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Kenneth John Nushart

Male 1933 - 2004  (70 years)


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  • Name Kenneth John Nushart 
    Born 23 Oct 1933  Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Graduation 1952  Kaukauna High School Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 18 Aug 2004  Anchorage, Anchorage Co, Alaska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I43137  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2019 

    Father Robert G Nushart,   b. 27 Jun 1911,   d. 17 Aug 1979  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Dorothy M Fink,   b. 10 May 1916, Hollandtown, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Jun 2002, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 28 Dec 1931  Hollandtown, Brown Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F14937  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Living 
    Children 
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     3. Kenneth R Nushart,   b. 29 Mar 1964, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1999, Alaska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
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    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F14939  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • Anchorage Daily News August 22, 2004

      Soldotna resident Kenneth John Nushart, 70, died Aug. 18, 2004, at Elmendorf hospital. Memorial services were at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Soldotna. The Rev. John Holleman officiated. His ashes will be laid to rest at his son's memorial tree.

      Mr. Nushart was born Oct. 23, 1933, in Kaukauna, Wis., where he was raised. He graduated from Kaukauna High School. Mr. Nushart entered the U.S. Army in 1956, serving as a military policeman while was stationed in Germany. He was an expert marksman and was honorably discharged in 1958. Mr. Nushart first moved to Anchorage in 1980 and moved to Soldotna in 1991. He had worked at St. Jude's Children Home in Nevada and at the Kenai Care Center, from which he retired in 2000. Mr. Nushart was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Soldotna. He enjoyed woodworking, fishing and being with his family. His family wrote: "Ken will be missed by all who loved him, including his fishing family and friends. He loved to laugh and made everyone around him happy. Sunday BBQs were a family tradition. Ken's love for life will be carried on in all who knew him." Mr. Nushart was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Dorothy Nushart; father-in-law, George Mielke; and son, Ken "Kip" Nushart.

      He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Mary Lou Nushart of Soldotna; sons and daughters-in-law, Kevin and Susie Nushart of Menasha, Wis., and Keith and Dawn Nushart of Soldotna; daughters and son-in-law, Kim and Steve Russell of Kenai, and Kris Nushart of Soldotna; 11 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Cliff and Susie Nushart of Greenleaf, Wis.; sister and brother-in-law, Carol and Greg Vandervelden of De Pere, Wis.; sisters-in-law, Ruth Gorski, Shirley and her husband George Majeski, Chris and her husband Allen Eldred, Marge Hartmann, Patricia and her husband Al Lisowe, and Georgie and her husband Larry Spietz; brother-in-law, Don Mielke; sister-in-law, Janice and her husband Jim Lamers; and mother-in-law, Sally Mielke of Sherwood, Wis. Arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel.