"Still can't believe your gone, Dad. You knew how to live life to the fullest and I'm glad we shared so many good times with you. You made us laugh and cry. You made us get in the bat mobile and go for a ride. You made us- a family. Thank you Dad. Love, Jackie (Zip), Rob & Lucy"
In loving memory of
Daniel Wicka
January 1, 1900 - November 6, 2011
Daniel F. Wicka, 70, of Bullhead City, Arizona and formerly Winona, MN, passed away in Needles, California on Sunday, November 6, 2011.
Dan was born to Florian and Angeline (Przybylski) Wicka. He married Glenadine Hanson on April 30, 1960.
Dan was a truck driver who put on millions of miles. He enjoyed traveling with the motor home, fishing on Lake Michigan and the Mississippi river, and watching the Vikings and NASCAR. He moved to Sheboygan, Wisconsin in 1973, where he drove truck for Chair City Motor Express for 10 years. They purchased a bar and built a restaurant, "Dan's Tipo Bar & Restaurant Inc." which was a very successful business for 17 years.
Dan is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Glenadine; one son, Daniel (Debbie) of Sheboygan, Wi; three daughters, Debra Liebig of Sheboygan Falls, Wi, Barbara (Pat) Campbell of Sheboygan, Wi, Jacqueline (Rob) Hempstead of Kyre Beach, NC; four grandchildren; Holly, Maxx, Karley and Kasey; two sisters, Judie (Steve) Miller and Sandy (Don) Evanson; many nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, William and Charles.
He will be missed sadly by his two pals, "Goofy" and "Slippery."
The family kindly suggests memorial contributions be designated to the Winona County Humane Society and the Sheboygan County Humane Society.
A Celebration of Life will be held from 2-4pm on Saturday, November 19, 2011 at Hoff Funeral & Cremation Service-Hansen Goodview Chapel.
Please share a memory of Dan with his family and sign the online guestbook at www.hofffuneral.com.
Tributes
"To the bestest big brother. I love you! From bestest ;ott;e sisiter. "
"I just wanted to thank everyone for all the prayers and kind words for my Dad. He was a great Dad and he will truly be missed by all. I was grateful to have spent time with him during his last few day's I will always cherish that time. We will always remember all the good times we had at Dan's Tipo bar, I especially will member the time Dad and I took a cheap blow up raft down the Wolf River, I think to prove a point! ( I'm not sure) and by the time we got to the end we didn't have any air left in our raft, But it was a lot of fun. Some day we will all be together and maybe we can play cribbage together :) I want to thank Jerri and Sue for all the help they gave my Dad,Mom and I while I was out visiting with my Dad. Doug and Connie it was very nice to meet you both and I'm so glad my Dad Has such wonderful Friends.... A special thank you to Debbie McGee, My Dad's house keeper at the hospital, She will always have a special place in my heart, for being such a wonderful person and making My Dad smile :), She always called him Elvis.... Grandpa Karley DANIELLE and Kasey (aka) case of beer, Love you and will miss you very much ! I'm not sure, but I think Pat will miss you calling him Patricia :) We LOVE YOU DAD, and will see you again someday, Don't worry about MOM, we will all take care of her and Make sure she gets some pizza now and then :) LOVE YOU DAD XXXX OOOO RALPHIE aka: BARB "
"We will truly miss Dan. He was a great guy and good friend. We have so many special memories; it's difficult to pick just one. We enjoyed our trip to Vegas together and a particular 4th of July on Tipo's roof top. We'll never forget spending Christmas Eve's with his family and how welcome everyone made us feel. We love you Dano!! God bless... Randy & Lisa"
"Deb, Holly & Maxx, We are so sorry for your loss. May you cherish the memories you have until you meet again. We are praying for you and all of your family. Let us know if there's anything we can do for you. God Bless You. We love you! Kathy, Lauren and Jamie"
"I was so saddened by losing Dan, I've known Dan for 50 yrs, we drank beer together, laughed together, and drove for the same company for many years. My heart goes out to his wife Glen and all his children. I along with all his friends will surely miss him. Bill Wise"
"My wife and I met Dan more than 20 years ago, his bar was only a few doors down from where we lived at the time. We had a ball there and liked Dan very much. When we got married we brought the family members into the bar after the ceremony and Dan gave us a bottle of Wine and he really got a kick out of our nieces performing dances and plays to the sound of his juke box. He later added polka music to the juke box because of them, or so he said. We really, really missed him when he moved away and the bar was never the same again. Are deepest heart felt prayers go out to his wife and family. Rest in piece Dan."
