September 20, 2026 – West Bend, Wi – Another piece of West Bend farming history was leveled on Friday as the white barn on the Muth family farm was razed to make way for another subdivision which includes about 400 multifamily residents.
While bulldozers pushed remnants of the red barn past the field stone foundation, in the distance you can see a field of large trees being felled one after another.
Neighbors will remember George and Kathy Muth who also owned Egbert & Guido’s Express Inc. across the road.
That Citgo gas station, which was later sold to Kwik Trip, had been in operation for 21 years.
It was Dec. 22, 2018 when WashingtonCountyInsider.com confirmed the Muths were selling the Citgo station to Kwik Trip.
“We’ve had a couple tearful days this week along with a lot of our loyal customers who were sad to see us closing the store,” said Kathy. “It wasn’t an easy decision but it made sense.”
The corner of northwest corner of Paradise Drive and River Road has been in the Muth family since 1847.
“That was always farm field,” said George Muth. “It was corn, soybeans and hay and I farmed it when I was young and I was fifth generation to farm it.”
George remembered all four corners were farm field and Paradise Drive was “a very skinny, one-lane road.”
The sign on the corner of Paradise by the roundabout reads, “Thanks for 21 years. Bon voyage.”
“That was the employees’ idea,” said George.
A yellow ribbon flaps in the wind as it has cordoned off the pumps in the parking lot.
A colorful sign on the door reads, “Thank you for 21 great years! We will always be grateful for loyal customers and dedicated staff! God’s Blessing in 2019! George and Kathy Muth.”
“We are not retiring,” said George. “It’s just a business we’re selling. We still have the dairy farm in Fillmore. The gas station was something my wife ran.”
On a side note:
-Neighbors off Paradise and River Road have extreme concerns about the new development and safety regarding the added traffic on River Road.
– Did you know Egbert and Guidos was named after George’s dad Egbert and his uncle Guido.
Great, plans for more land being destroyed. Human, the cancer of earth. I bet the Muth’s are rich now.
Yes……it is quite sad…all greedy humans do is destroy
..and kill…