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Founded 1969
1966
04 07 PLANS
TO BUILD A NURSING CARE HOME
The
Moravian Church, Western District, is proceeding with plans to build a Nursing
Care Home in Watertown. In a meeting held
Thursday, April 7, the board voted to contact an architect to meet with them at
the next meeting, April 28. The
acquisition of suitable land is also under consideration. An executive board has been organized with
Boyd Flater, Watertown, president; Karl Fischer, Watertown, vice president;
Miss Ella Appenfeldt, Lake Mills, secretary. WDT
08 13 GIFT
OF LAND FOR NURSING HOME
The Western District of the Moravian Church in America has received a
gift of land for the erection of a Nursing Home in Watertown. The property is a gift
of Dr. Milton Ochs of Oak Park, Ill. It
is given in memory of the Marquardt family of which Dr. Ochs is a member. The gift has come to the Marquardt Memorial
Manor, Inc., a newly formed organization of the Moravian Church, Western
District. The nearly forty acres of
property deeded by Dr. Ochs to the incorporation is located on North Fourth
Street with the southern boundary on Hill Street. The initial manor home will be located on the
north extension of Werner Street.
c. late
1950s
Distant view
of the Dr. Milton Ochs property, to become a donation to Marquardt Memorial
Manor, Inc. The nearly forty acres is
located on N. Fourth, with the southern boundary on Hill St.
10 26 PROPOSED
60-BED NURSING HOME
The Moravian Church seeks to provide skilled nursing
care in its proposed 60-bed nursing home, Marquardt Memorial Manor, which will
be built on a 40-acre plot of land in the northern edge of Watertown. The U.S. Department of Health, Education and
Welfare recognizes three types of nursing home care for the aging: skilled
nursing care, personal care and residential care, it was pointed out. All three types of care will be provided in
the Marquart Memorial Manor, according to Karl Fischer and Boyd Flater, co-presidents
of the corporation. However, the prime
need is for skilled nursing care. The
proposed plans have been submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Health in
order to meet requirements for skilled nursing care.
1967
04 19 80-BED
UNIT SKILLED NURSING HOME PLANNED
Announcement
was made here today by Boyd Flater, president of Marquardt Memorial Manor,
Inc., that plans are progressing toward establishment of an 80-bed unit skilled
nursing home in Watertown. The venture is a project of the Moravian Church,
Western District, with support from the churches in six midwestern states:
“Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota. It is an
extension of the work that the church has done from Lake Auburn Home for the
Aged, located near Excelsior, Minnesota. The new nursing home is to be located on
property at the north edge of the city of Watertown. The property was donated by Dr. Milton Ochs
of Oak Park, Ill., whose family has had close ties with the Moravian Church in
the Watertown community. WDT
1968
HOME FOR THE ELDERLY APPROVED
In 1968,
the Western District Synod of the Moravian Church approved the idea of
sponsoring a home for the elderly. In
searching for the land, the Rev. Thorlief Harberg, pastor of the Watertown
Moravian Church, and Karl Fischer, an interested and concerned lay leader of
the church, visited Dr. Milton Ochs in Oak Park, Ill., to request the purchase
of 15 acres of his property in Watertown.
Dr. Ochs donated 50 acres of his land for the project.
07 06 BIDS
FOR NEW NURSING HOME
It was
announced today that bids have been received and contracts totaling $574,534
have been let for the construction of a new nursing home to be built in
Watertown. Marquardt Memorial Manor,
sponsored by the Western District of the Moravian Church in America, is to be a
home providing skilled nursing and boarding care in this area without regard to
church affiliation. It will be built on
land donated for the purpose by Dr. Milton Ochs of Chicago in memory of his
mother. The initiative leading up to this
undertaking came from the board of trustees of the Lake Auburn Home for the
Aged located in Minnesota which appointed the trustees of Marquardt Memorial
Manor, Inc. in the Watertown area. The
Lake Auburn Home for the Aged of the Moravian Church was the beneficiary of
part of a legacy from the late Theophil Mueller, son of Bishop Karl A. Mueller
of the Moravian Church, who resided in Watertown while he was president of the
Western District. WDT
-- -- MARQUARDT
NURSING HOME
Concept drawing for new facility, Maas Brothers Construction Co.
1969
FOUNDED. Sponsored by
Moravian Church Western District
03 29 MARQUARDT
MEMORIAL MANOR CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS REVIEWED
03 29 1969
Dedicated
07 13 1969
03 26 CONSTRUCTION
PROGRESSING TOWARD COMPLETION
Marquardt
Memorial Manor, being built off north Werner Street, is progressing toward completion,
having suffered a minimum of delays in supplies or unfavorable weather through
the winter. Construction has therefore
continued on schedule. The building is
scheduled for completion in June. By the
middle of June the delivery of furnishings is to begin. This would make it possible for the home to
begin operation in July. At the last
meeting of the various contractors with the architects and owner
representatives for a progress report this time table was confirmed barring
unforeseen delays.
