WINONA, Minn. – Joan E. (Lubinski) (Merchlewitz) Papenfuss, 92, of Winona, a medical technician at St. Francis Hospital in LaCrosse and later at Gundersen hospital in La Crosse, died at Gundersen. She was also a waitress at Maple Grove Country Club for 25 years. She was a volunteer with the VFW Auxiliary known around town as the “Poppy Lady.” She was a graduate of West Salem High School and earned an associate degree from Western Wisconsin Technical College.
