Wilk Hall Works was born on October 23, 1887, in Switzerland County, Indiana. His father, James Alexander Works, Jr., was 36 and his mother, Lucy Estella Dalmazzo, was 32. He had one sister, Edna Estella. He died on May 25, 1963, in Madison, Indiana, at the age of 75, and was buried in Switzerland County, Indiana.
Wilk Works was a painter. In his Draft Registration, he states his name is Wilk Holl Works and that he was born in Vevay, Indiana.
He is buried in Section 9, Vevay Cemetery, Vevay, Indiana, with his parents.
