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 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 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 […]
Robert Gauger
Robert O. Gauger, 84, of Whitehall, died Thursday, March 30, 2006, in Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse. He was born July 13, 1921, in Linn, Kan., to Albert and Elsie (Andrews) Gauger. His parents owned and operated newspaper businesses in Linn and Cuba, Kan., and later Marshfield. They moved to Trempealeau County in […]
Richard Hemp
Ralph Nafziger
Richard Cooley
Richard G. Markham
Richard Royle
Richard Royle, the Sun Prairie businessman, who was the patriarch of the Royle Publishing enterprise in Sun Prairie, died January 6 at the age of 63. Originally from Waterloo, Royle worked at Perry Printing prior to joining the U.S. Navy Reserves. Following his tour of duty, Royle returned home and joined his father in the […]
Richard P. Prideaux
Richard P. Prideaux (1920-2005) is former publisher of the Weyauwega Chronicle. Prideaux died July 29, 2005, in Elkhorn. He was 84. Prideaux was born Sept. 23, 1920, in Ripon. On April 18, 1953, in Elgin, Ill., he married his wife, Mildred C. Christian, and they lived in Weyauwega until moving to Lake Geneva in 2003. […]
