Obituaries
Max C. Baertlein
Aug 14, 2022
Max C. Baertlein, 92, formerly of Independence, died on Sunday, August 14, 2022 at the Grandview Care Center in Blair. Max was born in Boyd, WI on April 26, 1930, to Valentine and Margaret (Anacker) Baertlein. He married the love of his life and best friend, Delores Baldeschwiler, in Boyd on November 4, 1950. She preceded Max in death in...
Mary Jo Halama
Aug 12, 2022
Mary Jo Halama, 84, of Independence passed away peacefully on August 12, 2022, at Rolling Meadows Memory Care Center in Strum. Mary Jo was born to Henry and Stella Wecker on December 13, 1937, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. It was here that she spent her growing years, graduating from Aquinas High School (1955) and attending St. Francis School of Nursing/Viterbo,...
Lisa Marie Ketchum
Aug 11, 2022
Lisa Marie Ketchum, 61, of Chimney Rock, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, August 11, 2022, at her home. Lisa was born in Melrose Park, IL on May 16, 1961, to Loretta Scanio and James (Donna) Bangiorno. She grew up in Illinois and graduated from Crystal Lake High School. It was there that she met the love of her life and...
Lavern Pampuch
Aug 5, 2022
Lavern A. Pampuch, 91, of Independence, passed away Friday, August 5, 2022 at home on the family farm. He was under the care of St. Croix Hospice and his family. Lavern was born on June 17, 1931 in Whitehall, Wisconsin to Ignatz and Pauline (Bauch) Pampuch. He attended S.S. Peter and Paul Catholic School and the Independence Public School where...
Marvin J. Litscher
Aug 2, 2022
Marvin Litscher, 77, of Independence, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at Lake Hallie Memory Care in Chippewa Falls, WI. He was born on October 25, 1944, in Arcadia, to Norbert and Genevieve (Wolfe) Litscher. Marvin grew up on a farm in Fountain City, WI. He married Diane Servais on May 14, 1966, in Fountain City and the...
James "Jim" J. Sendelbach
Jul 6, 2022
James “Jim” J. Sendelbach, 92, of Whitehall, died on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in his home. Jim was born on June 6, 1930, to George and Blanche (Kuka) Sendelbach, and was raised in Independence. After graduating from high school, Jim went on to complete two years at Winona State where he played baseball. Jim was then drafted into the United...
Nathaniel "Nate" Rotering
Jun 30, 2022
Nathaniel “Nate” Eugene Rotering, 27 of Independence, died unexpectedly Thursday, June 30, 2022. He was born on February 22, 1995 to Eugene and Victoria (Olson) Rotering. Nate graduated from Independence High School in 2013 and while in his junior year, joined the National Guard. After high school Nate attended basic training and earned the rank of Sargent. Nate attended Western...
Robert "Bob" Bisek
Jun 29, 2022
Robert Gerald Bisek April 1, 1938 - June 29, 2022 Robert “Bob” Bisek, 84, of Independence, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully while in hospice care at Grandview Nursing Home in Blair, Wisconsin, Wednesday, June 29. He was the 8th of 10 children born to Adam and Gertrude (Skroch) Bisek. He suffered debilitating seizures as a child which caused many health problems...
Richard Halama
Jun 29, 2022
Richard Allen Halama, 71, of Independence WI, died Wednesday evening, June 29, at Gunderson Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse WI. He was born in Whitehall on June 20, 1951, to Aloysie and Verna (Kulig) Halama. He grew up on the family farm north of Elk Creek. Richard was drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War but served in Germany from...
Delores P. Klink
May 28, 2022
Delores Phyllis Klink, 91, of Independence, died on Saturday, May 28, 2022, at Grandview Care Center in Blair. Delores was born on April 12, 1931, in rural Trempealeau County to Adam and Gertrude (Skroch) Bisek. She was united in marriage on February 20, 1952, to Peter Klink at S.S. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Independence. Delores was born with...
