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: William H. Lorenzen; He was born in South Dakota to Herman and Augusts Lorenzen, German immigrants. According to US Census records his father worked as a farmer, janitor, and caretaker. His mother was a homemaker. The family lost their farm and left South Dakota in 1925, when William was five. They moved to Sioux City, Iowa. 1940 US Census records show Lorenzen working as an attendant at the age of twenty. Military bonus records show that he was deployed during World War II with the 2nd Air Force, the 8th Air Force, 2nd Division, and Air Force Training Command. He married Margaret M. Sullivan in 1943. They apparently lived in Kansas City for a time, where Lorenzen possibly worked for the Kansas City Star. He and his wife came to Palisade, Colorado after buying the Palisade Tribune in 1953. The paper did not make much money, and it took he and his wife, Margaret, thirteen years to pay off the mortgage on the paper. Lorenzen was a typesetter by trade, and specialized in linotype. When the newspaper industry moved to offset printing, he received a good deal of help and training from the Daily Sentinel. He sold the newspaper to new editor Marian Stocking after operating it for twenty-six years. He also served fourteen years as an official on the Palisade town board, six years as a trustee (1950-1956), and eight years as the mayor (1957-1964). He served on the Colorado Municipal League Board for four years.

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