ARNOLD "ARNIE" IDEKER

Arnold (Arnie) Ideker, 87, was welcomed into the arms of his Lord on November 16, 2022, at home surrounded by his family. He was born on April 20, 1935, in La Crosse Wisconsin to William and Pearl (Zimmerman) Ideker, and raised on a dairy farm near Brownsville. He graduated from Caledonia High School in 1952 and joined the Army in 1957. On October 15th, 1960, he married Letha Wieland at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Together, they owned and operated a dairy farm for most of their lifetime. After selling the dairy herd, he worked at Truss Specialist. He served his church and community in many ways over his lifetime. He served Zion Evangelical Church on the Church Council as President and Secretary for multiple terms. He was instrumental on the building and finance committee for the building of the church. He was a member of the NFO, and served on the Caledonia School Board and Tri County Electric Board of Directors. Arnie was an avid Caledonia Warrior sports fan and proudly worked the chain gang at football games for 31 years. He was extremely proud of his 8 children, 23 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Letha; Children: Sonia (Mark) Lager, Eric ( fiancé Andrew), and Alex (Zach); Doug (Vicky) Ideker, Angie (Sam) Morken, and children Braxton and Averie; Heather, Amber, and Mike ( fiancé Megan); Diane (Mike) Thompson, Tori and Matthew; Penny (Jon) Holzwarth, Kyle (Kayla) and son Chase, and Ben; Peggy (John) Kreutzman, Elle, Abby, and Jack; Brian (Bridget) Ideker, Will, Julia and Megan; Darin (Jamie) Ideker, Jenna, Ashly, Emma, Maggie, and Stephanie; Sue (Bill) Schlesser, Hanna and Ty; Siblings include Phyliss Buchner, Ruth Proksch, Delmer (Dorothy) Ideker, Arliss (David) Seymour, Kathy (David) Fitzpatrick, sister-in-law Jean Ideker, and brother-in-law James Wieland. Preceded in death by his parents, brother William Ideker, Brothers-in-law Virgil Buchner and William Proksch, sister-in-law Marta Wieland, father and mother-in-law Bill and Hanna Wieland. Visitation will be held at Zion Evangelical Church in Brownsville from 4-7pm on Sunday, November 20th. Funeral will be held at 11 am on Monday November 21st with visitation one hour prior to the service.

ARNOLD "ARNIE" IDEKER

April 20, 1935 - November 16, 2022