06 15 MARQUARDT
MEMORIAL MANOR NEARING COMPLETION
Building
work on Marquardt Memorial Manor, a new nursing home in Watertown located north
of Werner Street, is moving toward completion the latter part of June. No date for a formal opening or an open house
has yet been announced but the board of directors expects that the home should
be able to begin operation sometime after the middle of July. Donald A. Morris of West Allis has been named
by the board of directors as the administrator of the home. He has been laying groundwork with the
expectation of establishing his office in the home this week. WDT
07 05 MARQUARDT
MEMORIAL
MANOR DEDICATION SET
A
special service of dedication followed by open house are scheduled for Sunday,
July 13, at Marquardt Memorial Manor, a new nursing home under construction in
Watertown since July 1968. The nursing
home, sponsored by the western district of the Moravian Church is a 60-bed
unit, the first of a contemplated 120-bed facility, will be open for residents
needing skilled nursing care without regard to religious affiliation or
denominational background. It is hoped
that the first residents can be admitted during the week of July 21, pending
the finishing of last details on the building and the approval of the
application for license by the State of Wisconsin. WDT
07 09 DEDICATION
AND OPEN HOUSE OF MARQUARDT MEMORIAL MANOR SUNDAY
A special service of dedication followed by open
house are scheduled for Sunday, July 13, at Marquardt Memorial Manor, a new
nursing home under construction in Watertown since July 1968. The nursing home, sponsored by the western
district of the Moravian Church is a 60-bed unit, the first of a contemplated
120-bed facility. will be open for residents needing skilled nursing care
without regard affiliation or to religious denominational background. It is hoped that the first residents can be
admitted during the week of July 21, pending the finishing of last details on
the building and the approval of the application for license Wisconsin. by the
State of Wisconsin.
The building encompasses 26,000 square feet of floor
space. There are 12 two-bed rooms, 12 by
15 feet, plus a washroom, closet, and entry way for each room. The structure also has 36 one-bed rooms, 12
feet by 12 feet. Each of these rooms
includes a washroom, closet and entry way.
All of the rooms enjoy a view of the surrounding countryside.
The rooms. are distributed among three equal-sized
wings. The corridors of each wing meet
at a central area containing a nurses station, common patient area for baths,
showers and occupational therapy.
Each room has an individual temperature control with
heating units to allow for future installation of individually controlled air
conditioning units. Other areas included
in the facility are: three sun rooms, a large living room adjacent to the main
entrance, dining room, kitchen and heating facilities designed to accommodate
an additional 60-bed unit in the future, a separate staff dining room with
folding doors opening to the main dining room and a combination beauty parlor
and barber shop. The administrative area has a general office reception area,
two private offices and an adjacent conference room. These rooms have been air conditioned.
The exterior is made of face brick with large redwood
facia at all window and entrance locations.
Architects for the project. were Durant, Deininger,
Dommer, Kramer, and Gordon of Watertown.
Contracts signed totaled $574,534 plus furnishing,
land scaping and architects' fees which totaled another $125,000. A $450,000 mortgage was underwritten by the
Watertown Savings and Loan Association.
$150,000 was received from the legacy to the Lake Auburn Home for the
Aged by the late Theophil H. Mueller, son of Bishop Karl
A. Mueller, former president of the western district of the Moravian Church of
America. A total of $100,000 is to be raised by constituent churches and
interested donors.
The operation of the home is to be self-sustaining on
a non-profit basis.
The formal dedication service is to begin at 1:30
p.m. on Sunday, with Bishop Frederick Wolff of Madison, officiating and Dr.
Milo Loppnow, president of the western district of the Moravian Church and
Bishop I. R. Mewaldt, former president of the district also participating. Everyone interested is cordially invited to
attend.
Immediately following the formal dedication an open
house is scheduled during which the facilities of the nursing home can be
inspected through the afternoon and evening until 8 p.m. The open house also includes an invitation to
visit the old Marquardt home at 1159 North Fourth Street, the residence of the
pioneer family which gives Marquardt Manor its name. Dr. and Mrs. George Ochs who use this home
are restoring it as dwelling place.
In recent days furniture has been installed in the
home and volunteer crews have unloaded the trucks and assembled beds in the
various rooms. Don Morris, the
administrator of the home and Mrs. Evelyn Herreid, the director of nursing,
have been at work in the office space of the new building for several
weeks. Further inquiries regarding
either employment at the home or residence there should be directed to either
Mr. Morris or Mrs. Herreid at their office at Marquardt Manor north of Werner
Street, or by telephone 261-0400 or by mail box 96, Watertown.
Marquardt Memorial Manor incorporated under the
direction of a local board of trustees of which Boyd Flater of Watertown is
president; Karl Fischer, also of Watertown, is vice president; Miss Ella
Appenfeldt of Lake Mills is secretary, and Roy Neathery of Watertown is
treasurer. Other members of the board
include Leonard Rabbach and the Rev. Rudolph Schulze of Watertown, Dr. Roland
Liebenow of Lake Mills, Dr. Milo Loppnow and Henry Weinlick of Madison. Fred
Trenk of Arena, Wis., Mrs. Marjorie Laufenberger of Waconia, Minn., and the
Rev. Thorlief Harberg of Bethlehem, Pa.
Watertown Daily Times, 07 09 1969
07 09 EXTEND
INVITATION TO MARQUARDT HOME
<> 1159 North Fourth
Street
A special feature of the open house at Marquardt
Memorial Manor Sunday is an invitation to visit the old Marquardt
home at 1159 North Fourth Street.
Dr. and Mrs. George Ochs who live in this residence when in Watertown
are opening their home to visitors as a matter of interest in connection with
the open house at Marquardt Manor.
They are restoring the old family dwelling so that it
will not only be liveable for them but a reminder of the history that is
connected with it. Some of the family
furniture and mementoes of the early days of Watertown will be exhibited and
Miss Gladys Mollart, local historian and curator of the Octagon House, will be
present to help explain historical associations of interest to those attending.
Christian George Marquardt, who migrated to Watertown
from Germany in 1849 built the home on Fourth Street in the 1850's. He is the great grandfather of the present
owners and it is his family that is memorialized through their oldest daughter
Anna Sophia Marquardt Ochs in Marquardt Memorial Manor. Her son, Dr. Milton
Ochs of Oak Park, Ill., donated the land on which the nursing home is built as
a memorial to his mother.
