Pierce Wesley “Wes” Wikoff
Hays, Kansas – Pierce Wesley “Wes” Wikoff, age 77, died Saturday, June 9, 2012, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. He was born February 15, 1935, in Alamo, Texas, to Pierce W. and Gertrude (Phillips) Wikoff.
He married Jane (Stahn) on June 12, 1960, in Orleans, NE. He grew up in Lyons, Kansas, graduated from Hays High School in 1953, and graduated from Fort Hays State College in 1957, with a degree in biology. He was a U S Army veteran and served in Okinawa, Japan. During
his college years he worked as a park ranger in Yellowstone National Park. He taught math and biology for three years at Utica and Natoma High
Schools.
In 1962, he started working for the Kansas Fish and Game Commission, he was Game Warden for 26 years based in Hoxie, Kansas, and an Assistant Supervisor for Law Enforcement for the Hays, Kansas Regional Office for 9 years, and retired in 1997. While in Hoxie, Kansas, he was an EMT and taught Hunters Safety Classes all over the state of Kansas. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and served as a Deacon and Elder, a member of the Hays City Gun Club, Pheasants Forever, and an avid outdoorsman.
Survivors include his wife Jane Wikoff, of the home; two sons, Phil Wikoff and wife, Janine, Hillsboro, Oregon; Craig Wikoff and wife,
Jessica, Garden City, KS; three daughters, Barb Shelton, Cheyenne, WY; Kirsten Cline and husband Rick, Weskan, KS; Jennifer LaCicero and husband Patrick, Fort Worth, TX; one brother-in-law, Tom Nulton, Hoisington, KS; and 13 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, and one sister, Phyllis Nulton.
A memorial service will be at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, June 14, 2012, at the First Presbyterian Church, 2900 Hall and inturnment at Fort Hays
Memorial Garden Cemetery, Hays, Kansas. Military Honors by the Hays V.F.W. Post #9076 and honor guard by the Kansas Wildlife, Parks and
Tourist Department.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Wednesday, at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays 1919 East 22nd Hays, Kansas 67601 and from 10:30 to 11:00 A.M. Thursday, at the First Presbyterian Church. Memorials to the First Presbyterian Church or Hays Medical Center Foundation. Condolences can be sent via e-mail to [email protected].