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GONNER, Nicholas E. Sr.
GONNER, Nicholas E. Sr.(Cape Girardeau, MO, July 8, 1870--near South Wayne, WI, Dec. 2, 1922). Nicholas E. Gonner took over publishing the LUXEMBURGER GAZETTE and the KATHOLISCHER WESTEN upon the death of his father. In 1899 he established the Catholic Tribune Weekly. At the time of his death from an automobile accident, he was the publisher and editor of the Daily American Tribune of Dubuque and the managing editor of an Catholic publication in Milwaukee. (1)
Gonner, the son of Nicholas GONNER, Sr. was named a Knight of St. Gregory in 1912 by Pope Pius X for his efforts in behalf of the Catholic faith. He was a past president of the Catholic Central Society, a national organization, and the St. Boniface Fund for Iowa. Gonner was also an active member of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. (2)
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1. "Drowned When Car Plunger Into a Creek," Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, December 3, 1922, p. 1
1. "Nicholas Gonner One of Most Prominent Catholics of America," Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, December 3, 1922, p. 2