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Wilhelmine Wickham Obituary

Wilhelmine Wickham was born July 3, 1931 in Salzburg, Austria, and passed from this life on Jan. 30, 2026 in Clovis, NM. She met her husband, Robert Wickham while he was staationed in Austria, and they were married on October 22, 1953 in Salzburg. They came to the United States to make their home in Alliance, Nebraska. She later moved to Clovis. Mrs.s Wickham was a member of St. Helen Catholic church in Portales.

She is survived by a son, Robert Wilhelm Wickham of Clovis; two daughters, Elizabeth Knox and Susan Lundy of Portales; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; and a sister, Elizabeth Valeck of Austria. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Trudi Waltrich, as well her husband.

To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Wilhelmine (Mayer) Wickham, please visit our floral store.

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Obituary published on Legacy.com by The Blade on Jan. 31, 2026.

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