Alma Center historian Ella Merrill dies at 96
Ella Merrill of Alma Center passed away in Black River Falls at age 96. A lifelong community figure born March 21 1879 in Hixton she inspired locals with Alma Center history and recalled events like the 1921 fire that scorched 22 buildings.
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Alma Center
Wis
Ella Merrill
United States
England
Pine View
Black River Falls
Ella
United Methodist Church
Hixton
Jackson County
James and
Lorraine Perry Briscoe
Nathan Merrill
Wright, Kan
Briscoe
Obituaries from Oct 16 196? readings include Rogne and others
Spring Grove Minnesota Kathleen Rogne 76 dies at home Oct 16 born 1899 married Dr. Rogne lived in McKinsky North Dakota 1932 37 then Spring Grove member of St Olaf Cassel ton and Mary Foss survive. Emma Rod Sr 83 Prairie du Chien dies Oct 16 at local hospital born 1892 Check family details. Dora Flatten 83 Houston dies Oct 16 at La Crosse hospital born 1892 Kruchow. Emma Schnell 89 Jackson Street dies in hospital. Herman Werth 92 La Crosse dies Oct 16 long career La Crosse Rubber Mills. Albert Engen 77 Galesville dies Oct 16 retired farmer. George Lane 52 Wilton dies Oct 14 Tomah hospital veteran WW2. Ernest Johnson 65 Blair rural dies Oct 15. Morris G Hegseth 59 Spring Grove heart attack Oct 16. Catherine Mogensen 50 Tomah dies Oct 16 multiple children and Chicago kin. Funeral details follow.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Kathleen A. Rogne
Philip
Elizabeth Austin
W.G. Rogne
McKinsky
N.D
St. Olaf Catholic Church
Mabel
Elizabeth Deely
Mary Foss
Casselton
Roble Funeral Home
Emma Rod SR
Prairie DU Chien
Wis
S. Minnesota St
Eastman
John Check
Joseph Rod Sr
Joseph Jr
Gandchildren
Frank
Thomas
Albert
Charles Check
Henry
la Crosse
St. John’s Catholic Church
E.J. Thome
Calvary Cemetery
Dora Flatten
Houston
la Crosse Hospital
Carl Kruchow
Caledonia
Ole Flatten
The
Cross of Christ Lutheran Church
Arthur
Donald
la Crescent
Ralph
Grace) Hertzfeldt
Topeka
Kans
Maynard
Helen) Palmquist
Arnold
Doris) Peterson
Wayne
Ruby) Vier
Seattle
Wash
Serries
Cross of Christ Church
Duane Everson
Stone Church Cemetery
Cook Funeral Home
Herman L. Werth
S. 13Th St
Emma Golnick
Leona Gardner
Aaron
Sylvia) Hicke
Lee
Esther) Park
Omer LaDouceur
George
Letty) Edmonson
Chicago
LeRoy
First Lutheran Church
Fritz Miller
Oak Grove Cemetery
Sletten- McKee-Hanson Funeral Home
Albert Engen
Galesville
Christian Engen
Emma Evens
Ervin
Westby
Larry
Alfred
Edwin
Julia
Clara Engen
Hardies Creek Lutheran Church
William Rice
Smith Funeral Home
George E. Lane
Wilton
Tomah
Superior
John Lane
Eva Pollock
Evonne
Diana
Donna
Renna
Shirley
Carol
Margaret
Detroit
Navy
Eau Claire
Joan) Bell
Jeanette
Loren
Leslie
Smith-Nelson Funeral Home
Charles Anderson
Hillside
Catherine Mogensen
James Burke
Martin Mogensen
Joel
John
James
Madison
Martie
Mary
Charles
Margaret) Nelson
Harlan Bock
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Frank Hillesheim
Lakeview Cemetery
Chetek
White Funeral Home
S. E. Taylor Sr. Dies at 74, La Crosse Business Leader
Stanton E. Taylor Sr., 74, of 930 Copeland Ave., a longtime La Crosse business figure and president treasurer of Taylor Lumber Co., died Oct 17. He founded Taylor Lumber Co. in 1927 and served as charter director and board chair of First Federal Savings and Loan in La Crosse. Born Aug 20, 1901 in Winona, he held degrees from the University of Wisconsin Madison. Survived by Doris, two sons, four grandchildren, one brother, and one sister. funeral plans pending.
