Arthur H. Mann

. MADISON-Arthur H. Mann, Jr., a good and honest man, died March 9, 2015. Born October 16, 1929, to Arthur H. and Eleanor (Lochner) Mann, he attended Madison schools, graduating from East High in 1947; then attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison, until 1951 when he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. In 1955, he returned to UW-Madison, graduating in 1957 from the School of Education. He then taught Social Studies in Iowa for five years. By 1961, Art had received a Master’s degree in Education from UW-Madison. In 1962, he began teaching for the Madison Metropolitan School District as a Social Studies instructor at West Junior High. With the system’s shift to middle schools in 1971, Art joined Cherokee Middle School as a Language Arts/Social Studies teacher. He retired in 1994, having taught children for thirty-seven years. During his Madison teaching career, Art was active in Madison Teachers, Inc. (MTI) serving on its board and as president. He was on the initial board for Crime Stoppers, Inc. He was especially proud to be a Madison resident and could not fathom a zip code other than Madison. Art married Sharon Pierce, a fellow Iowa teacher, in 1959. They were married 55 years and have three children. Through the years, Art and Sharon traveled the U.S. often, with their children or with friends, sometimes to reunions of his Air Force service friends. He was a golfer, card player, lover of trains, and meticulous yard keeper. He loved concerts (especially on the square) and Babcock ice cream. In retirement, Art was a Madison election official along with Sharon. Parkinson’s disease had become part of his life, then dementia, so in 2011 he began living in a memory care facility. He is part of the Wisconsin Brain Donor Program. Art is survived by wife Sharon, children Kathryn Mann Arnott (Stephen Arnott), Mary Mann, and James A. Mann (Cheryl Boehle) and grandchildren Erik, Kelsey and Nissa Bredesen, Olivia Prendergast, and Abigail and Nicole Mann. A memorial gathering will be held from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at GUNDERSON WEST FUNERAL & CREMATION CARE located at 7435 University Avenue, Middleton, WI 53562. A brief service will begin at 3:00 p.m. The family welcomes guests to stay for a time to visit after the service. Charitable gifts in his memory may be made to the Foundation for Madison Public Schools, Second Harvest, or an agency of your choice. Clare Bridge of Middleton has cared for Art since 2011 and we thank the staff for its unswerving devotion and kindness to Art and our family for those years. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com. Gunderson West Funeral & Cremation Care 7435 University Avenue