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To say that John Trepanier was a huge Packers fan is an understatament. Trepanier, who passed away shortly after Christmas in 2014, was able to recount details and final scores from every game he saw. He and his wife, Lisa, went to so many practices that former Packers coach, Bart Starr, and his wife, Cherry, knew them by name.

"My dad has every Packers yearbook made except for the first two from 1960 and 1961 which we are still searching for," says his daughter, Nina Schmidt, who resides in Fond du Lac with her husband and three children.

Schmidt’s sister was born on a Packers Sunday and says her father later coerced her into her first sentence: "Go, Packers!"

Schmidt’s mother, Lisa, is an emphatic Packers backer as well. After Schmidt’s brother was born, her mom dressed him in a Cabbage Patch Doll Packers jersey and had it printed on a box of Wheaties.

She built and painted a special Packers table to showcase Packers-themed photos. A mug filled with beads from the Super Bowl in New Orleans also sits atop the table.

"My grandpa won a trip to the Super Bowl in New Orleans by throwing a football through a bullseye at a grocery store," says Schmidt. "He died suddenly the year after and it had been his dream to see the Packers in the Super Bowl."

The painful loss of loved ones combined with the passion the family continues to feel for the game in their honor makes for some very emotional and bittersweet experiences these days.

"We always watched the games as a family, so with dad gone, we all go to my mom and dad's house and watch it with her," says Schmidt. "Every game, unless someone is sick, we all go with our jerseys on and watch together."

Schmidt cherishes many green and gold memories she experienced with her father during childhood and as an adult.

"After dad got sick he came with me to watch me run my first 5K at Lambeau Field. We spent the day walking around the pro shop and he got to sit in the stands at Lambeau and watch me run around the field on the Jumbotron. I wore his Packers headband he's had since the '70s," she says.

When Schmidt's father was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, he received a signed jersey and personal note from former Packers defensive end Reggie White and George Koonce, former Packers linebacker, came to his home to take a photo.

"He let dad wear his Super Bowl ring in the photo," says Schmidt.