Henry “Hank” Fehling

Henry Wm. “Hank” Fehling, age 88, of Reeseville, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 2, 2023 at his home surrounded by his family.

Visitation for Hank will be at St John’s Lutheran Church: Salem Lowell Campus on Friday, June 9, 2023 from 9:00a.m. until 10:50a.m. The funeral service to follow at 11:00a.m. Burial will be at the Lowell Cemetery with a lunch to follow at the church.

Henry Wm. was born on April 30, 1935 to William and Mabel (Schreiber) Fehling. William passed away when Henry was young and Mabel later married Lester Klentz. Mabel and Lester raised him to put God first in all that he did. Henry was baptized and confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church in Lowell, where he remained a lifelong member. He was united in marriage to Ethel Cowles on August 27, 1955. Henry was a devoted and loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandpapa.  He wore many hats in the Reeseville area including custodian and bus driver for the Lowell-Reeseville High School, milk hauler, an Honorary volunteer fireman and brat fryer for the Reeseville Fire Department, and member of the Lowell-Reeseville Lions Club. Hank also worked at John Deere Horicon Works as a press operator at plant 101. He retired from John Deere after 23 years of service and was admired and known as “Hammerin’ Hank” by his fellow employees. Hank was an accordion player, polkas being his favorite, loved playing cards and Saturday night dances. He was an avid outdoorsman; He loved -fishing and hunting and was a “woods wanderer”, never getting lost. He was the greatest and kindest of men and will be extremely missed by his family and friends.

Hank is survived by his four children, Vicki L (Brian) Miller of Reeseville, Cheryl L Fehling- Goodrich of Reeseville, Julie A (Jon) Eckert of Hartland, and Daniel Wm (Mary) Fehling of Beaver Dam; Five grandchildren, Abbey A Goodrich (Tavish Heller) and their children, Amelia and Paislee; Joshua (Amanda) Eckert, Lucas Eckert, Karissa (Joseph) Wagner, Tyler (Jennifer) Fehling; Step-grandchildren, Tyler Mintzlaff and his son Hunter, and Ari Kaulback; other relatives and friends.  He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, step father, an infant son, and son-in-law, Jeffrey Schmidt.

The family wishes to thank all of Hank’s special caregivers and Rainbow Hospice for all of their excellent care and compassion that was shown to him and the family.