Elmer “Bud” Hugo Recknagel, 94, of Mukwonago, died Aug. 23, 2013.
He was born April 22, 1919, in Walworth County to Christian and Frieda (Koehn) Recknagel and attended East Troy area schools.
He married Joyce Wiesenthal on May 17, 1947, at the East Troy Methodist Church and resided in Mukwonago.
He served in the U.S. Army Red Arrow 32nd Division with four years in the South Pacific, he was also a member of the local VFW, American Legion Loomis Martin Post 188.
He was a former member of the East Troy Bible Church and current member of Countryside Christian Church, Brookfield.
Survivors include his wife; children, Hollee (Bruce) Holsclaw, Mauston, Chris (Marie), Menomonee Falls, Renae (Larry) Newton, Boonville, Ind., and David, East Troy; grandchildren, Jacob (Lindsay) Holsclaw, Anna (Steve) Bain, Emily (Blake) Olson, Cara Holsclaw, Jared and Joseph Holsclaw, Kriste Goldsmith, Sara and Steven Recknagel; great-grandchildren, Alayna, Hunter, Joden, Chloe Holsclaw and Sam Goldsmith; brothers, Ernest (Dorothy) and Harold (Jeannine); nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29, at the Legacy Funeral Services, 2974 Main St., East Troy. Visitation is from 5 p.m. until the time of services at the funeral home. Interment will follow in German Settlement Cemetery, Spring Prairie.
Bud is now reaping the rewards of his faithful life
to our Lord…….
I couldn’t have had a more wonderful uncle. So many wonderful memories of my childhood. Uncle Bud will be missed by so many. Sending all my love and Gods Blessings to all.
Our thoughts and prayers are with your family. I remember so well the sound of his beautiful voice praising God, the scratch of his uniform, our prayers for him as we listened to the evening war news, his battle with malaria after the war -but mostly the voice which now joins the throngs in heaven.
He was a great man. Thanks to Uncle Bud and Aunt Joyce I would not be who I am today. They brought me to know the Lord. God bless them. All my love Joy