HERKIMER-Alfred Wekelo, age 79, of Pleasant Avenue, passed away on Wednesday afternoon October 31, 2001 in Little Falls Hospital after a long illness. He was born on August 22, 1922 in Passaic, NJ, son of the late Joseph and Mary Marinaro Wekelo. Alfred was raised and educated in Passaic. In World War II he answered the call of his country by joining the United States Navy in 1940. During those years he served overseas in Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack and at Dutch Harbor aboard such ships as the U.S.S. San Francisco, U.S.S. U.S. Grant, U.S.S, Pinola, U.S.S. YMS-18 and the US Naval Hospital St. Albins, Long Island, NY. He was honorably discharged with buttons and campaign ribbons on April 6, 1945 attaining the rank of Machinist Mate Second Class. He was first married to Margaret Schneider, from that union were three sons Joseph Wekelo, Rocky Wekelo and Alfred Wekelo Jr. In 1969 he married Laurette Royer in Utica they had a son Wendall Wekelo. For over thirty years he was a warehouseman at Griffiss Air Force Base, retiring in 1979 to take care of his ailing wife until her passing in 1981. He came to live in Herkimer in 1984 and has resided here since. Alfred had a strong love for the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing. He will be greatly missed by his friends and family. Surviving him are his four sons Joseph and his wife Diane of Salisbury Beach, MA, Rocky of Fort Myers, FL, Alfred Jr. and his companion Shirley of Richmond, VA, Wendall and his companion Laurie of Herkimer, one sister Alice and her husband Carl Abate of North Haledon, NJ, three grandchildren Christopher Wekelo of Salisbury Beach, MA, Kerry and Chad Wekelo of Richmond, VA and Washington DC area, a niece Delores and nephew Richard Abate of New Jersey. Funeral service will be held on Thursday November 8, 2001 at 11:00 AM in Fenner Funeral Home Inc., 115 Court Street, Herkimer. Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. The family will be present in the funeral home to receive relatives and friends on Wednesday from 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Memorial donations may be made to the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, 7 Mill Brook Road, Wilton, NH 03086-0928. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.