Dr. Milton Ochs was a surgeon in the Chicago area
until his retirement some years ago and now resides in Florida. Dr. George Ochs, who is restoring the old
Marquardt home with his wife Marjorie as their Watertown residence, is a
professor of history at Oshkosh State University. Christian George Marquardt and his wife Maria
Mueller Marquardt became charter members of the Watertown Moravian Church in
1854 though they were previously associated with the beginning of the Ebenezer
Moravian Church which was established a year earlier.
07 13 OPENING OF Marquardt Memorial
Manor, JULY 13
1971
EXPANSION PLANS, Dr. Louis W. Nowack bio, a pdf file
1978
12 19 GROUNDBREAKING FOR MUELLER APARTMENTS
MARQUARDT NURSING HOME, Watertown, WI
Rev.
Robert Velve, Marquardt Administrator, Rev. Milo Loppnow, Marquardt chaplain,
Boyd Flater, Mueller board of directors, Henry Weinlick, president of Mueller apartments,
Doris Zimmerman, secretary at Marquardt Manor, Dr. L. W. Nowack, Marquardt
board of directors, Karl Fischer, Marquardt board of directors, Earl Maas, Maas
Brothers Construction, Rev. Warren Sautebin, Moravian Church
Named
in honor of Bishop Karl A. Mueller, former president of the western district of
the Moravian Church of America. Renamed
Park Hill
Project by Maas
Brothers Construction Company
MUELLER APARTMENTS
STREET
VIEW OF THIS LOCATION
1980
MUELLER GOVERNMENT SUBSIDED APARTMENTS,
CHAPEL, NURSING HOME
12 22 REV.
HICKS’ CHRISTMAS GIFT
When
Rev. Eric Schulze stumbled to the door at 1 a.m. Wednesday, he didn't expect to
see Rev. Jack Hicks. But there was
Hicks, four hours late with a Christmas present for Rev. and Mrs. Schulze. “I hate to disturb you at this hour,” said
Hicks, who was to have brought the gift when carolers came to the apartment the
previous night. Out stepped Edee, Dianne
and Tim, the three Schulzes left in California when Rev. Schulze came to
Watertown to become chaplain of Marquardt Memorial Manor in September. A few weeks earlier Mrs. Schulze had told the
Genesis group, an adult class at Watertown Moravian Church of which Hicks is
pastor, that this Christmas would be different because the children were 2,000
miles away. WDT
1983
01 02 $2
MILLION EXPANSION BEING PLANNED
Memorial Manor, according to
announcement today by Boyd Flater, executive director. The expansion, if given
formal approval by the governing board, would be in the form of a 50-unit
two-bedroom apartment building to be located on the Manor’s property on 1020
Hill Street. Flater said the Manor had
secured the services of Dixon and Associates, Ltd., of West Bend, to do a
feasibility study on the proposed project, and the results of that study showed
a need for the housing project.
08 22 ARCHITECT
CHOSEN FOR HUS APARTMENTS
Durant Architectural
group has been instructed by the boards of Marquardt Memorial Manor, Mueller
Apartments and Moravian Homes to develop construction documents, the next step
in the development of Hus Apartments. The
sale of apartments will continue. The
objective is readiness for construction in November. The Hus Apartments are designed for persons
age 62 and older. The two-bedroom
apartments will be designed for security, with emergency call capacity in each
room, freedom from maintenance concerns and easy access to the noon meal
program at Mueller Apartments.
08 22 Dr. NOWACK RESIGNED AS HEALTH
COMMISSIONER
[same
date} Dr. Louis W. Nowack resigned as city health
commissioner; will continue as medical director of Marquardt WDT
10 23 CONSTRUCTION OF HUS APARTMENTS
Construction of a two-bedroom
senior citizen apartment complex was approved unanimously at a joint meeting
Monday night of the Marquardt Memorial Manor and Moravian Homes boards. Known as Hus Apartments, the complex includes
22 apartments and provides the first two-bedroom development for senior
citizens in Watertown. The
non-subsidized apartments are restricted to persons 62 years of age and older. The complex, to be built north of Marquardt
Manor, 1020 Hill Street, will cost about $1.15 million, according to Boyd
Flater, executive director. Flater said
that plans have been completed and that details of contracts are being worked
out. He expects construction to begin in
about two weeks, with occupancy on June 1, 1984.
11 17 GROUND BROKEN FOR HUS APARTMENTS
Jerry Dommer, architect – Ground was broken Monday for Hus
Apartments, a senior citizen facility to be operated as part of Marquardt
Memorial Manor. Taking part in the
ceremony were future residents of the new apartments, officials from Marquardt
Manor and Mueller Apartments, and members of the Moravian clergy. Hus Apartments is the fifth construction
project by Maas Brothers Construction Company on the site of Marquardt Manor. The project also represents the fifth set of
plans prepared by Jerry Dommer of the Durant group of architects.
Ground was broken for Hus Apartments, a senior citizen
facility to be operated as part of Marquardt Memorial Manor. Taking
part in the ceremony were future residents of the new apartments, officials
from Marquardt Manor and Mueller Apartments, and members of the Moravian
clergy. Hus Apartments is the fifth construction project by Maas Brothers Construction Company on the site
of Marquardt Manor. The project also represents the fifth set of plans
prepared by Jerry Dommer of the Durant group of architects.
1984
05 30 15th ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING
Marquardt
has been in existence for about 15 years, and much effort has been placed on
buildings and building improvements.
