Funeral services for Paul Weikum, age 83, of Elgin will be 10:30am, Tuesday, April 5, at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Elgin. Pastor Jerry Lee will officiate with burial in Zion Lutheran Cemetery.


Special music will be provided by Annette Roth, organist and Perry Nagel, soloist.


Serving as casketbearers are Ronnie Weikum, Wayne Weikum, Darron Wolf, Mike Mlnarik, Elaine Dvorak, and Rudy Schock. All friends and family are considered honorary bearers.


A memorial has been established to Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church.


PAUL REINHARDT WEIKUM was born September 7, 1921 at their farm home 11 miles northwest of Elgin, ND to Henry and Maria (Wiersche) Weikum. He grew up there and received his education in Antelope School District. He was a faithful and active member of his church, the Stone Church north of Elgin and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Elgin.


On October 6, 1946 he married Lorraine Wolf and they lived on his family farm northwest of Elgin. They raised cattle and did grain farming until February 1980, when they moved into Elgin where they had built a home.


In 1960 and 1964, Paul worked at the Veitz Standard Service Station in Elgin. In the fall of 1963, he worked on construction while Interstate 94 was being built. In 1980 - 1986, Paul was caretaker of West Acres Apartments. He has been in failing health the past several years. He entered Jacobson Memorial Care Center on January 28, 2005. He passed from this life peacefully there on Thursday, March 31, at the age of 83 years, 6 months, and 24 days.


After retiring, Paul's favorite hobbies were gardening, yardwork, reading, and visiting with people, young and old. He spent many hours in his garden and was very proud of it.


Paul is survived by his caring and loving wife, Lorraine, Elgin; daughter, Carol Ketterling and her fiancé Michael Auda, San Leandro, CA; 1 sister, Freda Schock, Dickinson, ND; 2 brothers, Bill and Art Weikum, Elgin, ND; and many nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends.


He was preceded in death by his parents, 2 brothers, Albert and Fred; 2 sisters, Emma Stelzer and Ida Stelzer.


Paul will be greatly missed by his family and friends.


Visitation will be Monday, 1:00 to 7:00pm at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin and on Tuesday one hour prior to services at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church.