Obit: Burkey, Velma  (1921 - 2010)

Contact: Audrey Roedl

Email: audrey@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Burkey, Weise, Friedrichsen, Givler, Stoflet

----Source: The Loyal TRG  (Loyal, Clark County, Wis. 25 Aug. 2010)

Burkey, Velma  (06 NOV 1921 - 19 AUG 2010)

Velma R. Burkey, 88, Sparta, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, at the Morrow Memorial Home in Sparta. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., on Monday, Aug. 23, atZion Lutheran Church, Granton, Rev. Douglas Schalow officiated. Burial followed in the Windfall Cemetery, Granton.

Velma Rosa Wiese was born on Nov. 6, 1921, in Manning, Iowa, to Fredrick Christian and Clara Christina (nee Friedrichsen) Wiese. After graduation from high school, she attended Normal School where she was trained to become a teacher. She taught in a 1-room schoolhouse until 1957, although during the war years she worked for Western Union in Chicago. She later worked at the Victory Café, The Dinner Bell and Audubon Produce in Audubon, Iowa. After moving to Wisconsin, she worked for the Factory Outlet in Marshfield, and finished her working career as a bookkeeper supervisor for M&I Bank, Marshfield. On Jan. 14, 1946, she married Glenn Christensen Burkey in Omaha, Neb. In February 1965, they purchased a farm in York township, Granton. In 1997, they sold their farm and moved to Marshfield. Following his death in 2002, she remained in Marshfield until 2005, at which time she moved to the Morrow Memorial Home in Sparta, to be closer to her daughter, Barbara. She enjoyed crossword puzzles, word games, reading, gardening, crafts, card playing and being with others. She was a wonder at multi-tasking.

Survivors include her daughters, Barbara (Richard) Givler, Cataract, and Linda (Roger) Stoflet, Port Deposit, MD.; four grandchildren, Shannon, Glenn Givler, Trevor Lee (Maren Stoflet, Michael Roger Stoflet and Robert Glenn Stoflet; two great-grandchildren, Landon Matthew and Lauren Marie Stoflet; sisters and brothers, Harold (Joan) Wiese, Portland, Ore., Leroy Wiese, The Dallas, Ore., Wilfred (Iris) Wiese, Guthrie Center, Iowa, Lorraine Wolfe, Omaha, Neb., Oliviene Larson, Guthrie Center, Iowa, Marjorie (Bill) Eastman, Omaha, Neb., Mary Mayberry (friend Henry), Apache Junction, Ariz., Luella. (Bill) Bostick, Portland, Ore., and Elvera (Roy) Hallibaugh, Sandy, Ore.; along with many other nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Glenn, in 2002; her parents; a brother, Wilbur Wiese; and a grandson, Travis Stoflet.

Memorials may be given to the National Parkinson Foundation.

Online condolences may be offered at torkelsonfuneralhome.com.

Torkelson Page-Smith Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.