Obituaries from Wisconsin towns list several deaths
Susan Short of La Farge aged 90 died in a Viroqua nursing home after a long life beginning in Outagamie County. Survivors include five children and many grandchildren. Services Wednesday at La Farge United Methodist Church with burial at Ontario Cemetery. Wade Schreiter and Gerald M. Wolf are also noted with funeral arrangements. Mary W Porter of Eastman died aged 84 in a Prairie du Chien hospital. Further service details provided for the deceased.
Obituary notices from multiple Wisconsin towns
Correction Services for Martha Faye Schumann who died Sunday December 19 will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Sletten McKee Hanson Funeral Home Rev Edmond White will officiate with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Campbell Cemetery near Eastman Memorials may be given to the Heart Fund. MABEL Minn Mrs Myron Emma Welch 76 died Sunday December 19 at home Born September 10 1900 in Hesper Township Iowa she and Myron Welch farmed in Mabel and Hesper Survivors include husband and children Grandchildren and great grandchildren Services at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hesper Lutheran Church Burial in church cemetery Services in Sparta Wisconsin for Lucille W Fink 72 of 811 N Benton St died Friday December 17 Born July 29 1904 in Glade Kansas married Dale Fink in 1924 Lived in Madison Oshkosh Sparta She had worked at Fort McCoy and was Eastern Star member Survivors include son Donald and sister Marguerite Soules Services 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Page-Smith Funeral Home Burial Woodlawn Cemetery Sparta Gladys Farnham will conduct Christian Science Services Burial afternoon Wednesday. Melvin C Davis 61 of 1007 S 26th St died Tuesday December 2 at home Born August 8 1915 in Nebraska Survivors include wife Maxine three sons one grandchild mother and sister Services 2 p.m. Thursday at Wesley United Methodist Church Burial Oak Grove Cemetery Friends may call Schuchmacher Funeral Home Wednesday 7 to 9 p.m.
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Susan Short
LA Farge
Wis
Viroqua
Outagamie County
August
Elizabeth (Freeman) Spoeh
Ernest Short
Shipcton
Stoughton
John
la Crosse
Norman
Ontario
Edith Hart
Viola
Ethel Abbott
Sheridan
Ore
Violet Green
la Farge United Methodist Church
Fay Johnson
Johnson Funeral Home
Gerald M. Wolf
Hillsboro
Edward Wolf
Elmer
Escondido
Calif
Eldon
Ray
la Mesa
O.W. Faulkner
Martha Faye Schumann
Sletten-McKee Hanson
Edmond White
Oak Grove Cemetery
Beulah Wallin
Eastman
Campbell Cemetery
Donna Greene
Garrity
Prairie du Chien
Heart Fund
Mabel
Minn
Myron
Emma) Welch
Hesper Township
Winneshiek County
Iowa
Esten and
Beret
Assum) Klegseth
Myron Welch
Decorah
Hesper
Donald
Melissa Korsness
Sparta
Lucille W. Fink
N. Benton St
Glade
Kan
Harold
Katherine
Gibbs) Wright
Dale Fink
Superior
Neb
Madison
Oshkosh
Taylor Pharmacy
Fort McCoy
Eastern Star
Englewood
Colo
Carl
Marguerite) Soules
Portland
Page-Smith Funeral
Gladys Farnham
Woodlawn Cemetery
Maxcine
Charles
Cedar Falls
Timothy
Chippewa Falls
Ralph
Audrey Schroeder
Waterloo
Mike Quinn
Wanda
Wesley United Methodist Church
Schumacher Funeral Home
Faye
Peace United Church of Christ
Crooked Creek
Clyde Lee
Potter-Haugen Funeral Home
Caledonia
Caledonia Man Dies In One Car Mishap
A 30 year old Caledonia man Wayne W. Elsheimer was killed in a one car crash on Highway 26 eight and a half miles south of Brownsville. He rolled into a ditch on a snow covered road as state patrol and Houston County Coroner investigate. He served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970 and was a farmer in Crooked Creek Township. He is survived by his parents and a sister. Funeral arrangements are pending at Potter Haugen Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Brownsville
State Patrol
Wayne W. Elsheimer
Houston County
Philip H. Utz
Walter and
Edna
Newmann) Elsheimer
Crooked Creek
Vietnam
Former J-School Dean Dies At MU
MILWAUKEE AP Jere miah L. O'Sullivan 82 dean emeritus Marquette University College of Journalism died today of cancer at St. Camillus Health Center. He joined Marquette in 1924 after leaving United Press KC bureau and became dean in 1928 serving until retirement in 1962. He is survived by son Quentin and daughter Geraldine Riepenhoff both of Wauwatosa and brother Joseph of Hutchinson Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Jeremiah L. O'Sullivan
Marquette University College of Journalism
St. Camillus Health Center
O'Sullivan
Jerry
Marquette
Kansas City
United Press
Quentin
Wauwatosa
Geraldine Riepenhoff
Joseph
Hutchinson
Kan
Don Mundinger La Crosse educator known for student placement
