Wiig, Norman Eugene ("Gene") (1945 - 2019)

WIIG, BATTEN, CAVANAUGH, KAUFMAN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 10/1/2019 at 11:20:16

Name of deceased: Norman Eugene ("Gene") Wiig

Aged: 74 yrs, 1 mo, 26 days

Residence: Kirkman, Shelby County, IA

Born: June 20, 1945; Harlan, Shelby County, IA

Died: Aug. 15, 2019; Jennie Edmundson Hospital, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA

Funeral services: Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019; Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan, IA

Survived by: Wife of 55 years, Julienne of Kirkman, IA; son, Rodney of Peoria, AZ; mother, Margaret (nee Batten) Wiig of Harlan, IA; brother, Larry Wiig of Council Bluffs, IA; sister, Cathy (spouse, Gene Cavenaugh) of Harlan, IA; nieces; nephews; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Father Norman M. Wiig; brother, Terry Wiig

Education: Attended school and graduated from Irwin-Kirkman Community School in Irwin, IA.

Religious affiliation: Baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Irwin, IA

Military service: no information provided

Marriage: Julienne Kaufman; April 15, 1964; St. Boniface Catholic Church, Westphalia, IA

Employment: After getting married, Gene farmed with his father; he also bartended at the Chicken Hut, Harlan, IA. In 1983, Gene accepted a position with G.A. Finley Sand and Gravel Pit. Six years later, Hallett Materials acquired G.A. Finley and Gene worked there until his retirement at the end of 2018. He spent his entire career with Hallett's, loading trucks at the Harlan Sand Pit.

Hobbies/Interests: gardening; bartering

Sources: harlanonline.com; knodfm.com; pauleyjones.com