Aloysius H. "Wishy" Engelken
Aloysius H. “Wishy” Engelken, 76, Seneca, KS, died Sunday,
January 11, 2004, shortly after arrival at the Nemaha Valley Community
Hospital in Seneca. He had an apparent heart attack.
He was born December 8, 1927, on a
farm south of St. Benedict, the son of Henry J. and Johanna Bergman
Engelken. Wishy attended St.
Mary’s School at St. Benedict until the family moved to Seneca.
He graduated from Sts. Peter & Paul High School in Seneca in
1946. He entered the US Army in 1946 and served in Korea and Japan.
After his discharge in 1947, he returned to Seneca where he was employed
by Emmett Mealy at Mealy’s Grocery Store. He also owned a liquor
store on Highway 36 and later sold it. In 1966 he became part owner
of Mealy’s, and later owned it with Dave Stein. Wishy owned
and operated the store with his family helping until 1990 when they
closed the store. In his retirement, he worked for the Big B Grocery
Store and for the Seneca Meat Market.
On July 9, 1951, he married Marjorie Heideman at Sts. Peter & Paul
Church in Seneca. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary
on July 7, 2001.
He was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Church, the St. Joseph Society
at the church, the Knights of Columbus, the American Legion, and
a life member of the VFW. He had been the commander three different
times.
Survivors are his wife, Marjorie of
the home; 5 sons, Daryl “Joe” of
Benton, Randy, Ron, David of Seneca, and Dale of Topeka; a daughter,
Dana Emmert of Seneca; two brothers, Bernard of Seneca and Kenneth
of Topeka; three sisters, Leona Koelzer of Onaga, KS, Florence Pearson
of Seneca, Mary Ann Armstrong of David City, NE; 8 grandchildren
and 4 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers,
Alfred and Cletus; and a sister, Rosalita Mace.
Mass of Christian burial will be 2 P.M. Tuesday at Sts. Peter & Paul
Church. The burial will be in the church cemetery. The rosary will
be prayed at 3 and 8 P.M. Monday at the Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.
Memorials may be given for Sts. Peter & Paul School
or the American Legion Baseball Association.