Obituaries
Mary B. Mormann
Apr 23, 2025
Mary Beth Mormann passed away unexpectedly at home on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at the age of 58.
Mary was born on April 6, 1967 in La Crosse to Pat and Sue (Shanley) Rieland. She graduated from Central High School in 1985 and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management from UW-La Crosse in 1990....
Bertha (Bert) Hoch
Apr 23, 2025
Bertha (Bert) Hoch, age 100, died Wednesday, April 23, 2025. She was born June 11, 1924, the last of four children born to her immigrant parents, Reinhard and Berta (Ertl) Hoch.
Bert graduated from Aquinas High School in 1942. Shortly thereafter she was employed in the office of the Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Company and worked there until it closed in December 1969....
Colleen Margaret Anne Hoeth
Apr 21, 2025
Colleen Margaret Anne (Meier) Hoeth, 89, of La Crosse, WI passed away peacefully on Monday, April 21st, 2025. She was born February 19th, 1936 to Robert & Lila Meier in La Crosse, WI.
Rusty attended Central High School, Class of 1954. She and Merlin were married on May 16th, 1959 and lived in South Carolina during the time when Merlin was...
Thomas J. Franzini
Apr 21, 2025
)Thomas J. Franzini, age 73 of La Crosse, passed away on Monday, April 21, 2025 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center.
Tom was born in La Crosse, WI on February 9, 1952 to John and Gwendolyn Franzini.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Tom is survived by his son Daniel Franzini (Karen Adams) and their children Vada (6) and Camila (4); daughter...
Patricia Ann O'Donnell
Apr 20, 2025
Patricia Ann O’Donnell, 89, went to celebrate Easter in Heaven on Sunday, April 20, 2025 after hearing the hymn “Christ the LORD is Risen Today”.
She was born on March 4, 1936 in Madison, WI to Stanley and Claudine (Harbort) Rinden. As a child, Patricia was blessed with many special memories from her Harbort grandparents and grandma "Beauty Shop". She graduated...
Gerald "Gerry" A. Dix
Apr 19, 2025
Gerald Arthur Dix, 82, passed away quietly at his home in Brownsville, Minnesota, on Saturday, April 19, 2025. Gerry was born July 5, 1942, in Madison, Wisconsin, to Clarence and Doloris (Ott) Dix. He was a graduate of Madison East High School and earned his bachelor’s degree at Lakeland College in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where he married his college sweetheart, Nancy...
Virginia S. Mercier
Apr 18, 2025
Virginia S. Mercier, 62, passed away peacefully at home on April 18, 2025, in La Crosse.
Help the family Celebrate Virginia Mercier's Remarkable Life at 10:30 AM, Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Rivers Harvest Church, 1001 Quincy Street, Onalaska, Wisconsin 54650.
Theresa A. Schuttenhelm
Apr 18, 2025
Theresa Ann Schuttenhelm passed away peacefully on Friday, April 18th at the age of 86.
Theresa was born in Sparta, WI on July 12, 1938, to Fred and Maire (Seidel) Ryan. After graduating from Sacred Heart High School in Milwaukee (1955) she worked as a catalog proofreader for the George Worthington Co. in Cleveland, OH, and the Cleveland Art Club where...
Dorthy E. Yahnke
Apr 16, 2025
Dorthy Elizabeth (Thill) Yahnke was born July 1st, 1932, to John and Mercy Thill in New Lyme, Wisconsin. As a young child her parents moved the family to Melrose. Where she would attend grade school at the historic Little Red Schoolhouse.
Around the time of graduating as Valedictorian from both Melrose High and Hollerin’ School, she met Harlan Yahnke (1924 -...
Ronald "Ron" J. Knutson
Apr 14, 2025
Ronald J. “Ron” Knutson, 75, of Holmen, WI, passed away peacefully at Gundersen Health System ICU in La Crosse on Monday, April 14, 2025. He was born on January 2, 1950 to Orton and Leona (Tauscher) Knutson. Ron and his wife Laurel Lee both graduated from Central High School in 1969 and were married on October 11, 1969 on a...
