Obituary of William D. Ankomeus
William "Bill " Ankomeus
Of Waukesha, passed away peacefully, after a long battle with CHF,
on Wednesday, December 21, 2011, surrounded by his family at his
home at the age of 74 years old. Bill was born on March 14, 1937 in
Whitewater, Wisconsin, the son of Roy H. and Myrtle I. (nee Decker)
Ankomeus.
Bill will be dearly missed by his wife, Mary (nee Scarce, previously
Knutson); his children, Tamera "Bambi" Cotton, Bronwyn "Boomer"
(John) Coleman, Christine "Charlie" (Bill) Affeldt, Mark "Wilbur"
(Tammy) Ankomeus, Laura "Hughie" (Bill) Nagel, Sue "Moby"
Knutson, Delbert "Wacky" (Deb) Knutson and Heather "Twinkie"
Hueman; his 17 grandchildren; his 7 great-grandchildren; his
brother, Ronald Ankomeus; his sister, Shirley Mitchell; his special
friend, Bobby Payton; and many other family and friends. Bill was
preceded in death by his first wife, Harriet (nee Morgan) Ankomeus.
A visitation for Bill will be from 4:00 p.m. until the 6:00 p.m. funeral
service on Friday, December 23, 2011 at the Cesarz, Charapata &
Zinnecker Funeral Home, 237 N. Moreland Blvd., Waukesha, WI
53188.
The family would like to send a special thank you to everyone at the
Waukesha Memorial Hospital CHF Clinic and especially Cheryl. They
would also like to thank ProHealth Homecare for their excellent care
of Bill, especially Robyn, Paula and Alison.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are appreciated by the family to the
American Heart Association of Wisconsin for CHF Research, 660 East
Mason Street, Suite 200, Milwaukee, WI 53202. For those who would
like to do something in remembrance of Bill, the family has asked
people to give blood at a local blood donation center in his memory.
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