Rock Island County IL Archives Obituaries.....Wilhelm, James Frederick October 27, 2006
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The Dispatch October 29th, 2006
James F. Wilhelm, 81, of Rock Island, died Friday, Oct. 27, 2006, at Trinity 
Medical Center, Rock Island. 

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, 
Milan. Visitation will be 3 to 7 p.m. Monday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 
Milan, where a wake service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Burial will be in 
Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be made to St. Ambrose 
Catholic Church. 

James was born Aug. 8, 1925, in Rock Island, son of Frederick and Margaret 
Black Wilhelm. Jim married Marjorie DeSchepper June 1, 1948, in Milan. She 
preceded him in death April 14, 1992. He later married Mary J. Hamerlinck 
Watkins June 24, 2000, in Edgington. 

Jim graduated from Rock Island High School in 1943. He then served as a 
sergeant in the United States Army until 1946. In 1947, Jim went to work for 
the Sturtevant and Bordens Dairy until 1970, when he retired. He then returned 
to work for the Rock Island School District Administration Center until 1990, 
when he retired. 

Mr. Wilhelm was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Milan. Jim enjoyed 
hunting, fishing, gardening and feeding the birds, and especially enjoyed all 
his grandchildren. 

Survivors include his wife, Mary; daughters, Julie Sullivan, and her husband, 
James, Pekin, Ill., Jane Wilhelm, Canton, Mich., Jodi Ballard, Rock Island; 
sons, James Wilhelm, and his wife, Lynn, Rock Island, Jay Wilhelm, and his 
wife, Janet, Moline; stepdaughters, Carol Blankenship, Rock Island, Kathy 
DeSmith, and her husband, David, Geneseo; stepson, Stephen Watkins, and his 
wife, Melissa, Atkinson; 22 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren. Jim was 
preceded in death by a his parents; a sister, Arlene Noack; and a grandson, 
Kalin Watkins. 

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