Peter Joseph Salamun

1919 - 2014

Salamun, Peter Joseph Of Milwaukee and Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. Died peacefully on January 15, 2014, at the age of 94. Dearly beloved husband to Lorraine Anne (Saurman) Salamun for 67 years; beloved brother of Mary Snieg (deceased), Anne Huff, Mildred Hapka, and Pauline Werner. Loving father of Mary (Doug Conrad), Betty (Gary Oleksyn), Charles, William (Catherine Mancuso), Edward, David (Laura Pajot), Lawrence (Nancy Domagalski), and Katherine (John Garrity). He is further survived by 12 dear grandchildren, one great -grandchild, and one godchild. Born in 1919 in Lacrosse, Wisconsin to Peter and Mildred Salamun, Peter graduated high school (1937) and Milwaukee State Teachers College later renamed UW-Milwaukee (1941). He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1941 and was assigned to the Eleventh Air Corp as a Weather Observer stationed in Alaska where he helped in the planning of combat missions in the Pacific Theater. Post war, Peter continued his education at UW-Madison earning his Masters (1947) and Ph.D. (1950). A professor and Chairman of the Botanical Department at UW-Milwaukee he retired after 36 years of service. His students work as secondary and university educators, naturalists, researchers and municipal horticulturalists across the nation. Professor Salamun was instrumental in developing the UW Field Station at the Saukville Bog Area; a founding member of the Wisconsin chapter of the Nature Conservancy, and a published authority on the flora and geology of the Great Lakes. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 21 from 9:30 -10:30 AM at the Milwaukee Catholic Home, St. Anne's Chapel, 2462 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee. Mass of Christian Burial to follow. Memorials appreciated to the Wisconsin Chapter of the Nature Conservancy; http://my.nature.org/donate/memorial-giving.html.