Al­bert Emil Damitz

Al­bert Emil Damitz of Eagle River, WI, passed away peace­fully at his home on Oc­to­ber 6, 2024, with his fam­ily by his side.

He was born on No­vem­ber 30, 1940, in Wauke­sha, WI to Elmer and Mary (Stigel­ski) Damitz.

On May 8, 1965, he mar­ried Dar­lene Panawash, who sur­vives. Sur­vivors be­sides his wife in­clude his sis­ters, Shirley Kern and Janet (John) Busche, chil­dren David (fiancé Sally), Pam Damitz Kramer (Mike), grand­chil­dren Kevin (Amber), Kody, Kaleb, Cas­sady (Gavin), Cas­san­dra, Kylie, and Ash­ton, great grand­chil­dren Brady, Ava, Eleanor, Aubriegh, and Made­lyn.

He was pre­ceded in death by his sis­ter Patty Wich­man and his par­ents Elmer and Mary.

Al­bert was a 1958, grad­u­ate of Wauke­sha South High School. After grad­u­a­tion he served in the Army a short time in ac­tive duty. He was then re­leased to the Na­tional Guard of Wis­con­sin where he did re­serve work at the mis­sile site in Muskego, WI, until the site closed. He was dis­charged in 1961.

Al­bert was a life­long sheet metal worker com­plet­ing his ap­pren­tice­ship on July 2, 1964, where he was em­ployed at Kramer Heat­ing & Man­u­fac­tur­ing Inc. in Mil­wau­kee, WI. He was a mem­ber of the Sheet Metal Work­ers’ In­ter­na­tional As­so­ci­a­tion Local Union No. 18 for 50+ years.

He lived in Wauke­sha, WI for sev­eral years. He then de­cided he wanted to be fur­ther north and moved his fam­ily to Bir­nam­wood, WI. Con­tin­u­ing his trade of sheet metal work, he worked at Stain­less Spe­cial­ist and Mid-State Con­tract­ing, LLC in Wausau, WI. Upon re­tire­ment Al­bert and Dar­lene moved to Eagle River, WI.

Al­bert im­mensely en­joyed the out­doors. He loved fish­ing the many lakes and streams in the north woods, hunt­ing, veg­etable gar­den­ing, and pick­ing wild mush­rooms, as­para­gus, & berries.

He will be missed by many. Farewell for now…until we meet again beloved hus­band, dad, uncle, and grandpa. God Bless and Rest in Peace.

A cel­e­bra­tion of life will be held at a later date.

Arrange­ments by Gaffney-Busha Fu­neral Home, Eagle River. On­line con­do­lences may be ex­pressed at gaffney-busha.com                 

PAID OBIT­U­ARY