Wendt, Eugene Albert (1929 – 2010)

WENDT, GRESS, JACOBSEN, PETERSON, MARTIN, KNUDTSON, SCHUNING

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 9/19/2013 at 19:24:41

Name of deceased: Eugene "Gene" Albert Wendt

Aged: 81 yrs, 1 mo, 14 days

Residence: Avoca, IA

Born: June 27, 1929, near Corley, IA

Died: Aug. 10, 2010, at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center in Avoca, IA

Funeral services: Aug. 16, 2010, Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, IA; Pastor Dennis Reich officiated. Burial was at Graceland Cemetery in Avoca, IA.

Survived by: Daughter, Kim (spouse, Mark) Gress of Avoca, IA; grandchildren, Jonathan, David, and Brian; siblings, Willis Wendt of Sunnyvale, CA, Lois (spouse, Dennis) Jacobsen of Hancock, IA, Marlene Peterson of Broomfield, CO, Janice (spouse, Byron) Martin of Avoca, IA, and Beverly (spouse, Walt) Knudtson of Walnut, IA; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Clarence and Leta (nee Schuning) Wendt; wife of 52 years, Jeannette (deceased March 20, 2010); son, Bruce; brothers and sisters, Inez, Robert, Marjorie, and Clarence

Education: attended the Avoca (IA) Community School and graduated with the Class of 1947

Religious affiliation: baptized and confirmed at the Lutheran church

Military service: Gene was drafted into the U.S. Army on Feb. 15, 1951 and served his country during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged on Feb. 15, 1953.

Marriage: Jeannette Darlene Hilkemeier; June 22, 1957; Plainview, NE

Employment: After his discharge from the military, he returned home and began employment with Iowa Power; he retired in 1991 after 43 years with the company.

Hobbies/Interests: Gene and Jeannette loved to go to both of their children’s events at school and then to football games at Central College. They loved to travel and do anything with their 3 grandchildren. Gene also enjoyed bowling, working outdoors, feeding the birds and squirrels, and raising roses.

Sources: ancestry.com, pauleyjones.com