Robert Alan Menke

Robert Alan Menke

April 13, 1959 — April 17, 2020

Wasilla resident Robert Alan Menke, 61, died April 17, 2020 at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center of Sepsis. He was born on April 13, 1959 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey the son of Theodore H. and Joan Marie Menke.

At a young age he liked to tinker with tools, fixing anything that was mechanical, which led to his career as a Heavy Duty Mechanic.

In 2007, he moved to Anchorage, Alaska and started working at Prudhoe Bay Oil Field on Alaska’s North Slope as a Heavy Duty Mechanic.

In 2013, he met his wife Traci and they married at the cemetery at her son’s grave, with her father Robert Anselm officiating the wedding on Friday, June 13, 2014.

Preceding him in death were his parents, father Theodore H. Menke, mom Joan Marie Menke, and Traci’s son Kevin Michael Barner. Surviving are his wife Traci Menke of Wasilla, Alaska, his children from a previous marriage, son Michael Menke of Carson City, Nevada, daughter Sheila Marie (Paul) Guzzetta of Carson City, Nevada, daughter Elizabeth (Josh Bonano) Menke of Los Angeles, California, sister Deberah (Michael) Hogan of Palmdale, California, father-in-law Robert Anselm and mother-in-law Donna Anselm of Willow, Alaska, brother-in-law Mark (April) Anselm of Willow, Alaska, grandchildren Annakin Joseph, Lillian Marie, and Luca Peyton Guzzetta of Carson City, Nevada, his nephew Kameron Phillips of Menifee, California, niece Kristen Phillips of Menifee, California, nephew Kevin Hogan of Lancaster, California, niece Liberty Ann Anselm, and nephew Robert Alan Anselm of Willow, Alaska, brother Rory Haddeland from another mother of Wasilla, Alaska, and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. At Rob’s request there will be no services.

Rob will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him. His soul set forth on a journey, he feels no pain nor aches, his spirit all aglow, our hearts are empty without you, you will travel to places never before visited, your life will hold a large amount of love and numerous memories, the heart of heavens will hold your spirit.

Be Dangerous.