Daniel Brandenburg, longtime owner and publisher of The Marion Advertiser, was born Oct. 6, 1950, in Clintonville, to Joseph and Lois (Wulk) Brandenburg. He graduated from Marion High School in 1969 and from Viterbo College in La Crosse, where he earned a degree in printing and publishing. On July 7, 1973, he married his wife, Patsy. Together they had one daughter, Angie.
Dan, who delivered newspapers as a kid, started working at the Marion Advertiser in high school. He spent more than 50 years at the paper, including 30 as owner after he bought the paper in 1985 from longtime publisher Leland “Korny” Krueger.
In February 2017, Brandenburg was diagnosed with stomach cancer. In spite of the diagnosis, Dan, Patsy and Angie continued to put the newspaper out every week.
Dan died Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, after battling stomach cancer. He was 68.
