Grant Larry McMillin Jr., passed away on December 30, 2024, at the age of 94 in Colorado Springs, CO.

Born on August 4, 1930, Grant grew up with his family workingfarms in Wisconsin.  At age 19, Grant enlisted into the Army.  As an Army soldier, he fought in the Korean War, was wounded and captured during the battle of Chosin (Changjin) Reservoir.  He spent 32 months in captivity in North Korea and was released, returning to the U.S. by ship in 1953.  After returning home to Wisconsin, Grant married Annamarie Netzel, they had three sons (Thomas, Larry and David). Grant graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1957and worked in that field until retiring and moving to Elkhorn Wisconsin in 1995.  He and his wife lived in Elkhorn for 27 years, where he was an active member of the local VFW Post and supported the local American Legion.  In early 2022, Grant suffered from an unknown medical condition and was moved from Wisconsin to Colorado Springs, Colorado.  In Colorado,Grant was diagnosed with the rare incurable disease called Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) by the VA hospital in Aurora Colorado. He received regular treatment by the VA until his passing at the end of 2024.

Grant enjoyed helping people and volunteered to fix just about anything for the price of the parts necessary to fix them.  His knowledge and experience in electrical engineering served the community well as he was never too busy to help troubleshoot electrical issues with buildings, restaurant fryers or electrical tools.

Grant took on many active roles in the Elkhorn VFW Post.  He held leadership and administrative positions at the Post, he marched in local parades, volunteered to provide military honors at funerals for veterans, helped place American flags on graves of veterans during national holidays, helped make VFW building repairs, handled VFW building tenant issues, helped organize and work the yearly smelt fry fundraiser and anything else that needed assistance in running the Elkhorn VFW Post. He honestly cared about the Post and its members!

Almost every year for over 60 years Grant enjoyed meeting with relatives and friends to go deer hunting in Northern Wisconsin.  It wasn't about the deer harvesting; it was about the relationships he had built over those years with the people he hunted with.  He had a deep respect for legal hunting and insisting that those around him hunted that way.  Safety during hunting was never overlooked and always something to take the extra time to insure a safe hunt.  Each year provided new additions to the legacy of deer hunting stories, the laughs, the images, the emotions, the cold, the wet, the snow, the lack of snow, the big one that got away.  He loved that time of year but would never put it in those terms because he was a man's man.