Harold Brockman, former owner and publisher of the Platteville Journal, was born April 18, 1906, in Wonewoc, Wis., where he began delivering newspapers as a young boy.
A graduate of Platteville Normal School, Brockman went on to teach high school English and coach in Eagle River and Potosi. He later moved back to Platteville to work at the Platteville Journal, which he went on to purchase in 1932 from the Gribbles.
Brockman married Leone Von Oehsen on Sept. 20, 1933. They operated the newspaper together until 1972, when it was sold to their son Richard.
Brockman continued working until one week before his death on May 1, 2000, at his Platteville home. He was 94.
