Dean Arnold Grulke

Dean 'O' A. Grulke, age 56, of Richfield, WI passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Saturday, July 9, 2016. Dean is survived by his loving wife Jennifer; his children Adam, Brent (Alicia), Courtney (John) McCool; stepchildren Kevin and Kimberly Lein; his grandchildren Grayson and Asher Grulke; his mother Gladys and his sisters Donna (Paul) Eng, Linda (Ken) Gardner, Dee (Kurt) Bence and Lois (Scott) Kramm, sister in laws Cathy Schedler and Cheri (John) Ruszkiewicz. Dean is also survived by many other loving family and friends. He is preceded in death by his father Theodore 'Ted' and his beloved pet Gunner. Dean was a member of the Wisconsin Vintner Association. He loved woodworking and built everything with his hands, enjoyed gardening and cooking, riding his motorcycle on the country roads, canoeing, camping at the family cabin in Tomahawk, enjoyed hiking and cycling with his dogs and making everyone around him smile. Dean was a long time employee at New Berlin Plastics as a plastics engineer. Services for Dean will be held at Pagenkopf Funeral Home (1165 E Summit Ave, Oconomowoc) on Saturday, July 16, 2016 at 1:00PM. A Celebration of Life for family and friends will start at 11:00AM. 'Don't dwell on the sad times, but remember all the good ones.'