Elmer Stanlake (died 1979)

STANLAKE, PROESCH, SHERWIN, DEWULF, BURNS, RUCKMANN

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 8/20/2023 at 14:39:55

29 March 1979 - The Tipton Conservative

Funeral services for Elmer Stanlake, 89, were held at Wheatland March 23. Pallbearers were Darrell DeWulf, Loren Kleppe, Emil Schmidt and Jerry and Rudolph Proesch.

Mr. Stanlake died at Colonial Manor Nursing Home Wheatland March 20.

He was married to Caroline Proesch Oct. 12, 1911. They farmed in the Clarence-Wheatland area until 1941 when he was employed at the French and Hecht Division of Helsey-Hayes Co., Davenport. He retired in 1955 and moved to Wheatland from Davenport and was assistant custodian at the Wheatland school until 1969.

He is survived by his wife, 2 daughters, Mrs. Clarence (Dorothy) Sherwin, Toronto and Mrs. Charles (Viola) DeWulf, Bennett; a son, Richard, Dixon; 5 grandchildren,8 great-grandchildren, 3 sisters, Carrie Stanlake, Irving, Texas; Elma Burns, Mitchell, S.D. and Mary Ruckmann, Ohio. He was preceded in death by 4 brothers and a sister.