Of Germantown, January 9,2026 Age 91 years. Beloved husband of Margaret "Marge" "Margie" (Nee Huber) for 68 years. Dear father of Lynn Dawn (Pete) Schroeder, Eric "Rick" ( Lynn Marie) and Christopher "Chris" (Laura) Miller. Proud Opa of Jacob, Zak, Andrew, Luke (Elise), Sydney, Ashley and Maria. Dear Great Opa of Owen. Dear brother of Ronald ( Linda) Miller and the late Clara Mae Kuhn. Further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
The Visitation for Ken will be held Saturday January 24 from 11am until 3pm at the Washington County Fair Park Pavilion, 3000 Pleasant Valley Rd. In West Bend, Wi. with refreshments available. Funeral Service will be on Sunday January 25 at 2pm at Our Saviour's United Church of Christ, W172 N12533 Division Rd. in Germantown with the burial to follow at the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials to AIS ( Fair Park Operations), Hillcrest Nike Site project Fund or Our Saviour's Cemetery Association.
Ken succumbed to complications of his cancer diagnosis of over 20 years ago. Doctors gave him 5 to 7 years to survive. Ken beat those odds 3-fold. He was a determined fighter and never complained about his health. On the contrary, he often in prayer, thanked God for his health, an exceptional man of faith. Friday was a beautiful day of expressed love. The family was at his bedside when he went to God. His children and Grandchildren were always his concern. He prayed often for their safety, future, and to sustain their Christian faith.
Ken was a full-time employee of the DOD through the WI Army National Guard for over 30 years. He began work at Richard Street Armory, then the Milwaukee Area Air Defense Nike program for 13 years, which evolved into the Nike Hercules nuclear missile program. When the Nike Herc program was decommissioned, he worked at West Bend National Guard Airport and then retired from Richard Street Armory, where he managed a Maintenance shop. In that capacity he was Super Cargo loading and unloading 1500 pieces of equipment on the Antares ship which sailed to Germany for a Reforger exercise. While Ken preferred to be home, he traveled extensively for “The Guard “, and, with the family, which included 4 trips to Disney World. Ken retired after 42 years in the WI National Guard with a rank of CW4 as a Communications officer. For his service he was awarded a Legion of Merit and the Order of Mercury.
Most recently Ken was working with the City of Waukesha Park and Rec department to help develop the Nike Hercules location into a Cold War era museum at Hill Crest Park, another passion he had in the last years of his life.
During this same period of time, he also ran for the Washington County Board of supervisors and served 24 years, 12 of those as County Board Chairman. He said it was the best job he ever had. His proudest involvement was the creation of Washington County Fairpark complex and the AIS (Ag and Industrial Society) that was to control the park operations. Ken was an integral part of the Washington County Golf Course acquisition negotiations and subsequent building of the course. He had a way of bringing people of all types together, proponents and opposition securing monies to bring these projects to fruition.