"Aunt Glen and family, So sorry for your loss. You are all in my thought and prayers during this time.Take care, Love Renee"
"We are sorry to hear of your loss. In these trying times we send our deepest sympathys. We will remember the good times when Ron played oldtimers softball with Dan and for Tipo. Our thughts and prayers to the family."
"Glen and Family, I am so sorry to hear about Dan's passing. While the five years I worked for him weren't always easy, I grew to love and respect him like a father. He will be greatly missed. My thoughts and prayers are with you."
"Dad, we love you very much and truly miss you. I will always remember our many monopoly games we played together as a family. You were always the banker and somehow always managed to win! Ha ha! I am sure we will be playing that again together in heaven some day. In these last few weeks I had the honor of leading you and Mom in a prayer to recieve Jesus into your hearts, and that will always be a very special rememberence for me! I thank you both for making that decision. I thank all of our family, friends and co-workers for all of their love, hugs prayers and support during this time. I also thank Jesus for loving us and being our Lord and savior. We love you Dad (Grandpa) God bless, your daughter Deb and grandchildren Holly and Maxx."
"Was surprised and sorry to hear of Dan's passing. Right now it is important that you are close to friends and family. I hope you get into a grief group as soon as you can to help you through this. It certainly helped me when my husband passed away. I will keep you in my prayers."
"Dan Wicka, what can ya say about a guy that could shoot one of the best games of pool I've ever seen, raise a terrific family, and make friends to no end. Our hearts go out to his loving wife of 51 yrs. She was a trooper down to his last hr.We had the pleasure of meeting 2 of his children, Dan jr.& Barbara when Dan was in the hospital here in Bullhead. I offered to play him in a game of pool for $100, he said make it $200. I'm glad he didn't have a cue with him. Minnesota Fats look out. Till we meet at the best pool table in the sky, I'll continue to chalk up."
"Sandy, Don, & Family, So sorry to hear of the loss of your brother Sandy. Your all in our prayers. Take care, and God Bless. Roger & Gloria "
"I just want to thank all of you who knew my Dad for all of your kind thoughts and prayers. He was a Great Father and will be missed deeply by all. He Loved his family and friends and his pets and the world is now a much bigger place without him. I can only hope that when the tears of sorrow start to fall we all have the memories of the wonderful moments we shared with Dan to help us through, and those sunny days will dry our tears and let us smile again, maybe even laugh...:O) Oh we will laugh.... :O) We will always miss you Dad......Love your son..... Danny Jo, Debbie, Logan, Lindsay, Adam, Koda, and Bailey..... P.S. Dad don't worry, we will take care of Mom..........:O)"
"So sorry to see about Dan's passing. We are now in Needles, so was surprised to see that is where he died. We will have to see if we can get together this winter. We are at North Shore on River Road in Needles. Adele"
"The world was a better place because you were in it Uncle Dan. Please make sure to give Dad a BIG HUG and KISS from all of us, Uncle Charlie too~ I can not imagine how much the after life realm is going "ROCK" now that the three "WILD WICKA BOYS" are back together again. Seems strange, we lost Uncle Charlie in his 30's, Dad passed at age 50, now you at age 70~I guess it is true only the good die young~you all will remain FOREVER YOUNG. LOVE and MISSING YOU~your niece, Billee Jo Wicka-Davis"
"Glen and Family, I am sorry to learn of Dans death - I truly understand just what you are going thru at this time. The loss of someone that you spent the majority of your life with, leaves a very large hole in your heart. My sympathies to the whole family. "
"I have known Danny for about thirty five years going back to our truck driving days in Sheboygan Wisconsin. In the future when I will think of those days I will surely remember Danny as one of us. May Danny rest in peace."