Paul Ernest Wilken
Feb. 11, 1885-Jan. 23, 1961
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Tuesday, January 24, 1961, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
POKAGON―Paul Wilken, 75, Pokagon, retired New York Central Railroad machinist, died at 12:15 a.m. today in Kalamazoo.
Mr. Wilken was born Feb. 11, 1885, in Germany and came to this community from Flint. He had lived here most of his life and was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Niles.
Surviving are his widow, Jennie; three sons, Alman and Vern Wilken, both Niles, and Clifford Wilken, of Florida, a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Hull Osceola, Ind.; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, and a brother, Conrad Wilken, Mount Forest, Mich.
Beginning Wednesday evening, friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home until noon on Thursday.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in St. Paul's Lutheran Church with the pastor, the Rev. Theodore Laesch, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
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