Background
Wenke, Adolph E. was born on January 22, 1898 in Pender, Nebraska, United States. Son of Fred W. and Henrietta (Atens) Wenke.
Wenke, Adolph E. was born on January 22, 1898 in Pender, Nebraska, United States. Son of Fred W. and Henrietta (Atens) Wenke.
Bachelor of Laws, University of Nebraska, 1923.
County attorney, 1925-1926. City attorney, 1929-1933. District judge, 1938-1943.
Justice state Supreme Court since January 1943.
Served overseas World War I. Trustee Doane College, 1943-1950. Member Ninth, State, and American bar associations, Nebraska “N”. Member Executive Committee), Innocents, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi, Sigma Delta Chi.
Mason, Elk. Congregationalist. Club: Athletic (Omaha).
Married Gertrude H. Bauer, June 7, 1925 (died February, 1956).; married second, Margaret E. Collins, July 25, 1958. Children: Robert Adolph, William Frederick, Harriett Gertrude.