----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection; TRIBUNE-RECORD-GLEANER 5/1/1991

HARVEY HUMKE

Harvey Henry Humke, 62, Sister Bay, died at his home Friday, April 19, 1991, following a long illness. Services were held Monday, April 22, 1991, at 1:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Sister Bay. Revs. Delmar Dahl, Scott Johnson and Edward Parker officiated.

Harvey Henry Humke was born Oct. 12, 1928, in Greenwood, Clark County, to George and Lelah (nee Sheets) Humke. He graduated from the UW-Eau Claire with a B.S. degree in education the UW-Madison with a masters degree in supervision and curriculum and completed course in school management, administration and philosophies of education. He married Betty Kenyon Nov. 26, 1947, at Greenwood. He was an elementary teach, junior high principal and acting superintendent of schools in his 30 years with the Green Bay School System. Prior to Green Bay, he was an elementary teacher in Augusta. Future Farmers of America programs were made possible by Humke's efforts. From 1983 to 1987 he served as vice president at Bellin Hospital in Green Bay. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War as a sergeant with the 101st Airborne Division.

Survivors include his wife Betty daughters, Julie Diltz, Sister Bay; and Jean, St. Paul, Minn.; two grandsons, Carson and Cory Diltz, and one granddaughter, Ellen Diltz three sisters, Ruth Toburen, Greenwood; Verona Jackson, Sparta; and Jeanette Horn, Thorp; three brothers, George Humke, Sterling, Ill.; Irvin Humke, Greenwood; and Paul Humke, Greenwood; and nieces and nephews.

Casperson Funeral Home, Sister Bay, handled the arrangements.