Obit: Wilke, Norman G. (1931* - 2018)

Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Beck, Boxrucker, Broeske, Dassow, Faber, Hulke, Meyer, Piotrowski, Wachowiak, Wilke, Winchell

----Source: The Star News (Medford, WI) 4/24/2018

Wilke, Norman G. (26 JUN1931* - 21 APR 2018)

Norman G. Wilke entered into eternal life on April 21, 2018. A celebration of life service will be held on Saturday, May 5 at 11 a.m. at the Shuda Plover Funeral Home, 2400 Plover Road, Plover. Pastor Steve Hulke will officiate. Friends and family may gather to share memories on Saturday from 9-10:45 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at a later date.

Norman was born on the family farm in Dorchester to Max and Vernetta (Winchell) Wilke. He married Ruth Broeske, on Sept. 21, 1951 in Dorchester and they moved to Stevens Point and settled there. They moved to Plover in 1977. Norm worked a few years as a route driver for Dad's Root Beer. Then he worked 38 years as a truck driver for the Copps Corporation retiring in 1994. Norman’s hobbies included family camping trips, fishing, trapping, canoeing, gardening and canning, making beer, root beer, and wine, growing ginseng, playing Sheepshead, harvesting black walnuts and cutting wood for his wood fires and serving as a leader for his son Bob's cub scout group. Norm enjoyed teaching woodcarving classes at Camp Hope and attending wood carving classes at the Lincoln Center.

Norman is survived by three children, Cheryl (Paul) Wachowiak, Kristy (Dave) Meyer and Robert Wilke; two grandchildren, Vincent (Roseanna) Wachowiak and Laura Ruth (Clint Piotrowski) Wachowiak; sisters, Darlene Dassow and Bernice Beck; and brother-in-law, Gene Faber.

Norman was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth in 1993; sisters, Betty Faber and Hilda Boxrucker; and brothers-in-law, James Beck, Louis Boxrucker and Raymond Dassow.

The family thanks Norm's neighbors for lending a helping hand and delivering tasty food. Also thanks to Jack Larsen for the Camp Hope trips and checking in on Dad. Thanks to Lee and Julie Lampert for giving dad firewood in his later years.

The family would like to extend appreciation and thanks to the devoted staff at the Atrium Point Manor and Rehabilitation Center for the excellent care and companionship provided to Norm while he resided there during recent months.

In lieu of flowers, the family would be honored by contributions to Camp Hope, P.O. Box 84, Amherst, WI 54406, in Norm's memory.

Online condolences may be sent by visiting www.shudafuneral.com.

Note: * Birth information extracted from the Shuda Funeral Home information.