Howard Wesley Reincke of Chelsea, age 87, of Chelsea, formerly of Traverse City, passed away on Tuesday, March 25, 2014.
Wes was born on June 13, 1926 on the family farm at Keswick in Bingham Township, Leelanau County, to Howard W. and Celia B. (Hinshaw) Reincke.
After graduating from Suttons Bay High School, he entered college, graduating from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. He was a veteran of the United States Navy (Ensign) serving on a battle cruiser in the South Pacific during World War II. He was a registered professional engineer and a registered land surveyor. He worked for a short time as the assistant county land surveyor for Leelanau County before moving to Lansing for three years to work for the Michigan Department of State Highways and to work on his master’s degree at Michigan State University.
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