This fund was created to administer an unrestricted bequest from the estate of Robert Mukensturm.
Mr. Mukensturm (1920-2004) was born in Deerfield, Michigan. He graduated from the Alexian School of Nursing in 1942.
He then served in the United States Navy. Following his discharge from the Navy in 1951, he worked for the Aruba-Standard Oil Company.
Mr. Mukensturm subsequently became associated with St. Charles Hospital in Aurora for ten years as a nurse anesthetist.
He then joined the practice of Gillette, Starshak and Colletti at the Aurora Dental Arts Clinic where he remained for twenty-five years.
He was a member of the Aurora Turner’s Club, Amvets Post 103 and the Yorkville American Legion Post 489.