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Paul Lee Edward Wilke Jr.

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Paul Lee Edward Wilke Jr.

Birth
Kingsbury, Guadalupe County, Texas, USA
Death
6 Aug 2013 (aged 76)
Luling, Caldwell County, Texas, USA
Burial
Kingsbury, Guadalupe County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Paul Wilke, Jr.
(September 1, 1936 - August 6, 2013)


Paul E. Wilke, Jr. age 76 of Kingsbury, passed away on August 6, 2013. Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 8, 2013 at Evangelists' Lutheran Church in Kingsbury from 5 to 7 p.m. Paul will also lie in state at Evangelists' Lutheran Church in Kingsbury, Friday, August 9, 2013 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Funeral services will begin at the Church at 3 p.m. with Rev. Duane Bamsch officiating. (There will be additional seating with sound in the new fellowship hall.) Interment will follow at the Kingsbury Cemetery. Paul was born in Kingsbury on September 1, 1936 to Paul A. Wilke and Elizabeth Wilde Wilke Habermann. Paul began ranching in Kingsbury at the age of 15. He lived in Kingsbury his entire life working hard alongside his son T. J. at the Wilke Cattle Company. Paul spent most of his life farming and ranching and had many, many friends in the Cattle business. Many good times were celebrated with family and friends at the ranch. He is preceded in death by his parents, his sister, Paula Grimm and her husband George, brother, Raymond Wahl and his wife Jo and his nephew Brian Wayne Wilke. Survivors include his children, Ann Wilke Henderson, T. J. Wilke and wife Charmaine and Audra Schulz and husband Shane; siblings, Lawrence Wahl, Katherine Lewis and husband John, Herman "Bub" Wilke and William Wilke and wife Carol; grandchildren, Joey Wilke and wife Rebekah, Travis Jacob Wilke and wife Laura, Megan Henderson Pierson and husband Michael, Nathan Henderson, Marshal Wilke, Bridget Henderson and James Wilke "Wil" Schulz; great-grandchild, Scarlett Wilke; bookkeeper and faithful friend, Karen Stautzenberger; special friend, Jackie Mueller; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends. Serving as pallbearers will be Joey Wilke, Travis Wilke, Nathan Henderson, Marshall Wilke, Wil Schulz, Ricky Abrameit, Johnny Abrameit, John Wilke, Jay Wilke, Justin Wilke, Eddie Wahl and George Grimm. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Paul's cattle buying friends. Memorial contributions may be made to Evangelists' Lutheran Church, P. O. Box 176, Kingsbury, Texas, 78638 or to the American Lung Association, 8207 Callaghan Road, Suite 140, San Antonio, Texas, 78230 or www.lungusa.org.
Paul Wilke, Jr.
(September 1, 1936 - August 6, 2013)


Paul E. Wilke, Jr. age 76 of Kingsbury, passed away on August 6, 2013. Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 8, 2013 at Evangelists' Lutheran Church in Kingsbury from 5 to 7 p.m. Paul will also lie in state at Evangelists' Lutheran Church in Kingsbury, Friday, August 9, 2013 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Funeral services will begin at the Church at 3 p.m. with Rev. Duane Bamsch officiating. (There will be additional seating with sound in the new fellowship hall.) Interment will follow at the Kingsbury Cemetery. Paul was born in Kingsbury on September 1, 1936 to Paul A. Wilke and Elizabeth Wilde Wilke Habermann. Paul began ranching in Kingsbury at the age of 15. He lived in Kingsbury his entire life working hard alongside his son T. J. at the Wilke Cattle Company. Paul spent most of his life farming and ranching and had many, many friends in the Cattle business. Many good times were celebrated with family and friends at the ranch. He is preceded in death by his parents, his sister, Paula Grimm and her husband George, brother, Raymond Wahl and his wife Jo and his nephew Brian Wayne Wilke. Survivors include his children, Ann Wilke Henderson, T. J. Wilke and wife Charmaine and Audra Schulz and husband Shane; siblings, Lawrence Wahl, Katherine Lewis and husband John, Herman "Bub" Wilke and William Wilke and wife Carol; grandchildren, Joey Wilke and wife Rebekah, Travis Jacob Wilke and wife Laura, Megan Henderson Pierson and husband Michael, Nathan Henderson, Marshal Wilke, Bridget Henderson and James Wilke "Wil" Schulz; great-grandchild, Scarlett Wilke; bookkeeper and faithful friend, Karen Stautzenberger; special friend, Jackie Mueller; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends. Serving as pallbearers will be Joey Wilke, Travis Wilke, Nathan Henderson, Marshall Wilke, Wil Schulz, Ricky Abrameit, Johnny Abrameit, John Wilke, Jay Wilke, Justin Wilke, Eddie Wahl and George Grimm. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Paul's cattle buying friends. Memorial contributions may be made to Evangelists' Lutheran Church, P. O. Box 176, Kingsbury, Texas, 78638 or to the American Lung Association, 8207 Callaghan Road, Suite 140, San Antonio, Texas, 78230 or www.lungusa.org.


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