Lena Miller 88 Dies After Long Illness in Sparta
Lena Miller 88 died in Sparta Friday December 9 after a long illness. Services 1:30 p.m. Monday at Robert Page Funeral Home Sparta. Burial Tubbs Corners Cemetery north of Sparta. Rev. A E Frederick officiates. Friends may call after 1:30 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Survived by daughter Louise Janes of Sparta, three sons Henry of La Crosse Harold and Albert of Melrose, sister Mrs Herman Doms of Kendall, nine grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.
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Westby
Wis
Fredrick Oftedahl
Tomah
Bethel Lutheran Church
Eldred Peterson
Anderson Funeral
Norway
Jonas Ostrom
Viroqua
Newry
Howard
Cashton
Donald
Alice) Fowler
Miles
Thelma) Grovesteen
Kieth
Florence) Henry
Albert Ostrom
Hillsboro
Robert Schaller
Madison
First Congregational Church
William R. Schafer
Mt. Vernon
Fick
Ethel Hansberg
Viroqua Normal School
Mt. Vernon Cemetery Association
Oscar
Wonewoc
Bernard Filler
Sparta
Lena Miller
Robert Page
Tubbs Corners
A. E. Frederick
Henry
la Crosse
Harold and
Albert
Melrose
Herman Doms
Kendall
Mrs Paul Getman 67 Hixton resident dies after long illness
Mrs Paul Getman formerly Ruth Fox died Saturday in a Park Falls hospital after a long illness. Services in Hixton Presbyterian Church Monday at 2 pm with Rev Calvin Carey officiating. Burial in lowest Cemetery Hixton. Survived by daughter Opal Oligny Park Falls brothers Asa Fox Freeman and Clair and three grandchildren.
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Hixton
Wis
Paul Getman
Park Falls
Hixton Presbyterian Church
Calvin Carey
Oewest
Hix
Jensen Funeral Home
Getman
Ruth Fox
Loyal
la Vera
Opal) Oligney
Asa Fox
Freeman
Neillsville
Clair
Green Bay
The Power of Faith by Woods Ishmael
The birth of Christ is recounted with the angel’s message to shepherds, proclaiming good tidings of great joy for all people and the Savior Christ the Lord born in Bethlehem. The shepherds visit the manger with awe and excitement.
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Christ
David
Christ the Lord
Evangelism Is Methodist Topic
Two La Crosse clergymen from Onalaska and Monroe joined others at a Nashville meeting to study ways to boost evangelistic activity in the Methodist Church. Dr. Kermit Long urged rediscovering joyful worship that is both dignified and folksy. Attendees included Rev. Edwin P. Sheppard, Rev. Herbert H. Thompson, Rev. David Passet, and Rev. James Weis.
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la Crosse
Onalaska
Monroe
Nashville
Tenn
Kermit Long
General Board of Evangelism
Edwin P. Sheppard
Wesley Methodist Church
Herbert H. Thompson
David Passet
Onalaska Methodist Church
James Weis
Brown Sees Success In Rhodesia Sanctions
London broadcast report says Foreign Secretary George Brown predicts UN sanctions will topple Rhodesia's white regime if enforced. He spoke after urging the Security Council in New York and met African Commonwealth delegates. He stated mandatory sanctions will fail if states observe the undertaking.
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London
George Brown
United Nations
Rhodesia
New York
Britain
U.N. Security Council
Brown
Ten Thousand Attend Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting
About 10 000 people braved balmy weather to witness the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting. The 64 foot white spruce, a gift from Canada, was lit for the first color telecast and commemorates Canada’s 1967 centennial year.
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New York
Rockefeller Center
Canada
Services for Sister Almira Arenz Held at St Rose Convent
Sister Almira Arenz 78 Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration died at Villa St Joseph after retiring in 1964. Born November 17 1888 in Middle Ridge she entered St Rose Convent in 1909 and professed vows in 1912. Mass to be offered at St Rose Convent Chapel Monday December 12 by Rev Othmar Missler. Survived by two brothers John Primghar IA and Herbert Tucson AZ.
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Almira Arenz
Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration
St. Rose Convent
Othmar Missler
Almira
Villa St. Joseph
Middle Ridge
la Crosse
John
Primghar
Iowa
Herbert
Tucson
Ariz
George Rief 75 dies in Madison Veterans Hospital
George Rief aged 75 of 1219 Badger Street died Thursday afternoon at the Madison Veterans Hospital. He leaves his widow Mabel, a brother John of La Crosse, and a sister Helen Callan of La Crosse. predeceased by a brother Frank. Funeral services are Monday at 9:30 a.m. Schumacher Funeral Home then 10 a.m. at Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman. burial Catholic Cemetery. He was WWI veteran and member of related posts and Eagles.
