The year was 1963. Nancy Johnson was 9 years old. She’ll never forget how the priest came to school that day to tell her that her father, Vernon Sorenson, had been electrocuted at Trane Co., where he worked.
“When I come here, I’m still that 9-year old girl,” said the La Crosse woman, who wiped away tears Saturday morning during the 17th annual Workers Memorial Day, organized by the Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO Council. “It’s neat that someone remembers,” Johnson said. “I find that very comforting.”
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