Obituaries from Fountain to Onalaska Wisconsin areas
A long obituary list from Fountain Minnesota to Onalaska Wisconsin reports deaths from causes including accidents and natural causes. Notable names include Paul Grindland 15, John Raichle 90, Col Holland Robb 82, Mrs Dottie Miles 95, Stanley Clark 66, Agnes Schiltz 81, Walter Tolvstad 79, and Michelle Wing 3 with service details and burial sites across Caledonia Fountain Sparta Holmen and Onalaska. Survivors include family members and local affiliations. Services and calling hours are listed with funeral homes and churches across the region.
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Galesville
Wis
John Raichle
Gale
Blue Lodge
Masonic Lodge 177
Eau Claire Consistory
John
Dorothy) Quinn
Smith Mortuary
R. Steven Krueger
First United Presbyterian Church
Pine Cliff Cemetery
Correction to Emma Schnell obituary details
The obituary for Emma Schnell 89 of 2211 Jackson St notes a correction: three brothers preceded her in death, not two as previously reported. She died Thursday October 16.
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Emma Schnell
Jackson St
Two Rivers Journalist Seymour Althen Dies at 76
Seymour S. Althen, a long time Two Rivers journalist credited with helping establish the town as the ice cream sundae birthplace, died Saturday at 76 after surgery. He edited the Two Rivers Reporter, later served as editorial consultant to the Manitowoc-Two Rivers Herald Times Reporter, and survived by his wife Evelyn. Funeral services were pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Two Rivers
Wis
Seymour S. Althen
Althen
Manitowoc
Reporter
Manitowoc Herald-Times
Evelyn
Herald- Times-Reporter
Prices Paid Farmers Up 21 Percent In Wisconsin
Wisconsin farmers received 21.2 percent more for all farm products in mid September than a year earlier, per the state Agriculture Department. Despite higher prices, farmers face a tight cost-price squeeze and remain no better off than last year as hay corn and feed costs rise, with hogs calves sheep eggs milk and grains showing increases.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Agriculture Department
H. M. Walters
Walters
City Woman, 20, Reports Assault
A 20 year old La Crosse woman reported she was assaulted early Monday in the 900 block of Pine Street. Julie M Plein 20 of 913 Pine St. was not injured. She said an unknown man grabbed her from behind tore a blouse button and ran off after more struggle. She was treated and released at Lutheran Hospital. The man stood about 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 11 inches and weighed 110 to 130 pounds.
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la Crosse
Pine Street
Julie M. Plein
Pine St
Lutheran Hospital
Emil Liers of Homer Minn. Otter Man Lives On In His Tales
Emil Liers of Homer Minnesota died Friday at 85 after a lifelong writing effort marked by repeated rejections of The Goundhog Story by Viking Press. He persisted despite editors citing anthropomorphism and found late publication with a smaller house, with daughter Patricia McMurray noting his belief he would live forever. Services were held at Schumacher Funeral Home in La Crosse with burial in an unspecified location.
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Emil Liers
Viking Press
Liers
Viking
Patricia McMurray
Anacortes
Wash
la Crosse
Schumacher Funeral Home
Democratic Dinner to Feature Douglas LaFollette in La Crosse
Wisconsin Secretary of State Douglas LaFollette will speak at a Democratic Party dinner in La Crosse County to support local candidates. The event starts 6:30 p.m. at Ridge View Inn on October 27 with a 7:30 p.m. dinner. Tickets are $10 per plate, available from Ida Learner. Proceeds support Democrats running in 1976.
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Douglas LaFollette
Wisconsin
Democratic Party
la Crosse County
Ridge View Inn
R. 1
la Crosse
Ida Learner
Mesa Grande Place
Births and Otter Man remembered in Riverside Cemetery items
Births reported at St Francis Hospital October fifteenth and seventeenth include a son to Clemment and a daughter to Mathis in Waukon Iowa. A son to Lund is noted in Bangor. Riverside Cemetery notes commemorate Otter Man, a writer and naturalist famed for The Otter Story and other works, remembered for his otter sanctuary and wildlife questions.
