Obituary notices from Wisconsin region
Obituaries detail deaths of Lucille Melby in Viroqua age 65 with service at Sugar Grove United Methodist Church, burial at church cemetery, and viewing details. Hugh Nichols 77 formerly of Galesville with funeral arrangements pending. Daniel C. Strauman 64 of Prairie du Chien with military burial rites and Wake Service. Harrica Mae Broitzman 86 Onalaska. Emma Arms 62 Prairie du Chien. Mettie E. Dickson 85 La Crosse with survivors and past employment noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Melby
Viroqua
Wis
Hickory St
Sugar Grove United Methodist Church
B. J. Talledge
Vosseteig Funeral Chapel
Westby
Galesville
Hugh Nichols
King
Smith Mortuary
St. John's Catholic Church
Prairie du Chien
John Scott
Garrity Funeral Home
Harrica Broitzman
Onalaska
Harrica Mae Broitzman
N. 4Th St
la Crosse
Fossum Funeral Home
Emma Arms
S. Beaumont Rd
Edna C. Sorensen
Wood St
Tillie Vollen
Oscar Sorensen
Denver
Colo
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ernest Nelson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Dickinson Caledonia Street
Evell Gibbons dies naturalist and author at 64
Evell Gibbons, a Texas born naturalist and author famed for Stalking the Wild Parsnip and other works, died at 64 from an apparent heart attack. Widowed Freda Gibbons said he passed Monday night. he had become a national folk figure for wild foods and TV appearances before FTC pulled his cereal commercials. He lived on an 11 acre Beavertown farm and taught survival courses, later funding Outward Bound programs and living as a beachcomber in Hawaii. Survived by widow, two sons, five grandchildren. Cremation and private memorial planned. services by Nelson Funeral Home.
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Sunbury
Evell Gibbons
Freda Gibbons
Gibbons
General Foods
Federal Trade Commission
Hawaii
Texas
University of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Freda Fryer
Philadelphia
Beavertown
Outward Bound
Alvin A. Blado
Wilton
Wis
Tomah
Adolph Blado
LaVerne
Waunakee
Roland
Elaine) Roberts
Janesville
College Aid Tied To Adulthood Ruling
Madison AP. A Wisconsin higher education official weighs how a court ruling on 18 year olds gaining legal adulthood could alter grants and loans. Affected are federal and state aid rules, with potential nationwide impact on need based financial aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State
Higher Educational Board
James Jung
Supreme Court
Jung
Lyda Berg Remembered For Music and Community Spirit
Lyda Berg a 16 year old Bangor resident died December 26 after aplastic anemia led to cardiac arrest in a La Crosse hospital. A pianist drum major and musician from Luther High School she inspired classmates with her energy and faith. Her family noted a life full of activity and music from Onalaska through Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Wis
Lyda Berg
la Crosse
St. Paul's Lutheran Church of
16Th Ave. N
Lyda
Young People’s Society
Della Berg
Rev. Rich
Ard Siegler
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Siegler
Gundersen Clinic
Onalaska
Luther High School
Luther High
la Crosse Tribune
Uncle Sam
Old Heidelberg
Carolyn Armagast
Pewaukee
Lincoln Junior High
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau
Cristine
Sparta City Library
Berg
June Gran
Court Road
Gran
Paul Ziemer
Frank Italiano
Paul Dable
Kay Hussa
Bangor High School
Sharon Brostrom
Dakota, Minn
Minnesota Solon Fined For Failing To File Taxes
Former state Rep. William Ojala of Aurora was fined 5000 dollars and given two years probation for failing to file federal income tax returns for 1969 1971. Judge Devitt stayed sentence to allow an appeal, with Ojala planning to appeal to the 8th Circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Solon
ST. Paul, Minn
William Ojala
Aurora
U.S
Edward Devitt
Ojaa
8Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Ojala
Wisconsin Coach Lines Fare Hike and Route Abandonment Delay
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission approved a permanent ten percent rise in interurban passenger fares for Wisconsin Coach Lines Inc. and ordered a delay of planned abandonment of the Port Washington to Milwaukee bus route from January 1 to July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Wisconsin Coach Lines Inc
PSC
Wisconsin Coach
Port Washington-Milwaukee
War protester gets three year term affirmed on appeal
A 7th Circuit panel upheld Jane Kennedy's three year sentence for destroying draft records in 1969. The court remanded co defendant John Mack for resentencing under youth provisions and affirmed Paul Donner's three year term while noting additional clemency avenues. Kennedy began serving at Alderson Federal Prison in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jane Kennedy
U.S. District Court
Indianapolis
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Parole Board
Marion County
Indiana
Ms. Kennedy
John Mi
Chael Donner
Paul Joseph Mack
Mack
Donner
Supreme Court
Tom C. Clark
Kennedy
Alderson
W.va
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Daniel C. Strauman
Daniel C
Strauman
Veterans Administration Hospital
Emil Strauman
Milwaukee Road
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mettie E. Dickson
Onalaska Ave
la Crosse Hospital
Frank
Phoebe
Pratt) Carter
Lemonweir
Betty
Benjamin
Marjorie) Fields
Wilmington
Ohio
Martin
Beloit
Lester
Irma Mayenschien
Byron
Naturalist
Nelson Funeral Home
Alex Hanhardt
Bison
Kan
Albert
Raymond
Harold
Aztec
N.M
Delbert
Ruth) Blake
Gillette
Wyo
Emma Diel
Kiowa
Bison Baptist Church
Lone Star Cemetery
Carl W. Fiedler
Carl William Fiedler
S. 22Nd St
Winona
Minn
Euell Gibbons
Coustant
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Isabel
Russell
Norman
Baraboo
Kenneth
Faith Lutheran Church
James Wuebben
Woodlawn
Dickinson Jackson Street
Charles Hanson
Cicero
Hanson
West Ave
Dial
Pat Moore
Tribune
Man
Oshkosh
Thomas R. Basel
Wisconsin Public Service Corp
Rockwell International
Sam
the National Bank of Wisconsin
LaCrosse
Main Street
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