Louis J. Fellenz Jr.

Louis J. Fellenz Jr. was born on March 27, 1915, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Fellenz was a member of the Senate representing the 18th district from 1941 to 1948. He was a Republican. He attempted several times to join the armed forces during World War II, and after passing a physical for the United States Army in May 1944, he resigned from the state Senate and enlisted. He was elected to another term as state senator without opposition during his brief stint in the Army, and was discharged in December 1944. He died on January 7, 1993, in Tryon, North Carolina. ==Personal life and family==

Louis Fellenz Jr. was one of three children born to L. J. Fellenz and his wife Erma Emma ('''' Tabor). Louis Sr. was also a lawyer and state senator, and served as a Wisconsin circuit court judge for the last 10 years of his life. On June 1, 1941, Louis Jr. married Virginia Skinner at her parents' summer home in Green Lake, Wisconsin. They had two children together and were married for nearly 52 years before his death in 1993. ==References==