Paul J. Gaylor
Anne Nicol Gaylor and Paul J. Gaylor, former co-owners of the Middleton Times-Tribune, are being inducted together on the memorial pylon. Anne died June 14, 2015, at the age of 88. Paul preceded her in death in 2011 at the age of 84. Anne was born in rural Tomah in 1926 and graduated from Tomah High School […]
Patsy J. Boggs Thompson
Patsy Jean Boggs ‘Thompson died July 8, 2006, after a battle with cancer. Thompson, 68, was a graduate of Seneca High School, and served in the Navy for two years as a photographer. She met her husband, Steve, while on duty with the Navy. They were both photographers at Jacksonville Naval Air Station. Thompson and […]
Otto Gehrke
Nena Wills
Nena Wills, former owner and publisher of the Belleville Recorder, was born Sept. 15, 1895, in South Wayne, Wis. She graduated from Mazomanie High School before attending Superior State College. In 1920, she married Herbert Adams. The couple moved to Belleville in 1938, where they purchased the weekly Belleville Recorder. They published the newspaper together […]
Noel Zander
Noel Zander, 74, former co-owner of Zander Press, which publishes The Brillion News, died April 15, 2016, after battling cancer. Zander graduated from Brillion High School in 1959 and began working for The Brillion News as a sports editor, a role he held for more than 20 years. In 1967, Zander and his brother, Zane, […]
Norma L. Kenny
Norman M. Clapp
Norman Clapp, former owner and publisher of the Grant County Independent and Muscoda Progressive, was born in Ellsworth, Wis., in 1915. Clapp spent four decades in public service in Wisconsin and Washington D.C. His accomplishments include a presidential appointment by John F. Kennedy to the office of administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration. He also […]
O.J. Evenson
Last summer, when the La Crosse Tribune reported the news that O.J. Evenson has died, the story started: “In a small town, two of the most important people are the mayor and the newspaper publisher O.J. Evenson wore both those hats in his adopted hometown of Independence.” Evenson, who was publisher and editor of the […]
