WOELKE, George E. (1912-1994)

WOELKE, PLEBUCK, HUESKE

Posted By: Marilyn O'Connor (email)
Date: 4/5/2011 at 13:43:08

Mason City Globe Gazette
George E. Woelke

COLONA, ILL.- George E. Woelke, 82, recently of Colona, formerly of Beatrice, Neb., Owatona, Minn., Garner, Ventura and Clear Lake, Iowa, died Friday (Dec. 2, 1994) in Geneseo, Ill.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 6, at Harman Funeral Home in Beatrice, Neb. Burial will be In Evergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice, Neb.

Mr. Woelke was born July 19,1912, in Beatrice,Neb. the son of Arthur and Bertha (Plebuck) Woelke. He married Evelyn Hueske on Nov. 26, 1936, in Beatrice,Neb.

He was employed by Northern Natural gas Company in Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa as a coordinator for 35 years, retiring in 1972. He enjoyed fishing, golf and was an avid barber shop chorus member.

Survivors include his widow of Colona, Ill., son and daughter-in-law George and Marilyn Woelke of Colona, Ill.; grandsons, Ged Woelke of Lake Villa, Ill., and Garrin of Colona, Ill.