Lloyd Henry Wieck 1923-2012

BLACKMORE WIECK TROMETER

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/7/2012 at 10:51:57

Sioux City Journal
June 19, 2012

Lloyd H. Wieck, 88, of Sioux City, formerly of Hinton, Iowa, passed away Saturday, June 16, 2012, at Sunrise Retirement Community in Sioux City.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. John Lutheran Church, Merrill, Iowa, with the Rev. Joel Nye officiating. Interment will be at Hillside Cemetery in Merrill. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. today, with the family present to greet friends after 5:30 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Carlsen Funeral Home in Le Mars, Iowa. Visitation will continue from 9:30 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the church. Expressions of sympathy can be extended to the family through www.carlsenfuneralhome.com.

Lloyd Henry Wieck was born June 21, 1923, on the family farm north of Hinton, in Plymouth Township, to Henry and Jessie (Blackmore) Wieck. He attended country school near his home.

Lloyd was united in marriage to Geraldine “Gerri” Trometer on April 2, 1943, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Le Mars. Lloyd and Gerri farmed and raised cattle and hogs on the family farm until 1975, when they moved to Hinton. Lloyd had also worked at Swift & Co. in Sioux City from the late 1940s until retirement in 1975.

Lloyd enjoyed fishing with family and friends. He had served on church boards and volunteered wherever he could through the years. He had been a faithful blood donor for more than 28 years. As a young man, Lloyd was well-known for his pitching skills for the Merrill Ramblers fast-pitch softball team. Many who played ball with him called him “Hook.”

Survivors include his wife of 69 years, Gerri of Sioux City; a son, Ron Wieck and his wife, Carol, of Sioux City; a daughter-in-law, Donna Wieck of Sioux City; three grandchildren, Todd Wieck and his wife, Tammy, of Sioux City, Scott Wieck and his wife, Mimi, of Sioux City, and Amy Gammel and her husband, Dave, of Lincoln, Neb.; six great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; in-laws, Lawrence Blackmore of Hinton, Walter Roehrich of Hinton, Patricia Trometer of Merrill, and Betty Wieck of Sioux City; and several nieces and nephews.

Lloyd was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Jessie (Blackmore) Wieck; a son, Roger Wieck; a brother, Raymond Wieck; two sisters-in-law, Georgana Blackmore and Darlene Roehrich; and a brother-in-law, Robert Trometer.

Pallbearers will be Todd Wieck, Scott Wieck, Darwin Blackmore, Rodney Blackmore, Randy Roehrich, and Robbie Trometer. Honorary casket bearers will be Dave Gammel, Terry Trometer, Ron Weiner, Don Waring, Les Schindel, and Jim Schrader.