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St. Francis Hospital
Norman P. Clemment
Boschert St
Mary Powers
Mark Mathis
Waukon
Iowa
Cindy L. Hartong
Roger D. Lund
Bangor
Sandra J. Kreuger
Riverside Cemetery
Genoa
Wis
Liers
la Crescent
Fire Department Records and Biographical Sketch
Fire department notes list leaf fires and false alarms at multiple downtown addresses from Oct 16 to Oct 18 along with two hospital transfers for illnesses and injuries. The narrative also honors a naturalist, detailing his life from Clayton Iowa to Riverside Cemetery and his enduring appreciation of otters and other wildlife.
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Park Terrace
N. 13Th St
King St
S. 17Th St
Madison St
Winnebago St
S. 9Th St
Mormon Coulee Road
Mississippi St
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Paul Donald Grindland
Fountain
Minn
Caledonia
Orley and
Doris (Wheaton) Grindland
Preston Fountain High School
Dorle
Olaf Grindland
Chatfield
Fountain Lutheran Church
Gordon Orda
Evergreen Cemetery
Grindland
Holland Robb
Sun City
Ariz
Gays Mills
West Point
Panama
Korea
Japan
Marian Sanford
William Anderson
Dayton
Ohio
Elenor Ann
Phoenix
George
Marjorie Robb Hamilton
Homestead
Fla
Dottie Miles
Sparta
Dottie L. Miles
S. Water St
Burns
A. R. Benzie
George Miles
Leon
Robert
Lanham-Kann
Delbert Permann
Woodlawn
Stanley A. Clark
S. 21St Terrace
Clinton County
Trane Co
Beatrice Wright
Darwin
Patricia) Ormson
Edgerton
Dennis
Annette) Randle
South Milwaukee
Donald
Mary) Olson
Judith) Baker
Eau Claire
Agnes Johnson
Viroqua
Dolly Campton
la Farge
Lucy Beaver
Lake Geneva
Harold
Viro
Bible Baptist Church
Frederick Sweet
Sletten-McKee-Hanson
Agnes Schiltz
Macomb, Il
Peder Pederson
Peter G. Schiltz
Houston County
Catholic Daughters of America
American Legion Auxiliary
James
Phyllis) Bakkum
Mary Ann Logan
Macomb
Sean
Harriet) Stapleton
R. C
Milda) Wardenburg
San Rafel
Calif
James D
Kathleen) O'Hara
Cecil
Matthew
Leonard Pederson
Minneapolis
Nellie Holman
Melbourne
Steffen
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Charles J. Quinn
Calvary Cemetery
Walter M
Holmen
Haakon Tolvstad
Morris-Snuggerud Post
American Legion
Leona
Wallace
Onalaska
Dean
William
Bonnie) Sullivan
Manley
New Port Richey
Ansel
Chippewa Falls
Emma Anderson
Hazel Lund
Wausau
Holmen Lutheran Church
N. A. Berntson
Michelle D. Wing
Ronnie
Paula Wing
R. 2
Troy
Verl Wing
Jack Daily
Connie Oliver
Bethel Lutheran Church
Richard Gilmore
Mormon Coulee Memorial Park
Dickinson Funeral Home
Roblem
E-Lim
West Salem
Kulakofski
Reuben
Reuben Kulakofski
Frank
S. A
Grill
Krau
Homer
Douglas la Follette
Democrat
Fire Department
James Gavin
George St
Melanie A. Russell
St. James St
Valerie Nichols
Redbird Court
Arlene Fotland
S. 19Th St
3Rd
Pearl Streets
Esther Scholes
S. 7Th St
Lutheran
Clayton
Mississippi River
Lillian
Boulevard Cleaners
Liberty ST
Freddie
Dial
Maloney’s
Maloney
Morrell’s
Jefferson
Main ST
LA Crosse, Wis
Nashville
Hiawatha
Hiewetha
6Th & Cass
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