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La Crosse Tribune, Wednesday, May 5, Good old-fashioned quality at a good old-fashioned price Candy Sale STORE COUPON ROBERT A. LEAF Robert A. Leaf, 64, of 3019 E. Fairchild died Wednesday, May 5, at home. He was born Sept.

17, 1911, in Evanston, 111., to Mr. and Mrs. George Leaf He was a member of Re-Lax-In Campers Survivors are his widow, Evelyn; a son, George W. Leaf of Birmingham, a grandchild; and five brothers. Service! will be at 11 a Friday in English Lutheran Church.

Rev. Stefan Guttormsson will officiate and burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the Dickinson Funeral Homes, Jackson Street Chapel, Thursday from 4 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., and at the church Friday from 10 a.m. until the service MRS.

CLARA MCDONALD Mrs Clara E. McDonald, 72, of 2928 S. 23rd died Tuesday, May 4, in a La Crosse hospital. She was born Sept. 20,1903, in Rushford, to Mr.

and Mrs. John Christopherson. She married Sidney McDonald and he died in 1953. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. June Kimball of La Crosse and Mrs.

Donald (Diane) Hart of Pittsburgh, Pa four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Melvin Christopherson of Rushford and Ole of La Crosse. In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by a son, a sister and a brother Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Hellwig-Morris-Fossum Funeral Home. Rev. Frank Drollinger will officiate and burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. CHESTER M. BAILEY HUMBIRD, Wis. Chester M. Bailey, 86, of Humbird died Monday.

May 3, in Family Heritage Nursing Home, Black River Falls, where he had lived for the past few months. He was born April 19, 1890, in Dodgeville to Mr. and Mrs. David Bailey. He married Bernice Cole in Marshfield on May 8, 1919.

and they farmed in the Humbird area. Survivors are his widow; four jrandchildren; and 12 grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Jensen Funeral Home, Hixton, with Rev. Ralph talker officiating.

Burial will be Mentor Cemetery, Humbird Friends may call at the funer- il home Wednesday from 3 to 9 and Thursday until the MRS. ANN MARIE LEVERENZ SPARTA, Wis. Mrs. Ann Marie Leverenz, 81, of 307 N. Court died Tuesday, May 4, in a Sparta nursing home.

She was born Dec 9, 1894, in Jackson County to Mr and Mrs Carl Lubow. On Jan. 15, 1944, she married Frank W. Leverenz and they farmed in the Sparta area until 1946 when they moved to Sparta. He died March 6,1973 She moved to the Brookside Apartments in May 1975.

Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Gerald (Betty Jane) Davison of Sparta; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Roland (Helen) Jones of Sparta; seven grandchildren, 13 grandchildren; two great-great- grandchildren; five stepgrand- children; seven stepgreat-grand- children; and a brother Albert Lubow of Black River Falls. She was preceded in death by her husband on March 6, 1973, and by a son, Clarence Gaede, a stepgrandchild, two stepsons, a sister and four brothers. Services will be at 2 p.

Friday in the United Methodist Church, Sparta. Rev Stanley P. Wiese will officiate and burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Sparta. Friends may call at the Page- Smith Funeral Home, Sparta, after 4 p.m. Thursday and until noon Friday, and at the church Friday from 1 p.m.

until the LESLIE F. BATEMAN NODINE, Minn. Leslie F. Bateman, 76, of Nodine (R. 1, Dakota) died Tuesday, May 4, in Nodine.

He was born Feb. 2, 1900, in Nodine to Mr. and Mrs Frank Bateman He married Frieda Brose on April 5, 1933, and they farmed for many years in the Nodine area They moved to the Village of Nodine after retiring. Survivors are his widow; a daughter, Mrs. Harold (Audrey) Radtke of Plainview; two sons, Robert of La Crosse, and Wayne of Plainview; four grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs.

Goldie Bartz of Dakota and Mrs. Herbert (Pearl) Vollbrecht of La Crescent. He was preceded in death by two sisters. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in St.

John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Nodine. Rev Erling Carmichael will officiate and burial will be in Hiler Cemetery Friends may call at the Dickinson Funeral Homes, Jackson Street Chapel. La Crosse, Thursday from 4 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., and at the church Friday from 1 p.m. until the service.

VIVIAN B. NEGARD NEW RICHMOND, Wis. Vivian B. Negard, 83, of New Richmond, died Saturday, May 1, at New Richmond. He was born July 16, 1892, in Timber Creek Valley, Jackson County He married Inez Nepe- rud of Pigeon Falls on Oct.

2, 1926 He farmed in the York area of Jackson County until the late 1940s when he moved to a farm in the Hammond-New Richmond area. He retired two years ago and moved to New Richmond. Survivors are his widow; a daughter. Mrs. John (Margdrie) Hogenson of Edina, a son, Donald of Chaska; six grandchildren; a brother, Bert of Black River Falls; and a sister.

Mrs. John (Lavema) Taylor of Whitehall. Services were Monday in Pigeon Falls Lower Lutheran Church, with Rev. Gordon M. Trygstad officiating and burial in the church cemetery.

