Raymond Eugene Schoenfield, an award-winning former teacher and newspaper adviser at Beloit Memorial High School, died Saturday, Feb. 5, in Rockford. He was 86. Schoenfield started his teaching career at Beloit Memorial High School in 1961 and was named the head of the English department in 1981. Throughout his 36-year career, he taught a variety of classes, including media and journalism. He also served as the adviser for The Increscent school newspaper. 

Schoenfield served as state director of the Journalism Education Association and vice president of the Wisconsin Journalism Teacher-Advisors' Council. His efforts were recognized through several awards during his career, including Wisconsin Journalism Advisor of the Year in 1974 and Wisconsin PTA Teacher of the Year in 1992.

Herbert "Herb" L. Kohlbeck, a longtime Manitowoc County business owner who also delivered newspapers, died Wednesday, Jan. 19, at his home in rural Whitelaw. He was 96.

In addition to delivering newspapers for the (Manitowoc) Herald Times Reporter, Kohlbeck and his wife, Marie, owned and operated Kohlbeck's Riverview Inn at Reifs Mills for more than 34 years. 

David P. Jenkins, a longtime attorney and judge who spent college summers working as a reporter for The (Appleton) Post-Crescent, died Sunday, Jan. 9, at his home in Middleton. He was 72.

In high school, Jenkins covered sports for the student newspaper and attended a summer journalism institute at Northwestern University. He studied political science and economics at UW-Madison, earning his bachelor's degree in 1971. While at UW, he served on the Board of Directors for The Daily Cardinal student newspaper. During his summers back home in Seymour, he worked as a reporter for The Post-Crescent in nearby Appleton.