Reading about the war in the newspaper, Al Langer always worried about Trevor J. Diesing, the boy he watched grow up to become a man who wanted to serve his country. “He was one of those guys you always want Continue reading →
Chad J. Simon was a man who was always willing to lend a tool, help others fix their cars, who loved practical jokes, who enjoyed jumping out of a darkened room to scare someone _ often, his wife _ and Continue reading →
Even several hard whacks to the head couldn”t stop John O. Tollefson. “His senior year, he had two concussions and had to stop playing, but he never missed a day of practice,” said his former football coach Mike Dressler. “Since Continue reading →
So calm and strong was Benjamin D. Jansky that even a man of the cloth took to calling him Gentle Ben.
Jansky, 28, of Oshkosh, Wis., died July 27 in Taqaddum when his vehicle was accidentally struck by another military Continue reading →
Kemp, Richard J. Of Jackson passed away Thurs., Jan. 20, 2011, at Ft. Lewis, Washington at the age of 22. He was born in Milwaukee, raised in Jackson and graduated from West Bend East High School in 2006. He then Continue reading →
He didn’t need training wheels on his first bike. By the time he was 7, he was mowing the lawn on a riding mower at his family home. Trucks, tractors, boats, all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles – Continue reading →
Those who knew Marine Lance Cpl. John Mattek Jr. say he gave everything he had to everything he did.A mourning Wisconsin community honored Mattek’s legacy Monday as the man it knew as Johnny was buried with full military honors following Continue reading →
As a young boy, Eric Poelman used to play a game with his brothers where they tried to hit each other with apples. He excelled. “He was a marksman when he was 11,” said his brother, Greg. Poelman, 21, of Continue reading →
Sherri Scott knew a good man when she saw one. “The night I met Josh I told my girlfriends, ‘I’m going to marry that man,'” she said. “They all laughed. Three years later we were married.” Joshua Michael Scott, 28, Continue reading →