Caledonia Sets Nursing Home Open House CALEDONIA, Minn A public open house will be held Sunday from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the new nursing home wings of the Caledonia Community Health Care Center, Hollis Onsgard. administrator, announced. Officials will be on hand to conduct tours of the new facii- ties and to answer questions The $890,000 project includes two wings, a south 40 bed skilled care section, and an east 30 bed wing for intermediate care. There are four single-bed rooms, and 33 two-bed rooms.

The project includes new administrative offices, a chapel- multipurpose room, new dining room, arts and crafts room, solarium. beauty shop and several outdoor concrete decks where patients may sit. A new inter- come system also has been installed. The open house had been held up for several weeks awaiting the arrival of furnishings, but Onsgard said most of the furniture has come and will be in place for the open house. Patients are to be moved in next week.

The present one-story wing will be used as the hospital. An old two story section will be vacated, with the first floor to be converted into a medical clinic, and the second floor into rental offices. The $890,000 cost does not include the furnishings. By LEEWARD LEE and CHARLES MASTERS Special to the Tribune SPARTA, Wis. If Nora Magelee had been paid by the hour for the time she put in as a correspondent for the La Crosse Tribune and other newspapers, she would have been a wealthy woman.

Services for Mrs. Magelee, who died of bone cancer Saturday in St. Hospital, Sparta, will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Trinity Lutheran Church, Sparta. Nobody will ever know she herself probably couldn't have said how many times she worked all night on a big then would come into the office, having had no sleep, to write the story.

Nora hardly anyone called her Mrs. Magelee wrote literally thousands of stories, big and small. She gave equal attention to both. Thomas executive secretary of the Sparta Chamber of Commerce, said: "Words express what Nora has done for the Sparta ILLUSTRATOR DIES NEW YORK (AP) Illustrator Jerome Snyder, coauthor of the Underground Gourmet guide to New York cheap restaurants. is dead at 60.

He died Sunday of a heart attack after playing in his customary weekly touch football game in Central Park. SAVE 15C on the following 6-packs: 3 Bars, MILKY Bars, Bars, Almond Bars, Peanut Bars, SNIK Stiks, Bars, FOREVER Bars To tho Ooator: This coupon will be redeemed for 15t on the purchase of a 6 Pack plus 5C handling, provided coupon is redeemed in accordance with the terms of this offer The consumer must pay any sales tax Any other application constitutes fraud Invoices proving purchase of sufficient stock to cover coupons presented for redemption must be shown on request Void if prohibited, taxed, or restricted Send coupons to P.O. Box 4464. Chicago. Illinois 60677 Cash value 1 20 of It limit One coupon per family Offer expires July 31,1976 619 Nora Magelee community; she meant so much to all of "How do you comment on the loss of greatest asked Joe Larson, president of Sparta Brush Company Inc.

and one of many friends. can look back to the early McCoy days and remember her indomitable spirit, all decked out in fatigues roughing it at McCoy describing the daily life better than any man could do." She made few errors in her 53 years of reporting starting in 1923 with the Tribune. Nora covered Monroe County elections and we recall her ever reporting a vote wrong. She was swift, efficient, and rarely missed a deadline Leeward Lee was her boss at for 20 years. say nominally- for good reason." says Lee.

were times when I sure who was the boss, she or I Not that it mattered greatly; she got the job done The community mourns her loss Arnold Geier, past president of the Sparta chamber: is going to be quite a jolt to us. Nora was an awfully good person. do anything for anybody Mayor Thomas Gomez "She was quite a girl. I have nothing but good to say about Nora." Adolph Heilman, Monroe County Board chairman: I can say is that her attitude of cooperation in handling county matters was 100 per cent efficient." Schools Supt. Keith Martin: field of journalism and the human race lost a wonderful friend.

She always had a great deal of interest in the kids, was understanding and extremely kind." Police Chief David Kemp: really going to miss Nora. You know. I used to sit down and chat with her many times, most of my life, I guess." Charles Masters, editor of the Sparta Herald: probably worked with Nora more than most because of the nature of our jobs, and missing her already. She was a great, great gal. Nora's reporting experiences were as varied as those of any metropolitan reporter During World War II.

she drilled with the men in training at Ft. McCoy. And when National Guard units had training at McCoy, Nora was there, taking pictures. Once she flew to the Air Force Academy at the Air invitation. She saw the Apollo-Soyuz joint spaceship launching at the personal invitation of astronaut Donald Slayton.

She made a cruise on a Mississippi River towboat. She flew in everything from bombers to helicopters. Over a beer her favorite beverage an editor once asked her how many people she had interviewed She laughed, said something like, Lord knows Hundreds, I guess." She wasn't nervous with janitors or generals or presidential candidates. guess I was at the beginning." she once confided, "until I met a general during the war. admit I was kind of nervous and the general must have noticed it.

because he said. Look. Mrs. Magelee. make that Nora.

a general and a reporter. We re both just people and your job is as important as mine, maybe more Work was a way of life for Nora. When she went into semi-retirement in 1974. she continued working for the Tribune alone. putting in as many hours as before." she said.

just earning And when she left St. Francis Hospital in early March, she tended to work for the Tribune. But within a month, she resigned herself to her growing cancer and entered St. Hospital in Sparta in early April. Brooch $32.50 Earrings (left) $8.50 Earrings (right) $27.50 (QUANTITIES LIMITED) 14KT.

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