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Friday, 12 February 2010 16:35 |
Port Washington resident Gerald A. Gruen Sr., a former mayor and successful real estate broker, a poet and environmentalist who was a recycling pioneer and tireless defender of the Lake Michigan ecosystem, died Friday, Feb. 5, at Columbia St. Mary’s Ozaukee Hospital in Mequon.
Mr. Gruen’s active lifestyle and keen mind belied his age of 88. He became ill in January and died of undetermined causes, his wife Shirley said.
Mr. Gruen is survived by his wife Shirley of Port Washington; three children, Gerald A. (Jean) Gruen Jr. of Port Washington, Lorelei (Kirk) Hosler of Byron, Ill., and Lorna (Bill) Nagler of Minneapolis; and three grandchildren, Deirdre, Brett and Ty Hosler.
He is further survived by his brother Lyle and sister Evelyn (Harold) Anderson, both of Madison.
Mr. Gruen was preceded in death by his sister Gertrude Blado, brothers-in-law William F. Schanen Jr. and Robert Schanen and sister-in-law Marie Schanen.
Private graveside services were held Wednesday, Feb. 10, at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Port Washington. Mr. Gruen’s children read William Cullen Bryant’s “Thanatopsis,” a poem of their father’s choosing whose title is translated to mean “Meditation Upon Death.”
In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested memorials to Riveredge Nature Center in the Town of Saukville or the Niederkorn Library in Port Washington.
Poole Funeral Home, Port Washington, handled the arrangements.
A complete obituary appears in this week’s printed edition of Ozaukee Press. |
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Wednesday, 10 February 2010 18:54 |
A Mass of Christian burial was held Tuesday, Feb. 9, for Saukville native Rosemary “Rosie” C. Wolf, 71, who died Thursday, Feb. 4, at her Newburg home.
A Mass of Christian burial was held Tuesday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Newburg. Father Patrick Kowalske officiated.
Burial was at the parish cemetery.
Arrangements were handled by Schmidt Funeral Home, West Bend.
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Wednesday, 10 February 2010 18:52 |
Former Grafton resident Jane F. Musbach, 73, of Sparta, died Sunday, Feb. 7, at Franciscan Skemp Healthcare in La Crosse.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, at Lanham-Miller Funeral Home in Sparta.
Visitation will be at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until the service.
Burial will be at Rockland Cemetery in Rockland.
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Wednesday, 10 February 2010 17:51 |
Belgium native Quentin M. Tackes, 86, who lived in Belvidere, Ill., died Tuesday, Feb. 2, at St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, Ill.
A funeral Mass was held Saturday, Feb. 6, at St. James Catholic Church in Belvidere, Ill. Father Brian Geary officiated.
Interment was in St. James cemetery.
Memorials to St. James Catholic Church and School in Belvidere are suggested.
Belvidere Funeral Home of Belvidere, Ill., handled arrangements.
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Written by Ozaukee Press
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Wednesday, 10 February 2010 17:51 |
A funeral Mass was scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Port Washington for Alice L. Roelse, 89, who lived at Harbor Village in Port Washington.
She formerly lived at 231 W. Dodge St., Port Washington.
Ms. Roelse died Saturday, Feb. 6, from complications of pneumonia at Columbia St. Mary’s Ozaukee Hospital in Mequon.
Father Tom Lijewski was to officiate the Mass.
Interment will be in the parish cemetery.
Memorials to St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Port Washington are suggested.
Poole Funeral Home of Port Washington is handling arrangements.
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Wednesday, 10 February 2010 17:50 |
Port Washington native Jeffery N. Hunkel, 46, of Portage, died Tuesday, Feb 2.
Memorial services were held Saturday, Feb. 6, at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Portage. The Rev. Alan Boeck officiated.
Military honors by Portage area veterans followed the service.
A private inurnment was held.
Pflanz Mantey Mendrala Funeral Home in Portage handled arrangements.
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