This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MisterMitton Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.shawano/16382/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - January 22, 2001 Deceased Name: MILLARD H. GUNDLACH FENNIMORE, Wis. - Millard H. "Mick" Gundlach, 83, of Fennimore, passed away peacefully early Sunday morning, Jan. 21, 2001, at the Fennimore Good Samaritan Center, with his family at his side. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at United Methodist Church, Fennimore. Burial will be in Rock Church Cemetery, Livingston, where military rites will be accorded. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Soman-Larson Funeral Home, Montfort, where there will be a Masonic service at 8 p.m. A lifelong resident of Grant County, he was born on June 16, 1917, just outside of Livingston, son of Philip and Marietta Gundlach. He grew up on a farm with seven brothers and sisters, and he developed a strong interest in agriculture. This early- discovered fascination led to a long adult career as a teacher and a national leader in agriculture education. Mick began his adult life by attending the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, where he earned a teaching degree. While at the university, he met the love of his life, and wife of 61 years, Wilma Lorraine Rubin. They married in August 1939. Mick and Wilma lived most of their lives in Montfort. He spent much of 1945 and 1946 serving our country in the Army. Though Mick spent a couple of years as an educator in Laona and Bonduel, in northern Wisconsin, the majority of his career was concentrated in Grant County. Mick taught for 25 years at Montfort and Iowa-Grant High Schools. During the last 14 years of his career, Mick was the coordinator of the Young and Adult Farmer Program at Southwest Vocational School in Fennimore. Mick was a member and leader in many agriculture-related professional and community organizations, and most notably, served as the president of both the National Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association and the Wisconsin Association of Vocational Agriculture Instructors. He also was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the American Legion in Montfort. He enjoyed hands-on work with students. He assisted students with livestock projects and was actively involved in judging livestock competitions. Mick always was widely respected by his students. Throughout his life, Mick was an avid fisherman. He spent many spring and summer days in search of trophy trout on local Grant County streams and made frequent ice fishing trips. Mick also enjoyed woodworking, sporting events and card games. Surviving are his wife, Wilma; five children, Robert (Sandy), of Columbia, S.C., Larry (Kathryn), of Madison, Betty (Carlton) Austin, of Fennimore, Rosemary (David) Sackett, of Menominee Falls, and David, of Montfort; a sister, Kathryn Hunt; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; and six siblings, Wilma Kemper, Chester Gundlach, Anita Knutson, Stanley Gundlach, Iris Biddick and Ona Gundlach. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.