MADISON, Wis. — The Diocese of Madison announced Friday the death of the Rev. William J. Hower, a retired priest who served south-central Wisconsin for more than 40 years.
Rev. William J. Hower, 87, died Friday morning at Aurora Medical Center-Oshkosh. He had lived in the Oshkosh area in recent years.
Raised in Chicago, Hower moved to Wisconsin after high school to attend Saint Francis de Sales Seminary in Milwaukee. The Most Rev. William P. O’Connor ordained him to the priesthood in May 1964 at the Cathedral of Saint Raphael in Madison…