Valerie D Holthaus

Female 1937 - 2006  (69 years)


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  • Name Valerie D Holthaus 
    Born 07 Jan 1937  LaCrosse, LaCrosse Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 13 Oct 2006  LaCrosse, LaCrosse Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I90296  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2015 

    Family Eugene Thomas Lancour,   b. 15 Sep 1925, Cadott, Chippewa Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Dec 2011, Black River Falls, Jackson Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 03 Jun 1961  LaCrosse, LaCrosse Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lance Lancour
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F35408  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Black River Falls, Wis. - Valerie D. Lancour, 69, of Black River Falls died Friday, Oct. 13, 2006, at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse.

      She was born Jan. 7, 1937, in La Crosse to Donald and Evelyn (Shelmidine) Holthaus. She attended Jefferson Grade School and graduated from Logan High School in 1954.

      On June 3, 1961, she married Eugene "Gene" Lancour at Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church in rural La Crosse. Valerie worked as a dental assistant in La Crosse for many years before the couple moved to Melrose in 1964. Valerie was an active Melrose Legion Auxiliary member and was involved in Ducks Unlimited of Black River Falls for many years. She also worked for her parents at "Lucky H" Riding Apparel in La Crosse and at Wal-Mart in Black River Falls.

      Survivors are her husband, Gene; a son, Lance, and his special friend, Lisa Miller; her mother, Evelyn Holthaus, whom has been living with Val and Gene for the last year; a sister, Sharon (Allen) Twinde of Chaseburg; and two brothers, Marcellus (Barbara) Holthaus and Richard (Evelyn) Holthaus, both of La Crosse.

      She was preceded in death by her father, Donald Holthaus, on Sept. 21, 2000, and her grandparents.

      Services were at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, from Little Norway Lutheran Church, Hwy. 54 West, rural Black River Falls, with the Rev. Calvin Thoreson officiating. Burial was at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Mormon Coulee Memorial Park Cemetery, La Crosse. Friends called from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday at Zwickey Funeral Homes, Melrose (Wis.) Chapel, and from 10 a.m. to services on Tuesday at the church.