Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran
Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran
WEINKAUF
Bueche
Cook
Kemble
Trippel
SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
– August 27, 1996
Wilfred F. Weinkauf
April 2, 1911 – August
25, 1996
Wilfred F. Weinkauf, 85, of South
Main Street in Mishawaka IN, passed away Sunday in St Joseph Community
Hospital, Mishawaka, after a brief illness.
Mr. Weinkauf was born in Mishawaka
on April 2, 1911, to Fred and Clara (Bueche) Weinkauf, who both
preceded him in death.
On November 26, 1938 in Mishawaka,
he married the former Gertrude Trippel, who survives. Also
surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Rita and Richard Kemble
of Mishawaka, three grandchildren, Brian and Darren Kemble of South
Bend and Clare Kemble of Mishawaka; a great granddaughter, Alexis
Kemble of South Bend; and a sister, Lillian Cook of Oceanside CA.
A brother, Elmer Weinkauf, preceded him in
death.
Visitation for Wilfred will be at the
Thallemer-Goethals Funeral Home, 503 W. 3rd St.,
Mishawaka, today, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8pm, with a rosary at 3:30pm
in the funeral home. A funeral Mass will be conducted on
Wednesday, at 10am, in St Joseph Catholic Church, Mishawaka, with
Fr. Robert A. Yast presiding. Entombment will follow at the
Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Osceola.
Wilfred retired from the Hawthorne-Melody
Milk Company in 1967 after 22 years of service. He was a
World War II Army veteran, having service in Paris on V.
E. Day. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 360, Knights of Columbus Council 1878, Teamsters Retirees of
Local 364 and a member of St Joseph Church. Memorial
contributions may be made to St Joseph Church, Mishawaka.