Harold Martin Vanderhei

HAROLD (BUZZ) VANDERHEI SR., AGE 87, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON FRIDAY, July 24, 2020. HE WAS BORN MARCH 18, 1933 TO CATHERINE & FLOYD VANDERHEI IN WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI. HE SERVED IN THE KOREAN CONFLICT FROM 1951 – 1953. UPON RETURNING HOME HE DATED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, ELAINE LUDTKE. THEY WERE UNITED IN MARRIAGE ON AUGUST 4, 1956 IN WAUTOMA, WI. HAROLD AND ELAINE HAD FOUR SONS: HAROLD VANDERHEI JR. (DAWN) HORICON, TIM VANDERHEI SR (BRENDA) CAMBRIA, MARK VANDERHEI (MARGARET) COLUMBIA, MD., PAUL VANDERHEI (FRIEND RENEE ADAMS) RANDOLPH. HE WAS BLESSED WITH SIX GRANDCHILDREN: TIM JR (ANGEE) VANDERHEI RANDOLPH, CODY (ALYSSA) VANDERHEI, HORICON, AMY VANDERHEI (FIANCE JOHN DISHINGER) (WAUKESHA), MORGAN VANDERHEI COLUMBIA, MD, MASON VANDERHEI COLUMBIA, MD. SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: EMILIE BRADLEY, ALYDIA VANDERHEI, TIM VANDERHEI 3RD, ANNA VANDERHEI, CADEN VANDERHEI, LEILA VANDERHEI. HE WORKED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THE MAJOR PART OF HIS LIFE. BUZZ SERVED AS CHIEF OF POLICE FOR PLAINFIELD, WI AND RANDOLPH, WI. HE ALSO WORKED AT THE FOX LAKE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE AND ENDED HIS WORKING YEARS AT THE WAUPUN ARMORY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 401 CAMBRIA. BUZZ LOVED WOOD CARVING/BURNING AND MEETING WITH THE GUYS WEEKLY IN PRINCETON TO CARVE AND CHAT. HE ALSO LOVED THE GREAT OUTDOORS AND ENJOYED HUNTING AND FISHING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HIS GREAT GRANDCHILDREN KEPT HIM BUSY WATCHING CARTOONS, BUILDING DOLL FURNITURE AND BIRD HOUSES AND PLAYING DRESS-UP. HAROLD IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, ELAINE, SONS HAROLD JR., TIM SR., MARK AND PAUL ALONG WITH THEIR SPOUSES, BROTHER INLAW MARTIN GREVES, ALONG WITH GRAND CHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND HIS BELOVED DOG JAKE. HAROLD WAS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS CATHERINE VANDERHIE GUSTIN & FLOYD VANDERHEI, SISTERS KAREN LUDTKE, BETTY VANDERHEI, BROTHERS BRUCE VANDERHEI AND BOBBY VANDERHEI, INLAWS EARL SR. & EDITH LUDTKE, BROTHER INLAW EARL LUDTKE JR., SISTER INLAW EVIE GREVES. A CELEBRATION OF LIFE IS PLANNED FOR AUGUST 23RD FROM 1:00 – 4:00. THE FLAG PRESENTATION WITH TAPS WILL BEGIN AT 1:00 FOLLOWED BY FELLOWSHIP AND A MEAL. THE ADDREESS FOR THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE IS W1441 VAUGHN RD., CAMBRIA (HUGHES EVENT BARN).