Ira W. Wilke
Memorial services for Ira W. Wilke, 103, of Jacksonville will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 30, 2002, at Capital Memorial Gardens, IH 35 North in Austin, Texas, with the Rev. Marilyn McNaughton officiating.
Services will be by Thompson Funeral Home in Jacksonville.
Ira Wilke died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2002, in Jacksonville. He was born April 30, 1899, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wilke in Waverly, Tenn.
Mr. Wilke attended grade and high school in Fredericksberg, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Chemical Engineering.
He was in the military service in 1918 in the Student Army Training Corps at the university.
Upon graduation, Mr. Wilke started to work for the Austin Gas Company as plant foreman in 1932 continuing service with the Southern Union Gas Company in various engineering positions.
He served as Area Air Conditioning Engineer from 1960 to 1964, covering all Southern Union Gas Company properties in three states. Upon retirement from Southern Union Gas Company, Mr. Wilke continued working for an air conditioning dealer in Austin for 11 years.
Mr. Wilke qualified as a Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in 1938.
Mr. Wilke was active in several professional societies. In the American Society of Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers he served as president in the Southwest Texas Chapter in 1951 and President of the Austin Chapter in 1960.
He served as chapter delegate to the ASHAE national convention a number of times.
Mr. Wilke was a member of the Ramshorn Club, serving as president in 1960. He also served a member of the American Gas Company research committee and was a member of the Austin Fire Safety Board, serving as president one year. Mr. Wilke was a member of the committee which wrote the initial Air Conditioning and Heating Ordinance for the City of Austin.
Ira Wilke married the former Lelia Gertrude Tebbs, now deceased. He was the father of two daughters; Helene, Mrs. Paul D. McNaughton until her death in 1970, and May Lou, married to Carol H. Meyers, of Jacksonville.
He is survived by five grandchildren, Donna Spillers of Dallas, Texas, Duane Meyers of Longview, Texas, Charlotte McNaughton of Washington D.C., Dr. Lauren McNaughton of Salem, Ore., and the Rev. Marilyn McNaughton of Ledyard, Conn.; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Honorary pallbearers will be Roger Bengtson, Henry Frantzen, Lester Frantzen, Doug Kusey, Phillip Koch, Robert Koch, Al Lundstedt and John McKetta.
Memorials may be made to the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, or Chemical Engineering of U.T. in Austin.
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Memorial services for Ira W. Wilke, 103, of Jacksonville will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 30, 2002, at Capital Memorial Gardens, IH 35 North in Austin, Texas, with the Rev. Marilyn McNaughton officiating.
Services will be by Thompson Funeral Home in Jacksonville.
Ira Wilke died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2002, in Jacksonville. He was born April 30, 1899, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wilke in Waverly, Tenn.
Mr. Wilke attended grade and high school in Fredericksberg, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Chemical Engineering.
He was in the military service in 1918 in the Student Army Training Corps at the university.
Upon graduation, Mr. Wilke started to work for the Austin Gas Company as plant foreman in 1932 continuing service with the Southern Union Gas Company in various engineering positions.
He served as Area Air Conditioning Engineer from 1960 to 1964, covering all Southern Union Gas Company properties in three states. Upon retirement from Southern Union Gas Company, Mr. Wilke continued working for an air conditioning dealer in Austin for 11 years.
Mr. Wilke qualified as a Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in 1938.
Mr. Wilke was active in several professional societies. In the American Society of Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers he served as president in the Southwest Texas Chapter in 1951 and President of the Austin Chapter in 1960.
He served as chapter delegate to the ASHAE national convention a number of times.
Mr. Wilke was a member of the Ramshorn Club, serving as president in 1960. He also served a member of the American Gas Company research committee and was a member of the Austin Fire Safety Board, serving as president one year. Mr. Wilke was a member of the committee which wrote the initial Air Conditioning and Heating Ordinance for the City of Austin.
Ira Wilke married the former Lelia Gertrude Tebbs, now deceased. He was the father of two daughters; Helene, Mrs. Paul D. McNaughton until her death in 1970, and May Lou, married to Carol H. Meyers, of Jacksonville.
He is survived by five grandchildren, Donna Spillers of Dallas, Texas, Duane Meyers of Longview, Texas, Charlotte McNaughton of Washington D.C., Dr. Lauren McNaughton of Salem, Ore., and the Rev. Marilyn McNaughton of Ledyard, Conn.; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Honorary pallbearers will be Roger Bengtson, Henry Frantzen, Lester Frantzen, Doug Kusey, Phillip Koch, Robert Koch, Al Lundstedt and John McKetta.
