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Robert Onan Obituary
From the early 1930s until 1951, he wrote advertising and sold atmospheric heat-treating furnaces for Lindberg Engineering Company, Chicago. He, his wife and sons lived on Day Avenue in Whitefish Bay from 1941 until the early 1960s when they moved to Links Circle in Fox Point. In 1951, he began Waukee Engineering Company in Milwaukee, a manufacturer of atmospheric heat treat furnace components, process control software and services, which continues to this day. Waukee had facilities on East Michigan Avenue downtown and then 35th and Villard and has been on Florist Avenue since 1970. He served as president of Waukee Engineering from 1951 until 1997. He was active for years in local and national chapters of The American Society for Metals, Cleveland, Ohio and The Industrial Heating Equipment Association, Washington, D.C. He was a member of the Milwaukee Athletic Club, River Hills Country Club and Ozaukee Country Club.
A visitation will be held at the Feerick Funeral Home on Saturday, February 12, from 2:00 PM until the funeral service at 3:00 PM. A reception will follow the Funeral at Waukee Headquarters, 5600 W. Florist Ave. Memorials in Mr. Onan's name may be made to the Ridges Sanctuary, Bailey's Harbor, WI 54202-0152.
FEERICK FUNERAL HOME
2025 East Capitol Drive, Shorewood
(414) 962-8383
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Lynn & Mark Michalak
February 17, 2005
Bob Onan was a special person and will be greatly missed. I give my sypathy to the family.
Oma&Jim Broich
February 15, 2005
Mr. Onan, as I knew him and respected him, Papa to his family, like a second Dad to me. Always thinking of others, he touched my life and was deeply loved. I am missing him more than words can say.
Francie Huber
February 11, 2005
We knew Bob through IHEA meetings and he certainly was a real people person and was great at remembering people's names, even though he maybe only saw us wives once a year.
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