WILKE, John H. 1939-1999

WILKE, WEBER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/5/2011 at 16:26:07

JOHN H. WILKE

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CHARLES CITY, IOWA - John H. Wilke, 60, of Northfield, Illinois, and formerly of Charles City, died on Monday, October 25, 1999, at Northfield.

A funeral Mass will be held at noon on Friday at the St. Philip Apostle Church, Northfield, Ill. Burial will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Calvary Cemetery, Charles City.

Visitation will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Donnellan Family Funeral Home, Skokie, Illinois.

Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt St., Charles City, is in charge of local arrangements.

[Globe Gazette, Oct. 27, 1999]

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JOHN A. WILKE

CHARLES CITY - John A. Wilke, 60, of 1563 Mt. Pleasant, Northfield, Ill., and formerly of Charles City, died unexpectedly Monday (Oct. 25, 1999) at his residence.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at noon today at the St. Phillip the Apostle Catholic Church, 1962 Old Willow Road, Northfield, Ill.

Graveside committal services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, at the Calvary Cemetery, Charles City, with Monsignor Stanley J. Hayek, pastor of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Charles City, officiating.

Visitation was held Thursday at the Donnellan Family Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Boulevard, Skokie, Ill.

There will be no visitation at the Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt St., Charles City, which is in charge of local arrangements.

John A. Wilke was born in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1939, the son of Lawrence G. "Larry" and Louise Gertrude (Weber) Wilke. He moved to Charles City with his family as a young man where he graduated from high school.

He moved to Chicago to attend college. After earning a nursing degree, he went to work for a neurosurgeon in private practice. He later joined the nursing staff of Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois.

Eventually, he entered management and became a vice president at Lutheran General. He retired in January from Lutheran General Hospital after a 31-year career and then took a job as the business manager and pastoral liaison at St. Phillip the Apostle Church of Northfield.

In 1997, he was elected to serve on the Northfield Village Board, serving as chairman of the Public Works, Safety and Administration Committee.

Those thankful for sharing John's life include a brother and his wife, Delbert and Margaret Wilke, of Tennyson, Wisconsin; two sisters and their husbands, Betty and Lee Bauman, of Medina, Illinois, and Lorraine and Carlisle Beekman, of Charles City; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, (515) 228-4211.

Globe Gazette, Oct. 29, 1999