Michael Wayne Salzwedel

	Michael Wayne 'Mikey' Salzwedel, age 2, died at the Sparta Community Hospital in Sparta, Ill on Wednesday, July 3, 2002 at 5:25 p.m.
	Mikey was born on February 1, 2000 in Sparta, the son of Steve Salzwedel and Charity Engelage.  He enjoyed Blues Clues with Steve, Dora the Explorer, Scooby Doo and Shrek.
	Survivors include his mother, Charity and father, Steve of Coulterville; His Papa and Mama, Gary and Jeanie Ballheimer; his grandmother, Edna Porter and husband Roger of Coulterville; two brothers, Stephen and Matthew Salzwedel of Coulterville; an uncle, Travis Engelage and an aunt, Kerri Engelage, both of Coulterville; special friends, J.R. Rackley, Josh Rackley and Shirley Shaw, all of Marissa; great-grandparents, Martha and Harry Higgerson of Kentucky , Delores Cole of Coulterville and Hiram and Phyllis Porter of Oakdale.
	He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Donald J. Engelage; a great-grandfather, Donald G. Engelage and a cousin, Sadie Martin.
	Funeral services were held on Monday, July 8 at 11 a.m. in the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home in Coulterville with Rev. Karl Barnfield officiating.  Interment was in the Coulterville City Cemetery in Coulterville.
	Visitation was held at the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home in Coulterville on Sunday, July 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. and on Monday from 8 a.m. until services.
	Memorial donations may be made to the Michael Wayne Salzwedel Memorial Fund in care of the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home, P.O. Box 458, Coulterville, IL 62237.
