In Memory of

DENNIS

GARY

WILHELM

Obituary for DENNIS GARY WILHELM

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, October 4, 2007 at the Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in Happy with Rev. Dr. A. Moses Kallarackal, of St. Mary"s Catholic Church in Umbarger, officiating. Burial will follow at Happy Cemetery. A Rosary will be held at 6:00 P.M. on Wednesday, October 3, at Happy"s Memorial Chapel with Msgr. Mario Stortz, officiating. There will be viewing at Brooks Chapel in Canyon until 12:00 P.M. on Wednesday and then at Happy"s Memorial Chapel until Rosary. The family will be at the home of Greg and Denice Adams. Dennis Wilhelm was born on March 11, 1967 in Canyon to Tom and Delores Irlbeck Wilhelm. He graduated from Happy High School in 1985 and farmed and ranched in Randall and Swisher Counties. He was on the Randall County Underground Water Conservation District Board. He loved spending time with friends and family and was a mentor and role model for his nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his mother, Delores, in 1984 and his grandparents, Ed and Mary Irlbeck and Charles and Susan Wilhelm. Survivors include his father and stepmother, Tom and Andree" Wilhelm of Happy; twin sister, Denice Adams of Canyon; sisters, Shannon Standley of Canyon, Beverly Odom of Wellington, and Patsy Hudson of Ft. Worth; brothers, Roger Wilhelm of Wellington, Pat Wilhelm of Happy; stepsister, Donna Betchan of Guthrie, OK; stepbrothers, Donald Jenks of Crescent, OK, and D. J. Jenks of Newcastle, OK; seven nieces and fifteen nephews. The family suggests memorials be to the American Heart Association, 6605 IH 40 West, Amarillo, Texas 79106 or Happy Volunteer Fire Department, PO Box 216, Happy, Texas 79042.