Thomas "Tom" Albert Pollesch

Thomas “Tom” Albert Pollesch, age 61, of Markesan, WI, passed into his eternal life with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, September 25, 2019, at home surrounded by his loving family.

Tom was born May 6, 1958 in Waupun, WI to George and LaVerne (Mielke) Pollesch. He graduated Markesan High School in 1976. He married the love of his life, Mary Coburn of Fairwater, WI, on June 23, 1984. He was an active member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Markesan where he was baptized, confirmed into faith, married, and was a Lutheran Pioneer leader, along with Mary, for many years.

Tom dedicated most of his working life (1976-2010) to being an excavator/“land artist” for Pollesch (then Kinas) Excavating of Markesan. Since 2010, Tom embraced the role of Buildings and Grounds Director for Markesan District Schools where he was able to support and be part of the community that he loved. He enjoyed interacting daily with students and staff and especially meeting/working with his dear friend, Duane Bark. Tom was hard-working, dedicated, and took pride in whatever work he did. In his spare time, he enjoyed spending time with family/friends, hunting/outdoors, golfing, and shooting pool.

Tom was known by his family and friends to be caring, loyal, humble, honest, trustworthy, giving, and helpful to anyone in need. He loved talking to people, sharing a laugh, and was quirky and goofy at times. He was welcoming to anyone he met and enjoyed discovering commonalities. Through the years, Tom and Mary opened their home to seven exchange students for year-long stays where Tom enjoyed learning their different cultures and gaining life-long family members. Tom will be dearly missed.

Tom is survived by his devoted wife of 35 years, Mary; daughter, Lisa (Nathan) Cichocki of Hobart, WI; son, Ryan (Aubrey) of Ripon, WI; loving grandfather to Gavin Cichocki; brothers, Dennis (Linda) Pollesch, David (Linda) Pollesch, Russel (Donna) Pollesch, Daniel (Diann) Pollesch, Timothy (Moria) Pollesch; sisters, Kathleen Scheier, Sandy Pollesch Hamer; mother-in-law, Norma Coburn; brothers-in-law, Timothy (Jennifer) Coburn, Steven Coburn; sisters-in-law, Cyndi (Paul) Gunderson, Lori Jensen; many nieces and nephews; exchange student daughter/sons, Eliane (Faessler) Lee, Erik VanDam, Andreas Hoffmann, Sami Toivonen, Mansur Babayev, Thomas Mehelhorn, Andres Cabrerra.

He is preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Gerald and Randall Pollesch; brother-in-law, John Scheier; nephew, Matthew Scheier; father-in-law, Thomas Coburn.

Visitation will be held from 4:00 - 7:00 P.M. on Monday, September 30, 2019, at Markesan Community Funeral Home, 868 North Margaret Street, Markesan.

Visitation will also be held at 10:00 - 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 65 West Catherine Street, Markesan.

A funeral service for Tom will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at St. John’s Lutheran Church with Rev. Jason Jobs officiating. Burial will take place at Mackford Cemetery