UEKER, Wayne Lavere 1924-2000

UEKER, GASHEL, MSRSHALL

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/2/2011 at 13:29:36

WAYNE L. UEKER

NORA SPRINGS - Wayne L. Ueker, 76, of 116 JJ Circle, died Sunday (Aug. 6, 2000) at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at St. Luke Lutheran Church, 101 N. Hawkeye Ave., Nora Springs, with the Rev. Ruth Hansen officiating. A flag presentation will be conducted at the service by the Nora Springs American Legion.

Cremation will take place following the service. A private family inurnment will take place at a later date at Park Cemetery in Nora Springs.

Visitation was held from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Nora Springs and will continue one hour prior to services today at the church.

Wayne Lavere Ueker was born April 21, 1924, in Nora Springs, the son of Fredrick and Anna (Gashel) Ueker. He married Dawn DoLores Marshall on Feb. 16, 1947, at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Nora Springs.

Wayne grew up in Nora Springs and graduated from Nora Springs High School in 1941. He served in the Army-Air Force during World War II, stationed in the South Pacific. After the service he worked for Burnett Plumbing for four years and then worked 10 years for Ray E. Pauley Company in Mason City as a sheet metal worker.

Wayne then owned and operated Ueker Plumbing and Heating in Nora Springs for 14 years until serving as assistant manager at the Nora Springs Co-op before retiring in 1986. After retirement, he helped out at Tatum Hardware in Nora Springs.

Wayne loved his grandchildren and being involved in their activities. He enjoyed community life around Nora Springs and was an avid bowler.

He was a member of St. Luke Lutheran Church, a 53-year member of the Nora Springs American Legion where he served as past commander, and was a Nora Springs volunteer fireman for many years.

Survivors include his wife, Dawn, of Nora Springs; two children, Bruce Ueker and his wife, Margaret, of Nora Springs and Jodi Ueker-Stalker and her husband, Gregg, of Davenport; three grandchildren, Shannon and Lona Ueker, both of Nora Springs, and Bobby Ueker of Davenport; one brother, Donald Ueker of Mason City; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Marion Kreider.

Sheckler Colonial Chapel, 114 N. Hawkeye Ave., Nora Springs, is in charge of arrangements.

Sheckler Colonial Chapel, (641) 749-2210.

[Globe Gazette, Aug. 9, 2000]