Obituaries
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...
Bruce E. La Seure
Mar 17, 2023
Bruce E. La Seure, 63 of La Crosse, passed away on March 17, 2023. He was born April 14, 1959 in La Crosse to Edward and Jeanette (Newcomb) La Seure and graduated from La Crosse Central High School.
Bruce was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Following his discharge he returned to...
Eldon J. Iverson
Mar 15, 2023
Eldon Jerome Iverson, 93, of Hokah , MN passed away peacefully, as he longed to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on March 15, 2023 at Valley View Healthcare, Houston, MN.
Eldon was born February 20, 1930 in Preston, MN to Selma (Larson) and Edwin Iverson. He was confirmed at Faith Lutheran Church in Black...
Scott Barrett
Mar 15, 2023
Scott Barrett passed away unexpectedly at home on March 15, 2023 from a brain aneurysm at the age of 48. He was born in Peoria, Illinois on August 8, 1974 and moved to La Crosse when he was five. He graduated from Central High School in 1992. Scott married Chantel Griep and they were parents to three children: Kyrsten,...
Gordon John Johnson
Mar 15, 2023
Gordon J. Johnson, 92, of La Crescent, MN., died on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at Gundersen Health System, La Crosse. He was born in the town of Farmington, WI., on August 7, 1930 to Segur and Florence (Sacia) Johnson. He married Carla Anderson on November 5, 1955.
Gordon was a carpenter/building contractor in the area for many...
Sharon Christine Hanson
Mar 14, 2023
Sharon Christine Hanson, 58 of La Crosse, passed away following an extended battle with breast cancer on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, with her son by her side. She was born February 2, 1965 in La Crosse to John and Paulita (Severson) Bower and graduated from Logan High School in 1983.
Sharon received her Associates...
Burton "Burt" Eugene Andrus
Mar 14, 2023
Burton “Burt” Eugene Andrus passed away peacefully at the age of 87 surrounded by loved ones, at Riverside Transitional Care in La Crosse, WI. He was born June 27, 1935 to Anna (Merrow) and Arthur Andrus. He was the second of three boys. Burton grew up on a farm in the Sparta Area. He graduated from Sparta High School....
Marilyn (Rollins) Blexrud
Mar 14, 2023
Marilyn JoAnne Blexrud, 82 of Hokah and recently of SpringBrook Village in La Crescent, passed away on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, after a brief battle with cancer. She was born November 4, 1940, in Prosper, Minnesota to Royal and Borghild (Narum) Rollins she was raised in Mabel, MN and graduated from Mabel High School. She met the love of...
Richard "Rick" J. Kouba
Mar 13, 2023
Richard (Rick) J. Kouba, devoted husband, father, and grandfather, passed away Monday March 13 th at his home in Onalaska surrounded by his loving family. Rick was born on April 19, 1948, in Hillsboro, WI. Following his graduation from Hillsboro High School he earned his Bachelor of Science in business administration and science at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse,...
Christina E Farrell
Mar 13, 2023
Christina Eileen Farrell, 59, of La Crescent, formerly of Munising, MI went home to heaven on March 13, 2023 after a 4-year, hard fought battle with advanced frontal lobe dementia.
She was born, October 17, 1963 to the late Walter “Elmer” and Nancy (Stubrich) Rantanen. She was a 1981 graduate of Mather High School, Munising Michigan. Christina...
Thomas Norton Bayer
Mar 12, 2023
Thomas N. Bayer , Ph.D.
Thomas Norton Bayer, 88, of rural Houston, Minnesota, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday morning, March 12, 2023. He was born in Elyria, Ohio on December 23, 1934 to John Alexander Bayer II and Mabel Ellen (Johnson) Bayer.
While being educated in the St. Paul Public Schools, Tom...
Kathy A. Buchholz
Mar 12, 2023
Kathy A. Buchholz, 57, of La Crescent, MN passed away on Sunday, March 12, 2023 at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. She was born July 21, 1965, in Rochester, MN to James and Jeanne (Guidinger) Hoffman. On May 11, 1991, she married her soulmate, Dan Buchholz in Winona, MN. Kathy worked at United Building Center for 10 years...
Dawn M. Caplan
Mar 9, 2023
Dawn M. Caplan, born July 14, 1971, and passed suddenly from a heart attack on March 9, 2023 at her home in La Crosse. She attended State Road Elementary, then Blessed Sacrament, followed by graduation from Aquinas High School. Dawn graduated from Echols Hotel School in Chicago and was immediately hired by the Chicago Hilton in a supervisory...
Walter Coaty
Mar 5, 2023
Walter (Bill) Coaty 80 of La Crosse, WI passed away in his home on March 5. 2023. Wally was born in La Crosse on September 5, 1942. He was united in Marriage with Karla Bernhoeft in 1962. Their marriage of 34 years ended with Karla's passing in 1996.
Wally's passion for Fly Fishing took him to the...
Rita F. Pfaff
Mar 5, 2023
Rita F. Pfaff, 90, of La Crosse, WI., died on Sunday, March 5, 2023 at Mayo Clinic Health System, La Crosse. She was born in La Crosse on October 4, 1932 to Alfred and Verna (Von Arx) Hutzenbuehler. She married Robert Pfaff and he preceded her in death in 1984.
Rita is survived by...
Carole J. Schroeder
Mar 4, 2023
Carole J. Schroeder, 83, of Onalaska, WI passed away on Saturday, March 4, 2023 at Springbrook Village in La Crescent, MN. She was born on September 26, 1939 in Milwaukee, WI to Lester and Dorothy (Arnold) Bacher. Carole graduated from Milwaukee Lutheran High School in 1957. She also attended Prospect Hall Secretarial School in Milwaukee. On December 2, 1961...
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