Sister Loretta Lonsdorf, OSM, 96, died peacefully at Brentwood Senior Communities in Rice Lake, WI, on Saturday, December 31, 2022.

Sister Loretta is survived by her niece Patrece Benson Mueller of Eau Claire, many other nieces and nephews, and the Ladysmith Servite Sisters, with whom she shared life for 78 years.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Herbert and Mary Lonsdorf; one brother, Karl (Dottie) Lonsdorf; and three sisters, Germaine Lonsdorf, Sylvia (Gerald) Zehm, and Mary (Conrad) Benson.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, April 28, 2023 at 11:00 AM at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Ladysmith, with interment in the Riverside Cemetery in Ladysmith. Deacon Craig Voldberg is officiating. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the Funeral Service at the church.

Memorials may be sent to Servants of Mary, PO Box 389, Ladysmith, WI 54848.

A complete obituary was published in the Ladysmith News.