Alvin Wesley "Wes" Hakel
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 6A - November 11, 2022
Alvin Wesley “Wes”
Hakel, 83, passed away
November 4 in Kyle,
Texas. Wes was born on
January 23, 1939 in Grand
Junction, Colorado the
second son of Ernest and
Elnora Heffner Hakel.
He is survived by brothers, Larry of Luray, Virginia
and Dale of Kyle, Texas. Predeceasing him was his
daughter, Kami Weisgerber. Also surviving are his
granddaughter, Mallory Weisgerber; grandsons,
Jacob and Joshua Weisgerber; cousin, Linda Dowd;
his nieces, Tracy Craft, Terri Ray, Toni Ingram and
Jennifer Hakel Vionito (Jeff); his nephews, Richard
(Donna), Bradley (Donna), Neil and Brian (Rebecka)
Hakel; his grandnieces Julia Craft, Jessica Hakel, Vera
Hakel, Maia Bates, Kaitlyn Armstrong, Emma Ryleigh
Hakel, his grandnephews Vance Hakel, Tyler Hakel,
Caleb Hakel, Justin Hakel, Kyle Hakel.
Wes worked many years with the Daily Sentinel
newspaper in Grand Junction, Colorado before moving
to Sacramento, California to work for the Sacramento
Bee newspaper as a graphics designer. He retired in
2003 and returned to Grand Junction. In 2018 he moved
to Texas to be close to his brother Dale and Dale’s wife,
Susan. They provided him great support in the last few
years of his declining health.
At his request his ashes will be scattered in Colorado
and Washington state.
