Exhibit 23.7



                 CONSENT OF PERSON ABOUT TO BECOME A DIRECTOR


          I, Jerry A. Grundhofer, hereby consent to the use of my name in 
the Registration Statement of Firstar (WI) Corporation to be filed with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission as a person named therein as about to 
become a director of Firstar (WI) Corporation and to the filing of this 
consent as an exhibit to such Registration Statement.



                                                 /s/  Jerry A. Grundhofer
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                                                      Jerry A. Grundhofer

September 21, 1998