Alfred Ehnert, 70, a Kiel businessman and VFW leader, died Monday evening at Calumet Memorial Hospital in Chilton, where he had been a patient for a day. Mr. Ehnert, of 1914 Cleveland St., Kiel had been ill for the past several months. He was born July 28, 1915, in the Town of Herman, a son of August and Mary Gettlemen Ehnert. He graduated from Kiel High School in 1933. During World War II, he served with the Army Corps of Engineers in the South Pacific.
On Jan. 9, 1940, he married Milly Mischo in Kiel. The couple made their home in Kiel where Mr. Ehnert was owner and operator of August Ehnert and sons, Inc. gravel business until retirement in 1980. He was a member of Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church of Kiel and the Holy Name Society. For two terms, he served as commander of Kiel VFW Post 6707 and was also chairman of the post building committee.
He belonged to Elks Lodge 299 of Sheboygan and the Chilton Aerie Lodge 1288 Paternal Order of Eagles.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Kay Lynn Ehnert of Waukesha; two sons, Gary of Green Bay and James of Kiel; two grandchildren; and a brother, Harvey of Kiel.
A daughter preceded him in death.
Alfred Ehnert, 70, a Kiel businessman and VFW leader, died Monday evening at Calumet Memorial Hospital in Chilton, where he had been a patient for a day. Mr. Ehnert, of 1914 Cleveland St., Kiel had been ill for the past several months. He was born July 28, 1915, in the Town of Herman, a son of August and Mary Gettlemen Ehnert. He graduated from Kiel High School in 1933. During World War II, he served with the Army Corps of Engineers in the South Pacific.
On Jan. 9, 1940, he married Milly Mischo in Kiel. The couple made their home in Kiel where Mr. Ehnert was owner and operator of August Ehnert and sons, Inc. gravel business until retirement in 1980. He was a member of Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church of Kiel and the Holy Name Society. For two terms, he served as commander of Kiel VFW Post 6707 and was also chairman of the post building committee.
He belonged to Elks Lodge 299 of Sheboygan and the Chilton Aerie Lodge 1288 Paternal Order of Eagles.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Kay Lynn Ehnert of Waukesha; two sons, Gary of Green Bay and James of Kiel; two grandchildren; and a brother, Harvey of Kiel.
A daughter preceded him in death.
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