Wendl, Leo G. 1912-2001

WENDL, DANZER, GEHLING, WERNER, SCHRECK

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 3/5/2009 at 11:24:17

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Leo G. Wendl, 89, of LeMars, IA
DATE OF DEATH: Wednesday, May 23, 2001
PLACE OF DEATH: …at Floyd Valley Hospital, LeMars, IA
CAUSE OF DEATH: …following a brief illness
DATE OF BIRTH: April 30, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH: Coon Rapids, Iowa
PARENTS: John and Mary (Danzer) Wendl
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 1st MARRIAGE: Frances Gehling, May 5, 1936, at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, in Carroll, Iowa.
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 2nd MARRIAGE: Alvina (Werner) Schreck, Nov. 26, 1977, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, in Dedham.
OCCUPATION: In his first marriage, they farmed in the Carroll, Gilmore City and Fonda areas until 1957. They moved to LeMars where he owned and operated the John Deere Implement dealership. Ltaer he drove school bus for several years in LeMars. She died Dec. 28, 1976. In his second marriage, they lived in LeMars and spent winters in Mesa, Ariz., from 1977 to 1997. In his retirement he recycled lumber, keepsakes, and collectibles from old houses and buildings.
MEMBER OF: St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, LeMars, IA
SURVIVORS: …include his wife; three daughters, Janice Wendl of Omaha, Mary Lou and her husband, Domenic Mordino of Scottsdale, Ariz, and Joan and Bob Thomas of St. Louis, Mo.; two sons and their wives, Mark and Karen Wendl of Edgar, Neb, and Mike and Paula Wendl of New York, N.Y.; three stepchildren, Deanna (Schreck) and her husband, Dave Herrmann of Omaha, Marvin and his wife, Donna Schreck of Omaha, and Wayne Schreck of Des Moines; 10 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; a step grandchild; three sisters, Agnella Meiners of Dedham, Sister Joan Marie Wendl, F.S.P.A., of La Crosse, Wis., and Sister Lydia Wendl F.S.P.A., of Las Vegas, Nev.; a brother and his wife, Victor and Marie Wendl of Carroll; and a sister-in-law ___ Wendl, of Carroll.
PRECEDED in DEATH by:
PLACE OF BURIAL: Calvary Cemetery, LeMars, IA
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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