Obituaries list several Wisconsin deaths across towns
Obituaries from Blair Prairie du Chien Onalaska Beloit and nearby note Mrs E Vivian Thorpe 52 died Oct 14 in Whitehall after a heart attack born 1924 in Blair she married Arnold Thorpe in 1946 is survived by husband a son and a daughter and multiple siblings and relatives Services are set in Blair First Lutheran Church Burial in Fagerness Cemetery Joseph B Hahn 79 Prairie du Chien died Oct 13 a WWI veteran farmer survived by widow a son a daughter and grandchildren Services in St Gabriel's Prairie du Chien with a VFW Legion honor guard burial at church cemetery Norman S Bull 89 of Prairie du Chien died at the Convalescent Center born 1886 married Mildred Buck back in 1912 survived by two sons two daughters 13 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Services Saturday at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Burial in Prairie du Chien Cemetery John N Kurtz 75 Onalaska died Oct 14 in a local nursing home born 1901 survived by wife Frances two daughters two sons and many siblings and grandchildren Services Monday at Dickinson Funeral Home Jackson Street Chapel Burial Mormon Coulee Memorial Park Mrs Major ie Wadel Beloit 49 native of La Crosse died Oct 14 of cancer in Beloit Hospital born 1937 married 1946 moved to Beloit with husband and two sons and a daughter plus grandchildren and siblings Survivors include husband children and siblings Services pending in Beloit
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E. Vivian Thorpe
Blair
Wis
Tri-County Memorial Hospital
Whitehall
Carl Dahl
Arnold Thorpe
Waukon
Iowa
The
Royal Neighbors
State Welfare Association
American Legion Auxiliary
Arnold
William A
Steven
Roberta) Leigh
Stanley Dahl
Garden Grove
Calif
Curtiss Dahl
Vista
Dorothy Kaminski
Milwaukee
Chester
Dolores) Thomas
E. St. Louis
Ill
Paul
Mildred) Lunetta
San Diego
First Lutheran Church
Erling Carlsen
Fagerness Cemetery
Jack
David Brehm
Prairie du Chien
Vfw-Legion Honor Guard
Lake-Thornburg
Norman S. Bull
Norman
Bull
Mildred Hubacher
McGregor
Mildred K
Edwin
Joliet
Arthur
Bradenton Beach
Fla
Earl
Peggy) Scherlin
Eau
Claire
Gladstone
Mary) Sluegge
Pensacola
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Raymond Sinn
John N. Kurtz
Onalaska
Iron Ridge
John Kurtz
Frances
Kenneth
Dorothy) Jamesson
Dakota
Minn
Russell
la Crosse
Vernon
Dorothy Niehoff
West
Ronald Erickson
First Baptist Church
Mormon Coulee Memorial
Majorie Wadel
Beloit
Wesely
Majorie) Wadel
Roy Dahl
Gary
Colorado Springs
Colo
Gregory
Lori
Glen
Charlene) Eggum
Robert Dahl
Indiana
Donald
Farmington, Minn
Gerald
Candidates To Speak On Caledonia Platform
Education and agriculture will be topics at a Sunday candidates forum at 7:30 p.m. in the Caledonia High School lunchroom. Speakers include state Senate candidates Elton R. Redalen and Jerome Gunderson and House candidates Myron McKee and Al Wieser Jr. Redalen and Gunderson seek the 35th District Senate seat, McKee and Wieser the 35B House seat.
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Caledonia
Minn
Senate
Elton R. Redalen
Dfler Jerome
Firefighters Contain Blaze Near Cataract Wisconsin
A half mile northwest of Cataract in Monroe County a 25 acre fire was contained around 3 30 p m after starting about 2 p m. Firefighters from Sparta and DNR crews battled the blaze on private land with pine stands and oak, temporarily closing State Highway 27. No homes were burned, and authorities warned of possible evacuations if the fire grew. Also a Sparta grass fire on the south side burned about 10 acres near Plastronic Packaging. Two Jackson County fires were controlled with mopping up by Friday morning. In Lansing Iowa Margaret Knutson 74 died October 14 survived by two daughters and relatives. Services Saturday at Our Savior Lutheran Church Lansing.
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Wis
Here
Monroe
Jackson
Sparta Rural Fire Department
Sparta
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Black River Falls
Cataract
Ray Waters
Monroe County
Monroe County Sheriff's Department
Waters
Milwaukee Road
Jim Reisinger
Chicago Northwestern
Highway 27
Bohl
la Crosse
Reisinger
Northern States Power Co
Jackson County
Highway 54
Thomas Brothers
Survivor to Visit Sunken Ship in Greek Deep-Sea Mission
An 86-year-old British woman, Sheila MacBeth Mitchell, trains for deep dives in Jacques Cousteau minisubs to explore the Britannic, sunk in 1916 near Kea Island. Mitchell, who survived the liner’s sinking as a nurse, joined Cousteau’s expedition after answering his call for survivors.
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Korissa
Greece
Jacques Cousteau
Sheila MacBeth Mitchell
Ocean-Rover
Cousteau
Miss Mitchell
Aegean Sea
Kea Island
Bolton
England
Whitehall High to honor duo in homecoming clash with Augusta
Whitehall High School adds incentives for a homecoming win as Karen Towner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Towner, is queen and Gary Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nealen Towner, is king. Whitehall faces Augusta at homecoming while Ruth Mitchell is the lone survivor of a ship sinking three miles off Kea island at 360 feet.
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Whitehall High School
Karen Towner
Gary Johnson
King
Karen
William Towner
Gary
Nealen Towner
Whitehall
Augusta
Miss Mitchell
Kea
Debates Set For Baldus Gundersen Channel 8 and WXOW
The Channel 8 debate between Rep. Alvin Baldus and challenger Dr. Adolf Gundersen is set for 9 p.m. October 20 under WKBT rules, with a 6:30 p.m. October 28 WXOW TV Channel 19 half hour debate. Newsmen may be present at WKBT but not ask questions, while WXOW will have newsmen question the candidates. Baldus negotiates questions with the La Crosse League of Women Voters.
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Wkbt-Tv
Alvin Baldus
Adolf Gundersen
Channel 8
WKBT
Wxow TV
Baldus
D-Menomonie
WXOW
David Metzger
Metzger
Gundersen
Lloyd Bogart
la Crosse League of Women Voters
League
John Proctor
Good
CAF air show detonates atomic bomb simulator
Correction from Harlingen Texas states the Confederate Air Force detonated the device at the air show, not a U S Army demolition team. Army and National Guard members were present to add realism to the re enactment of Hiroshima while the CAF confirmed the detonation.
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Harlingen
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Barbara) Spalding
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