Dale Imhoff Obituary

Dale J. Imhoff passed at home June 27, 2022 at home, age 72.
Dale Joseph Imhoff attended first - eight grade at Sacred Heart School in the Town of Cassel. From there he went to Edgar High School. The day after graduation from EHS in 1968 he traveled to Rockford, ILL to attend Lincoln Barber School. He barbered (4 years) at Ray's Barbershop in Rib Mountain, Wausau, and then in Brookfield, WI and returning to the area he spent some time at Clearfield Cheese getting before getting a job at the Rothschild in the American Can Papermill. Hired on by John R. Fulkerson whom he used to cut his hair. He began a 44.5 year timeline career at the Rothschild papermill in August 1973, seeing it through American Can Corporation, Weyerhaeuser, and the latest incarnation, Domtar. While there he spent time on paper machines #2, #3, and finally spending 13 years on paper machine #4 before it, the last of the small machines was retired. He spent a brief time in finishing and pulp testing before his final years as a Treatment Plant Operator. Officially retiring in June 1, 2017.
In June of 1974 he married Paulette Anne Wirkus (Willis & Marcia Wirkus). Dale is survived by his wife of 48 years Paulette (Wirkus) and son Matthew and daughter-in-law Ruth (Anne-Zeimet) Imhoff (Sun Prairie, WI), one brother Ken and sister-in-law Jenny Imhoff (Waukesha), and sisters-in-law Susan Wirkus (Pat Palmer), (Milwaukee) &, Mary (Tim) Lenhard (Marathon), Diane (Tom) Birch(Neosho), Anthony (Rebecca) Wirkus (Edgar), nieces & nephews: Lisa Lenhard( Schofield), Jason Lenhard (Weston),Crystal Wirkus (Matthew Ferguson), (Milwaukee), Tristan Wirkus (Edgar), great niece & nephews, Preston Lenhard, Savanni Lenhard, and Oliver Wirkus.
Dale was preceded in death by a sister Lou Ann who died shortly after birth, and his parents Joseph and Eileen (Schoenfuss) Imhoff, Grandparents Joe and Mary (Karlen) Imhoff and Joe and Marion (Kurtzweil) Schoenfuss and Anna (King) Schoenfuss, in-laws Willis B. And Marcia E. (Ross) Wirkus (Edgar)
Dale was especially proud of his DNR Wastewater certifications. He loved riding his 1982 Honda Custom motorcycle, studying German and learning family history, creating chain mail and looked forward to raising monarch butterflies each summer. Also he loved the Stevens Point Trivia Contest which he did with Paulette.
Mid Wisconsin Cremation Society is assisting family at this time, Online condolences may be expressed at MWCS.WS
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