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George Rief
Badger St
Veterans Hospital
Madison
Mabel
John
la Crosse
Lenford
Helen) Callan
Frank
Schumacher
Cathedral of
St. Joseph the Workman
John Paul
Roy L. Wingers
American Legion Post
la Crosse Telephone Co
la Crosse Aerie
The
Eagles
Cold Snap Shapes Weekend Weather Outlook
The Coulee Region saw light snow with frigid air driving near zero temperatures Sunday morning. Sunday highs near 20, Monday slightly warmer after a zero-degree start, with La Crosse at 22 Saturday and Superior at three degrees the coldest in Wisconsin. A storm veered to Pennsylvania. heavy snow reported in Detroit area and Northwestern Ohio. The U S leads in registered pure bred dogs.
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Coulee
la Crosse
Superior
Wisconsin
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Detroit
Ohio
Montezuma Seminary Turns Historic Hotel Into Priest Training
The Montezuma Seminary in Montezuma New Mexico trains Mexican parish priests in a Roman Catholic school setting. Converted from a former grand hotel built by the Santa Fe Railway, it now houses philosophy and science seminars for about 400 students with 2,247 enrolled and 1,345 ordained. Financial support comes from U.S. bishops, with help from Mexican and German church leaders.
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Paul Albright
Montezuma
N.M
Mexico
Las Vegas
United States
Esequiel Morales
Ruiz Y Flores
Pius XII
Santa Fe Railway
New Mexico Territory
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ulysses S. Grant
Japan
William T. Sherman
YMCA
The
Baptists
Society of Jesus
U.S
Morales
Birth notices list multiple newborns across several families
Dec. 7 to Dec. 10 births announced at Grace Smith Lutheran Hospital St Francis Hospital and local addresses. Names include Brian Thomas Jeffrey Aaron and Tanya Kay among dozens, with parent names and home addresses for each newborn.
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Brian Thomas
James E. Cooper
S. 8Th St
Grace Smith
Jeffrey Aaron
Larry Jerdee
S. 21St St
Carolyn Vogt
Sculpture Gift Set For St Pauls Lutheran On Sunday
A sculpture titled Damascus illumination by Paul T. Granlund will be presented to St Pauls Lutheran Church Sunday at 10 30 a m. Rev Arthur M Feroe will preside and speak along with Granlund. The work depicts Paul and Christ on the road to Damascus and is a gift from Mr and Mrs Orval J Nelson.
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Paul T. Granlund
Minneapolis
St. Paul’s Lutheran
Arthur M. Feroe
St. Paul’s
Granlund
Paul
Christ
Damascus
Orval J. Nelson
West Avenue
Division Street
Russell B. Hetland
Feroe
John Mangan
Harald Rohlig
John Cleveland
Sandra Wehrenberg
Richard Schreiber
Thomas Regelein
Neil Winchel
Cleveland
Brandon
Carol
M. Johnson
Jesus
Pooler
Bethlem Pooler
Ann Feroe
St. Paul's Parish House
Missionary Rev. Herbert Nelson to Speak at Our Redeemer
Rev. Herbert Nelson of the American Lutheran Church on furlough from South Africa will headline Our Redeemer Lutheran Church services at 8:30, 9:40 and 10:30 a.m. He will also present slides and speak at 5 p.m. for the family fellowship potluck. Nelson, born in Belmond Iowa, trained at Waldorf, St Olaf, Minnesota, and Luther Theological Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Nelson
American Lutheran Church
South Africa
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Weston St
Mr. Nelson
Belmond
Iowa
Waldorf Junior College
St. Olaf College
University of Minnesota
Luther Theological Seminary
St. Paul
Grace Lutheran Church
Elroy
Nelson
Commission On Evangelism
Family Fellowship
Local churches listed with multiple congregations and schedules
A lengthy church directory lists Adventist to Apostolic congregations in La Crosse area with pastors and weekly times. Entries include First Baptist churches, Catholic cathedrals, Lutheran, Evangelical and Jewish houses of worship with Mass or service times, educational sessions, youth programs and nursery details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Synod Lutheran Service
Conference of the Wisconsin Synod Lutheran Churches of the
la Crosse Area
Film Viet Nam Pro file to be shown at Mt Calvary church
A sound color documentary titled Viet Nam Pro file will be shown at Mt Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church located at 16th Street and Park Avenue. The film runs eighty minutes and surveys war torn Vietnam with vivid footage and narration.
