La Crosse Tribune Obituaries

WINONA—Margaret McCauley, age 96, of Winona, passed away on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at her home.

Gregory Lee Grosskopf, 69, of Westby, lost his hard-fought battle with various health complications at his home on Saturday, May 18, 2024.

LA CROSSE—Kenneth Kaye Kempf, D.D.S., 87, of La Crosse, passed away Monday, May 20, 2024 at the Mayo Clinic Health System. Visitation will be held on Friday, May 24th from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the Dickinson Family Funeral…

Lawrence Fredrick Papenfuss, 84 of rural Nodine, MN died unexpectedly on Sunday, May 19,2024 peacefully at his home.

Nelson Ward, age 83, of Viroqua, passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 25, at Franklin Lutheran Church, rural Soldiers Grove. A visitation will be held from 4:00…

Susan M. “Susie” Jorgenson, 67, of Winona, MN formerly of La Crescent, MN, passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2024 at Lake Winona Manor in Winona. A full obituary and service information is available at www.schumacher-kish.com.

Charles T. Groves, 71, of De Soto passed away May 16, 2024. Services will be held on Sunday, May 26, 2024 at 12PM at New Hope United Methodist Church. Visitation from 10AM until time of service. Interment at Walnut Mound…

George Ronkoske passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2024. A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Saturday, May 25, 2024, at 11am at Saint James the Less Catholic Church (1032 Caledonia St., La Crosse, WI) with visitation beginning…

Earl P. Pedretti, 82, of Onalaska, passed away Monday, May 20, 2024. Funeral Mass will be held Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 1031 Main St. Onalaska, WI. Visitation will be one hour prior…

Robert “Bob” Corcoran, age 81, passed away on May 18, 2024. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 AM on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at Crucifixion Catholic Church, La Crescent, with visitation from 9:30-11 AM. Burial and luncheon to…

CHIPPEWA FALLS — Lois Ellen Kloss, 87, of Chippewa Falls died Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at Oakwood Health Services in Altoona.

NODINE — Lawrence Fredrick Papenfuss, 84, of rural Nodine died unexpectedly Sunday, May 19, 2024, peacefully at his home.

WOODBURY — Nancy Buhler, age 84, of Woodbury, Minnesota, and formerly Winona, died peacefully on May 17 of complications of Lewy body dementia. She was born May 21, 1939.

WHITEHALL — Ralph R. Waletzko, age 91, of Whitehall died on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in his home.

Gene (Eugene) Robert Zink, age 88, passed away at Our House Memory Care in Janesville on Sunday, May 5, 2024 surrounded by his family. The son of Charles Zink Jr. and Gertha (Prindle) Zink, he was born on February 11,…

Marc Jon Hogden passed away peacefully at his home on May 9, 2024, with his family by his side, after a brave and thoughtful struggle with cancer. He was born on August 19, 1949, to Raymond and Eleanor (Unseth) Hogden,…

Marcella “Marcy” Louise Thorson, age 95, of Viroqua, passed away Sunday, May 5, 2024, at Soldiers Grove Health Services. She was born on April 25, 1929, to the late Leo Banks and Ann Isabelle (Tunget) Hodgeman in Garden City, KS.…

Clementine M. Tryggestad, age 97, of Viroqua, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at Norseland Nursing Home. She was born on May 10, 1927, in Urban, MN, to Bernard and Agnes (Suchy) Buerskin. She married Rayness “Boogan” Tryggestad…

VIROQUA—Chris Hendrickson, age 72, left this earth on May 2, 2024. He is survived by his long-term loving partner, Therese, and many family members and friends. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Ferryville First Responders, Ocooch Mountain…

READSTOWN—Phillip R. Townsend, age 55, of Readstown, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2024, at his home. He was born on February 26, 1969, in Richland Center to Donald and Vivian (Phillips) Townsend. Phil attended Kickapoo Area Schools and later attended…