Betty J. Riley
Apr 13, 2025
Betty Janice (Dusso) Riley, 97, of La Crosse, WI, passed away peacefully of natural causes at her residence at Brookdale Assisted Living.
Born on December 15, 1927, in La Crosse, WI, to Lyle and Betty Dusso, Betty was the sister of the late Fern Marie Blell, late Marjorie Thygesen, and late Ted Dusso. She attended Aquinas High School and later worked...
James E. Anderson
Apr 13, 2025
James E. “Jim” Anderson, 81, of La Crosse, passed away on Sunday, April 13, 2025. James was born on December 10, 1943, to Marcus and Gladys Anderson in La Crosse. He graduated from Central High school in 1962. He then went on to serve in the U.S. Army reserve 389th Engineers. On July 15, 1967, he married Madeline Neprud, they...
Shirlee Ann Allen
Apr 12, 2025
Shirlee Ann Allen, 84, of La Crosse, died on Saturday, April 12, 2025 in her home surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on July 9, 1940 in La Crosse to Harry and Ann (Miller) Harnish. Shirlee had worked at J.C. Penney in Minneapolis for many years and then at Mayo Clinic in La Crosse. She volunteered at RSVP,...
Sandra K. Elliott
Apr 12, 2025
Sandra Kay Elliott, 80, of La Crosse, WI passed away on Saturday, April 12, 2025 at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse. She was born on June 28, 1944 and raised by her mother Shirlie Hanson and her grandfather Hollice Helland. She worked in health care for 45 years, 25 of those years spent with the Springer family, especially...
Lawrence D. Baeder II
Apr 11, 2025
A Celebration of Larry’s Life with a short service beginning at 1:00 PM followed by a reception, will be held on July 5th at Larry's parents’ house in La Crescent, MN. There is no parking at the Baeder residence. Parking is available at 31313 Veterans Way, La Crescent, MN 55947. A shuttle will run continuously starting at 11:30 AM and...
Carol Mae Larsen
Apr 11, 2025
Carol Mae Larsen, age 85, of Onalaska, WI, passed away peacefully on April 11, 2025.
Carol was born on May 6, 1939, in Wausau, WI, to Gordon and Mary (Jankovich) Walters. A devoted mother and grandmother, Carol was affectionately known throughout the La Crosse area for many years as “The Avon Lady.”
In her younger years, Carol loved ice skating, and later...
Elmer Carl Blank
Apr 11, 2025
Elmer Carl Blank, 92, of La Crosse, WI passed away on Friday, April 11, 2025 at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. He was born on June 7, 1932 in La Crosse to Fred and Luella (Bartsch) Blank. He was baptized and confirmed at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in La Crosse. He graduated from Central High School in 1951. He...
John H. Molstad
Apr 10, 2025
John H. Molstad, 86, of La Crosse passed away April 10 with his wife by his side at Bethany St. Joseph Nursing Home after a long illness.
John was born on April 19, 1938 to Selmer and Gertrude Molstad in Galesville, WI.
He lost his mother shortly after his birth. He lived with relatives until the age of 7 at which time...
Barbara Jean Reedy
Apr 10, 2025
Barbara (Barb) Reedy passed away on Thursday, April 10, 2025. She was born in Winona, MN to Alfred and Lillian (Kiekhoefer) Amundson of Arcadia, WI on June 16, 1926. Barb attended Arcadia Public Schools and graduated as salutatorian of her high school class in 1943. After graduation, she worked at the State Bank of Arcadia for several years.
Barbara and Howard...
Janice "Jan" Larkin
Apr 8, 2025
Janice "Jan" M. Larkin, age 89 of La Crosse, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.
She was born October 13, 1935 to Dorothy (Jones) Hanson and Harvey Hanson in La Crosse WI and graduated from Central High School in 1953 from which she had many happy memories.
On September 24, 1955, Jan married the love of her life, Bill Larkin...
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