Wegner, Creighton Albert 1931-2024

WEGNER, BRUNSKILL, EMMERS

Posted By: Marjorie Brunsting-Volunteer (email)
Date: 7/24/2024 at 16:14:06

Creighton A. Wegner
February 21, 1931 — June 26, 2024
Hawarden, Iowa
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Creighton Albert Wegner, 93, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at the Alcester Care and Rehab Center.

Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 6, 2024, at the United Methodist Church in Hawarden, Iowa with Pastor Samuel Ansong and Chaplain Lee Lockwood officiating. Burial, with Military Rites, will follow in the Grace Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., with a Prayer Service at 7:00 p.m. on Friday at the United Methodist Church in Hawarden. The Porter Funeral Home is assisting the family. Memorials can be directed to AseraCare Hospice or The American Heart Association.

Creighton Albert Wegner was born on February 21, 1931 to Albert and Ruth (Brunskill) Wegner.

He grew up on a farm NE of Hawarden and graduated Hawarden High School, a proud member of the “49er” class.

In January of 1951, Creighton joined the Air Force and stationed at the Francis E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

On September 9, 1951, he married the love of his life, Violet Emmers. They made their home in Cheyenne until November of 1952 when he was transferred to an airbase in Sioux City, IA. He was discharged in December of 1954.

After Creighton’s service in the Air Force, he returned to Hawarden and started farming. Together he and Vi raised livestock and grain crops. In 1980, he was on the executive board of Sioux County Cattle Feeders as a district representative for Eagle Township.

Creighton was a member of the United Methodist Church, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and the American Legion, Bergstrom-Bodeen Post 128 of which he received a Certificate of Continuous Membership of 60 years and a Freedom Quilt.

In 1993, Creighton bought his parents’ house in Hawarden and he and Vi moved off the farm.

After retirement from farming, Creighton got his real estate license and worked for the Gearhart Agency then later started a real estate business out of his home, The Wegner Agency. He also sold crop insurance and did crop adjusting for 26 years.

Creighton had many talents and loved talking with the people he met during his travels for work and pleasure. He especially loved the Black Hills of South Dakota. He and Vi joined a group there to dig up dinosaur bones and fossils. Coffee and cookies with his friends was his favorite past time.

After losing Vi in 2015, he remained in his home until a year ago when he moved to the Alcester Care Center. Preceding him in death was his wife Vi of 64 years; 2 sisters, Gwen Doherty and Audrey Youngkin; and a granddaughter Rita Wegner. He leaves behind his children, Craig (Julie) Wegner of Hawarden, IA, Brad (Teri) Wegner of Crooks SD, Beth (Mark) VanderHelm of Canton, SD, and Renee (Roger) Nelson of Sahuarita, AZ.; six grandchildren; many great grandchildren and a few great greats.

Source: Porter Funeral Home online obituary.