- McCormick, John R.John R. McCormick, age 91, of Shawano, died Thursday, April 7, 2005 at Map le Lane Health Care Center. John was born on March 16, 1914 in Freedom, s on of the late Joseph and Elizabeth (Leisch) McCormick. After graduatio n, John worked for the Itogon Mining Company, a gold mine in the Philippin es. On July 16, 1938 he was united in marriage to his childhood sweethea rt Catherine Murphy in Freedom. John worked for the Freedom and New Lond on High Schools where he was a teacher, basketball coach and boxing coac h. John later served in the United States Army during World War II as a Fi rst Lieutenant. John and Kate later owned and operated Murphy’s Sand and G ravel in Bonduel until his retirement. After retiring John earned his degr ee as a Guidance Counselor and became an University of Wisconsin Extensi on Resource Agent for Shawano County. During that time he received the Out standing Extension Agent in Wisconsin Award and twelve years later retir ed with the rank of Assistant Professor.John was instrumental in bring the Aarrowcast Company to Shawano and serv ed as its first Personal Manager and on the board. He was a member of t he Shawano County Board, was a chairman of the City of Shawano Senior Citi zens Commission, a member and chair on the Unified Health Services Boar d, and commissioner of the East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commis sion. Mr. McCormick was instrumental in the City of Shawano Industrial Dev elopment Cooperation, which created the Shawano Industrial Park, the Shawa no County Housing Authority that initiated the process for the constructi on for elderly housing projects, Shawano County Zoning, the Shawano Coun ty Solid Waste Management Program, and the Shawano Council of Governmen ts with was instrumental in initiating the Shawano Lake Sanity District. J ohn McCormick was named Shawano Area Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Cit izen in 1983 for providing initiative, leadership and development abiliti es to make the community a better place to live.John is survived by his wife almost 67 years, Catherine; his twin daughter s: Betsy (Steven Lelyveld, M.D.) McCormick and Susan (Richard Hadley, M.D .) McCormick Hadley; his son, David (Virginia Bores) McCormick, PhD; six g randchildren: Jeff, Peter, Bryan, Christopher, Katie, Megan; five great-gr andchildren: Leah, Brianna, Gary, P.J., Julia; a brother, Jerome (Florenc e) McCormick of Green Bay; a sister, Eileen VanDrasek of Green Bay; a brot her-in-law, William Jensen of Shawano; two sisters-in-law: Lorraine Mill er of Seymour and Delores Murphy of Freedom; special niece, Joan (John) He lble of Virginia; and many other special nieces and nephews.John was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Daisy; brothers-in- law: Marvin and Joseph Murphy; sister-in-law, Geraldine Jensen.Funeral services were held on Monday, April 11, 2005 at Sacred Heart Catho lic Church in Shawano with the Rev. Lev Evers and the Rev. Charlie Hoffm an officiating. Burial was in the Allouez Mausoleum near Green Bay. Swedbe rg Funeral Home in Shawano assisted the family with the arrangements.
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1914 - 2005 (91 years)
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