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Commander Wikenheiser’s casket is carried by caisson to the grave site.

Arlington service At the service at Arlington National Cemetery were several of Wick’s and Ce’Ann’s law school friend, including Wolf, Tom Dickson of Bismarck and Father Phil Brown, S.S., who presided at the burial. Father Brown is now the Rector of Theological College, the seminary of the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Because of Wick’s rank in the U.S. Navy, he was entitled to full military honors provided by the U.S. Navy at Arlington National Cemetery. Present were a Navy Band, a Colors Team, an Escort Platoon and a Caisson Section. The horse-drawn caisson carried the casket from the hearse to the grave site, with family and friends walking behind the Navy personnel. Those gathered at the 1 p.m. service were guests at a reception at the Fort Meyer Officers’ Club. That evening, several of the group gathered for dinner at the North Dakota Farmers Union’s Founding F armers Restaurant in Washington, D.C. Wick is survived by his wife, Happy of Wanchese, North Carolina; one daughter and son-in-law, Ce’Ann and Jim Weschler and their two sons, Jimmy and Billy, all of Chesapeake, Virginia; one sister, Tillie (Jack) Domito of San Clemente, Calififornia, and “cousins by the dozens,” along with his nieces and nephews.

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