Kenneth “Ken” W. Reimer

Ken­neth “Ken” W. Reimer, 85, of Lomira was called home to be with the Lord on Sat­ur­day, Oct. 15, 2022.
He was born on May 9, 1937, to the late Os­wald and Car­o­line (nee Balt­ha­zor) Reimer in Fond du Lac. Ken grad­u­ated from Lomira High School and was a three-sport ath­lete and four-year var­sity let­ter win­ner.
On April 18, 1959, he was united in mar­riage to his high school sweet­heart, LuEllen Buerger, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Lomira.
Ken hon­or­ably served in the United States Army. He worked at Wid­mer’s cheese in Theresa for 12 years. Then started his sales­man­ship at Kindt Lum­ber. He moved on to work at Micro De­sign be­fore be­com­ing the top sales­man for North Amer­i­can Phillip Light­ing. Ken then started his own light­ing busi­ness until he re­tired.
He was one of the founders that started the Lomira Girls’ soft­ball pro­gram. Ken en­joyed bowl­ing and loved golf. He taught all his chil­dren and grand­chil­dren to golf and was very com­pet­i­tive with all of them. He later pur­chased his cot­tage for his wife’s 50th birth­day pre­sent in Wau­toma. Ken en­joyed cut­ting the grass and teach­ing his grand­chil­dren. He es­pe­cially en­joyed spend­ing time with all his fam­ily and will be missed by all who knew him.
Those Ken leaves be­hind to cher­ish his mem­ory in­clude his lov­ing wife of 63 years, LuEllen Reimer; four daugh­ters, Mon­ica (Michael) Haefs, Marissa (Terry) Gassner, Na­talie (Tom) Scharschmist, and Re­becca (Garry) Miller; 14 grand­chil­dren, Shan­non (Ryan) Zahn, Leigh (Rick) Ram­czyk, Jill (Nick) Shul­tis, Erik (Beckie) Haefs, Kur­tis (Tay­lor) Haefs, David (In­grid) Gassner, Cas­san­dra (Brett) Ku­biskewski, Matthew (Kath­leen) Gassner, Cal­lie (Scott) Chris­ten­son, Kate­lyn Bloch, Mark (Hai­ley Rusch) Scharschmist, Mitch Scharschmidt, Bryce Miller, and Brett (fiancée Kaylee Mauer) Miller; 24 great-grand­chil­dren with one more on the way; a brother, Ger­ald “Gerry” (Rachel) Reimer; six sis­ters-in-law, Michele Reimer, Mary Ann Bates, Donna May Her­man, Au­drey Buerger, Jean Buerger, and Joan Buerger; two broth­ers-in-law, Michael Buerger and Dean (Steffie) Buerger.
In ad­di­tion to his par­ents, he was pre­ceded in death by his brother, James “Jim” Reimer; sis­ter-in-law, Gladys Buerger; and five broth­ers-in-law, Fran­cis Her­man, Wally Bates, Con­rad Buerger, Joseph Buerger, and William “Bill” Buerger.
A pri­vate Memo­r­ial Mass in re­mem­brance of Ken will be held.
The Myrhum-Pat­ten Fu­neral Home of West Bend has been en­trusted with Ken’s arrange­ments. Ad­di­tional in­for­ma­tion and guest book may be found at www.​myrhum-​pat­ten.​com.