Norman K Kingstad

KINGSTAD, Norman K., was promoted to glory on February 14th, joining his beloved wife, Carla, on what would have been their 64th wedding anniversary. Norm was born in West Allis, Wisconsin, on January 20, 1926. He was raised in West Allis, graduating from Nathan Hale High School in January, 1944. He immediately enlisted in the Army and served his country honorably in its darkest hours. After the War, he attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison on the GI Bill. He met Carla on Bradford Beach in July, 1947, when Carla, who had gone to the beach with a friend, spied Norm sitting on the sand and hatched a plan to meet him by feigning drowning and having her friend urge Norm to save her. A whirlwind romance followed and they were married on February 14, 1948. They had six children – Jon, Timothy, Kirsten (Ken Christensen), David (Karin), Eric (Ellen), and William. Norm was an avid hunter and fisherman, and always reminisced about his years as a member of the West Allis Rod and Gun Club. Norm had many productive years in sales of mostly industrial manufacturing equipment until he started a career as a cheeseman in 1979, first founding the “Cheesemobile” and then the “Pic-A-Deli” cheese shop at the corner of 76th Street and Oklahoma in 1982. Norm took the “Cheesemobile” to various county and state fairs, and introduced deep-fried cheese curds to the Wisconsin State Fair. Norm and Carla spent their last years at their home on Brown’s Lake in Burlington. Norm is survived by his six hunyucks, and grandchildren Nic, Danette, Carrie, Alec, Mary, Erica, Claire, Brock, Evan, Danny, Kristian, Sarah and Hanna, and five great-grandchildren.

Burial with Veteran’s Honor Guard will be at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, February 20th, at Highland Memorial Park. Memorial luncheon to follow at 12:30 at Klemmer’s Banquet Hall on 107th and Oklahoma.

Memorials in lieu of flowers may go to Alzheimer’s Foundation of America or Disabled American Veterans.