NameCasper Joseph Fonferek
Birth23 Jun 1903, DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin
Death7 Sep 1991, Breed, Oconto Co., Wisconsin
Spouses
Birth9 Mar 1918, Little River, Oconto Co., Wisconsin
Death14 Aug 2007
Marriage15 Nov 1934, Oconto, Wisconsin
ChildrenWilliam Joseph (1948-)
Mary Ann (1943-)
Notes for Casper Joseph Fonferek
Baptised Castorem Faferek on June 25 1903.
Casper was raised on a farm with his brothers and sisters in Breed. He was single until age 31 when he married his wife Dottie who lived with her parents done the road from the Fonferek farm. He played firstbase on the Breed Baseball Team. As a young man he was also a lumberjack in Lakewood and Wabeno. After they married, they were caretakers at the YMCA camp on Chute Pond. He owned and operated a gas station/tavern in Breed. Then, he moved to the Cheese factory owned by his father-in-law, Joseph Foral, across from the Breed Central elementary school. They purchased properties and constructed numerous vacation homes. He drove school bus for the Mountain and Suring Public Schools for 20 years before obtaining a job with Oconto County as a manager of the Chute Pond Park. Bothhe and his wife Dottie operated the reservoir dam, managed the camp grounds and cabins, and also were responsible for park upkeep and maintenance. They lived there from 1954 to 1966.
Cass was an avid sportsman. He hunted deer, bear and moose. He trapped mink, muskrat and beaver. He hunted ducks, squirrel and pheasant. He loved to fish. He especially liked to fish for "muskie". In the fall when most tourist activities closed for the winter season, the whole family would hunt or fish together.