This spring the home is concentrating on the exterior, including the
planting of trees and the making of flower beds. A total of 80 trees have been planted. Much of the money for this project has been
provided by the various Moravian
Church Sunday school classes and other Moravian Church organizations
(women’s fellowships, dartball teams, etc.)
The Sunday school teachers and the children from the Watertown Moravian
Church, 510 Cole St., visited Marquardt Manor to see the trees which their
donations had provided. Four flower beds
are also in the process of being planted by two of the volunteers, Mrs. Betty
Cudnohowski and Mrs. Ruth McEntire.
08 06 Dr. LOUIS NOWACK
Dr.
Louis W. Nowack, medical director of Marquardt Memorial Manor, named winner of
downtown Main Street bridge naming contest
WDT
09 05 HUS APARTMENTS RECEPTION
Reception for residents of Hus Apartments;
first privately financed senior citizen apartments in city. WDT
1985
05 06 Hus Apartments expansion WDT
05 21 Medicare provider, Marquardt Home Health Agency
licensed. WDT
10 20 HUS APARTMENT EXPANSION
Construction of an additional
28 one- and two-bedroom units at the Hus Apartment Complex is proceeding on
schedule. The new units will bring the
total number of apartments at the complex to 50 and will boost the Manor’s
investment in the project to $2,493,000.
The apartments, to be constructed by Maas Brothers Construction Company,
will be connected to the existing units giving residents access to activities
at the Manor and Mueller Apartments which offers a noon meal as part of the
rental agreement. WDT
1987
EXPANSION AND
RENOVATION PROJECT
03 26 KYRAN CLARK
Kyran Clark of Sun Prairie has
been appointed as financial officer of Marquardt Memorial Manor. The new position was recently created by the
nursing home’s board of directors. Clark
has considerable expertise in financial management and is joining the
administration at a time when Marquardt is preparing to expand, according to
Administrator Boyd Flater. The expansion
plan calls for an addition of 9,000 square feet to the manor to provide more
space for the administrative services. It
also includes construction of additional duplexes, two of which will be
completed by July 1. WDT
07 13 MARQUARDT MANOR EXPANSON
After the two years needed for
planning, receiving state approval and obtaining necessary financing, a major
expansion and renovation project is under way at Marquardt Memorial Manor. The estimated cost of the 9,000-square-foot
addition is $750,000. The Durrant group
of Madison has been involved, and local contracts have been awarded to Maas
Brothers Construction Co., Kehr Brothers Heating Inc. and Wagner and Sons
Electric. The building will be expanded
on the east and south sides. Officials
of Marquardt Manor anticipate the project will be completed by February of
1988. No interruption of the facility’s
operations is anticipated during the project.
WDT
08 08 MARQUARDT
MANOR EXPANSON UNDERWAY
Started in
July was an expansion at Marquardt Memorial Manor, estimated at a cost of
$650,000, was a 9,000-square-foot expansion.
The project will include an enlarged dining room, a new therapy area, a
laundry and a pharmacy. Additional space
will be built for food storage, freezer and cooler areas. Also one of the nursing stations will be
enlarged and renovated. WDTimes,
08 08 1987
09 04 ADDITIONAL HOUSING AND SERVICES STUDT
Marquardt
Memorial Manor has commissioned a study that will attempt to determine if
additional housing and services for the elderly are needed in Watertown. Marquardt officials say the administration
feels it is imperative, after nearly 20 years of operation, to evaluate current
needs in order to adequately carry out its mission of service to the
elderly. The manor, which opened its
facility in 1969, operates a skilled, long-term nursing care facility with a
10-bed capacity. In addition, Marquardt
operates two associated independent residential facilities — the subsidized
100-unit Mueller Apartments and the 50-unit Hus Apartments. Also, a building program has been started to
provide duplex housing units, known as the Ochs homes. WDT
1988
02 04 Marquardt Memorial Manor
plans to expand its housing for the elderly with the construction of 17
two-family housing units on Highland Avenue.
Boyd Flater, executive director at Marquardt said the duplex buildings,
known as Ochs’ Homes, will be similar to the five two-unit buildings for the
elderly on Hus Drive. WDT
12 19 Marquardt Memorial Manor
plans to construct additional housing units, south of its current facilities,
for elderly residents. Executive Director Boyd Flater told Watertown Planning
Commission members Monday that Marquardt proposes to build a 24-bed community-based
residential facility on Bayberry Drive.
