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Robert P. "Zip" Wochholz, 36, of 512 E. Jefferson St., Bloomington, died at 10:30 p.m. Thursday (June 1, 1989) in the emergency room at Brokaw Hospital, Normal, after he was stricken following a Normal Men's Parks and Rec League softball game at Maxwell Park, Normal. His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Metzler-Froelich Memorial Home, Bloomington, the Revs. David A. Robins and Philip D. Queen officiating. He will be cremated. Private interment will be later in Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the memorial home. Mr. Wochholz was born June 5, 1952, in Battle Creek, Mich., a son of Robert F. and Barbara Schaible Wochholz. Survivors include his fiancee, Cheryl "Casey" Kruse, 504 E. Grove St., Bloomington; his mother, Barbara Wochholz, 1208 E. Grove St., Bloomington; three brothers, Douglas, Jacksonville, Fla.; Michael, 220 Leland St., Bloomington; and Richard, R.R. 4, Bloomington; one sister, Jennifer Miller, Whittier, Calif.; and his maternal grandmother, Josephine Senkewitz, Jackson, Mich. His father preceded him in death. Mr. Wochholz attended Southern Illinois University and graduated from Illinois State University with a degree in political science. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam era and served two years in Germany. For the last four years, he had been a bartender at Schooners in Bloomington and was a pitcher for Schooners softball team in the Normal Parks and Rec League. Mr. Wochholz pitched the Schooners team to a 20-11 win over Garrett Construction Thursday night before he was stricken. Memorials may be made to the Illinois Special Olympics or to the American Heart Association.
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James Kater
I remember when Bob moved to town. His dad was a rep for a hydraulics company that my dad did business with. He had a green chevy Impala. We hung out a lot that summer. He served I think in the army. He died suddenly of heart failure or an anuerysm at a softball game. One of the good guys. Pretty sure his mom still lives on grove in the apts near Leland.
Jk
George Ferguson
Robert's Obituary:
Robert P. "Zip" Wochholz, 36, of 512 E. Jefferson St., Bloomington, died at 10:30 p.m. Thursday (June 1, 1989) in the emergency room at Brokaw Hospital, Normal, after he was stricken following a Normal Men's Parks and Rec League softball game at Maxwell Park, Normal. His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Metzler-Froelich Memorial Home, Bloomington, the Revs. David A. Robins and Philip D. Queen officiating. He will be cremated. Private interment will be later in Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the memorial home. Mr. Wochholz was born June 5, 1952, in Battle Creek, Mich., a son of Robert F. and Barbara Schaible Wochholz. Survivors include his fiancee, Cheryl "Casey" Kruse, 504 E. Grove St., Bloomington; his mother, Barbara Wochholz, 1208 E. Grove St., Bloomington; three brothers, Douglas, Jacksonville, Fla.; Michael, 220 Leland St., Bloomington; and Richard, R.R. 4, Bloomington; one sister, Jennifer Miller, Whittier, Calif.; and his maternal grandmother, Josephine Senkewitz, Jackson, Mich. His father preceded him in death. Mr. Wochholz attended Southern Illinois University and graduated from Illinois State University with a degree in political science. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam era and served two years in Germany. For the last four years, he had been a bartender at Schooners in Bloomington and was a pitcher for Schooners softball team in the Normal Parks and Rec League. Mr. Wochholz pitched the Schooners team to a 20-11 win over Garrett Construction Thursday night before he was stricken. Memorials may be made to the Illinois Special Olympics or to the American Heart Association.
Kevin Stearns
Bob was a great guy in school and later, as well. Very bright personality and a great sense of humor. I remember him from Schooners Softball earlier in the '80s. I was in New York when he passed. I know his brother Rick well, and Mike a little bit. They would be very happy that we rmembered him.