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Stanton E. Taylor Sr
Copeland Ave
Taylor Lumber Co
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of la
Sletten-McKee-Hanson Funeral Home
Wisconsin Jobless Claims Rise to 88 206
Wisconsin unemployment claims totaled 88 206 last week an increase of 1 120 from the prior week. The state department noted 2 026 people exhausted state benefits and reapplied for temporary federal extended benefits.
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Madison, Wis
Wisconsin
State Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
Reward Offered For Fire Information At Oshkosh Dorms
A UW Oshkosh student faculty committee offers a reward fund for tips about recent fires in Fletcher Hall. Thirteen fires occurred in the last year with one person charged in connection. Pledges total 300 dollars, aiming to reach 1,000 dollars as donations grow.
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Oshkosh
Wis
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Fletcher Hall
Group To Tour Manure Storage Facilities
The La Crosse County Farm Bureau sponsors a tour of manure storage facilities on Thursday. Jerome Servais says a bus will depart from the Earl Pralle Farm east of Bangor at 9 a.m. The tour includes poured concrete slurry systems with pumping and spreading demos, a lagoon system for direct cowyard waste, and a glass lined tank storage facility. Resorations may be made by calling Carl Pedretti Julius Manske Earl Pralle or Servais.
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la Crosse County
Holmen
Julius Manske
Onalaska
Earl Pralle
Bangor
Servais
Trempealeau SWCD To Honor Participants
Trempealeau County Soil and Water Conservation District to host an 8 p.m. November 6 banquet at Arcadia Country Club Arcadia. Honorees include Wayne Webster Osseo Rudolph Pierzina Arcadia Darrel Lorch Blair Albert Scherr Trempeau Donald Halama Independence with tickets by reservation through local listed contacts.
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Arcadia
Wis
Trempealeau County Soil and Water Conservation District
Arcadia Country Club
John Walek
Wayne Webster
Osseo
Rudolph Pierzina
Darrel Lorch
Blair
Albert Scherr
Trempealeau
Donald Halama
Independence
Holmen Man Found Innocent in Furnishing Case
A Holmen man, Thomas Ward Anderson, 20, was found innocent Wednesday by a County Court Branch II jury. He had faced charges of furnishing beer to a 14 year old La Crosse girl at the Holmen Korn Fest on August 18.
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County Court Branch II
Holmen
Thomas Ward Anderson
Walnut St
la Crosse
Big Indian Boat Lines Sold to Holmen Man
Roy Franz who ran Big Indian Boat Lines since 1962 sold the business to Paul Sayther of Holmen a Mississippi Valley Airlines pilot. Sale not final until Jan 1 1976 with signed purchase agreement. Sayther plans music programs barge upgrades and other changes after closing. Franz active in local tourism groups and won regional awards.
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Roy Franz
Big Indian Boat Lines
Paul Sayther
Holmen
Mississippi Valley Airlines
la Crosse City
Sayther
la Crosse Queen's Berth
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Jean Anderson
Tribune
Ing
John Perry
Perry
Wedge’s Creek
Mrs
Emma Schnell
Jackson St
Schumacher Funeral Home
Ernest J. Johnson
R.J. Taylor
Ole Johnson
Laura Sesvold
Taylor
Roger
Lola) Nelson
Bloomington
Miann
Gaylord
Trempealeau Valley Lutheran Church
Vern Barlow
Jack Funeral Home
Morris G. Hegseth
Highland Township
Iowa
Inglebright
Guring Hegseth
Marlys Salem
Reverud Construction Co Inc
David
Knoxville
Tenn
Gwendolyn) Stefflar
Cedar Rapids
Phyllis
Theodore Flatberg
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ken Knutson
S. E. Taylor Sr
Hiawatha Coaches
Oshkosh Park Plaza Mall
Horicon Marsh
Hiawatha Depot
Johnson’s
Salar l
Johnson
Lou
5Th Ave
Lacrosse
Wales
Ernie Wold
Norman Thompson
Ettrick
Thurman Fremstad
Pigeon Falls
Lee Sacia
University Extension Office
Whitehall
Holmen Man
Franz
Delta Queen
Mankato
Front St
State St. Downtown
Rochester
3Rd Ave
K-Mart
Fairfax St
Snyders
Co-op
Twin Cities
Fairgrounds
Susgeir
Sears
Serglase
Ser Aes
le Teal
Adeed
Chgio
Owens Corming
Owens Corning
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