Gustave “Gust” R. Grunewald Jr., 88, of the Township of Grant, Shawano County, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, at his home.
Gustave Reinhold Grunewald Jr. was born on Sept. 10, 1928, to the late Gustave Sr. and Lydia (Wissmann) Grunewald in the town of Grant, Shawano County. He attended grade school near Caroline and grew up on the family farm.
Gust continued to farm as a young man on his parent’s homestead and eventually on his own. While he never stopped farming, he did work other places, like the Caroline Feed Mill, Marion Plywood and Rasmussen Saw Mill, as well as for the town of Grant.
Gust was united in marriage to Virginia Pevonka on June 11, 1952, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Leopolis. The couple farmed in the town of Grant all of their married life. He was a volunteer firefighter with the Caroline Fire Department, as well as a member of the Caroline Conservation Club.
Gust was an avid outdoorsman in every sense of the word; he loved to hunt white-tails, duck and squirrel. He also loved to go trapping and fishing, and was a serious beekeeper for many years and sold his honey locally. Gust will be remembered as a very hardworking man who loved the outdoors.
Survivors include his daughters, Mary Zahn, Clintonville, Margaret (Terry) Gott, Antigo, and Julie Grunewald, Caroline; sons, William (Iris Lohff) Grunewald, Caroline, Henry (Carol) Grunewald, Pella, and Edward Grunewald, Shawano; 14 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; sister, Burnett Hartwig, Oshkosh; brother, Leonard (Ila) Grunewald, Clintonville; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Gust was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Virginia; an infant son; two infant grandchildren; a sister, Esther Jolitz; brothers, Robert, Walter and Gilbert; and a son-in-law, Dale Zahn.
Memorial services will be held at 12 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, at the Eberhardt-Stevenson Funeral Home & Crematory, Marion, with the Rev. Todd Jerabek officiating. Friends may call on Thursday at the funeral home in Marion from 10:30 a.m. until the time of the service.
An online guestbook is available at eberhardtstevenson.com.