Richard "Dick" P. Huss

Richard “Dick” Huss was called home to the Lord on Thursday, June 23, 2016, with the people most precious to him, his family, by his side. He was born on December 18, 1948, son of the late Cy and Marge (Benzschawel) Huss. Dick married Mary B. Vandenberg on June 2, 1984.

Dick was recognized for his many accomplishments in sports by being elected to the Kaukauna High School hall of fame. His lifelong pleasures were hunting and fishing, which he passed on to his younger brothers and sons. Dick’s greatest joys were the many hours he spent with family and friends at his cottage on Chute Pond. He was employed at Thilmany for over forty years. If you didn’t see much of Dick in the month of December years ago, he loved to wear a red suit, a white beard and put big smiles on lots of little ones faces. 

Dick is survived by his wife of 32 years, Mary; sons: Dan (Chelsey), Adam (Katie) and Tim (Ashley) Huss; brothers: Gene (Mary), Joe (Peggy) and John (Peggy) Huss; sisters: Judy (Clarence) Ver Bockel, Janice (Mark) Mc Morrow and Carol (Billy Whitley) Schiltz; mother-in-law, Lucy Vandenberg; brothers and sisters-in-law: Tom Dreger, Gary (Betty), Wayne (Rhonda), and Ward (friend Dawn) Vandenberg, Janet (Rick) LePak, Nancy (Ron) Anderson, Paula (Hank) Garner, Bob Meyer and Bob Merrill; and many special nieces, nephews, aunts and cousins.

Dick was preceded in death by his parents, Cy and Marge; sister, Diane Dreger, Grandparents: Peter and Dorothy Benzschawel and Peter and Henrietta Huss; father-in-law, Paul Vandenberg; sisters-in-law: Betty Meyer, Linda Fuerst and Jeanne Vandenberg.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 309 Desnoyer Street, Kaukauna. Visitation will be held on Tuesday evening at the Verkuilen-Van Deurzen Family Funeral Home Freedom Location, N3972 Columbia Ave., Freedom, from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Visitation will continue Wednesday morning directly at the church from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the Mass. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Kaukauna. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established in Dick’s name. For online condolences, please visit www.verkuilenfh.com.

The Huss family would like to thank the staff at the St. Elizabeth Cancer Center for all of their compassionate care.

Dick’s brothers and sisters would like to thank Mary and the boys for the wonderful care they gave him during his illness.

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