Dale Imhoff

Dale J. Imhoff, age 72, passed at home June 27, 2022, at home.

Dale Joseph Imhoff attended first - eighth 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 for four years at Ray’s Barbershop in Rib Mountain, Wausau and then in Brookfield. After returning to the area he spent some time at Clearfield Cheese before getting a job in Rothschild at the American Can Papermill, being hired 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 on 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); son Matthew and daughter-in-law Ruth (Anne-Zeimet) Imhoff, Sun Prairie; one brother Ken and sister-in-law Jenny Imhoff, Waukesha; sisters-in-law: Susan Wirkus (Pat Palmer), Milwaukee, Mary (Tim) Lenhard, Marathon, Diane (Tom) Birch, Neosho and Anthony (Rebecca) Wirkus, Edgar; nieces & nephews: Lisa Lenhard, Schofield, Jason Lenhard, Weston, Crystal Wirkus (Matthew Ferguson), Milwaukee and Tristan Wirkus, Edgar; and 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, and 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. He also 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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