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Published May 18, 2012, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: 2012 Willow River Cemetery Walk


St. Croix County Board Chairman Daryl Standafer portrays Charlie Ward, Hudson’s larger than life citizen of the 1940s and ’50s. Rising from a humble birth and a stay in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., Ward became president of the Brown & Bigelow printing company. He made Hudson his home and at one time owned nearly 2,000 acres of surrounding countryside. Photos by Randy Hanson

  • St. Croix County Board Chairman Daryl Standafer portrays Charlie Ward, Hudson’s larger than life citizen of the 1940s and ’50s. Rising from a humble birth and a stay in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., Ward became president of the Brown & Bigelow printing company. He made Hudson his home and at one time owned nearly 2,000 acres of surrounding countryside. Photos by Randy Hanson
  • Hudson High School students Brian Erdrich and Zoe Vnak tell the story of Thomas and Mary (Moffat) Hughes, residents of the Octagon House in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Erdrich and Vnak finished their performance with a vocal duet in recognition of the Hugheses’ musical talent.
  • Lynn Stafford, playing Jennie Humphrey, tells the story behind the unique tree-shaped monument in the Old Willow River Cemetery. Humphrey, who lived from 1830 to 1880, was an artist and the wife of the first Hudson resident to serve in the U.S. Congress, Rep. Herman Humphrey.
  • Kellie Burrows, the area community relations representative for the American Cancer Society, plays Miss Anita North, said to be Hudson’s first millionaire. North had two houses, a 1917 Cadillac and no husband.
  • Wayne Haut talks to a tour group about the progress being made to restore the Humbird Chapel at Willow River Cemetery. All of the chapel’s stained-glass windows have been repaired and cleaned, and the false ceiling was removed. The Hudson Vintage Neighborhood Alliance, which is leading the effort, needs to raise more money to proceed with the project, Haut said.
  • The Pearly Gate Singers entertain participants at the start of the Willow River Cemetery Walk. The singers dressed in period costume included, from left, Katherine Arfstrom, Kathy Fairbanks and Gwen Richardson, and at right, Lee Wyland. Photos by Randy Hanson
  • Marilyn Bradley directs the Pearly Gate Singers. Bradley is a former director of the First Baptist Church Choir and The Phipps Oratorio Society.