Enoch Mølgaard (1917-1991)
Enoch owned and ran the Molgaard's Indian Lodge in St.
Germain, Wisconsin, from 1942 up into the 1980's. He sold it and moved
to another lake a few years before he died.
He got into the restaurant business because his first
wife, Leah, and her mother owned a restaurant in Racine, Wisconsin.
Their experience led the way for success. The property had a lake
campsite with cabins, etc., and a supper club.
Their first daughter drowned in the lake at age 3 1/2.
This hit them very hard; in fact, Leah, was hospitalized for a year.
After that, the marriage depreciated. They eventually divorced, at which
time Lea received the lakefront property and cabins and Enoch retained
the supper club.
Tim Molgaard says, "I used to go up there in the
fifties and sixties. Stay in the lodge, go boating, fishing, swimming.
He made the best steaks.
"He closed in the fall each year and had a boat
he lived on in Florida for the winter.
"I guess he was a 'snowbird'."
