Donald  Richard Kohnhorst Family
 

Name	Date of Birth	Place of Birth	Married	Date of Death
Donald Kohnhorst	September 27, 1934	Wausau, Wis	Sept. 28, 1957	August 6, 2005
Maryln Kay (Donnelly)	October 2, 1938	Mitchell, SD
Children
Laura Sue Kohnhorst	April 27, 1958	Madison, Wis	November 17, 1979
Mark Kenneth Roy Kohnhorst	August 16, 1960	Oconomowoc, Wis	April 28, 1984
Julie Kay Kohnhorst	November 28, 1961	Oconomowoc, Wis
Jennifer Anne Kohnhorst	March 21, 1973	Hartford, Wis	June 12, 2004
Gail Kohnhorst (Thompson)

A Brief History of Donald Kohnhorst
This is from my brother's Obituary
 
Donald Kohnhorst died of complications arising from a stroke, in the arms of his loving wife Gail, on August 6, 2005 in Mesa, Arizona. He was 70. Surely most who knew him will remember him as "Mr. Kohnhorst." Others will have known him as coach, mentor, Marine, friend, grandpa, dad and husband.

After a lifetime fascination with all things ‘Western,’ Arizona seemed the perfect retirement choice. Born in 1934 to Leonora & August Kohnhorst in Wausau, he was Wisconsin bred, and proud of it. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Don was a lifetime Badger and Packer fan. He was also one of The Few and The Proud - a Marine and Korean War veteran. He taught at Long Valley School, a one-room schoolhouse in South Dakota, and taught English at St. John's Military Academy for five years before coming to Hartford.

He lived most of his life in Hartford where he taught History and related subjects for over 30 years. He was an active member of the HUHS community, serving as class advisor, yearbook advisor, tennis and football coach and coach of the girls’ swim team for many years.

Over the years Don cultivated interests in things too numerous to mention, but a love of woodworking, the open air, and the Budweiser Clydesdales immediately come to mind. He and Gail enjoyed day-trips to out of the way places, cruising the country-side in their convertible and meeting people along the way, collecting stories and keepsakes.

Don was a loyal father to his four children by Kay (Dalton): Laura (Jay) McCormick, Mark (Darsi) Kohnhorst, Julie (the late Steve) Zignego and Jennifer (David) Kohnhorst, and three stepsons, Eric, Peter (Stacy) and Philip Leach. He was a proud grandpa to Whitney Kohnhorst, Elizabeth Lamy, Aiden & Devin Kohnhorst, Veronica Wiedl and Bergen Leach. He will be remembered by his brothers David (Shirley) Kohnhorst and Kenneth (Charlotte) Kohnhorst.

He will be remembered as a man who enjoyed the good things in life: friends and family, learning and laughter.


 

	Donald with Joy Trempe Laura
Donald & Kay	Laura-the first born
Kay & Donald Mark, Julie & Laura	A few years later
Mark-Delafield, Wisconsin	Julie at at Mother Kohnhorst's
Mark's son Devin	Julie
Jennifer	Laura
Mark 2005	Mark's son Arden                          Devin
Whitney Kohnhorst-Mark's daughter
Don & Ken enjoy a night out in Leavenworth 2005	Don & Gail during visit to Leavenworth 2005
Family News   Mark Kohnhorst Mark is the Lake Country Swim Team Executive Director and Head Coach, as well as being the lead coach for Senior Silver & Bronze and Senior Silver HS.  Mark brings 35 years of experience to the program as a coach, swimmer and parent. Mark began coaching with the Hartford Swim Club and Hartford HS in 1980, coaching the Boy's and Girl's teams through to 1991. Mark's coaching career with LAKE began as the Hartford Program coach in 1987, being promoted to the Head Age Group coach in 1991. He assumed Head Coach and Executive Director responsibilities in 2002. Raised, and still living, in Hartford Wisconsin, Mark is married to wife of 24 years, Darsi, and has three children, Whitney, Devin and Aiden. When not on the deck or in the office, he enjoys putzing around the house and other activities such as cards, X-Box, 'driveway-H-O-R-S-E' and family board games. His favorite food is a grilled, medium-rare rib eye steak, with sweet onion slices and portabella mushrooms, done on his patio on a warm summer evening. Mark's favorite music, as few need to be told, is the Good Ol' Grateful Dead!

It runs in the family...

Whitney Kohnhorst

Whitney is the Lake Country Swim Team Novice Program Co-ordinator as well as lead coach for the Age Group Bronze training group. 

Jennifer Kohnhorst
I have some information for you to add: I am married to David James Wiedl (another good German name) but have kept my own last name, Kohnhorst. We were married on June 12, 2004. We have two children:
Veronica Esther Wieldl (born May 12, 2003) and Ivan David Wiedl (born September 9, 2005).We live in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

          Ivan David Wiedl
We live in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

I graduated from Ripon College in 1995 with degrees in English and Philosophy. After that I traveled in Eastern Europe, Turkey and Continental Eurpoe for several months. I moved to St. Paul, Minnesota and after working a plethora of temporary and part time jobs, landed at the Hungry Mind – a wonderful independent bookstore. I eventually managed a second location, which floundered, but left to have my daughter Veronica and stay home with her. I wrote freelance book and movie reviews, and through that experience, found work at a small ad agency (Agency 128, St. Cloud) as a copywriter. I still enjoy all
manner of creative pursuits, but have little time for them with my two wee ones around.

David was born and raised in Roseville, Minnesota – a suburb of St. Paul. He attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, enlisted in the Air Force and served several years in Germany, returned home to finish his MFA in painting at the College of Visual Arts in St. Paul. He is an accomplished painter and bourgeoning sculptor and works as Operation Manager at Phillips Recycling.