Robert “Bud”, “Buddy” Warnecke, Jr., age 46, of Dallas, WI passed away Monday, January 13th, 2020 due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. He was born March 24th, 1973 at Minneapolis, MN. He was 6 weeks old when he was brought to his new family to be adopted by Robert Sr. & Shirley (Kotaska) Warnecke & 9 year old sister, Robin. At the age of 3 ½ months, the family moved to Dallas where Bud resided the rest of his life. He attended Barron High School, class of 1991. He received his GED in 1994 & then attended WITC where he trained in welding. He worked for Hostetler Holsteins in Cameron from 1985-1993, where he learned to weld. He was able to build his own race car & raced at Cedar Lake Speedway at the age of 15. He worked for Dave Phillips of Chetek from 1993-2017, with a short time at Midwest Stainless in Menomonie & Lentz Farms of Ridgeland. He lived in Menomonie & Cameron for a time after his house burned down in 2006, before moving a mobile home onto his property in 2009, where he lived until the time of his death. In 2009, he decided to return to school and attended UW-Rice Lake with an emphasis on Psychology. His big desire was to attain a degree in Psychology so he could help people with problems much like his own. His proudest achievement was induction into the Honor Society & placed on the Dean’s List. He later went back to school & attained his certificate in welding. Bud developed Type II diabetes & suffered with it for 10 years. His poor health kept him from working full time & he had many hospitalizations for infections. His right leg was amputated in November of 2019 and through it all, with bouts of depression, he was trying to help friends along with putting his own life back together again with a smile. He was also a Red Cross blood donor & organ donor. Through his death, many people were helped. Bud and Family
Buddy was preceded in death by his father: Robert Warnecke, Sr., step-father: Larry Czerniak, maternal grandparents: Bill & Anna Mae Battcher & paternal grandparents: Leonard & Theresa Warnecke. He is survived by his mother: Shirley Czerniak of Osseo, WI, sister: Robin (Chris) Essick of Menomonie, nephew: Nick (Kristan) Essick of Menomonie, niece: Katie Essick (Brandon Gonzalez) of St. Paul, grand-nephew: Mack Essick of Menomonie, as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives & friends.
Funeral Services
A Celebration of Life will be held from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, June 13th at the Ridgeland Community Center with a 2 p.m. memorial service. Arrangements are with Rausch-Lundeen Funeral Homes, Dallas & Cameron.
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