Seventh Generation

131. Bonnie Jean BROOKMAN was born in 1946 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.

Bonnie Jean BROOKMAN and Raymond Howard "Butch" GAU Jr. were married on 1 June 1979 in Milwaukee County, WI.^137,138 Raymond Howard "Butch" GAU Jr., son of Raymond Howard GAU and Filomena Ann ORLANDO, was born on 14 September 1943 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI.^139,140,141 In October 1959 he was in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI.¹⁴² He worked at Flagg Brothers Shoe Store during High School. He graduated in June 1961 at Bay View High School in Bay View, Milwaukee County, WI.¹⁴³ In November 1961 Butch was at A. C. Spark Plug in Oak Creek, Milwaukee County, WI.¹⁴³ He lived in Lakeland, Polk County, FL after 2002.¹⁴⁴ He died on 14 August 2014 at the age of 70 in Lakeland, Polk County, FL.^141,145 Obituary Notes: "Raymond H. Gau, 70, passed away Thursday, August 14, 2014, as a result of a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Mr. Gau was born September 14, 1943 in Milwaukee, WI.

He helped raise three beautiful daughters and shared his life with loving family and friends until a job transfer in 1988 to Detroit MI. He was employed in the automotive industry where he served as a procurement analyst. He and his wife moved to Lakeland in 2002. His last 12 years he both worked and played at "The Heights" where he made many great friends. He was a happy, kind and charming man who loved life.

Mr. Gau was preceded in death by his grandson, John Piskur. He is survived by his beloved wife of 35 years, Bonnie Gau; daughters, Angela (Mike) Piskur, Teri (Thom) Kettinger and Sara (Bob) Randow; sisters, Jeanine (Huston) Baker, Janice (Jerry) Calvert; and Toni (Greg) Junemann; brother, Michael "Mickey" (Susie) Gau; grandchildren, Frank, Jacob, Abby, Alec and Ben; parents-in-law, Lyle and Vivian Brookman; brother-in-law, Bruce Brookman; and many other loving family members and devoted friends.

A celebration of Mr. Gau's life will be conducted Thursday, August 28, 2014, at 2 PM, at Lakeland Funeral Home, at 2125 South Bartow Highway, in Lakeland. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions in Mr. Gau's memory be made to Good Shepherd Hospice."

He was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer on June 30, 2014. His sisters, Jeannie, Janice and Toni, and brother, Mickey, were able to see him in late-July before he passed away. Butch was buried in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI.¹⁴⁶ in the Mount Olivet Cemetery.

Bonnie Jean BROOKMAN and Raymond Howard "Butch" GAU Jr. had the following children: