Family Of Dennis Michael Huelse Mourns His Loss; Asking For Help

WAUKESHA, WI — As investigators continue to piece together what happened at last Thursday's fire, the family of 63-year-old Dennis Michael Huelse are doing the same thing after they learned their loved one died in that fire.

Jen Huelse Salisbury has reached out to the public for help as her family mourns the loss of her father.

Early Thursday morning, firefighters were called to his home on S. University Drive. It was just after 5 a.m. and there was heavy smoke coming from inside.

Authorities say that fire crews battled the fire from the inside of the home. They put out the fire and found a victim, later identified as Huelse, within eight minutes of arrival, authorities said.

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"As a result of our father’s passing, Tricia and her husband Ben will assume custody of our 12-year-old half-sister," Jen Huelse Salisbury wrote in the GoFundMe page. "Additionally, as Ben was employed by our father, he is not able to work until the complications of our father’s passing are resolved and allow him to pull the business back together."

"We have already received so much love and support from family and friends. My sister Tricia’s family could really use your support to help get their now larger family on track while we also sort through everything that must be done for my father in his passing," she wrote. "Thank you everyone from the bottom of my heart for your support for both of my sisters and our father’s memory."

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