Glen Moldenhauer

Glen Moldenhauer was born Dec. 22, 1922 to Walter and 
Lillian Moldenhauer. He graduated with the class of 1941.  
His nickname was "Moldy."  His appearance was husky and 
his weakness was athletics.  His favorite song was "It's All 
Over Now."  He was very active in baseball, basketball and 
track. Glen was the pitcher on the 1941 baseball team who 
beat Wautoma, Plainfield, Hancock, and Almond.  They won 
the championship in 1940.  They won the basketball season 
in the eastern division 7-0.  Glen was all conference in 
basketball. He married Phyllis Merryfield on May 24, 1947. 
Phyllis was born Sept. 22, 1926 and died August 31, 2013. 
They had 3 girls and boy.  The Waukesha Daily Freeman of 
Dec. 30, 1977 reported a life changing event for Glen.  He 
had been bowling  on Feb. 12, 1977 (including two 200 
games that night) when he fell to the floor and was given 
mouth to mouth resuscitation and sharp blows to the chest.  
He was taken to the hospital where they discovered he had 
a malfunction of the heart value.  He had weighted 250 
pounds and was five feet 11 inches.  He gave up two packs 
a day cigarettes, 2-4 beers in a day, as well as potatoes, 
bread, cookies, pie, cake and candy.  He reduced his weight 
to 170 and also slowed down including chewing his food 
slowly. He died Dec 1, 2013 in Wild Rose.  They are both 
buried in Highland Memorial Park in New Berlin, Wisconsin.