Delores Wek, daughter of Carl A. and Mary (Dangel) Wek was born March 23, 1926, south of Freeman, South Dakota. She attended grade school at District No. 99. She then attended Freeman Public School and graduated from Mount Marty in 1944. She worked at Montgomery Ward, and in 1946 began working at the Sears order office.

She married Stan Schulte on August 10, 1948. They lived in Manning, Iowa, for a short time before settling in Yankton. She worked part time at Penney's, Stevenson's.

A brother, Gerald, passed away in 1992, and she had two sisters, Marcella Welch and Sister Bonnie Jean Wek.
Argus-Leader, Sioux Falls, South Dakota September 20, 1999