Gorda Housker, 86, of Spring Grove

Gorda Sydell Housker, 86, of Spring Grove, passed away Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010, at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, Wis. Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Byron 'Bill' Hall, 61, of Canton

Byron Willford "Bill" Hall, 61, of Canton died Sunday morning, Aug. 29, 2010, at his home. Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Harriet Welch, 86, of Mabel

Harriet Welch, 86, of Mabel, died Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, at the Green Lea Manor Nursing Home in Mabel. Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Thomas G. "Tom" Pottratz, 58, of Eitzen

Thomas G. "Tom" Pottratz, 58, of Eitzen, died Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, at his home. Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Vera Gunelson, 61, of Minnetonka

Vera J. Gunelson, 61, died on Aug. 19, 2010 at her home in Minnetonka. She was born in La Crosse on Feb. 24, 1949 and grew up in Spring Grove. Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Laurine Schroeder, 92, of Caledonia

Laurine L. Schroeder, 92, of Caledonia died peacefully on Friday, Aug. 20, 2010, at the home of her son in rural Caledonia, surrounded by her family. Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Thomas "Tom" G. Pottratz, 58, of Eitzen

Thomas "Tom" G. Pottratz, 58, of Eitzen died Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, at his home. Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Corrine Simenson, 97, of Mabel

Corrine Simenson, 97, of Mabel died Thursday, August 19, 2010, at Meadows of Mabel Assisted Living. Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Daniel Bohan, 63, of Mabel

Daniel J. Bohan, 63, of rural Mabel died unexpectedly Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 at his home. Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Gladys Wiebke, 87, of Caledonia

Gladys A. Wiebke, 87, of Caledonia, died Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010, at Tweeten Lutheran Health Care Center in Spring Grove. Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Walter 'Bobby' Norby, 87, of Canton

Walter "Bobby" Norby, 87, of Canton died unexpectedly Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, at the Gundersen Medical Center in La Crosse, Wis. Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Rev. Obert Rust, 94, of Albert Lea

Rev. Obert Alden Rust, 94, died Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, at St. John's Lutheran Home in Albert Lea. Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Willis Skadsem, 83, of Spring Grove

Willis Sylvester Skadsem, 83, of Spring Grove died Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, Wis., due to complications of a severe stroke. Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Eila Burfield, 79, of Brownsville

Eila M. (Haupt) Burfield, 79, of Brownsville died Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010, at Saint Marys Hospital, Rochester, following a lengthy, courageous fight from complications of heart surgery. Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Norbert Meyer, 82, of Waukon

A celebration of the life of Norbert Armin Meyer, 82, of Waukon, Iowa, formerly of Dubuque, Iowa, who died Nov. 16, 2009 following a brief illness, will be held at the Community Center in Eitzen, Sunday, Aug. 22 from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, August 10, 2010