He married Leona Billinger on June 1, 1936. She died Aug. 29, 1980. He married Moya Covery on May 9, 1987 in Colby.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, serving on th USS Pickens in Iwo Jima, Japan. He was a longtime Colby resident, coming from Hays. He retired as a power plant operator from Central Kansas Power in 1978. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, lifetime member of the Knights of Columbus, and a charter member of the VFW.
Survivors include his wife, Moya, of the home; three sons, Vernon, Fort Worth, Texas, and Robert and Chris, both of Colby; three stepsons, Marvin, Mulvane, and Michael, Leon, and Dwight, all of Wichita; three daughters, Ramona Stupka, Maybelle Moore and Peggy Young, all of Colby; a stepdaughter, Dwila Daubenspeck, Chino, Calif.; a brother, Tony, Garden City; 14 grandchildren, 12 step grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Joe, Alfred and Celestin Bieker, and six sisters, Elizabeth Wasinger, Clara Giebler, Helen Wolf, Caroline Leighton, Angela Stratton and Eva Bishop.
Services were today at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Colby, with Father Galen Long officiating; burial in the church cemetery. Arrangements were made by the Kersenbrock Funeral Home, Colby.
Memorials are suggested to the Sacred Heart School, Colby.
He married Leona Billinger on June 1, 1936. She died Aug. 29, 1980. He married Moya Covery on May 9, 1987 in Colby.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, serving on th USS Pickens in Iwo Jima, Japan. He was a longtime Colby resident, coming from Hays. He retired as a power plant operator from Central Kansas Power in 1978. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, lifetime member of the Knights of Columbus, and a charter member of the VFW.
Survivors include his wife, Moya, of the home; three sons, Vernon, Fort Worth, Texas, and Robert and Chris, both of Colby; three stepsons, Marvin, Mulvane, and Michael, Leon, and Dwight, all of Wichita; three daughters, Ramona Stupka, Maybelle Moore and Peggy Young, all of Colby; a stepdaughter, Dwila Daubenspeck, Chino, Calif.; a brother, Tony, Garden City; 14 grandchildren, 12 step grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Joe, Alfred and Celestin Bieker, and six sisters, Elizabeth Wasinger, Clara Giebler, Helen Wolf, Caroline Leighton, Angela Stratton and Eva Bishop.
Services were today at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Colby, with Father Galen Long officiating; burial in the church cemetery. Arrangements were made by the Kersenbrock Funeral Home, Colby.
Memorials are suggested to the Sacred Heart School, Colby.
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Children: Vernon, Ramona, Maybelle, Peggy, Robert, Chris
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Clara Helen Bieker Giebler
1899–1967
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Elizabeth Bieker Wasinger
1903–1975
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Celestine Bieker
1906–1934
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Angela A. Bieker Stratton
1907–1994
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Joseph F. "Joe" Bieker
1909–1971
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Helen Bieker Wolf
1910–1992
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Anthony Francis "Tony" Bieker
1913–1999
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Caroline Bieker Leighton
1917–1987
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Alfred Louis Bieker
1919–1972
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Eva Ann Bieker Bishop
1925–1995
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