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Park board veteran Terpstra dies at 54
The La Crosse park board has postponed its scheduled Thursday meeting for a week, following the death last week of a 13-year veteran of the board.
Services are scheduled Saturday at Christ Episcopal Church for 54-year-old Mark Terpstra, who had served on the park board since 2006.
Terpstra was honored in 2015 as marshal for the Oktoberfest Torchlight Parade.
The mayor and city council will choose a successor to fill Terpstra’s seat on the board.
Terpstra was a career railroad engineer for Burlington Northern.