The facility may be expanded another 24 units in the future. The facility would have single-room
apartments with separate bathrooms for elderly residents. The apartments would share a central area for
dining and activities. Flater said the
proposed facility would serve elderly people who need some supervision, yet are
not ready for a nursing home. WDT
1989
02 25 CONSTRUCTION OF 48-BED
RESIDENTIAL FACILITY
Officials at Marquardt Memorial Manor received
good news and bad news from the Watertown Planning Commission Monday. The commission granted a conditional use
permit to Marquardt for the construction of a 48-bed community based
residential facility. But, the panel
voted unanimously to recommend against rezoning adjacent land from R-3 to R-4
for the construction of a three-story, 60-unit elderly housing apartment
complex. The recommendation will go to
the common council for a public hearing and a final decision. Marquardt has proposed the development in
several phases for property it owns south of its current facilities on Hill
Street. The community-based facility,
which would be located just off Bayberry Drive, would be built in two phases of
24 units each. WDT
03 03 Citizens will get an
opportunity Tuesday to express their views about Marquardt Memorial Manor’s
rezoning request for a three-story elderly housing complex. The city planning commission voted
unanimously last week to recommend against the rezoning. Several residents who live near the property,
as well as 13th District Alderman Robert Biwersi, said they were opposed to the
construction of a three-story building at that location. Marquardt officials say the proposed elderly
housing building would be similar to the 101-unit Mueller Apartments already in
operation. Marquardt already has a
waiting list from tenants seeking similar housing. WDT
May Marquardt Memorial Manor started construction on a
community based residential facility, valued at $1 million, in May. WDT
07 14 20th ANNIVERSARY OF
MARQUARDT VILLAGE
A special service and open house will be held
at Marquardt Memorial Manor on Sunday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the
Marquardt Village. Marquardt Manor
admitted its first five patients on July 29, 1969. The Marquardt complex has since grown to
include over 350 residents in independent living to nursing home care
facilities. WDT
08 26 BONNIE ZABEL DIRECTOR
OF NURSING
Bonnie Zabel of Watertown has assumed the
position of director of nursing at Marquardt Memorial Manor. She has served as a charge nurse and day
shift supervisor at the nursing home where she has been employed since January
of 1987. As nursing director, she will supervise a staff of between 130 and 140
nurses and nurse’s aides. Zabel has an
extensive background in nursing and supervision. She was employed by Watertown Memorial
Hospital for 10 years as a staff nurse, in the intensive care unit, floor supervisor,
and as a house supervisor. She was a
nursing supervisor at Medical Associates for 10 years and was employed at
Bethesda Lutheran Home for one year as an employee health nurse. As nursing director, Zabel intends to promote
nursing in long term care. “The nursing
staff must be keyed into the needs of residents in order to make an evaluation
on changes in condition. People are
coming out of the hospital ‘quicker and sicker’ and we have to be trained and
ready to care for these people. We are
doing IVs, multiple dressings, offering hospice care and other services that
were not available in a nursing home a few years ago. We also offer more rehabilitative therapy
than we did a few years ago,” she said.
WDT
09 03 Dr. NOWACK’S 50TH
ANNIVERSARY AS A PHYSICIAN
Members of the Marquardt Memorial Manor
nursing staff helped Dr. Louis W. Nowack celebrate his 50th anniversary as a
physician Friday. Except for a seven
year stint with the Army Air Corps during World War II and a short time when he
practiced medicine in another state, Nowack served as a Watertown general
practitioner for all of those 50 years.
He has been Marquardt’s medical director for the past 15 years. WDT
09 09 ZINZENDORF HALL OPENS
The
last gap in facilities to care for the elderly at Marquardt Village will be
completed by Nov. 15 when Zinzendorf Hall will be ready for occupants. The community based residential facility,
located at 1148 Bayberry Drive near Marquardt Manor, will provide independent
living, security and support for the elderly and handicapped. The new 24room building will provide an extra
measure of care and supervision for residents unable to live alone but not in
need of skilled nursing home care.
Marquardt Village currently provides duplex, apartment and nursing home
facilities. WDT
1990
09 17 BISHOP
LOPPNOW ANNIVERSARY
A reception in honor of the 50th
anniversary of the ordination of Bishop Milo A. Loppnow will be held at
Marquardt Memorial Manor on Saturday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. An anniversary dinner will follow at 7 p.m.
in the Marquardt dining room.
Reservations are suggested for the dinner. Bishop Karl Mueller ordained Loppnow in
September 1940 as a deacon of the Moravian Church. The service was conducted in Berea Moravian
Church in Winona County, Minnesota. The
Western District office serving the upper Midwest region of the Moravian Church
during Mueller’s tenure was located in Watertown.
1991
03 10 THREE-PHASE
EXPANSION PLAN
Marquardt Manor Village has begun
a three-phase expansion plan which includes a new coffee shop and activity
center, 12 duplex units and 24 additional units at Zinzendorf Hall. Plans are also under way to develop 14 acres
of land in Sturgeon Bay, according to Boyd Flater, executive director of
Marquardt. The coffee shop and activity
center will be located in a two-story building adjacent to Mueller Apartments
with access from the Marquardt walkway.
The 7,500-square-foot facility will include a multipurpose room and
coffee shop on the first floor, and whirlpool room, exercise room, craft room
and greenhouse on the ground floor.
11 25 KARL
FISCHER ACTIVITY CENTER OPENED
The Karl Fischer Activity Center
at Marquardt Memorial Manor has opened and will prove to be a popular feature
now that winter has arrived.
Construction of the two-story activity center was completed Nov. 1. It is located adjacent to Mueller Apartments
with access from the Marquardt walkway and is also accessible to Hus Apartment
residents. Boyd Flater, executive
director of the Marquardt complex, said because the residents in those
apartments can get to the facility without venturing outside, the center should
be well-used this winter. The 7,500-foot
facility, decorated in mauve and green, includes a multipurpose room and coffee
shop on the first floor, and whirlpool room, exercise room, craft room and
greenhouse on the second floor. Flater
said the added space will allow Marquardt to bring bingo, dancing, crafts and
other activities on the premises. The
exercise room and eight-person whirlpool will be of great value for physical
therapy, he added.
1992
02 27 KARL
FISCHER ACTIVITY CENTER
The Karl Fischer Activity Center
will be dedicated at 2 p.m. Sunday at Marquardt Village. The center will be dedicated to the late Karl
Fischer, a Watertown businessman who was very active in supporting and promoting
the ministry of the Marquardt complex.
Participants in the ceremony at the center will include the Rev. R.
