Richard Kelm

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Bob's uncle on December 1, 2006. He was loved by so many - family, friends, neighbors, and, of course, his trusting dog, Tarzan. He was 89 years old and still young at heart. His eyes would twinkle with remembrances of hapyy memories. He worked hard on the family farm near Montello all his life. In 1957 he married the love of his life, Viola Gaatz. Sadly, she passed away in the Spring of 2001.

A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006 at the St. John's Lutheran Church in Montello, at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be prior to the service at the church. There will also be visitation the day before from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. at the Wachholz Family Guneral Home, 453 E. Park Street, Montello, WI 53949.

For more information, please contact us promn8@newnorth.net

Here is a link to his obituary: http://www.valuworld.com/usa/wi/supermall/County/FondDuLac/ripon/wachholz/obituaries.htm

Here is something we found out at the farm that Uncle Richard must have saved:

Farmer's Creed

I believe a man's greatest possession is his dignity and that no calling bestows this more abundantly than farming.
I believe hard work and honest sweat are the building blocks of a person's character.
I believe that farming, despite its hardships and disappointments, is the most honest and honorable way a man can spend his days on this earth.
I believe farming nurtures the close family ties that make life rich in ways money can't buy.
I believe my children are learning values that will last a lifetime and can be learned no other way.
I believe farming provides education for life and that no other occupation teaches so much about birth, growing, and maturity in such a variety of ways.
I believe many of the best things in life are indeed free; the splendor of a sunrise, the rapture of wide open spaces, the exhilarating sight of your land greening each spring.
I believe true happiness comes from watching your crops ripen in the fields, your children grow tall in the sun, your whole family feel the pride that springs from their shared experience.
I believe that by my toil I am giving more to the world than I am taking from it, an honor that does not come to all men.
I believe my life will be measured ultimately by what I have done for my fellowman, and by this standard I fear no judgment.
I believe when a man grows old and sums up his days, he should be able to stand tall and feel pride in the life he's lived.
I believe in farming because it makes all this possible.

- - Author unkown

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