Edmund “Ed” A. Lyga
With tears glistening in our eyes and sadness in our hearts, the family of Edmund “Ed” A. Lyga, 97, of Independence, announce his passing from Earth on to the promised land, Sunday, June 15, 2025, where he resided at the Trempealeau County Health Care Center.
Edmund’s pain and suffering ended on Father’s Day, as his spirit was finally set free from his failing body. We all feel at peace knowing that he will no longer be suffering and he is where he wanted to be for so long, at home in Heaven, and in the loving arms of his wife, Florence. Together they will always be!
Edmund was born in Independence, November 16, 1927, to John P. and Julia (Weinch) Lyga. He was united in marriage to the love of his life, Florence M. Julson, January 25, 1951, at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Independence. Together they brought into the world three lovely daughters: Linda, Shelbie, and Roselyn.
As soon as Ed and Florence married, they grabbed a suitcase and moved to Chicago where Ed found employment. When they started their family, they wanted to move closer to home which led them to Winona where Ed worked for Swift Packing Plant and Winona Packing Plant. Ed and Florence found their “forever” home in Independence where Ed worked at the Whitehall Packing Plant and retired from years at the Trempealeau County Health Care Center. He loved his home at Trempealeau County Health Care Center and loved teasing and joking with the staff.
We will miss Ed dearly, but we all have been given the treasured gift of knowing him. We have no doubt that anyone that met him found themselves with a little bit of him left within their hearts.
He will mostly be remembered for his unconditional love for his wife, Florence, to whom he shared 72 years of marriage, his love and compassion for his family, as well as his huge smile that lit up any room, his hearty laugh, his joking ways, his faith, his Polish heritage, and his appreciation for the simple things like watching the birds, visiting with his friends in his garage, and his love for hot chocolate.
Things will never be the same, but we are better for the years we spent together, for what he taught us, both in life and death.
Edmund is survived by his daughters: Linda Peterson, Shelbie (Tom Reedy), and Roselyn (Loren) Nelson; brother, Ernie (Barbara) Lyga; sister, Rose Waletzko; eight grandchildren: Stacy (John Doelle) Sokup, Tim Peterson, Amy (Tom) Laehn, Tasha (Tyler) Palkowski, Riley (Heather) Kupka, Alissa (Montarious Knight) Nelson, Christopher Nelson, and Mathew (Katherine) Nelson; 10 great-grandchildren: Courtney (Casey), Laurissa (Aspen), Aliyah, Dayton, Lydia, Andrea (Isaac), Kaylee, Sophia, and Jaelyn; two great-great-grandchildren: Peyton and Bill; and numerous nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; son-in-law, Bill Peterson; brothers: Harry Lyga, Johnny Lyga, and Aloysie Lyga; sisters: Dorothy Kampa, Theresa Przybilla, and Lorraine Prokop.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held Thursday, June 19, 2025, at 10:30 a.m., at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Father George Thayilkuzhithottu officiated. Family and friends were invited for visitation one hour prior to the mass at church. Burial will be at a later date in the church cemetery.
To express condolences to his family online, please visit www.edisonfuneralhome.com.
“If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever!”
