Bobby J. Wendel 1917-2003

WENDEL, ENGELHORN, FORSTROM, KUISLE, STEIBER

Posted By: SGF (email)
Date: 5/15/2003 at 02:07:01

Bobby J. Wendel, 85, of Fairmont, Minn., died Monday, March 3, 2003, at the Lutz Wing of the Fairmont Medical Center. Funeral services were held Friday, March 7 at East Chain Lutheran Church with Rev. Robert Roettger officiating. Burial was at Lakeside Cemetery in Fairmont. Lakeview Funeral Home in Fairmont assisted the family with arrangements.
Bobby Leslie Wendel was born March 16, 1917, in Lansing Township, Allamakee County, the son of John and Bertha (Engelhorn) Wendel. He attended country school near Church. After his schooling, he worked as an electrician with REA and a farm mechanic at the Oliver Dealership in Spring Grove, Minn. He was united in marriage to Maurine Forstrom December 7, 1957, at the East Chain Lutheran Church. The couple made their home in Silver Lake Township and Bobby worked at Lampert's Implement in Fairmont before having his own tractor repair shop at his farm. He retired in 1983 and the couple moved into Fairmont. Bobby was a member of East Chain Lutheran Church. Survivors include his wife, Maurine of Fairmont; one daughter, Karen (Dale) Kuisle of Byron, Minn.; one son, Larry Wendel (fiancé Shelly Weiss) of Fairmont; three grandchildren; one cousin, Irene Steiber; many nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Howard, Harry, Clarence, Alfred, and Kermit; one sisters, Lillian Steiber; and a nephew, Wilfred Wendel.

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