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 »
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 »
Sussex flower shop will stay on Main Street By Melissa Graham Posted Living Sussex Sun, June 11, 2013 Everything is coming up roses for David Ailey, co-owner of Sussex Country Floral Shoppe. He and his wife and co-owner Lauri are expecting to close on the sale of the front parcel at N63 W23811 Main St., which includes the home,… Read more »
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 »
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 »
Sussex Downtown 1966 “Urban Renewal” Fire Transcribed and Edited by Michael R. Reilly Last Revised 05/03/2009 April 26, 1966 – Hundreds of spectators watchas the heart of the old Sussex business district went up in a holocaust. Amongthe spectators was the entire school population from Sussex Main Street School,who were let out of class because of the conflagration…. Read more »
Retrospect: Butcher Jack Walter left his mark as Lannon founder, firefighter By FRED KELLER Posted: Mar. 12, 2008, Sussex Sun Back near the turn of the last century, stand-alone meat markets were common, and many remained viable through the 1950s and beyond. A 1923 Waukesha directory listed 39 meat markets, including Sussex’s Herman Kaderabek Meat Market, Templeton’s Charles A. Busse… Read more »
Lake Five Mobil Lake Five Mobil (northwest corner Hwy 164 and County Line Q) looking northeast December 1, 2009
About a century ago, local farmers started taking their sweet peas to a new canning business on Milwaukee Avenue (today’s Silver Spring Road), the Waukesha Canning Co., which opened a pea vinery about 1908-12. The vinery station was just east of Sussex Creek in the valley adjacent to today’s BP Petro Pantry on a flat piece of land that is… Read more »
Village of Sussex Presidents & Trustees Special thanks to Roger Johnson for this listing 02/13/2011 Village Presidents Term Frank T Grogan 1924-1933 Chas A Busse 1934-1954 Roy F Stier 1955-1960, 1965-1968 John P Karner 1961-1964, 1969-1970 Harold Tobin 1971-1974 Paul Fleischmann 1975-1980, 1988-1992 John H Tews 1981-1987, 1993-1996 Patricia Bartlett 1997-2000 Michael M Knapp 2001-Present (2006) Village Trustees… Read more »
