Services were Wednesday at Salem Lutheran Church in Fremont with Rev. Leland G. Uden officiating. Burial was in Memorial Cemetery.
Wilkening was born Nov. 26, 1909 at Hooper to Thomas and Hannah (Bishop) Williams. She grew up at Fontanelle and was baptized and confirmed in the Fontanelle Salem Lutheran Church. She graduated from Fremont High School and received her degree in education from Midland College. She taught school in Washington County, Saunders County and in the Hooper school system.
On March 29, 1929, she married Alfred Wilkening. They farmed northeast of Fremont most of their married years and moved to Fremont in 1974.
She was a member of Salem Lutheran Church.
Survivors are her husband, Alfred; a son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Ethel Wilkening; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren and two sisters, Nina Andersen and Verna Krieg.
She was preceded in death by four sisters and one brother.
Ludvigsen Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Services were Wednesday at Salem Lutheran Church in Fremont with Rev. Leland G. Uden officiating. Burial was in Memorial Cemetery.
Wilkening was born Nov. 26, 1909 at Hooper to Thomas and Hannah (Bishop) Williams. She grew up at Fontanelle and was baptized and confirmed in the Fontanelle Salem Lutheran Church. She graduated from Fremont High School and received her degree in education from Midland College. She taught school in Washington County, Saunders County and in the Hooper school system.
On March 29, 1929, she married Alfred Wilkening. They farmed northeast of Fremont most of their married years and moved to Fremont in 1974.
She was a member of Salem Lutheran Church.
Survivors are her husband, Alfred; a son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Ethel Wilkening; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren and two sisters, Nina Andersen and Verna Krieg.
She was preceded in death by four sisters and one brother.
Ludvigsen Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
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