Burke Johnson, president of the Western District executive board; Kenneth Kant,
president of the Marquardt Village board of directors; the Right Rev. Milo
Loppnow of Marquardt Village, and the Rev. Barry Lehman, co-pastor of Watertown
Moravian Church, and Boyd Flater, executive director of Marquardt Village. Music for the dedication will be provided by
Susan Heninger, pianist; Grace Bentzin, soloist; and the Brass Quintet
consisting of Alan Anderson, Jerry Borchardt, Thomas Heninger, Patricia
Neuberger and Cody O’Brien.
04 24 COUNT
ZINZENDORF
A seminar focusing on Count
Zinzendorf and his theology will be presented by Dr. Gary Kinkel in Karl
Fischer Center at Marquardt Village.
There is no admission charge to the seminars which are sponsored as a
service to the community for a greater understanding of the history, heritage
and theology behind Marquardt Village.
Kinkel will discuss issues crucial to Zinzendorf and his leadership of
the Moravian Church in the 1700s.
Zinzendorf has been called the most important German theologian between
the reformation and the late 19th century and is considered the father of
modern Protestant missions. Zinzendorf
saw through the limitations of his era in ways that are attractive and viable
to us today.
08 12 BOYD
FLATER RETIREMENT
Boyd Flater, executive director
of Marquardt Village, plans to retire effective Aug. 15 after serving as head
of the complex for the past 11 years.
Flater was a charter member of the Marquardt Village Board of Directors
when Marquardt Manor was incorporated in 1967.
His membership on the board of directors was continuous until he assumed
the administrative position of executive director. Under Flater’s administration, services of
Marquardt Village to the community greatly increased. Expansion at the village included
establishment of Marquardt’s Home Health Agency and a pharmacy to provide
better monitoring of resident medications.
08 16 CLARK
NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Kyran F. Clark has been named new
executive director of Marquardt Village.
He has been associated with Marquardt since 1987 as financial officer,
housing administrator and assistant administrator of Marquardt’s Home Health
Agency. As part of Marquardt’s
administrative staff for the past five years, Clark has helped to oversee the
expansion of Marquardt Village in several areas. In his new capacity as head administrator, he
said he hopes to see continued growth at the complex and increased quality of
care for residents. He said one of his
goals is to add 40 rooms to Marquardt Manor nursing home to provide more
private facilities for residents. The
expansion would allow Marquardt to convert most of its rooms to single
occupancy. The home currently has 140
residents with 38 private rooms. With
the expansion, most residents would be able to have a private room.
1993
04 09 BED
FRAMES TO MISSION IN HONDURAS
A
nursing home in Watertown may seem a long way off from social and economic
problems in Central America, but the Moravian Church is working to close the
gap. When Marquardt Manor decided to
upgrade 50 of its beds under a long-range program to improve the quality of
life for its residents, mission volunteer and board member Charles Nienow
raised his hand in a bid for the beds.
Would Marquardt be willing to give the bed frames to a Moravian mission
clinic and hospital in Honduras?
Marquardt agreed and the beds are now on their way to the Clinia
Evangelica Morava in Ahuas, Honduras, Central America, to be used by the
Mosquito Indians. The clinic is operated
by the Board of World Missions in Bethlehem, Pa.
06 15 ANNA
NITSCHMANN APARTMENTS
Ground
was broken this week for the 50-unit Anna Nitschmann Apartments which will be
part of Marquardt Village. The two-story
apartment building will be located at 1035 Hill St. next to Zinzendorf Hall. The project will include the extension of
Hidde Drive from Perry Street to connect with Hill Street. Construction began this week and is expected
to be completed by Feb. 1, 1994, according to Kyran Clark, executive director
of Marquardt Village. Of the 50
apartments, 26 will be 800 square feet with one bedroom and one bath, and 24
will be 1,100 square feet with two bedrooms and two baths. General contractor for the project is Maas
Brothers of Watertown. Plans for the
building were developed by the architectural firm of Durrant-Heike. Valley Bank of Watertown is handling the
construction loan.
06 19 KATHY
BRENNECKE, HOUSING ADMINISTRATOR
Kathy Brennecke has been named housing administrator of
Marquardt Village, according to Kyran Clark, executive director. Her responsibilities include the operation
and marketing of all apartment and duplex housing in Marquardt Village. Housing in the village includes Mueller
Apartments, Hus Apartments, Ochs Homes and the latest addition, Anna Nitschmann
Apartments, now under construction.
Brennecke is a longtime member of the Marquardt management team. She joined Marquardt in 1974 and became
environmental director in 1975.
Supportive home care manager responsibilities were added in 1982. She also became Lifeline of Watertown manager
in 1988.
07 07 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CITATION
A well-known Watertown
physician has announced his second retirement.
Dr. Louis W. Nowack has retired from Marquardt Memorial Manor where he
has served as medical director for many years.
A retirement party in his honor was held Wednesday at Marquardt. Prior to joining Marquardt, he was active in
the medical profession for 35 years before closing his local practice in
1976. With his 80th birthday approaching
on Sunday, Nowack said, "I've done my duty and I'm kind of worn
out." His duties at Marquardt
included lending his medical expertise to staff members. WDT
1994
02 05 Dr.
BECKER NAMED MEDICAL DIRECTOR
John
H. Becker, M.D., has been named medical director of Marquardt Manor. He succeeds Dr. Louis W. Nowack, who
retired. Becker has served as interim
medical director since July 1993. Becker
operated a private practice in Watertown from 1956 to 1989. He has been active in several professional
and community services over the years.
He was born in Watertown on Sept. 15, 1923 to William and Mary
Becker. He graduated from Watertown High
School in 1941. He attended Northwestern
College, University of Wisconsin-Madison, The Citadel in South Carolina, and
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md.
He graduated from Georgetown University, Virginia, in 1949 with a
medical degree.
