Emma Voelker

IRON MOUNTAIN - Emma E. Voelker, 89, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed on to eternal life on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006. Emma was born on April 15, 1917, in Iron Mountain, to the late Verna and Edward Crebo. She married her husband, George, on Aug. 23, 1943, in Milwaukee. George and Emma resided a short time in Milwaukee and California before moving back to Iron Mountain. She is a retired S.S. Kresge employee, who loved spending time with her family, gardening, camping, traveling, and playing cribbage with her husband George. Emma is survived by her daughter and son and their spouses, Darla (Ed) Ashenbrenner of Two Rivers, Wis. and Bruce (Kristen) Voelker of Ann Arbor, lower Michigan; six grandchildren and their spouses, Travis (Christina) Ashenbrenner, Bryan (Amanda) Ashenbrenner, Tari (Christopher) Otradovec, Adrienne Voelker, Kyle (Julie) Voelker, and Morgan (Adam) Jeffrey; and great-grandchildren, Elle, Maeve, Connor, Kevin, and Jacob. She is further survived by three brothers-in-law and their spouses, Wayne (Corinne) Voelker of Kingsford, Harold of Pembine, Wis. and Herbert (Penny) of Seminole, Fla. and sisters-in-law, Vivian Voelker of Alpha and Gloria Voelker of New Port Richey, Fla. She was preceded in death by her husband, George; her parents; brothers, Edward, William, and Albert Crebo; a sister and brother-in-law, Virma and Charles Seymour, a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Faye and Walter Krajewski and sister-in-laws, Bertina Voelker and Mary Voelker. Friends may call at Trinity United Methodist Church, 808 Carpenter Ave in Iron Mountain, from 11 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday. The funeral service will be held at the church at 12 noon with Pastor Debbie Thomas officiating. Burial will be at the Iron Mountain Cemetery Park. We thought of you with love today, But that is nothing new. We thought about you yesterday, And the days before that too. We think of you in silence, We often speak your name. Now all we have is memories, And your picture in a frame. Your memory is our keepsake, With which we'll never part. God has you in his keeping, We have you in our heart. The family would like to give special thanks to the staff at Maryhill Manor of Niagara, Wis., for creating such a caring, loving environment for Emma and George. Condolences may be expressed to the family of Emma Voelker online at www.ernashfuneralhomes.com. The family has entrusted the Erickson-Rochon and Nash Funeral Home with the arrangements.

Emma Voelker

December 2, 1917 - December 2, 2006