 1956, she married Merle Byers at St. John’s Catholic...
Valgean Ardell Anderson
Mar 24, 2023
Valgean Ardell Anderson, 92 of West Salem, passed away on Friday, March 24, 2023, at the Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. She was born August 21, 1930 in La Crosse to Clarence and Lillie (Quall) Anderson and graduated from Holmen High School. On March 19, 1955, she married Perry M. Anderson, Jr. and he preceded her in...
Shirley M. Volden
Mar 23, 2023
Shirley M. Volden, 89, of La Crosse, passed away on Thursday, March 23, 2023. She was born on October 24, 1933 in Minneapolis, MN to Oscar and Laura (Dagnan) Mattson. She married Donald W. Volden on August 1, 1953 and together they had two sons. Shirley was a 1951 graduate of La Crosse Central. She owned and...
Ruby R. Wunnecke
Mar 22, 2023
Ruby Leone (Roraff) Wunnecke, 92, died peacefully at home on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 surrounded by her family. Ruby was born on July 22, 1930 in La Crosse, WI., to Joseph and Helene (Lampert) Roraff. She was united in marriage to Harold Wunnecke and they celebrated 56 years together before Harold passed in 2005. Their marriage was blessed with...
Jeffrey B. Alexander
Mar 21, 2023
The Renaissance- “A Modern “Renaissance Man”
“ A man can do all things if he but wills them.” – Leon Battista Alberti *
Jeff Alexander was the second of seven children, born August 23, 1950, in idyllic, historic Winterset, Iowa, a town of 5,000, and the birthplace of John Wayne and...
Mary Ann Bradley
Mar 20, 2023
Mary Ann (Schroeder) Bradley of La Crosse, passed away March 20, 2023 at age 98. She was born in Melrose, MN on Dec. 11, 1924 to Otto and Anna (Gerding) Schroeder. Her early years of education took place in Freeburg and Caledonia having attended grades 1- 8 in a one room school house in Freeburg and then graduated from...
Mary Margaret Walter
Mar 20, 2023
Mary Margaret Walter, 76, of Holmen, died on Monday, March 20, 2023 at the Northgate Care Center in Waukon, IA. She was born on August 27, 1946 in La Crosse to Leo and Bernice (Wilder) Heilman. Through all of the challenges in her life, Mary’s faith never wavered. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 35 years ago, which brought...
Jane E. Johnson
Mar 19, 2023
Jane E. Johnson, 87 of La Crosse, died on Sunday, March 19th, 2023 at Riverside Transitional Care in La Crosse. She was born in Ferryville, WI on April 4th, 1935 to John and Gertrude (Ogne) Tweed. After high school, Jane found her way to Chicago, where she met and married Milo Johnson in 1970. In 1972, she gave birth...
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