Don Mundinger a La Crosse data processing teacher and head of the Western Wisconsin Technical Institute department died at 53. He built the program from unit record equipment to a third generation system and helped students secure jobs, often following up personally. He lived a family oriented life and supported Central High School bands and student activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Mundinger
Patricia Hirschfield
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
Mundinger
Trane Co
WWTI
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Uw-Madison
la Crosse
Orange Costa College
Costa Mesa
Calif
Eau Claire
Jerry Boggs
Boggs
Viterbo Names Head of Fine Arts Center
David P. Johnson of Madison South Dakota named director of the Viterbo College Fine Arts Center succeeding Chuck Schmidt who moves to the Florida Center of the Arts at USF Tampa Johnson taught at Dakota State College and holds degrees from Western Connecticut State University and Harvard University with a theater masters from the University of South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
David P. Johnson
Viterbo College
Johnson
Madison
S.D
Chuck Schmidt
Florida Center of the Arts
University of Southern Florida
Tampa
Dakota State College
Western Connecticut State College
University of South Dakota
Harvard University
Ned Washington dies famed lyricist of High Noon
Beverly Hills, April — Ned Washington, three time Academy Award winner and lyricist of High Noon and Stella by Starlight, dies at 75 after six years of illness from a heart condition. Survived by wife Patricia, daughter Catherine Hinen of Sydney, two granddaughters and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Ned Washington
Washington
Green Dolphin Street
Dmitri Tiomkin
Patricia
Catharine Hinen
Sydney
Australia
Second Death Reported From Paralytic Illness
Milwaukee AP reports the second Wisconsin death attributed to Guillain Barré syndrome after a Dec 15 death of a 59 year old Beaver Dam man. Officials note the patient had not received a swine flu vaccine and the inoculation program was halted after links to paralysis emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
National Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Wisconsin Division of Health
Beaver Dam
William Schatz
Swine Flu Vaccine Raises Egg Prices in New York
New York city officials report eggs rose five cents per dozen due to swine flu vaccine purchases. John Carroll notes large pharmaceutical orders pushed wholesale egg costs up 6.2 percent, with grade A eggs at 79 cents a dozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Carroll
Maxwell House Price to Rise Twenty Cents
General Foods Corp the largest coffee roaster said it will raise the wholesale price of Maxwell House coffee by 20 cents per pound on January 3 bringing the price to 2.91 per pound. The move mirrors earlier hikes by rivals such as Procter & Gamble Folger Coffee Co. as frost damaged Brazil crops reduced supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell House
New York
General Foods Corp
Procter & Gamble Co
Folger Coffee Co
General Foods
Brazil
Teen Pleads Guilty To Winona Robbery
A 16 year old Winona youth pleaded guilty in Winona County Juvenile Court to armed robbery for the Nov 6 holdup of Winona Golf View Liquor Store. He admitted taking about $220 after pointing a shotgun at the clerk and faces sentencing with another Holmen robbery case. John Water of Winona remains jailed in La Crosse County for the Holmen robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Minn
Winona County
Winona Golf View
S. A. Sawyer
Sacia
IGA
Holmen
John Water
la Crosse County
Soldiers Grove Board To Weigh Relocation Study
The Soldiers Grove Village Board met in special session to review a relocation study by Laufenberg Research and Development Institute advising moving downtown businesses and floodplain homes. Three options were outlined including do nothing, flood protection via levees, or moving structures to Highway 61 sites with floodplain redevelopment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldiers Grove
Wis
Laufenberg Research and Development Institute of
Chippewa Falls
U.S. Corps of Engineers
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Laufenberg
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Wade Schreiter
Beier Funeral Home
Mary W. Porter
James W. Wallin
Fred Porter
Mrs
Emma Welch
Hesper Lutheran Church
Bernhardt Polesky
Mengis
Melvin C. Davis
S 26Th St
Nebraska
Charles and
Mabel Davis
J-School
I.R.A
First National Bank
F.D.I.C
Bronar Bank OF
Don Mundinger
Thomas Koenig
Merchants National Bank
Midwest
Koenig
Gaylord Harrell
Shorewood Drive
Mundinger’s
Harrell
Don
Paul
Central High School
Donald Mahr
Lincoln Ave
Alex Waver
Central
Waver
Mundingers
Mahr
Viterbo
Fine
Charles Hanson
Forbes
West Ave
Dial
Teen
Tom Hirsch
la Farge Dam
David Anderson
Marius Hansen
Cremer
Certified Gemologist
American Gem Society
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