Tri State Deaths Westby and Viroqua
Dewey Preston Paar 66 of Westby died Dec 10 at his brother in law's home. Services Dec 14 at Sugar Grove Methodist Church with burial at nearby cemetery. Survived by four sisters and two brothers. Kermit Bankes 57 of rural Viroqua died Dec 10 in a Madison hospital after a short illness. Services Dec 13 at Church of Christ with burial at Liberty Polo Cemetery. Surviving family includes wife Fedora two daughters three sons one sister one brother and 18 grandchildren.
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Westby
Wis
Dewey Preston Paar
Clifford DeWitt
Sugar Grove Methodist Church
B. J. Talledge
Anderson Funeral Home
Mr. Paar
Clinton
Vernon County
C. E. Paar
Varney Calhoun
la Farge
Oliver Dopson
Tomah
DeWitt
Ole Martinson
Hugh
Glen E
Moline
Ill
Viroqua
Kermit Bankes
Madison
Church of Christ
Bernard Zylstra
Liberty Polo Cemetery
Qualy-Elver
Freda
Byron Deiter
Racine
Keith
Ferryville
Theodore
Milton Junction
Alan
Ellen Wagner
Prairie du Chien
Vernard
Rockford
Tll
Ber gia Melby 83 dies at Viroqua hospital in Cashton
Ber gia Melby 83 longtime Cashton resident died Friday December 10 at Viroqua hospital after a month’s confinement. Services set for 3 p m Monday at North Coon Prairie Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation Sunday 3 to 5 p m and Monday noon at Torkelson Funeral Home. She was born August 14 1882 to Peter and [missing] Lee and lived at Bethel Home in Viroqua prior to death. Survived by a daughter and 10 other daughters and several sons in law including Palmer of Cashton.
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Cashton
Wis
Bergina Melby
Melvina
Viroqua Hospital
Eldred Peterson
North Coon Prairie Lutheran Church
Torkelson’ Funeral
Readstown and Tomah Obituaries Highlight Local Losses
Readstown resident Albert Thompson 80 died December 10 at Vernon County Home for the Retired. Services Monday at Church of Christ Readstown, burial at Virroqua Cemetery. He is survived by two sisters and two brothers. Tomah resident Edward Rondorf 67 died December 9. services Monday at St Mary’s Church with burial at the church cemetery. He is survived by six brothers and one sister.
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Readstown
Wis
Albert Thompson
Vernon County
Church of Christ
Viroqua
George Weber
Lime Funeral Home
Thompson
Tobias Thompson
Stoughton
Susan Morley
Pittsburgh
Blanche Ramsey
Atlanta, Ga
John
Thomas
Tomah
Edward Rondorf
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Francis Mulligan
Ninneman Funeral Home
Rondorf
Hilarious
Shawaine
Bernard
Bangor
Lawrence
Joseph
Alfred
Marshfield
Margaret Leis
Norwalk
Mrs George Schermerhorn 80 dies in Cashton Wis
Mrs George Schermerhorn aged 80 of Viroqua died Thursday December 9 at Viroqua hospital after a hip fracture. Funeral services set for 1 p m Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church Cashton with Rev Duane Bottsen officiating. Burial in Home Cemetery Brush Creek. Viewing 7 to 9 Sunday at Torkelson Funeral Home with a prayer service at 8 p m and at the church after 11 a m Monday. She was born Amanda Larson September 20 1885 and married June 2 1909. Surviving are her husband George one son Chester Cashton one brother Oscar Larson Rice Lake three sisters Stella Johnson Rice Lake Bertha Ellefson La Crosse and Helen Mehren Great Falls Mont five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Cashton
Wis
George Schermerhorn
Viroqua
Viroqua Hospital
Trinity Lutheran
Amanda Larson
Lars Larson
George
Chester
Oscar Larson
Rice Lake
Stella Johnson
Bertha Ellefson
la Crosse
Helen Mehren
Frank Hussman
Denton St
Ray
Hazel) Hackbarth
Houston, Minn
Eldon
Verna) Dummer
Keith
Linda) Smith
Edward
la Crescent
Sletten-McKee Funeral Home
Paul Elliott
Hiler Cemetery
Nadine
Minn
Frank J. Guentner
S. 7Th St
Lyman
Mary Frances) Aldrich
Kansas City
Therese Thompson
Charles
Hinsdale
Ill
Francis, S.J
St. Louis
Robert
Baltimore
Elizabeth Hebbard
Sparta
Freda) Haberman
Til Lund
Marie Guenther
Emily Gallagher
Detroit
Mich
Joseph
Marion
Louis
Adelbert
Knights of Columbus Council
Bishop
Schwebach
South Side
Blaschke
St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral
Francis J. Guenther
Catholic Cemetery
Knights of Columbus
Nels G. Ruud
Stanley Severson
Quincy St
Onalaska
Wadhams Oil Co
Stanley
Thelma) Severson
Ralph
Helen) Lee
Tom
Lila) Selby
Holland
Henry
Agnes) Yanzer
Julius
Emma) Houglum
Ryegate
Mont
Harold
Walnut Creek
Calif
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ronald Mach
Woodlawn
Dickinson Caledonia Street
Adoration of the Shepherds in Great Masters Paintings
Biblical scene cited from Luke 2:16 described alongside how Caravaggio Ghirlandaio and Murillo depict the shepherds kneeling before the Christ Child. The article notes more than twenty five masters who painted the Adoration of the Shepherds and the faith it reveals.
