Dr. Paul A. Wilke, 87, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, passed away on June 4, 2006, at the Marian Home.

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Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 9, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church with the Rev. John R. Lohman officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery with military graveside rites by the V.F.W. Post 1856. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Thursday at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home in Fort Dodge.

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Dr. Wilke is survived by two sons, Col. Paul L. Wilke (USAF Ret.) and his wife Corinne who reside in Burke, Va., and Judge Kurt L. Wilke and his wife Sandra who reside in Fort Dodge, and five grandchildren, Erik, Maren, Christopher, Jonathan, and Benjamin.

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He was preceded in death by his wife Helen, a baby son, his parents, Rev. A.H. Wilke and Lydia Maria Wilke, and his sister, Betty Carroll.

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Dr. Paul A. Wilke was born in Minneapolis on Sept. 17, 1918. He graduated from St. Olaf College in 1940 and became a teacher and coach in Lewiston. In June 1941 he married Helen Olsen from Badger, Iowa and the couple made their home in Kenyon until the outbreak of World War II. Dr. Wilke enlisted in the United States Army Air Corp and was trained as a pilot and radar operator and commissioned a lieutenant. He was assigned to a P61 Blackwidow fighter-bomber squadron and was sent to the Pacific where he flew combat missions during the battles for Saipan, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and over mainland Japan. When war ended he resumed teaching and coaching in Albert Lea until 1967. At that time Dr. Wilke became a principal of schools in Woodbury, Minnesota and earned his PH.D from the University of Minnesota. He retired as principal of Woodbury Senior High School in 1982. He and his wife Helen then moved to Fort Dodge where he periodically taught classes for Buena Vista University.

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During his retirement he enjoyed spending time with his family, watching athletics, and while he was physically able he liked to work in his shop, play golf, and participate in his church.

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Memorials may be left to the discretion of the family.