Robert “Bob” LaBlanc

   On July 4th, 2024, Robert (Bob) J. LaBlanc, beloved hus­band of Grace (Meyer) LaBlanc and lov­ing fa­ther of Debra LaBlanc, Kris­ten LaBlanc, Nancy Wolfe, and Brian LaBlanc, passed away at Clearview Nurs­ing Home in Juneau.
Born De­cem­ber 22, 1940, to Philip and Helen (Etten) LaBlanc, he had an ac­tive child­hood grow­ing up in Stan­ley, where he played bas­ket­ball, foot­ball, and de­vel­oped a life­long love of hunt­ing.

   He re­lo­cated to Mil­wau­kee where he met Grace, ul­ti­mately lead­ing to a lov­ing, life­long mar­riage. He also served in the United States Air Force for a time in Alaska be­fore set­tling per­ma­nently back in Wis­con­sin where he worked, raised his fam­ily, and coached many grades of school bas­ket­ball.
He is sur­vived by his wife and his four chil­dren; his sis­ter, Sharone Zielke; his 11 grand­chil­dren; and six great-grand­chil­dren.
He was pre­ceded by his par­ents, Philip and Helen LaBlanc; and his sis­ter, Mau­reen Fisch.
He was a man who was loved by any who met him, never shy and an eager sto­ry­teller. He was a lover of birds, a pas­sion­ate sports player and fan, and a life­long hunter that he gen­er­ously shared with fam­ily and friends. His char­ac­ter brought a smile to all and he was a tes­ta­ment to a life filled with laugh­ter, joy, and love. He will be deeply missed and lov­ingly re­mem­bered as every­one who had the good for­tune to know him was left bet­ter.
A Mass of Chris­t­ian Bur­ial will take place on July 19, at 11 a.m. at Sa­cred Heart Catholic Church in Hori­con with the Rev. Fr. Mark Brandl pre­sid­ing. A vis­i­ta­tion will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of the ser­vice at the church. Mil­i­tary Hon­ors will be con­ducted by the Hori­con Amer­i­can Le­gion Post #157.
In lieu of flow­ers, memo­ri­als in mem­ory of Bob may be di­rected to the Dodge County Hu­mane So­ci­ety.
Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Hori­con is serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​KoepsellFH.​com