Harold L. Wenberg 1923 - 1998

WENBERG, LANGSETH, HANNER

Posted By: Connie Swearingen -Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/27/2018 at 20:45:58

Sioux City Journal
12 June 1998

Harold L. Wenberg, 74, of Sioux City died Wednesday, June 10, 1998, at a Sioux City hospital following a lengthy illness.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel, with the Rev. Richard Kretzschmar, pastor of Whitfield United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, with military rites conducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Sergeant Floyd Post 1973. Visitation will be 2 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mr. Wenberg was born November 14, 1923, in Sioux City, the son of Paul and Ida (Langseth) Wenberg. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1945 in the Pacific Theater.

He married Berna Dene Hanner on August 8, 1946, in Omaha, Nebraska. He was employed for 38 years as a fireman and later as an engineer for the Great Northern Railroad and Burlington Northern.

He was a member of Trimble United Methodist Church, the Brotherhood of Locomotive engineers and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 580.

Survivors include his wife; two sons and their wives, Steven and Barbara of Bloomington, Minnesota and David and Marcia of Sioux City and five grandchildren, Heidi, Trevor, Dustin, Mark and Jeff.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Lorraine Holt and a brother, Paul.

Pallbearers will be Heidi, Trevor, Dustin, Mark and Jeff Wenberg, Carleton Grinberg, Arney Grinberg and Irvin Deichman.

Memorials in his name may be directed to Trimble United Methodist Church.