The two years I lived in Ingram - the
Christmas pageants, Halloween parties, valentine
exchanges, and extra cartons of milk from Mrs.
Radwanski after school, May Day flower basket
filling in the woods; outdoor movies at the Hilltop;
learning to swim in Main Creek - have made a
great impression on me, and I will always cherish
personal memories of small town Wisconsin life.
By Ramona Kisling LaMont
SYNOPSIS OF LIFE HISTORY
OF DONALD N. LAMOUREUX
Born in the Maple Hill area of Ladysmith Sept.
2, 1922 the 7th child of Wilfred P. and Antonia
Lamoureux. Was raised on a farm near Tony.
Went to grade and high school there. My main in-
terests were sports, girls and hot lunch. I did love
to sing and I credit my sister, Adelle, for any ac-
complishment in that talent. In Jan. 1941 I entered
the Air Force and became an airplane mechanic
for five years. At the close of the war, I was in
Okinawa crewing a B-29. I returned home in
January 1946. I bought a milk route and truck
from the Ladysmith Creamery Company. As a
sideline I played drums with the Jack Howard
band. Arlene Barstad and I were married in Tony,
June 9, 1948. She was working as a beautician for
Betty Rogan. We sold the milk route and bought
the Peter Pan Cleaners in the fall of '49 and moved
to Bruce. In September 1951 I enrolled in the
Logan College of Chiropractic in St. Louis, Mo.
Dr. A.V. Ferander, of Ladysmith, guided me in
choosing this profession. We moved to Wisconsin
Rapids in March 1955; where I opened an office.
Three children were born to us; Lonna, April 1949;
Lester, Jan. 1954; and David, August 1955.
Through the grace of God we were able to adopt a
girl in November 1968. Her name is Lisa. In 1971
we built a new clinic which is staffed by three doc-
tors and four chiropractic assistants. Lonna is mar-
ried to Dr. Robert Wheeloch and lives in Burling-
ton, Wisconsin. They have three girls. Lester is
married and lives in Wisconsin Rapids. They have
one son. He is assistant director of the chiropractic
clinic here. David is married and lives in Dallas,
Texas. His interest is in theater as actor, producer,
and playwriting. Lisa is a freshman at Assumption
High School. Her main interests are clothes and
boys. In September 1980 we lost the most impor-
tant member of our family. Arlene passed away
after a long bout with cancer. I enjoy my grand-
children very much and watching Lisa grow into a
very interesting and beautiful young woman. I
thank my mother and father for life and Almighty
God for the graces and blessings He has given me
to fulfill it. Respectfully Submitted by Don
Lamoureux
JOHN LAMOUREUX
We moved to the Town of Grow from Comstock
in 1916. I started school there and in 1920 we
moved to Ladysmith. First place we lived was on
the corner of 10th Street and County Trunk G.
Dad had a Model T Ford stolen while we lived
there. Our next home was on Sabin Avenue. I
remember getting whooping cough while we lived
there and being quarantined. It seems that about
the time one got over coughing, another started.
We missed a lot of school that year.
Later Dad bought a larger house on Lake
Avenue in the 700 block. He rented a horse barn
from Leonard Murphy where we kept four cows.
He rented 15 or 20 acres in City View that had a
barn on it. It was a place to pasture the cattle. The
houses we lived in didn't have running water. Dad
dug the water into the house on Lake from the
street by himself. While we lived in Ladysmith and
City View we walked two miles to Our Lady of
Sorrows School. We walked across the old wagon
bridge.
We had a dog named Buster that we would use
to haul the milk to Hank Hendricks. They sold
milk from house to house. I ran Buster in the
Ladysmith Dog Derby. The first year we came in
third, the second year we got second place and the

