Posted on: Wood Co WI Obits Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/WoodObits/429 Surname: ADAMS, BREHM, DuFRESNEY, KOLO, MURPHY, SCHEUNEMAN, WENKER ------------------------- Gene WENKER Obit printed in the Pittsville Record, Volume 92 Number 1, Thursday January 4, 2001, Page 5 Gene WENKER, 69, of Vesper, died Monday Dec 11, 2000 at St Joseph's Palliative Care Unit, Marshfield. Funeral services were Thursday at St James Catholic church, Vesper, Rev. James Benzmiller officiating. Burial was in St. James parish cemetery. Gene was born January 3, 1931 in Milwaukee, to Raymond and Helen (MURPHY) WENKER. He married Mary Ann ADAMS on May 6, 1954, in Vesper. She died Nov 1, 1977. He then married Lucille BREHM on January 26, 1980, in Las Vegas, NV. Gene was employed by Nekoosa Edwards Inc. (Georgia-Pacific) in the power department for 37 years, retiring in 1992. He was a member of the Vesper Volunteer Fire Department; former member of the Vesper Village Board; was a member of the Vesper Veterans of Foreign Wars; and loved bowling, golfing, fishing and gambling. Gene also served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War from October 1951 to November 1953. Survivors include his wife, Lucille; children, Dennis (Jane), Diane (James) KOLO and Stevens (Dawn), all of Wisconsin Rapids, and Kenneth (Sue) of Vesper; stepchildren, Don (Sharon) BREHM, Judy (Dan) SCHEUNEMANN, Dan (Debra) BREHM and David (Peggy) BREHM, all of Vesper; brother Norman (Shirley) WENKER of Mason; nine grandchildren, 21 step-grandchildren; and 14 step-great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents, first wife (Mary Ann), sister (Ramona DuFRESNEY) and one step-great-grandchild. Joan M. Benner, Golden Rule Genealogy Member, Association of Professional Genealogists Rootsweb Sponsor Link: Golden Rule Genealogy URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-joanb.htm>