Robert Harvey
Robert J. Janda
Robert W. Bliss
Robert W. Bliss, former editor and co-publisher of The (Janesville) Gazette, spent his long life carrying on the tradition of the family newspaper. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1927, Bliss joined the staff of the newspaper that had been in his family since 1883. His first job involved hauling and melting down lead bars […]
Robert Christensen
Richard J. Brockman
Richard J. “Dick” Brockman, the man behind The Platteville Journal front-page column, “The Gospel According to Eddie Tor,” died April 22, 2013, at age 65. By his own description, Brockman worked at The Journal for 51 of his first 56 years. His parents purchased the newspaper in 1933 and he began stuffing papers by age […]
Richard Whaley Timmons
Richard “Dick” Whaley Timmons, longtime editor and publisher of The Rhinelander Daily News, was born in South Orange, N.J. Dick spent more than 46 years in the newspaper business, a career that spanned New England and landed him in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, running the Daily News from 1979 to 1998. Dick also was on […]
Robert J. Hart
Robert J. Hart, publisher and editor of The Glidden Enterprise in Ashland County, died January 9 at the age of 84. He was honored at the 2005 WNA convention in Appleton when The Enterprise, which had been in his family for more than 100 years, was given a “Century Club” award. Since the first publication, […]
Robert M. Gonyo
Robert M. Gonyo owned and published The Berlin Journal Co. newspapers from 1978 until his death on March 8, 2002. He was 67. Born Sept. 4, 1934, in Berlin, Wis., Gonyo graduated from Berlin High School in 1952. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Alaska during the Korean War. He […]
Robert W. Kempkes
Robert William Kempkes, born Jan. 1, 1922, in Nebraska, was owner and editor of The Bee, Phillips, from 1970 to 1980 — when he returned to the education field. After attending Creighton University in Omaha and serving as a seaman in World War II, Kempkes married Nina Kirkwood and completed his master’s degree at the […]
Robert Richter
Robert Richter devoted nearly 40 years of his life to The Sheboygan Press newspaper. He knew the newspaper business well and came into contact with thousands of people through his years in advertising sales and management. His passion in life was giving back to the community he so dearly loved, and he did so by […]
