Clement J Kueper

Clement J. Kueper, De Pere, passed away December 2, 2021. He was born Feb. 2. 1928, in Menominee, Mich., to Joseph and Helen Pietsch. Because his mother died when he was born, he was adopted by an uncle and aunt, Clement and Mary Kueper, also of Menominee. He attended Epiphany grade school and graduated from Our Lady of Lourdes High School in 1945. He then joined the U.S. Army, where he served for two years and was honorably discharged in June 1947. He then went to St. Norbert College, graduating in 1951. In 1950, he married the former June Treptow and they moved to De Pere while he finished college.  

After graduating, he joined Northern Paper Mills, where he worked in Industrial and Public Relations. He joined Green Bay Packaging in 1962 in personnel and safety and later became Corporate Safety Director. He served as chairman of the Green Bay Chamber of Commerce Industrial Safety Committee and later served on the National Safety Council Pulp and Paper Executive Committee. He also was a founding member and officer of the Nicolet Chapter, American Society of Safety Engineers. While at Green Bay Packaging, he served as a loaned executive for the United Way and received the W. Heraly MacDonald Leadership Award for his success with the Government and Education Section in the 1967 campaign. 

He was a member of the Knights of Columbus for many years and also belonged to the Elks, and Moose Clubs and the American Legion. He also served on the Board of Directors of Harbor Credit Union and was a longtime member of the Green Bay Area Retired Men’s Club, where he served as “jester’’ for a number of years. He also volunteered at Aurora Hospital as an escort.He enjoyed family camping for many years, weekending at a trailer in Door County and the Shawano area and later in a mobile home at Lake Noquebay. He and his wife June made numerous trips around most of the United States, Canada and Mexico and also visited Hawaii, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. He enjoyed golfing, fishing and football and they had season tickets to the Packer games for 30 years. 

He is survived by his wife, June; a son, Bruce (Cindy), De Pere; and two daughters, Sharon (Rick) Schaffer, Allouez; and Kathy (Robert) Waldorf, Slinger, Wis.; eight grandchildren, Eric, Larisa, Becky, Erin, Kelly, Bobby, Emily and Brett; two step-grandchildren, Tricia and Nicki; and 16 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Lois Vance, Racine; and a brother, Robert Pietsch of Pine River, Wis. 

Family and friends may visit at Resurrection Catholic Church, 333 Hilltop Drive, Allouez, on Tuesday, December 7, from 9:30am until 10:45am. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00am with Fr. Tom Reynebeau officiating. Entombment will be in the Shrine of the Good Shepherd Chapel Mausoleum. 

Our family would like to thank the staff at Aurora BayCare Medical Center, Allouez Sunrise Village, and Heartland Hospice for their compassion and support during Clem’s final days.