Frank Wilke Frank William Wilke, 90, died Monday morning, April 12, 1999, in Mercy Hospital after a short illness. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Christ United Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. John Kerr. Burial, Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, Iowa. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home, Oelwein, and after 10 a.m. Thursday at the church.

Son of Julius and Johanna Wilke, he was born in Manning on February 23, 1909.

Survivors include his wife, Verna (Schaeffer) Wilke; two daughters, JoAnn Meneghini of Arvada, Colorado, and Linda Soules of Lamont; a son, Bill of Portland, Oregon; and a sister, Ruby Hallinan of Oceanside, California.

There was a son, Mark, who lived only 3 months in 1948 and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Also surviving are eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Gazette Cedar Rapids, Iowa, April 13, 1999