NORBERT E. WILLGING 1916 - 2003

KERPER, WILLGING, RASTATTER, KEITH, HOTTINGER, SIGMON, GENEVICH, KLUCK

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 10/8/2003 at 21:05:30

Norbert E. Willging

Telegraph Herald - Friday, August 15, 2003

Norbert Edgar Willging, 87, of Lake Crystal, Minn., formerly of Dubuque, died Monday evening, Aug. 11, 2003, at the Lake Crystal (Minn.) Health Care Center.

Memorial services will be at 12:30 p.m. Monday at Holy Family Catholic Church, Lake Crystal, with the Rev. Neal Wilkinson officiating. Friends may call after 11:30 a.m. Monday at the church. The Lake Crystal Mortuary, Mankato, Minn., is in charge of arrangements.

He was born on April 16, 1916, in Dubuque, son of Edgar and Anna (Kerper) Willging. He married Jeanne Rastatter on June 12, 1943, in Dubuque.

He had served in the Army Air Corp.

Surviving are his wife, Jeanne Willging, of Lake Crystal; seven children, Patricia Willging, of New Orleans, La., Ann (David) Keith, of Edinburgh, Scotland, Miriam (John) Hottinger, of Mankato, David (Lisa) Willging, of New Hope, Minn., Julie (Ken) Sigmon, of Omaha, Neb., Mary (Roy) Genevich, of Hastings, Minn., and Robert (Deirdre) Willging, of Rhinelander, Wis.; 14 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Marge Kluck and Sister Margaret Ann Willging, both of Dubuque; and nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by three brothers, Pat, Herb and Gene; and a brother-in-law, Ray Kluck.

Memorials may be given to the American Diabetes Association and Alzheimer's Association.