Rebecca "Becky" B. Maule
Mar 12, 2022
Rebecca "Becky" B. Maule, 78, formerly of Independence, died on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at Marinuka Manor in Galesville. Becky was born on October 16, 1943 in La Crosse to Walter and Verna (Calkins) Weist. She grew up on a farm outside of Houston, Minnesota, and went on to obtain her Registered Nursing License after high school. Becky worked as...
Teresa Sue Edison
Mar 3, 2022
Teresa Sue Edison, 54, of Independence, died Thursday, March 3, 2022 at her home. Teresa “T” Sue Edison was born February 23, 1968, in Osseo, Wis. to Clennis Keith and Nancy (Brixen) Edison. She married Matt Wood June 24, 2006, in her parents’ backyard in Independence. T’s love of volleyball started in middle school in Eleva-Strum. She continued to play...
Pamela Sue Holtan
Feb 16, 2022
Pamela “Pam” Sue Holtan, 65, of Independence died on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at Gundersen Health System in Eau Claire. Pam was born in Whitehall on September 12, 1956, to Wilbur J. and Bonita (Olson) Holtan. Attended schools in Whitehall and graduated from La Crosse Aquinas. Her family owned and operated Club Midway in Independence, where Pam worked in various...
Clarence "Bud" Smieja
Jan 31, 2022
Clarence “Bud” Smieja, 95, of Independence, died on Monday, January 31, 2022, at Gundersen Tri-County Care Center in Whitehall. Bud was born on September 2, 1926, in the Town of Burnside to Michael and Sophie (Wiench) Smieja. Bud enlisted into the United States Navy and served in WWII. He was proud to participate in the Freedom Honor Flight as a...
William "Bill" Baecker
Jan 23, 2022
William (Bill) Baecker, 71, of Independence, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Sunday, January 23, 2022, at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse after a twenty-five year-hard fought battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Bill was born on August 27, 1950, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, to Walter and Margaret (Walker) Baecker. He graduated from Independence High School in...
Charles "Chuck" Roskos
Jan 11, 2022
Charles “Chuck” Roskos, 86, of Eau Claire, WI, formerly of Independence, WI, died Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, WI. He was the 2nd of five children born to Dominic and Anna (Lisowski) Roskos on November 11, 1935. He shared the same birth date as his Grandfather Charles Roskos. He attended several country schools...
Martha "Kip" (Kowahl) Proescholdt
Dec 31, 2021
Martha Proescholdt, 79, died peacefully on December 31, 2021, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law in Ruckersville, Virginia. She was born in Whitehall, Wisconsin, to Harold and Irene Florence (nee Back) Wood, on July 24, 1942. Most people knew her as “Kip” or “Kippy,” a name she inherited from hergreat aunt Kippy Wood, who died in the diphtheria...
Lisa Johnson
Dec 9, 2021
Lisa (Smieja) Johnson, 59, of Independence, WI passed away on Thursday evening, December 9, 2021, under the care of Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center. Lisa was born on July 19, 1962, to Adrian and Virginia (Servais) Smieja in Arcadia, WI. She graduated from Independence High School in 1980. She married Kenneth “Jumbo” Johnson Jr. on September 8, 1984, at Saints Peter...
Jerome "Joe" M. Hanson
Dec 7, 2021
Jerome “Joe” Hanson, 72, of Blair, passed away Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at his home after a short battle with cancer. He was born September 26, 1949, in Whitehall, WI to Everett and Dolores (Roessler) Hanson. IN 1967, he graduated from Blair High School and then attended UW-Eau Claire and grad school in Madison. Joe married Cindy Lee of Chippewa...
Joseph S. Bisek
Nov 30, 2021
Joseph “Cool Cat” Bisek, 80, of Independence, died Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at Gundersen Medical Center in La Crosse. He was born May 29, 1941, in Arcadia to Adam and Gertrude (Skroch) Bisek. Joe married Charlotte Stellar on October 16, 1965, at SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Independence. Joe worked at Hoffman Construction as a heavy equipment operator...
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