Montana Huslig worked with the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures for nearly 30 years. Huslig died of a heart attack Oct. 23.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Montana Huslig could find the answer to any question after working as a graduate program secretary at the University for nearly 28 years, said Michelle Whitesell.
Whitesell, a Wichita senior who worked with Huslig at the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures for more than three years, said Huslig was easy to fall in love with.
“She knew the ins and outs of everything,” Whitesell said. “You could always rely on her. She was an unbreakable force.”
Montana Huslig died of a heart attack at Lawrence Memorial Hospital Oct. 23.
Michael Huslig, her husband of 29 years, said one of the first things he noticed about his wife was how her enthusiasm showed in the way she would use her hands to express herself when she talked.
“She was happy and cheerful,” Michael said. “She was always eager to help others.”
Huslig was a member of a knitting group at the Yarn Barn for nearly 17 years. The group’s instructor, Bonnie Byers, said Huslig had an positive personality.
“No matter how hard her life was going, whether it was a personal issue or health related, she would never complain,” Byers said.
Byers said that although Huslig could be a private and quiet person, she had a knack for making her friends laugh and always told interesting stories about her travels.
Huslig was born into an Air Force family and spent much of her childhood growing up in Europe. Her husband said German was her first language. After she graduated from the University of Nebraska, Huslig earned her master’s degree in entomology, the study of insects, from the University of Kansas. She began working at the University as an administrative associate in 1980.
“She was a mentor and friend to hundreds of students, guiding them through their career as graduate students at KU,” William Keel, professor and chair of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, said in a news release.
Outside of the University, Huslig was a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church and the First Friday Mystery Book Club, as well as her knitting group.
“She was an excellent friend,” Byers said. “She was, in many ways, the balance of the group and she will be very missed.”
— Edited by Nick Gerik
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