Memorials may be made to the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, or Chemical Engineering of U.T. in Austin.
http://www.thedailysun.com/obits17.shtml
Ira W. Wilke
Memorial services for Ira W. Wilke, 103, of Jacksonville will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 30, 2002, at Capital Memorial Gardens, IH 35 North in Austin, Texas, with the Rev. Marilyn McNaughton officiating.
Services will be by Thompson Funeral Home in Jacksonville.
Ira Wilke died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2002, in Jacksonville. He was born April 30, 1899, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wilke in Waverly, Tenn.
Mr. Wilke attended grade and high school in Fredericksberg, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Chemical Engineering.
He was in the military service in 1918 in the Student Army Training Corps at the university.
Upon graduation, Mr. Wilke started to work for the Austin Gas Company as plant foreman in 1932 continuing service with the Southern Union Gas Company in various engineering positions.
He served as Area Air Conditioning Engineer from 1960 to 1964, covering all Southern Union Gas Company properties in three states. Upon retirement from Southern Union Gas Company, Mr. Wilke continued working for an air conditioning dealer in Austin for 11 years.
Mr. Wilke qualified as a Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in 1938.
Mr. Wilke was active in several professional societies. In the American Society of Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers he served as president in the Southwest Texas Chapter in 1951 and President of the Austin Chapter in 1960.
He served as chapter delegate to the ASHAE national convention a number of times.
Mr. Wilke was a member of the Ramshorn Club, serving as president in 1960. He also served a member of the American Gas Company research committee and was a member of the Austin Fire Safety Board, serving as president one year. Mr. Wilke was a member of the committee which wrote the initial Air Conditioning and Heating Ordinance for the City of Austin.
Ira Wilke married the former Lelia Gertrude Tebbs, now deceased. He was the father of two daughters; Helene, Mrs. Paul D. McNaughton until her death in 1970, and May Lou, married to Carol H. Meyers, of Jacksonville.
He is survived by five grandchildren, Donna Spillers of Dallas, Texas, Duane Meyers of Longview, Texas, Charlotte McNaughton of Washington D.C., Dr. Lauren McNaughton of Salem, Ore., and the Rev. Marilyn McNaughton of Ledyard, Conn.; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Honorary pallbearers will be Roger Bengtson, Henry Frantzen, Lester Frantzen, Doug Kusey, Phillip Koch, Robert Koch, Al Lundstedt and John McKetta.
Memorials may be made to the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, or Chemical Engineering of U.T. in Austin.
http://www.thedailysun.com/obits17.shtml
Memorial services for Ira W. Wilke, 103, of Jacksonville will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 30, 2002, at Capital Memorial Gardens, IH 35 North in Austin, Texas, with the Rev. Marilyn McNaughton officiating.
Services will be by Thompson Funeral Home in Jacksonville.
Ira Wilke died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2002, in Jacksonville. He was born April 30, 1899, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wilke in Waverly, Tenn.
Mr. Wilke attended grade and high school in Fredericksberg, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Chemical Engineering.
He was in the military service in 1918 in the Student Army Training Corps at the university.
Upon graduation, Mr. Wilke started to work for the Austin Gas Company as plant foreman in 1932 continuing service with the Southern Union Gas Company in various engineering positions.
He served as Area Air Conditioning Engineer from 1960 to 1964, covering all Southern Union Gas Company properties in three states. Upon retirement from Southern Union Gas Company, Mr. Wilke continued working for an air conditioning dealer in Austin for 11 years.
Mr. Wilke qualified as a Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in 1938.
Mr. Wilke was active in several professional societies. In the American Society of Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers he served as president in the Southwest Texas Chapter in 1951 and President of the Austin Chapter in 1960.
He served as chapter delegate to the ASHAE national convention a number of times.
Mr. Wilke was a member of the Ramshorn Club, serving as president in 1960. He also served a member of the American Gas Company research committee and was a member of the Austin Fire Safety Board, serving as president one year. Mr. Wilke was a member of the committee which wrote the initial Air Conditioning and Heating Ordinance for the City of Austin.
Ira Wilke married the former Lelia Gertrude Tebbs, now deceased. He was the father of two daughters; Helene, Mrs. Paul D. McNaughton until her death in 1970, and May Lou, married to Carol H. Meyers, of Jacksonville.
He is survived by five grandchildren, Donna Spillers of Dallas, Texas, Duane Meyers of Longview, Texas, Charlotte McNaughton of Washington D.C., Dr. Lauren McNaughton of Salem, Ore., and the Rev. Marilyn McNaughton of Ledyard, Conn.; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Honorary pallbearers will be Roger Bengtson, Henry Frantzen, Lester Frantzen, Doug Kusey, Phillip Koch, Robert Koch, Al Lundstedt and John McKetta.
Memorials may be made to the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, or Chemical Engineering of U.T. in Austin.
http://www.thedailysun.com/obits17.shtml
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