Obituaries
Bette Jean Hastings
Jan 16, 2023
Bette Jean Hastings, 76 of Stoddard, passed away of dementia at the home of her daughter in West Salem with her family by her side. She was born June 22, 1946, in Red Wing, Minnesota to Gordon and Elaine (Helgeson) Hayden and graduated from De Soto High School.
In 1965 she married Carl Hastings...
Katherine M. Stasiak
Jan 15, 2023
Katherine M. Stasiak, 81 of Holmen, WI., died on Sunday, January 15, 2023 at her home. She was born on July 9, 1941 to Henry and Marie (Liebl) Leibl at their home in La Crosse, WI. She married Gordon Stasiak on July 28, 1962, in Halfway Creek Lutheran Church. They moved to his family farm in 1970 where they...
John W. Willingham
Jan 14, 2023
John W. Willingham, 93, of La Crosse, died peacefully on Saturday, January 14, 2023 at Benedictine Manor in La Crosse. John was born on November 8, 1929 in La Grange, Troup County, Georgia to Charlie W. and Mildred L. (Branch) Willingham. On November 6, 1950 John was inducted into the US Army at Fort Rucker, AL and was posted to...
Katherine A. Johnson
Jan 14, 2023
Katherine Ann Johnson, 43, of La Crosse, WI passed away on Saturday, January, 14 2023. She was born on February 6, 1979 in Cherokee, IA to Elwin and Lenora (Huisman) Johnson.
Kathie grew up outside of Hillsboro, WI and graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1998. She then attended WWTC in La Crosse and received an associate...
Qurine J. "Connie" Downs
Jan 12, 2023
Qurine “Connie” J. Downs, 92, of La Crosse, WI passed away Thursday, January 12, 2023 at Grand View Care Center in Blair, WI. She was born in Eau Claire, WI on November 18, 1930 to John and Ruth (Haag) Christianson. On February 9, 1950 Connie married Richard “Dick” Downs and he preceded her in death on August 9, 2010....
Edward J. Schmidt
Jan 11, 2023
Edward J. Schmidt, 79 of Holmen and formerly of Milwaukee, passed away surrounded by family on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at the Mayo Health System in La Crosse. He was born February 24, 1943, in Milwaukee to William and Anita (Coty) Schmidt. He graduated from Solomon-Juneau High School and attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee before enlisting in the United...
Arvard G. "Obbie" Nichols
Jan 11, 2023
Arvard G. ‘Obbie’ Nichols, 84, of La Crosse, WI passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at La Crescent Health Services in La Crescent, MN. He was born on April 15, 1938 in St. Charles, MN to Marvin and Leona (Rinn) Nichols. He married Beryl Kinstler on May 11, 1957 in La Crosse. Obbie worked at Trane Co. for...
Donna Rae Lowrey
Jan 8, 2023
Donna Rae Lowrey, 91, of La Crosse WI. went to her eternal home in heaven to be with her savior Jesus Christ on 1/8/23 4:44pm Donna was born on 10/27/31 to Lloyd and Viola (Loeffler) Hanson of Stoddard WI where she later attended Hilltop Grade School and Westby High School. She was a member of St Matthews Church where...
Ronald S. Burman
Jan 5, 2023
Ronald S. Burman joined his beloved wife Valerie in their next adventure on January 5 th , 2023, when he passed away peacefully at Gundersen Health System. Ron was born July 27 th , 1934 in La Crosse to Sidney Burman and Anna (Runge) Burman.
Ron graduated from Washington Park High School in 1952. He completed his...
Corey A. White
Jan 5, 2023
It is with unimaginable sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved son and brother Corey White, 42. Corey was born to William and Julie White on December 17, 1980, in La Crosse, WI. He died unexpectedly at home due to natural causes on January 5th, 2023.
He graduated from Onalaska High School...
Lorraine M. Schaefer
Jan 3, 2023
Lorraine Schaefer passed away peacefully at her residence at the age of 89. She is survived by her daughters Julie Huntington (Craig Taber), Jill McCollough (Jeff), and Jody Huntington. Also her grandchildren Michael Valentine (Lisa) and Jamie Valentine (Lexie) and great grandchildren Ashlee, Maddux, Jackson, Nora, and Lawson.
Lorraine was a funny and kind person. She loved...
Mark J. Grattan
Jan 3, 2023
Mark James Grattan, 49, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, January 3, 2023, at his home in La Crescent, MN. He was born November 23, 1973, in La Crosse, WI to Carol L. (Atkinson) and John Y. Grattan Sr. He graduated from La Crescent High School in 1992 and continued working for the family business – “Grattan & Sons Construction”. Thereafter,...
Delores Ione Sorenson
Jan 2, 2023
Delores I. Sorenson, 88 of La Crescent, MN., died on Monday, January 2, 2023 at the Onalaska Care Center. She was born in Spring Grove, MN on October 5, 1934 to Carl and Alma (Treangen) Housker. She married Arlin D. Sorenson on October 15, 1955 at Riceford Lutheran Church in Spring Grove, MN.
Arlin and Delores met...
John E. Hayek
Jan 1, 2023
John E. Hayek, 93, of La Crosse, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 1, 2023 at Benedictine Manor. John was born May 31 st , 1929 in La Crosse to George and Freda (Hansen) Hayek.
He is survived by his sons David (Gail) and Stanley, both of La Crosse and Harold (Carol) of Roseville, CA and Lois’s...
Jane D. Deichelbohrer
Dec 31, 2022
Jane passed on 12/31/2022. She was born on 7/5/1938 to Carl and Marion Deichelbohrer. She always said she was a firecracker but missed the fireworks by one day.
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Ross A. Phelps
Dec 31, 2022
Ross A. Phelps, 84, of La Crescent, MN passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2022 in his home. He was born on March 21, 1938 in Morgan Hill, CA to Harold and Jean (Mc Millan) Phelps. Ross graduated from Lincoln High School and San Jose State University in San Jose, CA. He received his Law Degree from UC-Berkeley, Boalt...
Ronald O. Helstad
Dec 31, 2022
Ronald O. Helstad, 91 of La Crescent, MN passed away peacefully at his home with his family by his side on Saturday, December 31, 2022. He was born June 14, 1931, in Ettrick, WI to Emil and Esther (Ofsdahl) Helstad and grew up on the family farm in French Creek.
Ron proudly served his...
Elizabeth "Betty" M. Jirsa
Dec 31, 2022
Elizabeth “Betty” Jirsa passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 31, at Mayo Hospital in La Crosse. She was born in La Crosse on January 2, 1934, to Joseph and Marie (Roubik) Sinniger.
Betty was a lifelong member of Holy Trinity Parish. She attended Holy Trinity Grade School, and was a 1951 graduate of Aquinas High School.
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Simon Charles Freitag
Dec 30, 2022
Simon Charles Freitag was born on August 20, 2003. He was charismatic from the start. Simon had the best dimpled smile that lit up his whole face and his mom’s heart. He never grew out of being a picky eater. Some of you may remember the mayonnaise bread phase. Not that this is surprising, but Simon was talking in...
Robert L. Marcou
Dec 29, 2022
Robert L. “Bob” Marcou, 85, died peacefully at Hillview Health Care Center, in La Crosse, on December 29 th , 2022, following a short illness due to complications of Alzheimer’s disease. His family was at his side.
Bob was employed by the La Crosse Telephone Company (later CenturyLink) for close to 40 years,...
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