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B-4 La Crosse Tribune, Wednesday, September 12. 1990 Obituaries Hometown COULEE CALENDAR ARRANGEMENTS I violence at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 14, in the college center lounge in Saint Marys College. He will report on the findings of his state task force on the prevention of sexual violence against women.

This is sponsored by the Saint Marys College Womens Issues Office and is open to the public at no charge. Tomah church sets test TOMAH, Wis. St. Marys Catholic Church in Tomah will have its annual Fall Festival Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15-16.

Events will in: elude a five-mile fun run for adults and also a kids run on Saturday. A fest bike tour will begin between 8 and 9 a.m. Sunday from the Tomah Junior High School parking lot Also on Sunday, will be a polka Mass at 11 a.m., featuring music by the Jolly 8. A chicken dinner will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sunday in St. Marys School, with carryouts available. There also will be a silent auction, games and booths with items for sale. Volunteer info sessions St. Francis Medical Center will hold three information sessions on its volunteer program from 10 to 11 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 15, Thursday Sept. 27 and Thursday, Oct. 4, in the hospitals Rose Conference Room. Relationships to be topic Lutheran Hospital Recovery Centers will present a free program, Building Intimacy and Closeness in Relationships.

It will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, in the hospitals Rasmus Center. Jeff Reiland, MS, Marriage and Family Therapist at Lutheran will lead the discussion on how people can nourish relationships during times of change and stress. Humphrey to speak WINONA, Minn.

Minnesota Attorney General Hubert H. Humphrey III will discuss sexual TRUE INTIMACY The ability to share our innermost feelings and thoughts is an important part of any close relationship. But reaching intimacy can be difficult to accomplish. During his program, Building Intimacy and Closeness in Relationships, marriage and family therapist Jeff Reiland discusses problems that often prevent adults from developing and maintaining intimate relationships. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their concerns so they can better understand and recognize their capacity for intimacy.

When: Thursday, Sept. 13, 7-9 P.M. Where: Rasmus Center Lutheran Hospital-La Crosse Cost: Free For information or to register, call Lutheran Hospital Recovery Centers at 785-0530, ext. 3630. Thursday.

James L. Gums Services 3 p.m. Thursday in Christ Lutheran Church, West Salem. Burial at a later date. Visitation from 6 to 9 p.m.

today at Jostad-Jandt Funeral Home, West Salem, and on Thursday from 2 to 3 p.m. at the church. Valeria E. Jereczek Services 11 a.m. today in Sacred Heart Church, Pine Creek, with preliminary services at 10:15 a.m.

in Watkowski Funeral Home, Winona, Minn. Burial in the church cemetery. Irvine L. Pfaff Services 1:30 p.m. Friday in Mindoro Lutheran Church.

Burial in Farmington Cemetery. Visitation from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Jostad-Jandt Funeral Home, West Salem, and from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Friday at the church. Alvin E.

Grant Memorial service at 7 p.m. Thursday in Bush Cemetery, Nodine, Minn. Minnie A. Sorensen Services 11 a.m. today in St.

Lukes Lutheran Church, town of Knapp. Burial in Warrens Cemetery. Visitation from 10 to 11 a.m. today at the church. Ninneman- Steele Funeral Home.

Pete Tracy, 47, Wonewoc, died Monday, Sept. 10, 1990, in Sauk County Health Care Center. Services will be Thursday at 1 p.m. in Fick Funeral Home, Hillsboro, the Rev. Alan Tripp officiating, with burial in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Hillsboro.

Friends may call at the funeral home today from 5 to 8:30 p.m. and Thursday from 9 a.m. until time of service. Evelyn Carolia Bakken SPRING GROVE, Minn. Evelyn Carolia Bakken, 75, Spring Grove, died Monday, Sept.

10, 1990, at Tweeten Lutheran Health Care Center. Services will be 1 1 a.m. Thursday in Trinity Lutheran Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m.

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Burial will be in St. Johns Catholic Cemetery, Summit Ridge. Friends may call at Lanham-Kann Funeral Home after 4 p.m. today and on Thursday until 9:45 a.m. There will be a Catholic Order of Foresters rosary at the funeral home at 7 p.m.

today and a Scripture service at 8 p.m. Joseph L. Woods Joseph L. Woods, 85, formerly of 1513 S. Seventh La Crosse, died on Monday, Sept.

10, 1990, at Hill-view Health Care Center. He was bom Aug. 1, 1905, in Stockbridge, to Joseph and Margaret (Mortell) Woods. He married Mabel Ann Gutweiler on March 8, 1936, in Appleton, Wis. She died on March 4, 1988.

