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Chad E. "Welly" Welhouse

January 15, 1975 — October 8, 2013

Chad E. “Welly” Welhouse, age 38, passed away peacefully at home after a courageous five year battle with lung cancer on Tuesday, October 8, 2013. He was born on January 15, 1975, to Dennis and Nancy Welhouse and resided in Hollandtown. Chad graduated from UW- Oshkosh in 1997 and worked for fifteen years as a facility manager at R.R. Donnelley (Banta). He loved baseball his entire life and greatly enjoyed coaching his children's T-ball and Little League teams. Chad also loved snowmobiling with family and friends, and spending time cheering for the Packers, Badgers, and Brewers. He spent countless hours playing baseball and softball with close friends and teammates. No matter what he did, Chad worked and played hard and never gave up. What he loved doing most of all was spending time with his family. Chad touched so many lives in so many ways, and he will be truly missed.

Chad is survived by his wife, Libby Welhouse; children, Griffen and Niah Welhouse; parents, Dennis and Nancy Welhouse; sister, Sheri (Ben) Vosters; parents-in-law, Robert and Mary Dillenburg; brothers and sisters-in-law, Anne Kamke, Sarah (Keith) Kohls, Margie (Scott) Pieper, Joe Dillenburg, Bobby (Kate) Dillenburg, Jenny Dillenburg, Kathy (Brian) O'Connell, and Andy Dillenburg; nieces and nephews, Colton and Cash Vosters, Caroline Kamke, Timothy, Alex, Rachel, and Ryan Kohls, and Evan and Cora Pieper. He is further survived many aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. Chad was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, John and Jean Hoffmann; paternal grandparents, Ed (Ardene) and Ursula Welhouse; uncle, William Hoffmann; nephew, Nicholas Kohls; and niece, Emma O'Connell.

Funeral liturgy for Chad will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 12, 2013, at ST. KATHERINE DREXEL / ST. FRANCIS CHURCH, 433 County CE, Hollandtown, with Fr. Willard Van De Loo and Fr. Jerry Pastors officiating. A time of visitation will be held at church on Friday, October 11, 2013, from 3:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with at prayer service at 8:00 p.m. An additional time of visitation will be held at church on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. Online condolences may be expressed at www.wichmannfargo.com. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Chad's loving memory are appreciated.

Special thanks to Dr. Gunther and the nurses at Fox Valley Hematology and Oncology and Thedacare Hospice for all of their compassionate care.

-Love, Libby, Griffen, Niah, Mom, Dad, Sheri, Ben, Colton, and Cash

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

3:00 - 8:00 pm

St. Katharine Drexel Parish - St. Francis Site

433 County Rd CE, Kaukauna, WI 54130

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022

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