Paul E. Kremer Jr., 76, of Elkhorn, died Nov. 21, 2018, at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center, Elkhorn.
He was born March 4, 1942 in Fond du Lac to the late Paul E. and Margaret (Guenther) Kremer. He graduated from St. Mary’s Springs Catholic School, Fond du Lac, attended the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., and then obtained his law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1968 he joined the law firm of Lehman & Seymour of Elkhorn. He was united in marriage to Sue McGuire on Aug. 9, 1975 at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, Delavan.
Paul loved the outdoors and was passionate about fly fishing. He was very active with St. Patrick’s Catholic Church of Elkhorn, a member of the Knights of Columbus Council #3464 and was president of the Mt. Olivet Cemetery Board. He was a committed volunteer at VIP Services, Inc. of Elkhorn.
He was a devoted and loving husband and father who will be deeply missed by his wife of 43 years, Sue; his daughter, Karen (Keith Reierson) of St. Paul, Minn.; his three sisters – Sr. Mary Kremer O.P. of Chicago, Ill., Ann Kremer Buslee of Rosemount, Minn. and Jane (Vince) Cherry of Statesville, NC; numerous nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Visitation will be 9 to 10:50 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 28, followed by an 11 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial, at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 107 W. Walworth St., Elkhorn, with Father Joseph Haas officiating. Inurnment will be at Calvary Cemetery, Fond du Lac.
The family requests that memorials be made in Paul’s name to: Mt. Olivet Cemetery Fund, c/o St. Patrick Catholic Church, 107 W. Walworth St., Elkhorn, WI 53121 or VIP Services, Inc., 811 E. Geneva St., Elkhorn, WI 53121.
An online guestbook is at www.haaselockwoodfhs.com. Arrangements completed by Haase-Lockwood & Associates Funeral Homes and Crematory of Elkhorn.