He had worked for Ebner Construction Co. and several other area construction companies. He was an avid sportsman. He is survived by a son, James (Sharon) Woods of La Crosse; three daughters, Trudy (Robert) Christenson of Racine, Donna (John) Elkins and Roxanne (James) Lonkoski, both of La Crosse; a stepdaughter, Doris (James) Mathews of Muscoda, four grandchildren; five stepgrandchil-dren; and a brother, Mike (Onie) Woods of Kaukauna, Wis. In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by three brothers.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, 1:30 p.m., at the Schumach-er-Kish Funeral Home of La Crosse. The Rev. Allen Jakubowski will officiate. Burial will be in Mormon Coulee Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.

and on Friday from 12:30 p.m. until the time of services. There will be a Bible vigil at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Raymond L.

Erickson Raymond L. Erickson, 85, of 2421 George died at the Ona-laska Care Center on Monday, Sept. 10, 1990. He was bom April 20, 1905, at Mindoro, to Alfred and Jennie (Olson) Erickson. He married Leone Wetzel and she preceded him in death on Nov.

23, 1980. He then married Leona Kerska. He had been a production manager for the La Crosse Trailer Co. prior to his retirement. He was a member of La Crosse Elks Lodge 300, was a charter member of the UW-L cardiac rehabilitation program and was an avid golfer.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mary Bell, in Portugal; by a son, Lynn Erickson of Simi Valley, by a sister, Jessie Rae Biggerstaff of Baltimore, by a stepdaughter, Jaqueline (Tom) Dekeryel, in Utah; a stepson, Gary (Linda) Sarner of Waukesha; by 14 grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren. He was also preceded in death by a sister and a brother. Funeral services will be Friday at 11 a.m. in Bethel Lutheran Church. The Rev.

Philip Borleske will officiate. Entombment will be in the Gardens of Peace Mausoleum at Mormon Coulee Memorial Park. Friends may call at the Dickinson Funeral Homes Gillette Street Chapel on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. and at the church on Friday from 10 a.m. until the services.

Gertrude M. Ebersold TREMPEALEAU, Wis. Gertrude N. Ebersold, 76, Trempealeau, died Monday, Sept. 10,.

1990, in St. Francis Medical Center, La Crosse. She was bom June 23, 1914, in the town of Caledonia, to William and Anna (Deeren) Stellpflug. She married Ralph Ebersold in 1935. He died in 1968.

Survivors are four sons, Dale of Vincennes, Michael of Tomah and James and John, both of Trempealeau; five daughters, Mary Ann Killian of Fond du Lac, Pat Stoner of Galesville, Carol Brush of Ona-laska and Janet Vondrasek and Irene Borneman, both of Trempealeau; 29 grandchildren; six greatgrandchildren; and a brother, Ambrose Stellpflug of Galesville. In addition to her husband, a daughter, Adeline S. Kelsey MELROSE, Wis. Adeline S. Kelsey, 79, formerly of Melrose, died Monday, Sept.

10, 1990, at Pine View Nursing Home, Black River Falls, where she was a resident. She was bom Dec. 3, 1910, in West Salem to William and Lydia (Schaller) Bahnub. She graduated from West Salem High School in 1929. She married Jess Kelsey Sept.

8, 1934, in West Salem, at the home of her parents. They lived in the Coulee Region for the first few years of their marriage and then moved to Rockford, 111., where she resided for 20 years. They returned in 1960 to the community of Melrose, where she was actively involved. She had been an elementa-ryspecial education teacher for over 30 years, retiring in 1976. Survivors are her husband of Melrose; a son and his wife, Daniel and Linda Kelsey of DeWitt, a daughter and her husband, Dia and Leon Holseth of Bangor; four grandchildren, Troy and Kimberly Kelsey and Michael and Michelle Holseth; four sisters, Bertha Reinert of Rockford, 111., Elvira Schmidt of Melrose, Viola Twigg of Black River Falls, Betty (Jack) Anderson of Fargo, N.D.; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Marie Nash. Funeral services will be Thursday, 2 p.m. at Melrose United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ron Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Melrose Cemetery.

Friends may call at Smith Mortuary, Melrose, today from 7 to 9 p.m. and at the church Thursday from 12:30 to 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to establish a scholarship in memory of Adeline. John J. Rybarczyk ARCADIA, Wis.

John J. Rybarczyk, 31, of Rowland Heights, and formerly of Arcadia, died Saturday, Sept. 8, 1990, of an apparent heart attack in California. He was bom June 9, 1959, in Arcadia, to Dominic and Rosemary (Lessman) Rybarczyk. He married Nelida G.

Reichert Oct. 14, 1989, in St. Johns Vienny Catholic Church in Hacienda Heights, Calif. He graduated from Arcadia High School in 1977. He was a supervisor at Cacique Inc.