Lamoureux Family - 1944
B - Albert, Don, Bill, Lester, LeRoy
Fr - Norbert, Jeanette, Adelle, John

third year first place. Al and Buster went by train
to Superior's Dog Derby and they won second
place. We would use the dog to run errands uptown
or Mother, summer or winter.
After we moved to Tony, I helped on the farm
and drove truck. In 1928 we started hauling milk
to the new creamery in Ladysmith. In 1932 I
started working in the creamery and in 1936 I
went to work for McElravy Funeral Home. I
worked there until I bought a wholesale beer
business that I owned until 1954.
December 14, 1940, I married Helen Hewitt.
We have five children. Jack was born in 1941;
Joyce, 1944; Jerel, 1951; Jan, 1954; and Jay, 1960.
I was drafted in the army in 1942 and after be-
ing in the service for a year, I was given a medical
discharge and sent home. Ed Egley ran the beer
route for me. I worked for a year and a half at the
county shop and then bought a truck for general
hauling. I hauled gravel, wood, logs, cattle, fur-
niture, just about anything.
In 1947 I was elected Commander of the
American Legion and served as athletic director
until we moved to Silver Bay, Minnesota in 1954. I
worked there until my retirement in 1977. We now
live at Lake Holcombe.
Having lived and worked for so many years in
Rusk County, I got to know many fine people in
the county and surrounding area.
LeROY LAMOUREUX
I was born in September, 1929, at Tony and
lived there with my folks until I married Eula
(Pudge) Spresser in June, 1951. I was number 10,
the last child born to Bill and Tony. I attended all
12 grades at Tony School, graduating in 1948.
Pudge is the daughter of Harvey and Ella
Spresser from Port Arthur. Her dad operated the
Port Arthur Dam for Lake Superior District
Power Company. Pudge attended Port Arthur
Grade School and graduated from Ladysmith
High School in 1948.
We both worked for Gustafson Dairy after we
graduated from high school. We have four
children: Kathi, born in 1952, Tom in 1955, Jim in

LeRoy Lamoureux Family

1957, and Rene in 1960. The children attended
Our Lady of Sorrows when we lived in Ladysmith,
then they attended St. Olafs in Eau Claire and all
graduated from North High in Eau Claire.
I worked at Gustafson's until 1956 and then I
worked for Peter's Meats for 16 years. I now work
for Nathes Wholesale Foods and Pudge works for
J.C. Penney Company in Eau Claire. We have
lived in Eau Claire since 1965.
Kathi works for WAXX radio station in Eau
Claire. Jim works for Fanny Hill Supper Club and
attends U.W. Eau Claire. Rene graduated from
District I Technical Institute and works as a com-
puter programmer for the City of Eau Claire. Tom
is working for General Electric Medical Systems
in New Berlin. He attended DeVry Institute in
Chicago and will graduate from Marquette
University in December 1983. He married Gail
Gordhammer in 1981.
We don't feel that we have ever been far from
Rusk County. We get back often to see our family
and friends. We have especially fond memories of
our weekends at Al's trailer on Lake Flambeau
and the fun times on the pontoon boat.
Both Pudge and I have good feelings about our
years in Rusk County. By LeRoy Lamourex
WILFRED AND ANTONIA
LAMOUREUX
Wilfred and Antonia (Bill and Tony) moved to
Rusk County from Comstock, Wisconsin in 1916
with their three children, Addle, John and Albert.
They bought an 80-acre farm with an old log house
in the Township of Grow. Norbert and Bill Jr.
were born there. In June, 1920 they sold the farm
and moved to Ladysmith where Bill Sr. worked in
the papermill until 1925. Walter, Donald and
Jeanette joined the family. With the birth of new
help it was time to move back to a farm. They
bought the Verheyn farm 2 miles west of Tony in
1925 and it was the family farm until 1960. Lester
and LeRoy were born there to complete the family.
The first years on the farm, they hauled the milk
to the cheese factory in Tony with horses. Now,
with eight sons there were almost more milkers
than cows, so it was time to branch out. When the
new creamery was built in Ladysmith, they bought
a milk truck and hauled milk there for farmers in
the area around Tony. The truck had a snow plow
on in the winter that was used to open the road for
the milk route, school bus and patrons' driveways.
A couple other trucks were purchased for general
hauling. Some oldtimers say they always had a
Lamoureux boy for their milkman.
Adelle became a teacher and she taught 14
years, mostly in rural, one-room schools.
World War II was the start of many changes.
John, Norbert and Don were in the Army and
Lester was in the Navy. Adelle gave up teaching to
join the Army Nurse Cadet Corps. Bill Jr. and