Bryce R. Wilwert 2000-2014

WILWERT, HOEFLER

Posted By: cheryl Locher moonen (email)
Date: 10/23/2019 at 19:19:32

Bryce R. Wilwert, 14, of Placid, Iowa died Saturday afternoon as the results of injuries sustained in a utility vehicle/truck accident.

Friends and relatives of Bryce may call from 2 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at the Reiff Funeral Home in Epworth, Iowa, where a wake service will be held at 8 p.m.

Services for Bryce will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, August 7, 2014 at St. John's Catholic Church in Placid, Iowa, with Rev. Michael Schueller officiating, Burial will be held in St. John's Cemetery in Placid, Iowa.

He was born February 13, 2000 in Dubuque, Iowa, son of Steve and Dawn (Hoefler) Wilwert.

He would have been an upcoming freshman at Western Dubuque High School in Epworth, where he was a very active athlete. He was a true farm boy, and always enjoyed being outdoors and hunting.

Bryce was truly a special young man, always had a smile for everyone and liked to argue his view point on any and all subjects.

He is a member of St. John's Parish in Placid, and a member of the Placid Pepper Uppers 4-H group, where he and his father restored a 4430, which is Bryce's pride and joy.

He is survived by his parents, three brothers, a niece and nephew, his maternal grandfather, uncles and aunts, and many cousins.

He is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Norbert and Germaine (Steffen) Wilwert; his maternal grandmother, Marilyn (Funke) Hoefler and an aunt, Pam Hoefler.

Source: www.reifffuneralhomeinc.com

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Posted: Sunday, August 3, 2014 5:00 am | Updated: 8:18 pm, Sun Aug 3, 2014: TELEGRAPH HERALD

Tragedy marred a celebration of community pride, kinship and family values this weekend, leaving members of the Western Dubuque schools community grasping to make sense of the loss of four young lives abruptly cut short Saturday afternoon.

Sean Kenneally, Mitchell Kluesner, Nicholas Kramer and Bryce Wilwert, all 14 years old, spent Saturday morning tossing water balloons from the school wrestlers' float in the Epworth Town & Country Days parade. After the parade, the four teenagers' utility vehicle was struck by a pickup truck, and all four young men were killed.

Drexler Middle School Principal Mary Jane Maher said the boys were best friends, highly active, loved the outdoors, were friends with everyone, popular, positive kids, outgoing, the kind of kids teachers love to have in class, enjoyed being involved, and enjoyed being with each other.

"All four boys were very good kids, with great personalities, who got along with everybody at the school," said Doug Koerperich, dean of students and athletic director at Drexler Middle School, Farley, where the teenagers had graduated from eighth grade this spring.

Maher said, "It doesn't just affect one town, it affects a lot of communities," Maher said. "Everybody in the community is going to have some connection to these students' families and extended families."

Jeff Corkery, superintendent with Western Dubuque County Community Schools, called the accident "something that is unimaginable."