Wingert, Reno Leroy (1920 – 2013)

WINGERT, KOHLES, KLEIN, KENKEL

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 9/19/2013 at 19:53:29

Name of deceased: Reno Leroy Wingert

Aged: 92 yrs, 10 mo, 6 days

Residence: Elm Crest Retirement Home, Harlan, IA

Born: April 30, 1920, on their farm near Panama, IA

Died: March 6, 2013; Elm Crest Retirement Home, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: March 9, 2013, St. Mary of the Assumption, Panama, IA; Rev. John Dorton officiated. Burial was at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Panama, IA.

Survived by: 25 nieces and nephews; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Charles and Mary (nee Kohles) Wingert; brothers, Isadore (and spouse, Stella), Louis (and spouse, Virginia), and Father LaVern Wingert; sisters, Anna (and spouse, Bill) Kenkel and Geralda (and spouse, Harold) Klein

Education: attended Washington Township No. 5 Country School and St. Mary’s Catholic School in Panama, IA, through Grade 8

Religious affiliation: baptized and confirmed at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Panama, IA, where he remained a life-long member

Military service: no information provided

Marriage: no information provided

Employment: Reno farmed with his dad and helped local farmers for many years. He took over the family farm (which his dad had purchased in 1910) when his dad retired in 1953. Reno started farming with horses and later purchased an International Harvestor “H” tractor with steel wheels, and progressed to an “M” and an 856 tractor. He loved his small cow herd and kept a close eye on them. Reno always enjoyed farming and talking about new inventions. He farmed his entire life without a pickup truck, and retired from farming in 1992.

Hobbies/Interests: Reno loved to play the harmonica and enjoyed working with his hands, from whittling to using a turning lathe that he had made himself. He was always creating new tools to help make farming a little bit easier. He loved to read books and magazines on a variety of subjects. He had a love of fruit trees and would graft limbs to try and create new varieties.

Sources: pauleyjones.com