Randy Laufenberg

MOUNT HOREB - A kind, gentle spirit who loved the land was taken from us on Thursday, March 18, 2021, when Randall Joseph Laufenberg was taken from us due to an unexpected health condition, at UW Hospital. Randy was born to Kenneth and Rose Laufenberg on Dec. 11, 1962, in Madison, Wis. He farmed with his father and brothers in the area, and married Pamela S. Radtke on Sept. 17, 1988. For many years he worked with Wisconsin Landscaping as a landscape designer and installer. Randy was first and foremost a man of the land. Early on he entered the family dairy farming vocation, treating his bovine charges like family. He continued involvement in the Laufenberg family’s commitment to the land, helping wherever help was needed by parents and siblings. When the pandemic arrived, Randy took great joy in hiking with his family members, not a single trail sign escaped his careful attention. When not out and about, Randy was an avid viewer of Public Television and WPR when in the truck, always eager to enlarge his knowledge of the world around us. He was a student of history and biography, reading whatever came his way on those subjects and spending hours at museums and galleries. Visit the Milwaukee Public Museum with Randy and you could expect to spend hours examining each exhibit in great detail. And then there were the animals. The Laufenberg farm was home over the years to a veritable menagerie, cows of course, horses and ponies, a pet turkey, a pot-bellied pig, the obligatory succession of farm dogs, and Randy’s special friends, his cats. Stop by to see if Randy had a widget or a thingamajig in his vast collection of objects and you would be invited to sit and have a cup of coffee with him and discuss the current state of politics and social developments. Expect to spend an hour or two in substantive conversation. Sharing in the grief of loss are Randy’s loving wife, Pam; his children, Nicole (Dan), Brandon (Mackenzie) and Alexander; eight siblings, brothers, Steve, Jim, Mike, Greg, and sisters, Connie, Donna, Deb and Chris; and a host of family, friends, neighbors and colleagues. It was said of Randy, “He was a legend around here. A legend in his own time.” A visitation will be held at GUNDERSON CAMACHO MOUNT HOREB FUNERAL AND CREMATION CARE, 500 N. Eighth St., Mount Horeb, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. A memorial service will be held privately for family on Thursday, March 25, 2021. Burial will be at ST. IGNATIUS CALVARY CEMETERY in Mount Horeb at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 25, 2021. All are invited to attend. Flowers may be sent to Gunderson Camacho Mount Horeb or, in lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to Wisconsin Public Radio. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com. Gunderson Camacho Mount Horeb Funeral & Cremation Care 500 N. Eighth St. (608) 437-5077