02 13 ANNA
NITSCHMANN APARTMENTS
The
first residents of Anna Nitschmann Apartments will begin moving in Saturday,
according to Kyran Clark, executive director of Marquardt Village. The new 50-unit apartment facility at 1035
Hill St., adjacent to Zinzendorf Hall, is the newest addition to the
village. Kathy Brennecke, housing
administrator for Marquardt Village, said 36 of the 50 units are taken and more
are expected to be purchased in the near future. An open house will be held at Anna Nitschmann
on Sunday, April 17, from 1 to 4 p.m. when the public is invited to tour the
two-story building.
04 24 Rev.
ERIC SCHULZE
The Rev. Eric Schulze, chaplain of Marquardt Village,
will conduct his last worship services at Bethany Chapel and Zinzendorf Hall on
Sunday. He will leave Marquardt on Wednesday.
08 08 CERTIFIED
MEDICARE PROVIDER
Marquardt
Memorial Manor has become a certified Medicare provider as of Aug. 1, according
to Kyran Clark, executive director of the nursing home. He said Marquardt’s request to participate in
the program has been accepted by the Health Care Financing Administration of
the Federal Department of Health and Human Services. Marquardt has been Medicare certified at
other times in the past, but opted out of the program when the cost of
administration exceeded the value to residents.
“Our board of directors authorized application for Medicare
certification in an effort to provide additional financial options for our
residents,” Clark said.
1996
12 14 REZONING FOR HIDDE DR APARTMENT BLDG
The request of Marquardt Memorial
Manor for rezoning to allow construction of a two-story 52-unit apartment
building for the elderly at 800-806 Hidde Drive and a large annexation on the
south side of the city will be considered by the Watertown City Council. The land is currently zoned single family
residential and would require special elderly zoning to allow the
construction. Watertown Planning
Commission last week supported the rezoning effort.
1998
03 19 MILO LOPPNOW
APARTMENTS
Milo Loppnow Apartments, the latest
addition to Marquardt Village, can be viewed at an open house on Sunday from 2
to 4 p.m. The public is invited to tour
the building. Refreshments will be
served. The new 52-unit facility is
located at 800 Hidde Drive on the Marquardt Village campus. The two-story complex is the latest addition
to the village which includes Marquardt Manor, Zinzendorf Hall, Hus Apartments,
Anna Nitschmann Apartments, Mueller Apartments, Karl Fischer Center and Ochs
Home duplexes. Sherry Miller, assistant
housing administrator for Marquardt Village, said 23 of the 52 units are
contracted. The first residents began
occupying the building the last week of December.
10 21 Kyran Clark carved figures
in a tree stump outside Marquardt Memorial Manor WDT
c.2000
2004
03 03 Anne Krystyniak has been appointed to assistant housing
administrator for Marquardt Village. The position takes effect today. Kyran
Clark, executive director of Marquardt said Krystyniak will have
responsibilities in housing management, marketing, service coordination and
staff supervision. She will report to Kathy Ready, housing administrator.
Krystyniak and her husband, Bob, co-managed Watertown Ace Hardware and
Watertown Coast-to-Coast Hardware for over 18 years. She serves on St.
Bernard’s Finance Committee, the Bread and Roses Committee and is an
usher/greeter. She is also a board member of the Watertown Community Foundation
and is a volunteer for the Watertown Humane Society.
09 The early beginnings of Marquardt
Village were the outgrowth of a study presented in 1965 indicating that
Watertown was the largest Wisconsin city without being served by a nursing
home. On the basis of that survey the
Western District of the Moravian Church authorized a study on the feasibility
of operating a nursing home in Watertown.
The
positive results of that study were quickly followed by a gift of land from Dr.
Milton Ochs, son of Anna Sophia Marquardt Ochs, who had owned much of the land
on which Marquardt is now located.
"I won't sell you 15 acres;
I'll give you the whole works"
Karl
Fischer and Thor Harberg, founding members of the effort to locate a
Moravian-backed nursing home in Watertown, approached Dr. Ochs with a request
to buy 15 acres from this large parcel in the heart of the city. His answer: "I won't sell you 15 acres; I'll give
you the whole works." [see Watertown
Daily Times article of 03
12 2005 (WHS_005_091) for related Ochs article]
With
this gift of land, planning for Marquardt Village began and construction got
underway a short time later. In July of
1969 the first residents moved into the 60-bed nursing home.
Over
the years the nursing home was expanded to 140 beds. In the ensuing years, more
projects were developed on the property. They were, in order of development,
Mueller Apartments, Hus Apartments, Ochs Homes Duplexes, Zinzendorf Hall (a
community based residential facility), Karl Fischer Center, Anna Nitschmann
Apartments and Milo Loppnow Apartments.
2004
05 02 Dr. CHIN NAMED MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Dr.
Moe Chin has been named medical director at Marquardt Memorial Manor. Chin has a family practice medical office in
Watertown. He was formerly medical
director at Beverly Health Care Center.
He succeeds Dr. John Becker who recently resigned. Bonnie Zabel, administrator at Marquardt
Memorial Manor, said she is proud to add Chin to the staff. “Dr. Chin has exhibited professionalism and
caring for the geriatric client for over 20 years in Watertown. He is an excellent addition to our mission of
caring for the elderly and the handicapped in a Christian environment.”
09 19 35th ANNIVERSARY
Marquardt
Village will mark its 35th anniversary with a special service Sunday at 2 p.m.
in Bethany Chapel at Marquardt Memorial Manor.
