About 20 years ago, Mike Hnilicka started filling in as a crossing guard for his wife, Brenda, and he just sort of decided to keep doing it when he had the time on his days off from Georgia Pacific, where he has made his career. Hnilicka, a Howard resident for the last 25 years, said …
Originally from Menominee, Mich., Arnie Pichette has been a resident of Ashwaubenon since 1964 when he began a 40-year career as a machinist at Hudson-Sharp Machine Company. A Navy Veteran, Pichette served from 1958-1962 on the USS Northampton, a cruiser out of Norfolk, Va. which held the special designation of being a Presidential Command Ship …
Margaret Ann Greenfield, 84, was born at St. Vincent’s Hospital and majored in Education at St. Norbert. She was a first grade teacher at Webster School in Allouez for 34 years. Greenfield remembers going to the Ice Bowl with her friend Ellen Carns. “I remember they would pass a bottle of hard liquor from the …
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Cathy Meulemans has lived in De Pere for about 13 years since relocating from the Black Creek area. She attended college at UW-Oshkosh and was set to embark on a career as a teacher, but circumstances changed at the last moment and Meulemans instead went to work for Humana in De Pere, where she spent …
Sarah Matchinski Having relocated to Green Bay from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan some 13 years ago, Sarah Matchinski said she really likes how Green Bay has the amenities of a big city while still holding onto a country feel. Matchinski, who sells health and wellness products from Nu Skin, said that her children, Madison, …
Kelly Collier has lived in Green Bay for most of her life aside from some time spent as a nanny in both Chicago and New York years ago. She went to college in Florida to learn how the music industry works, and she still enjoys singing when she can in venues all around Green Bay. …
Zane Giron was in the US Army for 24 years before he retired in November of 2011. Having a sister who lived in the Green Bay area, Giron visited a couple of times while on R&R, and that was all it took for him to decide to move here from Hawaii once his time in …
Tug boat Capt. Dale Wiegand has been working on the water for nearly 40 years, the last 13 for The Great Lakes Towing Company helping ships maneuver into and out of the Port of Green Bay. Wiegand took over from legendary tug boat Capt. Lyle Osell, who worked on the boats into his 90s. The …
John Roake, 65, moved from Military Ave. to an apartment a block away from the heart of the Broadway district just so he could be a better volunteer. His duties as a seasoned helper for the downtown group include anything and everything. Whatever needs to get done, he’s quick to do it. For a Wednesday …
Jim Kelly’s career as a draftsman at Allen-Bradley in Milwaukee spanned 38 years before he retired in 2010. During that time, he enjoyed spending his days downtown in the city’s famed Clock Tower Building, where his future wife, Connie, also worked. The two have spent the last 10 or so years traveling to Green Bay …
