Michael "Mickey" Jerome Grundhofer
February 5, 1960 ~ January 31, 2013
Beloved Son, Brother Uncle, Nephew, Dear Friend Age 52 of Dresser, WI, formerly of Forest Lake, passed away January 31st after a 2 year battle with cancer. He is survived by his mom, Lois; his siblings, Michelle (Jeff) Waletzko, Mary (Mark) Schifsky, Mark (Wendy) Grundhofer; nieces nephews, Emma, Max, Livi, and Sofi. Mickey was preceded in death by his dad, Jerry. A visitation will be held Monday, February 4th from 4-8PM and Tuesday from 9-10AM at Roberts Family Funeral Home, 555 Centennial Drive SW. A Celebration of Life and Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30AM Tuesday, February 5th at the Church of St. Peter.
Dear Family and Friends of Michael Grundhofer- Please be comforted by promises found in the Bible at this difficult time. Continue to dwell on the happy memories and fine qualities that you remember about Mr. Grundhofer. The Bible book of Hebrews reminds us that God does not forget all of the love and fine works shown by Michael Grundhofer (Heb 6:10). Please look forward to the joy of again seeing Mr.Grundhofer in perfect Paradise conditions. Faith in these Bible promises will hopefully ease the pain of loss. Meanwhile we have the opportunity to follow Jesus’ instruction to continue to take in Bible knowledge that leads to everlasting life (John 17:3).
52 is to young. Mickey was always a kind hearted guy in my eyes. Back in the days of HS band in FL. Its been a while since I’d seen Mickey but I know my buddy’s Mark and Jim and I always had a great time with him when we would get a chance to hook up for a reunion, have a few and catch up. I am sorry I had no idea Mickey was sick with cancer. My deepest sympathy’s go out to the Grundhofer family and friends. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Grundhofer family,
I will never forget the times racing with Mick on Wild Mt Wednesday’s. He was generous enough to ‘insist’ that I try his Telemark skis out on one Saturday outing at Wild Mt.
Mickey will be truly missed.
Our thoughts and prayer are with you all.
Michelle and Mary;
I am sad to hear of your loss of your brother, Mickey. I recall your persistence, optimism, friendliness, leadership, and faith. I hope that those blessings will carry your family through grief, toward peace.
From a pure genetic perspective, I didn’t have a little brother until my tenth birthday. Looking back at that childhood, however, I really did have a little brother. We just happened to live in different houses because we had different parents. But, we did grow up together in rural Minnesota. In fact, when my “real” brother was born, I got to go live for a few days with the little brother I already knew.
Mick and I enjoyed a lot together as kids and I could easily add to the stories he shared with us over the past couple of years. But, I’ll keep to a few simple reflections from those times.
From Mickey’s early philosophical musings, I remember the line he uttered after one more noisy vehicle zipped past our tarpaper fish house in the middle of Forest Lake about 45 years ago, “Whoever invented the snowmobile should be hung by the neck!”
I remember the look on his face as he waved goodbye when I left for the first time with his dad and mine on a duck hunting trip. And, I was there a year or two later, when he shouted, “HEY, I GOT ONE!!!” after dropping a coot during the first duck hunting trip that he and I had together with our dads.
Adult life didn’t allow Mickey and me the frequent contact that we enjoyed as kids, but the occasional meeting at one family gathering or another was enough to know that the bond was still alive.
In the past two years, our childhood roles were reversed. Instead of me being the older, more experienced person that Mickey looked up to, he showed me a person that I could look up to.
A month ago, Mickey wrote the short sentence, “Remember me well.” As far as assignments go, that’s got to be one of the easiest ever given.
Sorry to hear about Mick. Our sympathy to you Lois and all the family. We will miss him so much. We will remember all the good times when you all came up to Big Winnie Fishing. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Our deepest sympathy to Lois and all the family. Bud and I have been very inspired by Mick’s stories on Caring Bridge. He lived more in his short years than we could possibly do in ours put together. He is pain free now and that is something to be thankful for. Such a great person who had many friends who surely were better for having known him. He is with Jerry and surely having a great time!
I will miss reading all his stories and ventures in life. They were so inspirational to me and at times when I was sad I would read his stories and they would just brighten my day.
My favorite memory of Mickey…watching him on his Telemarks while I was riding the chairlift at Wild Mountain. I can still see him…