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Meisner entertained audiences at fairs, festivals and parades across Wisconsin with his accordion and polka tunes, working to keep the genre current.

Lenny Staller Shortly after graduating from Whitewater High School in 1958, a young Lenny Staller was taught a lesson he never expected to learn as a trade school student in Fort Atkinson. He learned he was wasting his time. “My father taught me more,” Staller said. In a small garage on his family’s farm, Staller—proprietor of Lenny’s Canes—studied at the hip of his father, who also made cabinets on the side. The Stallers became well known in the Fort Atkinson area for their woodworking skills, and young Lenny’s time with his father—along with knowledge...