Obit: Mentges, John T (1900-1986)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Mentges, Bates, Coe, Black, Rathbun, Yeager

----Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (2 April 1986)

Mentges, John T. (26 March 1900-01 April 1986)

John T. Mentges, 86, 3500 S. Clay St., Allouez, died Tuesday evening at home following a long illness.

He was born March 26, 1900 in Withee, Wisconsin to the late Theodore and Katherine Mentges. He married Helen Bates August 18, 1956. Mr. Mentges was valedictorian of his Withee High School class and graduated with high honors from the Wausau Business College.

He was a stock broker in Wausau before moving to Green Bay in 1942. He was founder of the Green Bay Soft Water Service, and remained its president until his retirement in 1970. He was an officer and member of the Wausau Elks Club for many years. He was a member and treasurer of the Green Bay-Preble Kiwanis Club for 30 years. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife Helen; four daughters, Pat (Dorothy) Coe, Hiaheh (Hialeah?), Florida; Nancy Black, Washington C.N. Ohio; Jane Rathbun, Peace Dale, Rhode Island; Mary Lea Yeager, Green Bay; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren.

Friends May call at the Cotter Funeral Home, 860 N. Webster Ave., Friday where memorial services will be held on Friday, Rev. Donald Ott officiating. Entombment will be in the Shrine of Food Shepherd Mausoleum.

A memorial fund for the Bellin Hospice Home Care Program has been established