Marguerite Mader Lasher (1925-2019) Warren High School class of 1943

Source:  Warren Times Observer

1943 Dragon yearbook

Mary's high-school activities:

Carnival  (2, 3, 4); Dramatic Club (3, 4); German Club (3, 4), Secretary (3, 4); Girls' A. A. (2, 3, 4); Latin Club (2); Science Club (4); Student Council (3, 4).

1967 Warren City Directory

• Lasher John W (Marguerite M) podiatrist 8 Hertzel h10 do
• Mader Clarence (Myrtle) slsmn Bob Kusse Pontiac-Cadillac h1937 Conewango av

1983 Warren City Directory

• Lasher James L r10 Hertzel
• Lasher John emp New Process h1817 Conewango Ave
• Lasher John W & Marguerite podiatrist 8 Hertzel
• Lasher Robt G emp Marine r10 Hertzel

Marguerite spent the first 22 years of the 20th century in the top 100, which was followed by a slow decline into the early 1960s and a precipitous drop thereafter.

Source:  Social Security Administration

Other members of the class of '43 (14 women, 8 men):
2018
Lillian Fish Dunn.  (11/6/2018)
Mary Denardi Walker.  (7/18/2018)
John Imperial.  (4/4/2018)
Francis Pesko.  (2/8/2018)

2017
William Nuhfer.  (10/26/2017)
Martha Rasmussen Lewis.  (6/17/2017)
Gloria York Salapek.  (6/10/2017)
Louis Rizzardi.  (2/11/2017)

2016
Virginia Anderson Thompson.  (10/17/2016)
Pauline Smith VanVolkinburg.  (8/27/2016)
Joyce Anderson Clark.  (8/24/2016)
Robert Johnson.  (3/31/2016)

2015
Goldie Gelotte Hecei. (12/21/2015)
John Swick.  (11/29/2015)
William Weidert.  (10/16/2015)
Maxine Retterer Young.  (8/15/2015)

Donald Conaway, Jr.  (8/13/2015)
Anne Smith Rossey.  (5/8/2015)
Doris Stevenson Barirde.  (3/31/2015)

2014
Mildred Kahle Glotz.  (9/13/2014)

Robert Dietsch.  (9/8/2014)

Anna Mae Olson Howe.  (9/2/2014)

Lois Bogart Niederer.  (5/3/2014)

2013

Verna Mack Swanson.  (12/22/2013)

From the Madison Public Library clippings files: Then and now, 7219 Franklin Avenue, Middleton WI

Under construction in 1948 (photo from the 10/17/1948 Wisconsin State Journal)

Lookin' good 71 years later

More from the Madison Public Library clippings file:
2019
Middleton post-World War II population boom.  (3/18/2019)
Residents don't want Willy Street to lose its unique character (1994-2002). (2/21/2019)
A time traveler from 1956 wouldn't recognize the place now.  (2/21/2019)
Remembering the hot-rodders of East Wash (1980-1999).  (2/19/2019)
UPDATE,  Eventually, we'll work our way back to the horse and buggy era.  (2/18/2019)
The Battle of Stonefield in Middleton (1986).  (2/18/2019)
An expressway like a dagger through the heart.  (2/7/2019)
Not to worry, folks, Wisconsin public television survived.  (2/5/2019)
Downtown/University area urban renewal, 1971-1981 (1/28/2019)
Madison urban renewal, part 3, the Triangle, 1970-1979.  (1/27/2019)
Madison urban renewal, part 2, the Triangle, 1964-1969 . (1/27/2019)
Madison urban renewal, part 1, 1962-1964.  (1/27/2019) 
Downtown Madison parking ramps, 1956-1971.  (1/22/2019)

2018
History of the Dane County airport.  (12/21/2018)

2017
City's first skywalk opens in 1966.  (10/9/2017)
Typewriter art.  (10/9/2017)
Proudfit and Regent streets widening, 1955.  (9/30/2017)
Northport Connector project, 1960.  (9/30/2017)
Regent Street extension beyond Rosa Road, another bad idea left on the drawing board.  (5/27/2017) 
Drake Street extension, a bad idea left on the drawing board.  (5/26/2017)

Scott Walker is still working for the Koch Brothers

Headline:  Wisconsin State Journal, 3/19/2019

Excerpt:  Kochs Bankroll Move to Rewrite the Constitution.  (Center for Media and Democracy's PR Watch, 3/13/2017)