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Patrick (Pat) John Fitzgerald, 80, passed away on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at his home, surrounded by his family. Patrick was born to the late Mary Estella Dorgan Fitzgerald and Leo Thomas Fitzgerald on May 18, 1940, in Almena, Wisconsin. While attending University of Wisconsin-Stout, he met his Love Sharon while working at a drug store. He then graduated with an Industrial Engineering Degree in 1959. On January 26, 1963, he and Sharon Louise Bushendorf married at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Menomonie, Wisconsin. Just 6 days following their wedding, Pat joined the National Guard training in Fort Jackson. He then, worked as a designer in the engineering department at Jacobsen Textron in...

Ronald LaBlanc, formally of Prairie Farm, WI, died at the age of 82 at the Auberge Memory Care Facility in Menomonee Falls, WI. Ron was the youngest son of Emily (Laconic) and William LaBlanc of Turtle Lake, WI. Ron graduated from Turtle Lake High School in 1958. He was drafted into the US Army at age 23 and was stationed in the Philippines. He served as a rifle specialist and earned accommodations as a rifle expert and for good conduct. He was honorably discharged from service in 1963. Ron married his wife Marlys (O'Flanagan) on June 9, 1973, and the two moved to Prairie Farm in 1980 where they lived until 2019. Ron worked at AMPI in Turtle Lake until he retired in 2000 after 36 years. Ron...