A reception will follow in the Karl Fischer Center. The public is invited to the anniversary
celebration. The early beginnings of
Marquardt Village were the outgrowth of a study presented by Ella Appenfeldt in
1965 indicating that Watertown was the largest Wisconsin city without being
served by a nursing home. On the basis
of that survey the Western District of the Moravian Church authorized a study
on the feasibility of operating a nursing home in Watertown. The positive results of that study were
quickly followed by a gift of land from Dr. Milton Ochs, son of Anna Sophia
Marquardt Ochs, who had owned much of the land on which Marquardt is now
located.
2005
03 11 TIE
BETWEEN MARQUARDT AND OCHS
George
Ochs, 81, grew up in Chicago, IL., entered the U.S. Air Force, traveled
throughout the world and now lives where his ancestors first settled. Today George calls Hus Apartments home and
lives on the same land that his ancestors harvested grapes for wine, the
Marquardt family farm. Christian George
Marquardt and his wife, George’s great-grandparents, made their way to
Watertown from their homeland of northern Germany in the 1840s.
2006
01 20 100-YEAR-OLD
GRAND PIANO
A
treasured piece of Marquardt family history returned home to Marquardt Memorial
Manor Friday afternoon. The 100-year-old
grand piano was in a state of severe deterioration a few months ago but has
been fully restored and will continue to entertain and accompany those visiting
and singing at the Marquardt Manor Chapel.
“You can tell this instrument was lovingly restored,” Kyran Clark,
executive director of the manor, said.
“It’s absolutely beautiful and has a wonderful sound.” Dr. Milton Ochs, a descendent of the
Marquardt family, donated the grand piano to the manor almost 35 years
ago. Although the manor enjoyed the
historic instrument, it was deteriorating and Clark said the manor was looking
into purchasing a new piano.
12 20 EBERT
AND MOEN ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John
Ebert and Rich Moen have been elected to serve on the Marquardt Village Board
of Directors. Ebert, the community bank
president at the Watertown office of M&I Bank, has been affiliated with
M&I in various capacities since 1982 and has been in the Watertown office
since 1992. Moen is the owner of RE/MAX
Realty Center, which he founded in 1996.
He attended the University of Northern Iowa and has resided in Watertown
for the past 22 years.
2007
02 14 ZINZENDORF
HALL PROJECT REFINANCED
The
Watertown Common Council authorized Marquardt Memorial Manor to refinance over
$1 million for the Zinzendorf Hall project through the city’s Community
Development Authority. The Community
Development Authority previously issued $1,828,000 in state development revenue
bonds in 1999 to refinance the bonds issued in 1990 to finance the Zinzendorf
Hall project, and Marquardt Manor officials have determined it would be in
their best interest to refinance the bonds once again. Marquardt Manor officials wish to obtain
financing for the refunding of the bonds issued in 1999 and have requested that
the Community Development Authority refund the bonds by an amount not to exceed
$1.25 million.
2009
09 19 40th ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING
Marquardt
Village will mark its 40th anniversary with a special service Sunday at 1:30
p.m. in Bethany Chapel at Marquardt Manor.
A reception will follow in the Karl Fischer Center. The public is invited to the anniversary
celebration. Marquardt Village provides
skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living, therapies, home health,
hospice and chore services. “We now have
over 550 residents living in Marquardt Village and 280 dedicated employees,”
according to Kyran Clark, executive director.
“Our mission continues to be the glue that holds it all together.
2013
02 04 Rev.
Milo A. Loppnow, 1914-2013
2019
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING OF MARQUARDT VILLAGE
The then Marquardt Manor
admitted its first five patients on July 29, 1969.
2022
02 23 NATIONAL GUARD SUPPORT RECEIVED
Marquardt
is receiving National Guard support February 23 through April 27. Ten
trained nurse aid personnel members of the Guard will be in the Village through
April 27 in support of hospitals needing to discharge patients in their times
of capacity and COVID surges and patients in need of rehabilitative or
long-term care.
09 20 NAME CHANGED TO “THE MARQUARDT”
Name
changed from Marquardt Village (formerly Marquardt Manor) to The
Marquardt.
Since
1969, Marquardt Village has led the way with exceptional services and amenities
and innovative healthcare choices. Today, we continue to transform your
expectations of senior living with new and exciting options in Watertown,
Wisconsin. At our core, we’re a community grounded in faith, devoted to making
life easier, more enjoyable and more secure for older adults and their
families.
MARQUARDT
MANAGEMENT SERVICES RENAMED ILLUMINUS.
11 17 ILLUMINUS CLOSING NURSING HOME IN CUBA
CITY (EPIONE PAVILION)
The state
Department of Health Services is boosting Medicaid rates to nursing homes, as
many of the facilities have closed or downsized in recent years even as the
state’s aging population grows. The
state will increase reimbursement rates from 77% of Medicaid costs this year to
91% next year. The move implements a key
recommendation in 2020 from the Governor’s Task Force on Caregiving, tying a
significant amount of the increase to direct care nursing and supporting the
health care workforce in wages and benefits.
. . .
. . This month, Watertown- based Illuminus, formerly
known as Marquardt, said it was closing its nursing home in Cuba City, known as
Epione Pavilion.
Illuminus cited the effects of the COVID-19
pandemic, the health care labor shortage and having an outdated facility. Wisconsin State
Journal 11/17/2022
2023
10 25 DEMOLITION OF HIGHLAND HOUSE ASSISTED
LIVING FACILITY
https://maps.app.goo.gl/V4SNFdcdyDozdjHQ8
A
20-bed home for seniors. Lacking a
re-purposing solution for the empty facility, the Illuminus
site will become green space.
Cross-References:
History
of Watertown, Wisconsin