LAKE MILLS - John "Jack" Kunish, age 80, died peacefully in the presence of his family in the early morning of March 8, 2013 at Rainbow Hospice in Johnson Creek.
He was born June 29, 1932 to Emil Victor Kunish and Ruth Margaret Sather Kunish in Manitowoc and graduated from Lincoln High School there. He was a public-school music teacher (UW-Madison, BA and MM) in Mazomanie, Middleton, and the Monona Grove system until his retirement.
Music was a great joy in his life, and over the years his classes and rehearsal rooms were a happy refuge for hundreds of young people. He liked and respected his students and his colleagues, and they enjoyed his quick wit and unflagging sense of humor. In his younger years he sang at many weddings, funerals, and other ceremonies and directed several church choirs in the Madison area. During his army service in Germany he felt lucky to land in a special services division touring and singing, with the added boon of being able to attend performances in some of the great opera houses of Europe.
He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Nancy of Lake Mills, his daughter Ann Dzidra Kunish (Terje Nymark) of Oslo, Norway, his son David Sather Kunish (Izumi Takiguchi) of Los Angeles, California, his grandson, Simon Kunish Aarset of Oslo, Norway, and the two cousins he grew up with, Frederick (Virginia) Butz and Marie Butz of Milwaukee. He was preceded in death by his father (d. 1937) and mother (d. 1968).
Profound thanks to the many people who helped all of us through his long illness and enabled him to be at home as he wished: his doctors and their nurses, the Willowbrook family, the Fort HomeHealth Care staff, the Rainbow Hospice staff, friends and neighbors, and the intrepid Badger Cab driver who got Ann from airport to her dad at Rainbow in a nasty snow storm - too many names to list, but you know who you are. Jack enjoyed knowing you and appreciated all you did.
As he wished, there will be no services. For those who want to mark his passing, he'd probably say support your public schools, listen to lots of music and share lots of jokes, cherish your family and sponsor a child in need, and when in doubt trying to follow the Golden Rule is not a bad idea.
We are deeply grateful to have had this good man and merry companion in our lives.
www.claussenfuneralhome.com
He was born June 29, 1932 to Emil Victor Kunish and Ruth Margaret Sather Kunish in Manitowoc and graduated from Lincoln High School there. He was a public-school music teacher (UW-Madison, BA and MM) in Mazomanie, Middleton, and the Monona Grove system until his retirement.
Music was a great joy in his life, and over the years his classes and rehearsal rooms were a happy refuge for hundreds of young people. He liked and respected his students and his colleagues, and they enjoyed his quick wit and unflagging sense of humor. In his younger years he sang at many weddings, funerals, and other ceremonies and directed several church choirs in the Madison area. During his army service in Germany he felt lucky to land in a special services division touring and singing, with the added boon of being able to attend performances in some of the great opera houses of Europe.
He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Nancy of Lake Mills, his daughter Ann Dzidra Kunish (Terje Nymark) of Oslo, Norway, his son David Sather Kunish (Izumi Takiguchi) of Los Angeles, California, his grandson, Simon Kunish Aarset of Oslo, Norway, and the two cousins he grew up with, Frederick (Virginia) Butz and Marie Butz of Milwaukee. He was preceded in death by his father (d. 1937) and mother (d. 1968).
Profound thanks to the many people who helped all of us through his long illness and enabled him to be at home as he wished: his doctors and their nurses, the Willowbrook family, the Fort HomeHealth Care staff, the Rainbow Hospice staff, friends and neighbors, and the intrepid Badger Cab driver who got Ann from airport to her dad at Rainbow in a nasty snow storm - too many names to list, but you know who you are. Jack enjoyed knowing you and appreciated all you did.
As he wished, there will be no services. For those who want to mark his passing, he'd probably say support your public schools, listen to lots of music and share lots of jokes, cherish your family and sponsor a child in need, and when in doubt trying to follow the Golden Rule is not a bad idea.
