Douglas Vester "Doug"
Wilhelm
Dec 17, 1953 - Jul 12, 2016
Posted by Ann Weber
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PALMER MARLER FUNERAL HOME
PERRY, NOBLE CO, OK
(permission granted)
DOUG V. WILHELM, 62, WAS BORN DECEMBER 17, 1953
IN PERRY, OKLAHOMA TO BENNIE JOE AND ROSE MARIE WILHELM AND PASSED ON JULY 12,
2016.
A 1972 GRADUATE OF PERRY HIGH SCHOOL, DOUG CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION AT NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA COLLEGE WHERE HE WAS THE LEAD DRUMMER FOR THE ROUSTABOUTS AND PURE
GRAIN BAND, AS WELL AS A MEMBER OF THE LEGENDARY BOEHME BOYS. THE BOEHME BOYS'
STORY BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 1972 AT BOEHME HALL WHICH IS NAMED AFTER GEORGE
BOEHME, A CUSTODIAN AT THE COLLEGE FOR MANY YEARS. THE BOYS REUNITED IN 1999
PLAYNG IN ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENTS WHERE THE PORTRAIT OF GEORGE BOEHME RIDES IN
THE LEAD GOLF CART. THEY HAVE PLAYED AT ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA STATE PARKS AND
CHOOSE A DIFFERENT COURSE AROUND THE STATE EACH YEAR.
DOUG BEGAN WORKING IN THE OILFIELD IN 1975 AND CONTINUED HIS OVERSEAS JOURNEY
FOR MORE THAN 31 YEARS, HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY SEVERAL TIMES TO WORK WITH HIS
DAD IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES. CURRENTLY, DOUG WAS EMPLOYED AT THE DITCH
WITCH MANUFACTURING PLANT.
HIS GREATEST JOY IN LIFE WAS SPENDING TIME WITH HIS SON, IAN, AND GRANDSONS,
LEVI AND GAVIN. HE ALSO ENJOYED READING, LISTENING TO MUSIC, PLAYING HIS DRUMS,
PLAYING GOLF AND WAS A SKILLED WRITER. DOUG ALWAYS GAVE 110% OF HIMSELF TO
EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE.
DOUG IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON, IAN WILHELM, TULSA, GRANDSONS LEVI WILHELM & GAVIN
WILHELM, ALSO OF TULSA. A BROTHER, SID WILHELM AND HIS WIFE JANET, AND A SISTER,
KIM PAYNE AND HER HUSBAND MARK, ALL OF PERRY, AND HIS VERY GOOD FRIEND AND
MOTHER OF HIS SON, DEBBIE MACK WILLIS OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS. NIECES AND NEPHEWS,
TRAVIS WILHELM, RUSSELL CALDWELL, AMANDA FLOWERS, ALLISON DEVILBISS AND JEFF
PAYNE ALONG WITH GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS, HUNTER, HANNAH AND HADLEY FLOWERS,
ADISYN SHEETS AND HARPER DEVILBISS.
DOUG WAS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, B.J. AND ROSE MARIE WILHELM, A
SISTER, ALICIA WILHELM, GRANDMOTHERS, FEBA WILHELM AND DELPHINE ANTLE HODGE, AND
GRANDAD, RICHARD (DICK) HODGE.
AT HIS REQUEST, NO FORMAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD. THE FAMILY WILL HOST A
CELEBRATION OF DOUG'S LIFE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL
CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE PERRY BAND BOOSTER ORGANIZATION , C/O PALMER-MARLER
FUNERAL HOME, PERRY, OKLAHOMA.
DOUG WILL BE MISSED VERY MUCH BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS
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