Survivors include his wife, Nelida; his parents, Dominic and Rosemary of Arcadia; four sisters, Geralyn (Brad) Larson of Marshalltown, Iowa, Jane (Mike) Russeau of Winona, Jeanine Rybarczyk of La Crosse, Julie Rybarczyk of Arcadia. He was preceded in death by an infant brother and his grandparents. Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church.

The Rev. James McNamee will officiate. Burial will be in St. Stanislaus Cemetery. Friends may call from 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Friday and from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Wozney Funeral Home, Arcadia. There will be a prayer service at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Pall bearers: Mike Helwig, Don Lisowski, Mike Hannon, Allen Be-nusa, Brad Larson, Dave Klement, Tony Schank, Andy Herold.

Emma M. Donskey SPARTA, Wis. Emma M. Donskey, 94, of and West Main streets, died Monday, Sept. 10, 1990, in St.

Marys Hospital. She was born on St. Josephs Ridge, La Crosse County, on July 12, 1896, to Jacob and Barbara (De-hegelson) Schumacher. She grew up on St. Josephs Ridge, where she attended school.

On Jan. 18, 1916, she married Michael Donskey. They farmed on Summit Ridge until 1955. He died March 4, 1955. She then moved to Sparta where she worked at St.

Marys Hospital as a cook. She had been an organist at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church for many years. She was a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters and St. Johns Altar Society.

She is survived by a son, Norbert of Sparta; a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Eunice) Shannon of Pardeeville, 12 grandchildren; 18 greatgrandchildren. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by 15 brothers and sisters. Services will be Thursday at 10 LUTHERAN HOSPITAL LA CROSSE 1910 South Avenue La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601 Joseph J. JaDoul Services 11 a.m.

today, St. Pauls Catholic Church, New Lisbon. Burial in St. Johns Catholic Cemetery, Dilly. Hare Funeral Home, New Libson.

Wayne J. Thornton Services 11 a.m. today, Sletten McKee Hanson Funeral Home. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Waldo L.

Christianson Service 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Westby. Burial in Coon Prairie Cemetery. Visitation 7 to 9 p.m. today in Vosseteig Funeral Home, Westby, with 8 p.m.

prayer service and 8:45 p.m. Masonic service. Visitation also on Thursday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the church. Gerald E.

Lovejoy Services 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Fossum Funeral Home, Onalaska. Burial in Mormon Coulee Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. today and 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Thursday. Tillie Olson Services 11 a.m. Thursday in Immanuel Lutheran Church, Viroqua. Burial in Viroqua Cemetery. Visitation from 4 to 7 p.m.

today at Thorson Funeral Home, Viroqua, with a 5 p.m. prayer service. Visitation also at church after 10 a.m. a great-granddaughter, a sister and four brothers have died. Memorial services will be Thursday at 8 p.m.

in Smith Mortuary, Galesville. The Rev. Raymond J. Pedretti will officiate. Burial of the cremains will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Trempealeau, at a later date.

Friends may call at the mortuary Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. Memorials may be sent to the G- E-T First Responders in Trempealeau. Helen M. Hengel Helen M. Hengel, 66, of 2106 Denton La Crosse, died at her home on Monday, Sept.

10, 1990. She was bom Feb. 17, 1924, in La Crosse to Walter and Wilhelmina (Seiler) Jagodinski. She married Robert N. Hengel on Feb.

2, 1946, in La Crosse. She had worked as a dental assistant for several area dental offices and retired in 1975. She was a member of the American Dental Assistants Association. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Joan M. Buehrle of La Crosse and Jane Goodwine of Gainesville, a son, Nicholas F.

Hengel of Onalaska; seven grandchildren; and a sister, Margaret Baxter of La Crosse. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, 1:30 p.m. in Schumacher-Kish Funeral Home of La Crosse. The Rev. Lawrence B.

Berger will officiate. Burial will be in Wood-lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday from 12:30 p.m. until the time of service. Miss Marcella Mateju Marcella Mateju, age 99, a resident of St.

Francis Nursing Home, died at her home Monday, Sept. 10, 1990. She was bom in Hokah, Jan. 15, 1891, to Albert and Antonia (Tomasik) Mateju. She is survived by two nieces, Janet Krause of La Crosse and Ann Marie Mateju of Portland, a nephew, Paul Mateju, also of Portland; a sister-in-law, Edna Mateju of La Crosse; and numerous cousins.

She was preceded in death by three brothers and seven sisters. Funeral services will be Friday, Sept. 14, at 10 a.m. in St. Francis Nursing Home with the Rev.

A1 Jakubowski officiating. Burial will be in Catholic Friends may call at the nursing home Friday from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services. Blaschke Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Leslie Pete Tracy HILLSBORO, Wis.

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