Wolken, Hildaan Bernice (1919 – 2011)

WOLKEN, WEIHS, OLSEN, SCHMITZ, SCHOMERS, BLACKFORD, GOETZ, GAU

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 9/19/2013 at 19:56:13

Name of deceased: Hildaan Bernice Wolken (nee Weihs)

Aged: 91 yrs, 10 mo, 12 days

Residence: Harlan, IA

Born: March 4, 1919; on a farm in Lincoln Township, Shelby County, IA

Died: Jan. 16, 2011; Westmont Care Center in Logan, IA

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Harlan, IA; Rev. Chris Fontanini officiated. Burial was at the Harlan Cemetery, Harlan, IA.

Survived by: Children, Linda (spouse, Fred) Olsen of Harlan, IA, Nancy (spouse, Larry) Schmitz of LaVista, NE, Daniel Wolken (spouse, Vicky) of Hereford, AZ, Patricia (spouse, Jerry) Schomers of Elkhorn, NE, Jill (spouse, John) Blackford of Burlington Junction, MO, David Wolken (spouse, Amy) of Sierra Vista, AZ, and Charles Wolken (spouse, Ann) of Harlan, IA; 13 grandchildren; 2 step-grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; daughter-in-law, Doris Wolken; sisters, Mary Schmitz and Elaine (spouse, Mike) Goetz; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Herman and Clarabelle Wolken; many nieces and nephews; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, George and Anna (nee Gau) Weihs; husband of 56 years, Nicholas (deceased May 5, 1998), son, Gary; grandsons: Tyler, Jason, and Joseph; brother, Lawrence; infant brother, John; sister, Mabel

Education: attended country school in Lincoln Township (Shelby County, IA), continuing her education through grade school and high school at St. Boniface Catholic School, Westphalia, IA.

Religious affiliation: baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, IA

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Nicholas John Wolken; April 14, 1942; St. Boniface Catholic Church, Westphalia, IA

Employment: Homemaker

Hobbies/Interests: loved to cook and bake, especially homemade bread for her husband; she always had something for the children when they came home from school. She was an excellent seamstress and sewed most of her daughters’ clothes when they were little, which were often times the envy of their friends. She made many quilts, including baby quilts. She butchered and sold chickens and did a lot of canning and freezing of foods. She took care of Nicholas until his death.

Sources: ancestry.com, pauleyjones.com