Manfred

Effenhauser

Dr. Manfred Effenhauser, 85, of Lake Mills, died on Monday evening, June 11, 2018.

He was born on Sept. 19, 1932 in Regensburg, Germany, the son of the late Julius and Paula (Boehm) Effenhauser.

He is most remembered for being a physician at the Lake Mills Medical Center and the Fort Atkinson Memorial Hospital for more than 30 years, serving the Lake Mills community and surrounding area from 1965-1998. He began his medical training by studying pre-med in Munich, Germany and Innsbruck, Austria. He graduated from medical school at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany in 1958. He completed medical internships at Nymphenburg Hospital in Munich and later at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, New York. He completed residency training at City Hospital in Landshut, Germany and later at Broward General Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

After working in Winneconne and Oshkosh, Wisconsin from 1962-1965, he began his medical practice in Lake Mills in March of 1965, and was certified as a Diplomate of the American Academy of Family Practice in 1974.

Manfred married Erika E. Mueller on May 30, 1959 at the Saint Caecilia Church in Regensburg, and they both came to the United States via the Queen Elizabeth ocean liner in June of 1959. In 1965, he became an American citizen and moved to Lake Mills where he lived with Erika for the rest of his life.

He was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Lake Mills. He enjoyed listening to classical music, playing the organ, and one of his proudest accomplishments was conducting the Milwaukee Symphony as a guest conductor in 1997 at the Irving Young Auditorium in Whitewater.

Dr. Effenhauser was an experienced mountaineer, having spent time hiking and rock climbing in the mountains of Germany, Austria, and Italy during his youth and participating in mountaineering expeditions later in his life. Other activities he enjoyed during his adult life were skiing (downhill, heli-skiing, and cross-country), sailing, windsurfing, coaching soccer, photography, and chess.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Erika, of Lake Mills; one son, Rainer (spouse: Laura Lea) of Friendswood, Texas; one daughter, Mona (spouse: Jim) Muir of Sun Prairie; six grandchildren, Brett (23), Bryan (21), Andrew (12), Aiden (10), Marisa (7), MaKayla (3); two brothers, Peter (spouse: Uschi) Effenhauser, and Helmut Effenhauser. He is also survived by the many friendships that he established and maintaintained during his lifetime and long medical career. During his later life, his children and grandchildren were the source of some of his greatest joys.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Lake Mills at 11a.m. on Friday June 22, with a private burial at a later time in Rock Lake Cemetery. Friends may call after 10a.m. on Friday at the church until the time of Mass.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his name to Doctors without Borders or Wisconsin Public Radio/Television.

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