Obituaries

May 29, 2021

Donald R. "Donny" Brantner, age 60, of Mondovi, passed away on Saturday, May 29, 2021, surrounded by his family, after a long fight with kidney disease. Donny was born the 6th child of Bernard and Marlyn (Laschinger) Brantner in rural Mondovi. He grew up on the family farm with his family. A couple of years after graduation, Donny went...

May 29, 2021

Eleanor J. "Elly" Erickson, age 86, of Chippewa Falls, passed away peacefully Saturday, May 29, 2021, at Care Partners Assisted Living, Eau Claire, surrounded by her family. Elly was born September 17, 1934, in Weyerhaeuser, WI to the late Hank and Clara (Shipshock) Sabaska. She worked for many years at Cray Research until retiring and working part time as...

May 28, 2021

Rosella B. Nelson (Rosie), age 85, of Eau Claire, WI was called home to heaven on May 28, 2021 surrounded by family and under the care of Mayo Hospice. Rosie was born on January 15, 1936 to Paul and Hattie (Nichols) Thalacker in Gilmanton, WI. She graduated from Eleva-Strum High School in 1954. Rosie was employed from 1954 to...

May 27, 2021

Anna L. Cass, age 105, of Menomonie passed away on Thursday, May 27, 2021 at American Lutheran Home in Menomonie. She was born in Rock Falls, WI as the eldest daughter of Walter B. Norrish and Hazel (Lockin) Norrish. She was raised on the Norrish family farm along with her six siblings. She graduated from Eau Claire High School...

May 24, 2021

Randy J. Goodenough, age 65, of Eau Claire, passed away Monday, May 24, 2021, at his home from a lawnmower accident.

Randy was born October 8, 1955, in Eau Claire to the late Elmer and Arlene (Glaser) Goodenough. He graduated from North High School with the Class of 1973. Randy worked as a master landscaper. He married...

May 23, 2021

"Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that - one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like the embroidery." ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Cynthia Dorothy Brant Larson, age 81, died peacefully at home surrounded by her...

May 19, 2021

On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, The Lord called Margaret E. (Muggs) Neibauer to her eternal rest. Margaret was a giving, honest and loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her. Margaret married her soulmate, George Niebauer at St. Patrick Catholic Church in 1949, where she has been a member...

May 16, 2021

Ruth V. Brown (nee Gabus) passed away at The Classic in Altoona, with family at bedside, on May 16, 2021, at the age of 99 years & 9 months. Ruth was born in Eau Claire, the daughter of Louis and Lillian (Morrison) Gabus. She graduated St. Patrick's High School, class of 1939. Ruth was united in marriage to Roger...

May 15, 2021

Janet Myhers, age 85, of Eau Claire, passed away Saturday, May 15, 2021, at her home with her family by her side. Janet was born July 24, 1935 in St. Paul, MN to the late Conrad and Mary Rice. She graduated from Eau Claire Memorial High School in 1953. Janet married Richard "Dick" Myhers on November 28, 1953 in...

May 12, 2021

On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, Colleen Goodspeed, wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, and sister passed away peacefully with her family by her side.

Colleen is a loving, kind-hearted, and caring person who enjoys talking and listening to others.  She has an unbelievably green thumb; she could grow anything.  Give her a stick and she would make it into...

May 5, 2021

Shelly Leichtman, 49, of Eau Claire passed away on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at her residence under the care of Mayo Clinic Health System - Home Health & Hospice. There will be no services at this time.

May 1, 2021

James "Jim" Metz, 76, of Eau Claire, died Saturday, May 1, 2021, from Multiple Myeloma. Jim was born in St. Paul, MN, on February 26, 1945, to the late Frank and Wilhelmina (Gies) Metz. He graduated from Memorial High School with the Class of 1963. He then went on to serve in the US Air Force. He loved poker...

May 1, 2021

Abigail Delores Beguhn, age 95, of Eau Claire, passed away at home on May 1, 2021 from a brain tumor. Abigail was born at the family home in Golden Valley on March 22, 1926, the daughter of Elmer and Constance (Olson) Nelson. After graduating from Osseo High School, she attended beauty school and owned and operated the Modern Beauty...

Apr 28, 2021

Gerald J. "Jerry" Fisher, 90, passed away April 28, 2021, at the home he shared with Beth, his wife of 69 years, surrounded by family. Jerry was born December 10, 1930 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin to John S. and Anne (Corrigan) Fisher. He was the eldest of nine siblings. He graduated from St. Patrick's School in 1949. He attended...

Apr 20, 2021

Raymond E., "Cubby", Evjen Jr., 56, of Eau Claire, passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at Sacred Heart Hospital, after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Raymond was born on June 19, 1964 in Chippewa Falls, a son of Raymond and Patricia (Theisen) Evjen. He graduated from Altoona High School. He worked for Indianhead Plating in Chippewa Falls for...

Apr 17, 2021

Rosemary "Rosie" M. Wright, 74, of Eau Claire, passed away on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at her home under the care of Mayo Clinic Health System Home Health & Hospice. She was born in Eau Claire on June 21, 1946, a daughter of Minor and Floris (Swift) Hays. She graduated from North High School with the Class of 1964...

Apr 17, 2021

Carol M. Anderson, age 85, of Eau Claire, passed away Saturday, April 17, 2021, at Oakwood Health Services, Altoona. Carol was born August 13, 1935, in Eau Claire, to the late Oscar and Agnes (Miland) Gunnes. She grew up on the farm on Gunnes Road and graduated from Eau Claire High School in 1953. After high school she worked...

Apr 15, 2021

Thomas Romaine Robertson, 96, of Eau Claire, died at his home on April 15, 2021. Thomas was born on May 11, 1924, in Eau Claire, the first-born child to Victor T. Robertson and Catherine M. (McManus) Robertson. Tom grew up on the west side of Eau Claire and attended St. Patrick's School. He was graduated from St. Martin High...

Apr 12, 2021

Norma "Pat" Heaviland, 99, of Eau Claire passed away peacefully on Monday, April 12, 2021 at Augusta Health & Rehabilitation. She was born in Eau Claire on January 6, 1922, a daughter of Benard and Bessie (Fagerlind) Johnson. She married Leon Heaviland on May 10, 1942. She was employed by Woolworth's in 1955 and retired in 1984. She also...

Apr 6, 2021

Joel Richard Klink, age 85, passed from Earthly life on April 6th, 2021, at the Classic at Hillcrest Greens, in Altoona, WI, surrounded by loving family and friends. Joel was born in Nevada, Ohio on June 28, 1935 to Louise and Harvey Klink. He grew up in the small town with his brother, Ron, and attended the school located...