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Mary
Joseph
Jesus
Caravaggio
Ghirlandaio
Murillo
Mary Jane Mielke dies. services held in La Crosse
Mary Jane Mielke one week old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mielke Brandon South Dakota died in a Minneapolis hospital Friday December 10 Survivors include her parents three brothers Robert Thomas and Paul and three sisters Ann Marie Kathleen and Therese all at home her maternal grandmother Mrs Mary Dvorak of La Crosse and paternal grandmother Mrs Isabel Mielke of Chicago Graveside services were Saturday at 9 a.m. in La Crosse Catholic Cemetery Rev Donald Wilger officiating.
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Mary Jane Mielke
Robert Mielke
Brandon
S.D
Minneapolis
Mielke
Mary Ann Dvorak
la Crosse
Robert
Thomas
Paul
Ann Marie
Kathleen
Therese
Mary Dvorak
Isabel Mielke
Chicago, Ill
la Crosse Catholic Cemetery
Donald Wilger
Priest to Continue Picketing with Negro Supporter Arrestee Rev Groppi
Milwaukee AP report profiles Father James E Groppi a Roman Catholic priest and civil rights activist who vows to continue picketing with African Americans He has been arrested twice for demonstrations at school sites and says he will join and even go to jail with them if needed
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Arthur Bystrom
Milwaukee
James E. Groppi
St. Boniface Church
Father Groppi
St. Francis Seminary
Selma
Ala
North Side
Milwaukee School Board
Roman R. Atkielski
St. Boniface
MacDowell
Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
Funeral notices for Guenther and Ruud residents
Obituary notices for Frank J. Guentner 79 of 913 S 7th St and Nels G. Ruud 82 detail births, survivors, and family connections. Guentner's services at South Side Blaschke Funeral Home and St Joseph Cathedral with rosary and Knights of Columbus prayers. Ruud's service at Trinity Lutheran Church with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. both include caller details and viewing times.
Barn fall injures Roland Westphalen near Kiel
Roland Westphalen 84 was fatally injured Friday in a fall in a barn on his farm near Kiel Wisconsin Calumet County authorities reported.
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Kiel
Wis
Roland Westphalen
Calumet County
La Crosse Board of Health Considers Joint Health Facility Feasibility
The La Crosse Board of Health was authorized to study the feasibility of joint city county public health facilities. The move follows informal talks and aims to extend city nurse services to district schools beyond city limits. The Common Council renewed Yellow Checker Cab Co license to Dec 31 and authorized Sanitarian A A Schroeder to join the executive board of the Wisconsin Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments.
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la Crosse
Hospital official seeks south avenue repaving near campus
Lutheran Hospital administrator Stanley Sims asks the Common Council's Highways Committee to blacktop South Avenue by the hospital and add a pedestrian safety island. A signals request was denied by the Wisconsin Highway Commission due to insufficient pedestrian traffic. The paving would cover concrete to reduce hospital area noise.
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Lutheran Hospital
Stanley Sims
Common Council
South Avenue
Council Highways Committee
Wisconsin Highway Commission
Sims
Luther Christmas Star Lecture Set at Luther College
In Decorah Iowa the second Christmas Star Lecture series at Luther College runs December 13 and 14 with shows at 7 and 8 30 p m in the Luther Spitz Planetarium Tickets are available at the college union gift shop on campus
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Decorah
Iowa
Luther College
Luther Spitz Planetarium
College Union
Post Office Opens For Mail, Stamp Sales Sunday
The La Crosse Post Office will offer open window service for parcel mailing and stamp sales Sunday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the main facility, Postmaster George M. Hetherington reports.
