DURAND / LA CROSSE - Mary Jane Schomburg, 91, passed away peacefully at Agrace Hospice Care in Fitchburg, Wis., on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.

Mary Jane was born in Durand, Wis., on May 10, 1933, to Henry and Helen (Liddy) Nicklas. She graduated from Durand High School and then attended the school of nursing at St. Teresa College in Winona, Minn., where she made several life-long friends and became a Registered Nurse.

She met Ronald Schomburg when he was home on leave from the U.S. Air Force. They were married in Durand on Dec. 28, 1955. He attended UW-Madison to pursue an Engineering degree, and she continued her nursing career at Madison General Hospital. When he graduated, they moved to La Crescent, Minn., where he began a career with the Trane Company and she continued hers at Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, Wis. Later in her career she worked in the Student Health Clinic at UW-La Crosse.

Mary Jane and Ron were very active in the community and made many friends there. Mary Jane’s leisure time was spent playing golf and bridge with friends and with Ron. After Ron's retirement, they purchased a cabin on Lake Arbutus where wonderful memories were made with friends and family. In 2006, she moved to Onalaska, Wis., into a retirement community to be near some of her closest friends. Her weekly highlight was the neighborhood Wednesday Wine Group. She continued to enjoy playing Mahjong, bridge and an occasional round of golf with friends.

Mary Jane was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald Schomburg; parents, Henry and Helen Nicklas; brothers, James Nicklas and Roger Nicklas; and sister, Denice Goodrich. She is survived by her daughter, Lee Ann (Michael) Dillis; son, John (Susan) Schomburg; grandchildren, Robert (Becky) Dillis, Christopher (Madeline) Schomburg and Alan (Allie) Schomburg; and great-grandchildren, Ezra, Avi and Jonah Schomburg.

A memorial service will be held at FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, 410 Main St., Onalaska, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. A visitation will be held at the church from 12 noon until the time of the service on Saturday.

Memorials may be made to Agrace HospiceCare.

Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.

Gunderson Camacho Mount Horeb

Funeral & Cremation Care

500 N. Eighth St.

(608) 437-5077

Mary Jane Schomburg

May 10, 1933 - September 05, 2024

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