Author Archives: rich

Prestwick group expands into Sussex

      Comments Off on Prestwick group expands into Sussex

Prestwick group expands into Sussex Manufacturer recycles milk jugs to make products Living Sussex Sun,Posted: Nov. 3, 2009 The Prestwick Group, Inc. has announced the purchase of a new headquarters and manufacturing facility, previously the Valeo Headquarters building in Sussex. With more than 55,800 square feet of manufacturing space including offices, the new building will provide ample room for the… Read more »

Funeral Parlor / Home

      Comments Off on Funeral Parlor / Home

  Funeral Parlors / Homes Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 03/02/2015 A Shared Hearse     August Schraudenbach kept caskets in the south wing of the Merton General Store. This was not a funeral parlor as we think of funeral parlors today. Funerals used to be conducted from the home. It was not until about 1930 that funeral… Read more »

George “Red” Semrow’s Beer Depot / Old Country Spirits

      Comments Off on George “Red” Semrow’s Beer Depot / Old Country Spirits

The original George “Red” Semrow’s Beer Depot is now, 59 years after it first opened for business, under its fourth owner as J’s Liquor. Semrow had no competition in 1949 when he started, but there’s plenty today, including two supermarket franchises. Red was born in 1916 and only attended grade school, the nearby Willow Spring Grade School. The U.S. entered… Read more »

Sussex Liquor Store

      Comments Off on Sussex Liquor Store

More than $700 stolen from liquor store Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Friday, February 19, 1999 More than $700 was taken from a cash register at Sussex Liquor , N64-W24310 Main St., a Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department official said Thursday. Officials said someone entered the store by breaking its rear door sometime between 9 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday. About… Read more »

WOW Beer Distributors

      Comments Off on WOW Beer Distributors

Proposed business park in Sussex opposed Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI) – Saturday, June 24, 2000 Author: JACQUELINE SEIBEL, Journal Sentinel staff Neighbors are not happy about a proposed corporate park inSussex and plan to tell village officials about their concerns at a hearing on Tuesday. Calling it a “sleazy deal,” Mervin and Anastasia Matuszak are among those who oppose the… Read more »

Piggly Wiggly on Main in Sussex, Waukesha, Wisconsin

      Comments Off on Piggly Wiggly on Main in Sussex, Waukesha, Wisconsin

    Welcome to the Main Street Pig Open 6am to 10pm daily N63 W23735 Main Street Sussex, WI 53089 262-246-6452 Bio: Donna and Dennis Lipofski are the local owners and operators of the Sussex Piggly Wiggly since 2005. The Sussex Piggly Wiggly is a family-owned store and as a savings-minded grocer, they offer the freshest selections at low Piggly… Read more »

Drs. Hughes, Davis celebrate 30th year

      Comments Off on Drs. Hughes, Davis celebrate 30th year

Drs. Hughes, Davis celebrate 30th year Physicians have also hosted Christmas party for senior patients the last 14 years By Fred Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Dec. 14, 2010 Village of Sussex — Since late 1980, a constant in Sussex has been the presence of Drs. Terrance Hughes and James Davis. They came to Sussex as a pair and opened… Read more »

ProHealth to sell clinics to Froedtert

      Comments Off on ProHealth to sell clinics to Froedtert

ProHealth to sell clinics to Froedtert Posted: Living Sussex Sun.  Aug. 17, 2010 Waukesha-based ProHealth Care Inc. has entered into an agreement to sell its ProHealth Care Medical Associates clinics and physician practices in Germantown, Hartford and Menomonee Falls to Froedtert & Community Health. According to Sandra Peterson, spokeswoman for ProHealth Care the transaction will be finalized by the end… Read more »

Lees Grocery Store History

      Comments Off on Lees Grocery Store History

The Lees family was a huge factor in the Sussex-Lisbon area from before World War I through the Korean War. At one time the expanded Lees family had a property imprint of more than 150 acres, including today’s Clarence Golner property on Hickory Drive off Silver Spring Road and the subdivisions that include Sunset or Hickory, Sumac and Butternut drives… Read more »

General / Grocery Store History

      Comments Off on General / Grocery Store History

  General / Grocery Store History Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 04/14/2014 Colgate area     Once there were several businesses in Colgate, including general stores, a blacksmith, and a post office. From 1887 to1903 the post office was on the south side of County Line Road, and thereforewas in the Town of Lisbon. The Wisconsin Central Railroad… Read more »