Therese "Terri" Lescelius, who was the first female editor of the Marinette Eagle-Star and led the EagleHerald newsroom for nearly two decades, died Wednesday, July 21. She was 68.

In 1973, after attending Central Michigan University, she joined the newsroom of the Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe, where she met her future husband, Paul. In 1982, Lescelius joined the Marinette Eagle-Star newsroom, where she later became the paper’s first female editor. In 1987, she was named editor and general manager of the Menominee Herald-Leader, another Bliss Communications newspaper. When the two newspapers merged in 1995, she remained as editor — a role she held until her retirement in 2012.

George Franklin “Buddy” Sanders, who worked as a graphic journalist for The Milwaukee Star, died Friday, July 16. He was 90.

Sanders joined the newspaper, which touted itself as “The Voice of the Negro in Wisconsin,” in 1962. He worked several years for the newspaper as a graphic designer, occasionally contributing as a writer. Among his more notable work for newspaper was his design for front-page coverage of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in November 1963. Sanders also taught at the Freedom Schools and worked for school desegregation.

Bob Wills, longtime editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel and champion of open government, died on Thursday, July 22, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. He was 95.

In 1951, Wills joined the The Milwaukee Journal as a reporter. He went on to serve as city editor for more than a decade and editor from 1975 to 1991, when he was promoted to executive vice president of Journal Sentinel Inc. He retired in 1993.

A strong proponent of government transparency, Wills was a founder of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council and served as its first president from 1979 to 1986.