Kenneth Mitchell Lawniczak

Mr. Kenneth (Ken) Mitchell Lawniczak of Dousman, 70, died Friday, September 2nd, after a year’s long battle with heart disease.

Born to first generation Polish immigrants Mitchell and Genevieve Lawniczak of North Lake, Wisconsin via Chicago, IL, he attended Arrowhead High School and worked for his parents at their resort in North Lake until he met and married wife Maureen, maiden name Mertens. Together Ken and Maureen raised nine children at their home in Genesee on Lilac Ct., where they also cared for his aging mother. He enjoyed woodworking, painting, hiking and camping, and raised steer, gamebirds, and poultry. Ken worked as a resistance welder for several area aerospace manufacturers, was a real estate agent, served as a Wisconsin State Fair Poultry Superintendent, and more recently worked at Hahn’s hardware store in Delafield.

He is preceded in death by his father, Mitchell; and brother, Dennis. Survivors include his mother,,Genevieve; nine children, Joseph (Samantha) Lawniczak, Jennifer (Kyle) Harnack, Dr. Rebecca Lawniczak (Mark Swansburg), Stefanie (Marcus) Schlei, Jeffrey (Michelle) Lawniczak, Peter (Melanie) Lawniczak, Scott, David, Daniel; his wife, Maureen; and fourteen grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 26, 2022 at St. Bruno Catholic Church, 226 W. Ottawa Avenue in Dousman, with a visitation from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service.

In Lieu of flowers, our family would like to suggest memorial donations to either Great Lakes Hemophilia foundation, https://glhf.org/donate/; or the American Poultry Association Scholarship Fund, P. O. Box 9, Lucasville, OH 45648-0009.

Our family would like to express special thanks to Ken’s dedicated and compassionate medical and health care providers for their support and persistence- especially the team at the medical College of Wisconsin comprehensive center for bleeding disorders, Froedert’s heart failure team, and the nursing & care staff at Rainbow hospice.