Stephen Maersch, a longtime Wisconsin journalist and member of the Milwaukee Press Club’s Media Hall of Fame, died on Friday, Jan. 12, in Greendale. He was 86.
Born in Sheboygan, to Catherine (Steffen) and Fred Maersch, graduated from Sheboygan North High School and went on to serve in the U.S. Navy before attending the University of Wisconsin, graduating in 1964.
His early experiences included part-time roles at the Sheboygan Press and the The (Madison) Capital Times, as well as stints at the Chicago Tribune, Melbourne (Australia) Herald and Durban (South Africa) Daily News.
In 1969, he landed a job as a copy editor with The Milwaukee Journal. “It was his best career move ever,” he wrote in the obituary he penned himself. He worked at the paper for 25 years, retiring in 1995.