We are deeply grateful to have had this good man and merry companion in our lives.
www.claussenfuneralhome.com
LAKE MILLS - John "Jack" Kunish, age 80, died peacefully in the presence of his family in the early morning of March 8, 2013 at Rainbow Hospice in Johnson Creek.
He was born June 29, 1932 to Emil Victor Kunish and Ruth Margaret Sather Kunish in Manitowoc and graduated from Lincoln High School there. He was a public-school music teacher (UW-Madison, BA and MM) in Mazomanie, Middleton, and the Monona Grove system until his retirement.
Music was a great joy in his life, and over the years his classes and rehearsal rooms were a happy refuge for hundreds of young people. He liked and respected his students and his colleagues, and they enjoyed his quick wit and unflagging sense of humor. In his younger years he sang at many weddings, funerals, and other ceremonies and directed several church choirs in the Madison area. During his army service in Germany he felt lucky to land in a special services division touring and singing, with the added boon of being able to attend performances in some of the great opera houses of Europe.
He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Nancy of Lake Mills, his daughter Ann Dzidra Kunish (Terje Nymark) of Oslo, Norway, his son David Sather Kunish (Izumi Takiguchi) of Los Angeles, California, his grandson, Simon Kunish Aarset of Oslo, Norway, and the two cousins he grew up with, Frederick (Virginia) Butz and Marie Butz of Milwaukee. He was preceded in death by his father (d. 1937) and mother (d. 1968).
Profound thanks to the many people who helped all of us through his long illness and enabled him to be at home as he wished: his doctors and their nurses, the Willowbrook family, the Fort HomeHealth Care staff, the Rainbow Hospice staff, friends and neighbors, and the intrepid Badger Cab driver who got Ann from airport to her dad at Rainbow in a nasty snow storm - too many names to list, but you know who you are. Jack enjoyed knowing you and appreciated all you did.
As he wished, there will be no services. For those who want to mark his passing, he'd probably say support your public schools, listen to lots of music and share lots of jokes, cherish your family and sponsor a child in need, and when in doubt trying to follow the Golden Rule is not a bad idea.
We are deeply grateful to have had this good man and merry companion in our lives.
www.claussenfuneralhome.com
He was born June 29, 1932 to Emil Victor Kunish and Ruth Margaret Sather Kunish in Manitowoc and graduated from Lincoln High School there. He was a public-school music teacher (UW-Madison, BA and MM) in Mazomanie, Middleton, and the Monona Grove system until his retirement.
Music was a great joy in his life, and over the years his classes and rehearsal rooms were a happy refuge for hundreds of young people. He liked and respected his students and his colleagues, and they enjoyed his quick wit and unflagging sense of humor. In his younger years he sang at many weddings, funerals, and other ceremonies and directed several church choirs in the Madison area. During his army service in Germany he felt lucky to land in a special services division touring and singing, with the added boon of being able to attend performances in some of the great opera houses of Europe.
He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Nancy of Lake Mills, his daughter Ann Dzidra Kunish (Terje Nymark) of Oslo, Norway, his son David Sather Kunish (Izumi Takiguchi) of Los Angeles, California, his grandson, Simon Kunish Aarset of Oslo, Norway, and the two cousins he grew up with, Frederick (Virginia) Butz and Marie Butz of Milwaukee. He was preceded in death by his father (d. 1937) and mother (d. 1968).
Profound thanks to the many people who helped all of us through his long illness and enabled him to be at home as he wished: his doctors and their nurses, the Willowbrook family, the Fort HomeHealth Care staff, the Rainbow Hospice staff, friends and neighbors, and the intrepid Badger Cab driver who got Ann from airport to her dad at Rainbow in a nasty snow storm - too many names to list, but you know who you are. Jack enjoyed knowing you and appreciated all you did.
As he wished, there will be no services. For those who want to mark his passing, he'd probably say support your public schools, listen to lots of music and share lots of jokes, cherish your family and sponsor a child in need, and when in doubt trying to follow the Golden Rule is not a bad idea.
We are deeply grateful to have had this good man and merry companion in our lives.
www.claussenfuneralhome.com
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