[M] #44033 Robert Emil Willeke ( Jacob LeRoy "Leroy" Willeke • Sarah Elizabeth Feister • Elizabeth Broseus • Sarah Frances Mechling • Jacob Mechling • Jacob Mechling • John Theobald "Dewalt" Mechling◊ • Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊ • Diebold Mechling◊ • Martin Mechling◊ )
Robert was born 7 Oct 1925 in Kenton, Hardin Co., Ohio. He died 17 Dec 2001 in Lima, Ohio. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ada, Hardin Co., Ohio.
From an uncited obituary on his Find A Grave entry:
Mr. Willeke retired from the Ford Motor Company in 1987 after 28 years as a Supervisor. He was a WWII U.S. Army Air Corp Veteran where he was a Tail Gunner in a B-24 with the 783rd Bomb Squadron stationed in Italy. He was a member of the St. John Lutheran Church of Dola. He was also a member of the Ada American Legion Post #185 and a life member of the Ada VFW Post #9381. He was a 1944 graduate of Ada High School.
Robert married #44049 Josephine N. Rayle.
Relationship notes |
They married 30 Mar 1946. |
Other names for Josephine: Josephine N. Willeke.
Josephine was born 28 Sep 1926 in Ada, Hardin Co., Ohio. She died 14 Jul 2013 in Lima, Allen Co., Ohio. She was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ada, Hardin Co., Ohio.
She is the daughter of Charles I. & Kathryn C. (Businger) Rayl.
Children of this relationship:
| #44050 | M | i | Gary Robert Willeke | (9 Jul 1947–22 Jul 1968) ★ |
Emailed to Tad Deffler as PAF file 16 May 2006.
Josephine N. Rayle Willeke, cemetery notes, www.findagrave.com, #113864101.
Robert E. Willeke, cemetery notes, www.findagrave.com, #46930943.
Line Generation: 11
Relationship: Sixth Cousins through John Theobald "Dewalt" Mechling◊