Dennis Edward Wetoszke

DENNIS EDWARD WETOSZKE PASSED AWAY DEC. 24, 2007 AFTER A LONG COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH CANCER, WITH HIS FAMILY SURROUNDING HIM.
DENNIS WAS BORN IN HAMTRAMCK, MI ON OCTOBER 11TH 1955. HE GRADUATED FROM MOTT HIGH SCHOOL IN 1975. HE RECEIVED HIS JOURNEYMAN AS A MACHINE BUILDER. HE MOVED TO ROCKY MOUNT IN 1987 TO BEGIN WORKING AT CONSOLIDATED DIESEL COMPANY. THROUGH HIS TWENTY YEAR CAREER WITH CONSOLIDATED HE HELD SEVERAL POSITIONS. HE RETIRED AS A MANUFACTURING ENGINEER.
HIS LIFE WAS HIS WIFE, MOTHER, AND CHILDREN. HE WAS A BASEBALL COACH FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, A VERY ACTIVE FIRL SCOUT DAD, AND NEVER MISSED A ROCKY MOUNT GRYPHON GAME TO WATCH HIS DAUGHTER CHEER. HE ENJOYED HIS FAMILY, MOTORCYCLING, CAMPING, GOLFING, NASCAR, AND WORKING AROUND HIS HOME.
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER, EDWARD AND BROTHER CHARLES, A NIECE HANNAH GALENA MASKILL, AND NEPHEW SCOTT STEPHENSON. LEFT TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY HIS MOTHER REGINA OF THE HOME, HIS WIFE AND SOUL MATE MARIANNE, HIS THREE DAUGHTERS RENEE (TROY) BRADBERRY OF GRAND BLANC, MICHIGAN, LEAH (COREY) CRESWELL OF WILMINGTON, AND LYNZE WETOSZKE (MATT SIKES) OF THE HOME, HIS TWO SONS CAPTAIN BRIAN DAVIS (LINDSEY) OF CAPE CARTERET, BRAD WETOSZKE (ERICA REAM) OF WARREN, MICHIGAN. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS EXTENDED SIBLINGS DAWN, DENIS, DEBRA, DALE, MARK, DON JR., TAMMY, MARTY, AND LISA. ALSO BY HIS FAVOITE OUTLAW GANG JAY, TRACY, MARTIN, JOANN, JODY, CAROL, KURT, AND KYLE. ALSO SISTER-IN-LAW LINDA WETOSZKE, A HOST OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS, AND THREE GODCHILDREN TAMMY GISEVAN, JASON KANIA, AND KEVIN STEPHENSON.
THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK DR. LISA NELSON ROBINSON, DR. DAVID SEAMAN, DR. LINDA HAWES, DR. JOHN HUFFMAN AND HOSPICE FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL CARE THROUGHOUT HIS ILLNESS. A SPECIAL THANKS TO CHRIS, TAMARA, AND DELTA FROM ONCOLOGY AND EACH INDIVIDUAL FROM BOICE WILLIS CARDIOLOGY DEPARTMENT WHO LIVED, LOVED, AND LAUGHED SO JOYOUSLY WITH DENNIS AND MARIANNE DURING HIS ILLNESS. ALSO A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO HIS DEAR FRIENDS AND CAREGIVER KATHY RIGSBY.
THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS THRUSDAY, DEC. 27, 2007 FROM 7-8:30PM AT WHEELER AND WOODLIEF FUNERAL HOME. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE AT 11AM FRIDAY DEC. 28, 2007 AT FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WITH BOB BERGLAND OFFICIATING. A COMMITTAL SERVICE WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW AT ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE IN DENNIS’ MEMORY TO HELP GRANT ONE OF HIS LAST WISHES, THAT LYNZE GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE. 1805 WILLOW GLYNN, ROCKY MOUNT, NC 27804.