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Viet Nam
Mt. Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church
16Th St
Park Ave
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Mrs. Fredrick Oftedahl
Mrs
Holy Hill
Washington County
Ishmael
Nyc
AAI
Arnold Schlict
Chaseburg
Christopher
EAU Claire
Vern
Taggatz
Agency
Fort Edwards, Wis
Donald Miller
West Salem
Eugene Falkenberg
Alaska
AID Association For Lutherans
Almira ‘Arenz
Country
World
Grandview Hospital
St. Francis Hospital
Richard Nelson
2Nd Ave. E
Marney Carlson
Thomas Scherr
Trempealeau
Judith Bishop
Ronald M. Hess
Mary Rose Tumaniec
Laverne Krueger
Bangor
Carol J
Tanya Kay
Clinton Solberg
Pumalo
San Bernardino
Carol Olson
Milwaukee
Sandra Sue
Earl Machkovich
Barbara Plamadore
Faith Lutheran Church
14Th and
Main St
Bernard Raabe
Missions of
South Wisconsin
Missouri Synod
Raabe
Adventist
B. G. Mohr
Assembly of God
Ferry
R. Francis Jones
Carl M. Lewis
R. 1
Main
Floyd R. Harbold
Richard Cagle
WKTV
Southside
110Th and
Adams
Leland Owen
Temple—N
Salem Rd
Loomis
Lloyd Mooney
North American Bible
7Th and Ferry
Leon Franck
Island Park
Lakeshore
James W. Phillips
ST. Joseph’'S Cathedral
Msgr
Robert J. Kampine
James J. Falconer
Joseph R. Sullivan
Losey
Bird
King
L. B. Keegan
Michael McKenna
Lawrence B. Berger
la Crescent
Linn
Michael J. Kussie
Holy Trinity
St. and
V. J. Plecity
Robert Wagner
Joseph Martinson
ST. James
Caledonia St
Robert Hansen
James Barney
ST. Patrick’s—Onalaska
Joseph N. Bach
Donald Kiarke
ST. John the Baptist
Avon St
Robert Connolly
Jerome Kirsting
Mother of Perpetual Help
ST. Thomas More
Weston
Thomas E. Mullen
Deibert J. Malin
Joan Schultz
ST. Wenceslaus
Winnebago Sts
J. Floyd Dwyer
William Grevatch
ST. Pius
Francis V. McCaffrey
Charlies E. Lessie
Newman Center
State St
George Hinger
Christian Science
First Church OF Christ Scientist
West Ave
Church of Christ
First Church OF Christ
8Th
Cass
Willis Schmidt
Charles Street
Charles and
Logan
Burdett Wakeman
WLCX
Perry Hall
Episcopal
Harris C. Mooney
A. M. G. Moody
Evangelical Free
Bethany—North
Onalaska Ave
Bernard Hamilton
Campbell Rd
Eugene Anderson
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Ry Ay Véth
B. Barnes
D. Ruff
M. la Due
R. U
Church OF Jesus Christ
Liberty
Gustave Schilling
Reorganized
George and Sill
Lutheran
Bethel
Livingston and Loomis
Leland Evenson
James Vadis
1Éth
Stefan T. Guttormsson
Robert O. Manthei
Junior Luther League
Good Shepherd
Birch
J. L. Mattes
17Th
State
Norman Erikson
OUR Redeemer
1St
Norman A. Neilson
Herbert Neilson
OUR Savior
Roland &. Schwandt
Lyle C Lutz
Luther League
Trinity
Charles
Ernest N. Neilson
Gary W. Fehring
Paul A. Roe
John Guthrey
Andrew Frinke
Church of Lutheran Confession
ST. Mark’s Evangelical
Jonathan Schailer
Wisconsin Synod
First Evangelical
West Ave. Sr
Cameron
Fritz Miller
Grace Evangelical
Ward Ave. & S
G. F. Atrecht
Immanuel Evangelical
St. Paul and Avon
Walter E. Gutzke
MY. Calvary Evangelical
16Th and
Lloyd Lambert
ST. Paul's Evangelical
Sand Lake Rd
Ruben A. Kettenacker
Methodist
Asbury
Redfield
Wayne L. Grover
4Th Ave. N
David A. Passet
Advent
Christian Couples
ST. Luke‘’S
Keith Davison
Wesley
Church OF the Nazarene
Avon and Logan
Melvin Surges
West Ave. S
James H. Bell
Charles R. Houdek
North
North Salem Road
Leonard C. Beenken
Salvation Army
David Chase
Congregation
SONS OF ABRAHAM _Temple
Joseph Rubanowiltz
Unitarian Fellowship
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
YWCA
Dennis O'Keefe
United Church of Christ
Losey Blvd
Melvin L. Frank
ST. John’s Reformed
West Ave. and
Market
United Pentecostal Church
Apostolic Tabernacle
Liberty and Sill
Arthur Mansur
Ridgeview Nursing Home
Tyler St. Black River Falls
Misenko Home, Inc
9Th and Winnebago
Harriet
Lenard
Leithold’s
pAt
Kimball
National
Meral Homes
DIAL
Jackson St
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