Obituary: Elmer L. Purpus
Elmer L. Purpus
Elmer L. Purpus
This is to express my strongest possible support for the re-election of Tara Johnson to the La Crosse County Board.
As a supporter of Bernie Sanders, I am writing to express my dismay at how the national and state Democratic organizations are manipulating the system and putting their thumbs on the scale in favor of Hillary Clinton.
SPRING GROVE — Shirley Marie Droivold, 82, of Spring Grove died Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at Gundersen Tweeten Healthcare. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, at Waterloo Ridge Lutheran Church, rural Dorchester, Iowa. Burial in the church cemetery. Visitation 4…
OSSEO — Teresa Johnson, 73, of Osseo died Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at her son’s home in Cottage Grove. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, at St. Raymond of Penefort Catholic Church, rural Fall Creek. Burial 1 p.m. Sunday, in…
ONALASKA / VIROQUA — Roger Edwin Biebl, 47, of Onalaska and formerly of Viroqua passed away peacefully on Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016, at Mayo Health Systems, La Crosse. Because Roger cared about others he was an organ and tissue…
Bo Peter Redfield, 20 months, passed away suddenly March 28, 2016, and was able to meet his grandpa, Jon, in heaven.
Jean M. Sechrest, 97, of La Crosse passed away Thursday, March 24, 2016, at Hillview Health Care Center in La Crosse.
ATOKA, Okla. / LA CROSSE — Jeffrey Wayne Lukas, 58 years, 3 months and 23 days old, an Atoka resident formerly of La Crosse passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2016, in Atoka.
VIROQUA / OSSEO — Elwood N. Forde, 87, of Viroqua, formerly of Augusta and Osseo, died Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at Bethel Home. Services are being planned for Saturday. Complete obituary to follow from Thorson Funeral Home, Viroqua.
Phyllis W. Norman, 98, of La Crosse died Sunday, March 27, 2016, at Bethany Riverside Nursing Facility. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, April 7, at First Congregational Church, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation 5 to 7 p.m.…
HARMONY, Minn. — Carol Elaine Ward, 81, of Harmony died Monday, March 28, 2016, at Mayo Health Systems-St. Mary’s Campus. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, at Greenfield Lutheran Church, Harmony, with burial in Greenfield Cemetery. Visitation 4 to 7…
HOUSTON, Minn. — Jerrold “Jerry” Otto Schiebel, 76, of rural Houston passed away Saturday, March 26, 2016, at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse.
SPRING GROVE — Herbert Tilford Thorson, 93, of Spring Grove passed away March 29, 2016, at Gundersen Tweeten Healthcare in Spring Grove.
Dorothy Mary Pronschinske, 91, died Monday, March 28, 2016, at Mayo Health Systems, La Crosse. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Friday, at Holy Family Parish. Visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, at Wozney-Killian Funeral Home, with 7:30…
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN — Renee Jean (Horstman) Hampton, 52, of Prairie du Chien died Friday, March 25, 2016, at Gundersen Health Systems. Memorial service at a later date. Thornburg-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Prairie du Chien, is helping the…
Theresa A. Greeno, 71, of La Crosse passed away Monday, March 28, 2016, in La Crosse.
ONALASKA — June E. Galstad, 98, of Onalaska died Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at Brookdale Senior Living. Mass will be held at Mary, Mother of the Church Parish. Blaschke & Schneider Funeral Homes are assisting the family. Complete obituary to…
GUNDER, Iowa — Orlan S. Landsgard, 91, of Gunder died Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at Barthell OES Home, Decorah. Service will be 3 p.m. Sunday, at Marion Lutheran Church, Gunder, with visitation one hour prior. Burial in Marion Lutheran Cemetery,…
Amid the national clamor about the need to address mental health issues, Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Health Care in La Crosse will close its Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit temporarily in mid-June for lack of psychiatry services, hospital officials say.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has leaped ahead of Republican front-runner Donald Trump in Wisconsin, while Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has an edge over Democratic leader Hillary Clinton, according to the latest Marquette Law School Poll.
The 2016 Women’s History Month theme is “Working to Form a More Perfect Union: Honoring Women in Public Service and Government.”
The La Crosse County Historical Society is hosting a Mystery Bus Tour on May 3.
Xcel Energy announced this week it is bringing the economic, environmental and aesthetic benefits of LED streetlights to its communities.