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Dr. George Wingerson (1927-1992)

WINGERSON, GLOVER, BROWN, HESSENIUS, RITCHEY, KUCABA

Posted By: jane austin (email)
Date: 6/12/2021 at 21:05:24

George Wingerson, the son of Henry and Mae Glover Wingerson. was born January 29. 1927, near Terril, Iowa in Dickinson County. He attended school at Estherville until he moved to Webb at age 9. He graduated from Garfield High School at Webb. Iowa. He moved to California and worked in the construction business for 10 years. He attended the University of California at Berkley where he received his B.S. Degree.

He was united in marriage to Alvera Hessenius on December 1, 1946. at San Francisco. California. In 1957 they moved to St. Louis, and George graduated with a Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree from the University of St. Louis in 1961. They then moved to Hartley where George practiced dentistry for 29 years, retiring in 1990. He and Alvera moved to Spirit Lake, Iowa.

George was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Laymen's League. He was a member and had been President of both the Hartley Chamber of Commerce and the Hartley Kiwanis Club. He was a Life Member of the Iowa Dental Association and the American Dental Association. He enjoyed Bowling League, the Hartley Investment Club and Meadowbrook Golf Club. He was a member of Psi Omega Fraternity.

He passed away at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 20, 1992, at the age of 65.

Preceding him in death were his parents; an infant son, Mark; two brothers; and one sister.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Alvera: two sons and their wives: Monty and Debbi of Louisville, Kentucky, and Daron and Sherri of Richfield, Minnesota; one daughter, Robin, of Richfield, Minnesota; four grandchildren: Bryan. Kristopher, Amy and Dustin; two sisters: Ethel Ritchey of San Mateo. California, and Edith Kucaba of Cicero, Illinois; one step-brother and his wife, Clyde and Velma Brown of Webb; other relatives and friends.

Funeral services in memory of Dr. George Wingerson were held at 2 p.m. Friday, October 23, 1992, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Hartley. Rev. John Schauer officiated. Casket bearers were Virgil Treimer. Earle Yager. Allen Dacken, Howard Borchard, Dale Schimmer and Gale Bobolz. Committal service was in Pleasant View Cemetery in Hartley. Baumgarten Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Hartley (Iowa) Sentinel, 29 Oct 1992, p4


 

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