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la Crosse
George M. Hetherington
Pope Paul VI Emerges as Independent Leader After Council
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI, 68, will define his papacy after ending the Ecumenical Council. He may seek peace mediation, push for Christian unity, issue birth control pronouncements, travel widely, and reform the Curia and synod structure while balancing conservative and progressive factions.
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Paul
Poland
Holy Land
Bombay
India
New York
John Cardinal Heenan
Britain
John
Curia
Synod of Bishops
Sacred College of Cardinals
Advent Song Services at St Pauls Lutheran Church
St Pauls Lutheran Church West Avenue and Division Street hosts Advent services at 9 and 10 30 a m. Rev Arthur M Ferce delivers Acting with Authority from Matthew 11 2 10. Senior choir presents Fanfare for Christmas Day Lullaby in the Manger with Mrs Fred Luedtke and Mrs John Cleveland soloists, Salvation is Created and Of the Fathers Heart Begotten with youth choir. Youth choir also performs How Beautiful the Sky and Marys Lullaby to the Infant King. Chapel choir sings Carol of the Drum Christmas Morn in Dawning with Jackie Strand soloist. Accompanists include Mrs Neil Winchell preludes Prelude to Christmas Jesu Joy of Man s Desiring and Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light. Thomas Regelein will trumpet Joy to the World.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
West Avenue
Division Street
Arthur M. Ferce
Fred Luedtke
John Cleveland
Jackie Strand
Neil Winchell
Thomas Regelein
Greens To Be Hung At Asbury Church
Teachers and parents at Asbury Methodist Church will join in The Hanging of the Greens and Christmas fellowship. Sunday School children up to sixth grade meet for carols and classroom decorations at 1 30 p m for 9 15 Sunday session and at 3 p m for 10 45 session.
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Asbury Methodist Church
Asbury
Redfield
Dean W. Irish
Onalaska
4Th Ave. N
David A. Passet
New Organ To Be Dedicated Sunday At Dresbach Church
The Dresbach Methodist Church will dedicate a new electric organ in a 2 p.m. Sunday service led by Rev. Paul Brown. A fellowship dinner will precede the program.
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Dresbach, Minn
Dresbach Methodist Church
Paul Brown
Extensive La Crosse church listings printed in paper
A long church directory lists many denominations and congregations in La Crosse area. It includes pastor names, service times, Sunday schools, youth programs, and nursery care at locations such as FIRST BAY AREA, TEMPLE, ST. JOSEPH S CATHEDRAL, and ST. LUKE S. The notice enumerates churches across Onalaska and neighboring areas with daily, midweek, and weekend schedules and contact details.
La Crosse Tribune Publisher and Staff Notice
La Crosse Tribune announces W T Burgess as publisher Sanford Goltz as editor and notes the newspaper is a member of Lee Enterprises and the Associated Press The AP holds exclusive rights to local news republishing as well as AP dispatches Regular mail and carrier delivery rates are listed with 55 cents weekly for carriers and 0 cents for single copies.
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W. T. Burgess
Sanford Goltz
la Crosse Tribune
4Th and Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Ras
Lee Enterprises, Inc
Associated Press
AP News
La Crescent Choir Plans Christmas Concert
La Crescent Minnesota senior choir from Prince of Peace Lutheran Church schedules a Christmas concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday and 4 30 p.m. Sunday December 19. The program features soloists Dian Larson and Arvid Olson and includes Once Through a Woodland Mary Walked Oh How Beautiful the Sky and Silent Night among other carols.
La Crescent Plans First Yale Concert
La Crescent High School music department will present its first Christmas Concert Thursday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The program features the concert band faculty brass choir boys quartet girls sextet the junior choir and the concert choir. Proceeds from a free will offering support the choir gown fund.
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LA Crescent
Minn
la Crescent High School
Marchers To Speak On Vietnam Peace March In La Crosse
La Crosse State University students Lynn Halverson and David Mollett of Viroqua are to address the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Sunday at 10 10 a m in the YWCA. Sanford Gottlieb, marcher coordinator and recent visitor to La Crosse, attends. The meeting is open to the public.
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Lynn Halverson
la Crosse
David Mollett
Viroqua
la Crosse State University
Washington
Viet Nam
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
YWCA
Sanford Gottlieb
Hospital admissions reach over twenty five million annually
Nationwide hospital data show more than 25 million people admitted each year across the United States. The figure reflects broad use of acute care services and varies by state and year.
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United States
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