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Kenneth (Ken) Ervin Wheelock, age 88, passed away on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Alexandria, Virginia. He was born on May 8, 1929 in Menasha, Wisconsin to Helen Metoxen Wheelock and Ervin Emerson Wheelock. He left the Oneida Reservation in Oneida, Wisconsin to attend St. Andrews School, an Episcopal school for boys, in Sewanee, Tennessee. Ken graduated in 1947 and returned to Wisconsin. In 1948, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and graduated from the Engineer School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, where he was assigned as an instructor until his discharge in 1952. In 1953, Ken married Danica (Nickie) Jurasic and they resided in Alexandria and Springfield, Virginia until their retirement. Ken was employed by Melpar and Addressograph-Multigraph Corporation until 1979, when he co-founded Capital Technographics Corporation (CTC), where he served as President until his retirement in 1990. In 1994, he and Nickie moved to Surfside Beach, South Carolina where they became active members of The Church of the Resurrection. During their retirement years, Ken and Nickie greatly enjoyed living at the beach while also traveling extensively to visit family and friends. Ken was a member of the Rotary Club since 1980, which he continued as an active member of the Myrtle Beach Sunrise Club. He was Rotarian of the Year in 2001 and was a Paul Harris Fellow. Ken is survived by two daughters, Danica Wheelock of Dumfries, Virginia and Karen Copeland and her husband, Eric of Cary, North Carolina; granddaughter, Katherine Copeland of Dumfries, Virginia; four sisters, June (Larry) Schuyler of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Carol Cornelius of De Pere, Wisconsin, Lee (Ed) Butz of Tucson, Arizona, and Leslie (Bill Shaw) Wheelock of Washington, DC; and two brothers, Ervin “Jay” Wheelock of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Steve (Jean) Wheelock of Springfield, Virginia. He is further survived by numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. Ken was preceded in death by his parents, wife of 55 years, Nickie, sister-in-law, Gloria Wheelock, and brother-in-law, Gerald “Everett” Cornelius. Services will be held on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 3:00pm at The Church of the Resurrection, 8901 Highway 17 Bypass South, Surfside Beach, South Carolina, with Reverend Ron Greiser officiating. Committal will follow at The Church of the Resurrection Columbarium. Memorials may be sent to The Church of the Resurrection, 8901 Highway 17 Bypass South, PO Box 14548, Surfside Beach, South Carolina 29575 or the Church of the Holy Apostles, 2937 Freedom Road, Oneida, Wisconsin 54155.

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Kenneth (Ken) Ervin Wheelock

May 8, 1929 - November 1, 2017