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Emil was born May 24, 1930, in the Town of Rome of Bohemian Settlement, now Sand Valley property to Mary and Frank Kouba. He attended Barnum School through 8th grade and helped the family farm the land.  In 1944 Mary and Frank moved the home and barn to a site on Highway 13. Emil graduated from Adams-Friendship High School in 1949. He began working at Adams Columbia Electric Cooperative per recommendation from principal at Adams-Friendship High.  In 1951 he started working at Nekoosa Papers, but later that year was drafted into the army and served 2 years in active duty and 6 years in the Standby Reserves. In the army,

On Friday night, August 4th, 2023, at approximately 10:00 PM, the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch Center received a call of an incident involving a toy wagon on Indian Creek Road, south of Dutch Hollow Road, rural La Farge, WI, in the town of Whitestown.   Marvin L. Miller, age 17; a male juvenile, age 12; and Ervin J. Miller, age 20, all of rural La Farge, WI were riding a toy wagon downhill, on Indian Creek Road.  The wagon went off the right side of the roadway, struck a tree ejecting all three occupants down a steep embankment.   Although injured himself, Ervin J. Miller was able to

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