Albert L. Engelken 1928-2010

ENGELKEN, OBERBROECKLING, WEGMANN, LEWIS, MENSEN

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Date: 11/8/2019 at 10:43:20

Dubuque Telegraph Herald, February 20, 2010

DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- Albert L. Engelken, 82, of Dyersville, died Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, in Allen, Texas.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 22, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, with the Rev. Phil Kruse officiating and the Rev. Thomas McAndrew concelebrating. Burial will be in the church cemetery, where military rites will be accorded by American Legion Post 137. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be a parish scripture service at 4 p.m. and an American Legion Service at 7 p.m.

He was born on Jan. 26, 1928, in Farley, son of Bernard and Agatha (Oberbroeckling) Engelken. Their family moved to Greeley while Albert was in high school.

Albert served in the Army from 1946 to 1948.

He married Inez Wegmann on Oct. 10, 1951, in Greeley. Together they moved to Dubuque where he was initially engaged in farming. In 1960, Albert began working for J.C. Penney Co. in Dubuque, and moved to Dyersville. After 26 years, he retired from J.C. Penney and began volunteering in community organizations such as the Dyersville Area Historical Society and the Garden Club.

Albert and Inez wintered in Texas for the last 10 years.

Surviving are his wife, Inez; four children, Mike (Cora), of Sterling, Va., Barb (Don) Doudna, of Cedar Rapids, Tom, of Allen, Texas, and Jim (Julie), of Durango, Colo.; eight grandchildren, Andrew (Michelle), Kevin and Emily Engelken, Mari (Tim) Lewis, Matt and Bart Doudna and Jared and Jenna Engelken; a brother, Joe (Viola) Engelken; of Manchester; and a sister-in-law, Karen Engelken, of Wauwatosa, Wis.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his parents-in-law, Joe and Henrietta Wegmann; three brothers, Lawrence, Clarence (Eileen) and Don Engelken; and a sister, Mary Ann (Ambrose) Mensen.