Kenneth A. “Ken” Troedel, who enjoyed a 26-year career publishing newspapers in Wisconsin, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, at his home in Waupaca. He was 69.
Born Sept. 27, 1952, in West Bend, he was the son of Kenneth L. Troedel and Joan McLaughlin. He graduated from West Bend West High School in 1971 and went on to study accounting and business administration at Moraine Park Technical College from 1976 to 1978. While in college, he also worked at The West Bend Company.
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On Aug. 6, 1977, Troedel married Diane Dickmann at St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Parish in West Bend. Together they had two sons, Aaron and Adam, and two grandchildren, Liam and Eamon.
Troedel started his career in advertising sales and worked his way up to serving as publisher of several Wisconsin newspapers. Over his 26-year career, Troedel ran the Washington County Sunday Post in West Bend, Ozaukee County Sunday Post in Cedarburg, The Chippewa Herald in Chippewa Falls and the Waupaca County Buyer’s Guide.
