IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Donald
Mertes
August 6, 1926 – August 5, 2024
Obituary
Donald Raymond Mertes was born August 6, 1926 in Kewaskum, Wisconsin to Clarence and Emma Mertes. He will be remembered as a hard-working man who loved spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren and great grandchildren and tinkering around the house. Jesus called him home, one day short of his 98th birthday on August 5, 2024 at Kathy Hospice in West Bend, Wisconsin.
He is survived by his loving wife of 71 years, Elizabeth (nee Schink), sons Michael (Sally), Mark (Kathleen), Thomas (Teresa Campbell), grandchildren Jennifer, Andrew (Kimberly), Adam, Stephen (Krista), Rebecca Blau (Thomas), Jocelyn Campbell, Alycia. Great-grandchildren Caleb, Addyson, Colson, Canaan and Caysen. He is also survived by his brother-in-law William Schink (Constance), along with many nieces and a nephew.
He is preceded in death by his parents Clarence and Emma, sister Arlene Devine, and brother Allen.
He grew up in Kewaskum and spent much of his childhood working on his grandparents' farm in Dundee. He graduated from Kewaskum High School, where he was on the basketball and football teams. After high school he was drafted into the Navy. During his naval training to be a diesel mechanic, he received a dependency discharge when he learned that his father had been killed in a factory explosion back home. While back at home, he met the love of his life on a blind date, and later married Elizabeth Schink, on June 27th, 1953 in Woodland, Wisconsin. They moved to West Bend and raised their three boys, while he worked at the West Bend Company as a maintenance engineer, until his retirement in 1987. Don and his wife Betty were active members of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in West Bend for over 50 years. In retirement, they enjoyed going on cruises with friends and family, as well as playing cards and Friday fish fries.
The family would like to thank the staff at New Perspective Senior Living and Kathy Hospice.
Memorials can be made to Good Shepherd Building Fund
A Funeral Service will be at 11:30am on Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at Good Shepherd Ev. Lutheran Church (777 S. Indiana Ave. West Bend, WI 53095) with Rev. Robert Hein presiding. Visitation will be at church on Tuesday, August 13th from 9:30am until 11:15am. Interment same day at 2:15pm at Washington County Memorial Park.
He is survived by his loving wife of 71 years, Elizabeth (nee Schink), sons Michael (Sally), Mark (Kathleen), Thomas (Teresa Campbell), grandchildren Jennifer, Andrew (Kimberly), Adam, Stephen (Krista), Rebecca Blau (Thomas), Jocelyn Campbell, Alycia. Great-grandchildren Caleb, Addyson, Colson, Canaan and Caysen. He is also survived by his brother-in-law William Schink (Constance), along with many nieces and a nephew.
He is preceded in death by his parents Clarence and Emma, sister Arlene Devine, and brother Allen.
He grew up in Kewaskum and spent much of his childhood working on his grandparents' farm in Dundee. He graduated from Kewaskum High School, where he was on the basketball and football teams. After high school he was drafted into the Navy. During his naval training to be a diesel mechanic, he received a dependency discharge when he learned that his father had been killed in a factory explosion back home. While back at home, he met the love of his life on a blind date, and later married Elizabeth Schink, on June 27th, 1953 in Woodland, Wisconsin. They moved to West Bend and raised their three boys, while he worked at the West Bend Company as a maintenance engineer, until his retirement in 1987. Don and his wife Betty were active members of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in West Bend for over 50 years. In retirement, they enjoyed going on cruises with friends and family, as well as playing cards and Friday fish fries.
The family would like to thank the staff at New Perspective Senior Living and Kathy Hospice.
Memorials can be made to Good Shepherd Building Fund
A Funeral Service will be at 11:30am on Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at Good Shepherd Ev. Lutheran Church (777 S. Indiana Ave. West Bend, WI 53095) with Rev. Robert Hein presiding. Visitation will be at church on Tuesday, August 13th from 9:30am until 11:15am. Interment same day at 2:15pm at Washington County Memorial Park.
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Services
Visitation
August
13
Good Shepherd Ev. Lutheran Church
9:30 - 11:15 am
Funeral Service
August
13
Good Shepherd Ev. Lutheran Church
Starts at 11:30 am
Interment
August
13
Washington County Memorial Park
Starts at 2:30 pm
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