HENRY WILKER
Funeral services for Henry W. Wilker, 64, retired former Two Rivers mail carrier, who died at a Joliet, Ill., hospital Saturday morning where he had been a patient 10 days, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Deja and Martin Funeral Chapels, Two Rivers. A clergyman from Orland Park, Park (sic), Ill., will officiate. Burial will be in Forest View Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mr. Wilker was born at Two Rivers Jan. 23, 1899, son of the late John and Sarah Baerwaldt Wilker. He was graduated from Two Rivers High School with the class of 1916. He entered the Army in World War I and April 14, 1920, he married the former Julia Freye at Two Rivers. For more than 28 years he served as mail carrier at Two Rivers, retiring on disability in 1956. Four years ago Mr. and Mrs. Wilker went to Orland Park, Ill., to make their home with a son, Don.
He was a longtime member of Two Rivers Lodge No. 200, F. and A.M., and the Barney G. Lyman Chapter No. 116, Royal Arch Masons, of Two Rivers.
Besides his wife and son, he leaves two other sons, Roy, of Harvey, Ill., and Lloyd, of Two Rivers; three brothers, Victor, of Milwaukee and John and Paul, of Two Rivers and eight grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral chapels after 6 o'clock this Monday evening. Masonic services will be conducted by the Two Rivers Lodge of Masons at 7:30 o'clock, under the direction of Past Masters Heber Clayton and Chester Wiltgen.
Two Rivers Reporter, December 9, 1963 P. T-5
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HENRY WILKER
Funeral services for Henry W. Wilker, 64, retired former Two Rivers mail carrier, who died at a Joliet, Ill., hospital Saturday morning where he had been a patient 10 days, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Deja and Martin Funeral Chapels, Two Rivers. A clergyman from Orland Park, Park (sic), Ill., will officiate. Burial will be in Forest View Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mr. Wilker was born at Two Rivers Jan. 23, 1899, son of the late John and Sarah Baerwaldt Wilker. He was graduated from Two Rivers High School with the class of 1916. He entered the Army in World War I and April 14, 1920, he married the former Julia Freye at Two Rivers. For more than 28 years he served as mail carrier at Two Rivers, retiring on disability in 1956. Four years ago Mr. and Mrs. Wilker went to Orland Park, Ill., to make their home with a son, Don.
He was a longtime member of Two Rivers Lodge No. 200, F. and A.M., and the Barney G. Lyman Chapter No. 116, Royal Arch Masons, of Two Rivers.
Besides his wife and son, he leaves two other sons, Roy, of Harvey, Ill., and Lloyd, of Two Rivers; three brothers, Victor, of Milwaukee and John and Paul, of Two Rivers and eight grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral chapels after 6 o'clock this Monday evening. Masonic services will be conducted by the Two Rivers Lodge of Masons at 7:30 o'clock, under the direction of Past Masters Heber Clayton and Chester Wiltgen.
Two Rivers Reporter, December 9, 1963 P. T-5
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