A lifelong resident of Allen County, he retired from the General Electric in 1955. He was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mary, with whom he celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in June, 1964; three sons, Welmer and harold, both of Fort Wayne, and Delbert, Bluffton; four daughters, Mrs Irma Baugh, Mrs Helen Motts, Mrs Velma Austin and Mrs Carolyn Wessel, all of Fort Wayne; 15 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs Jacob Petzold, Fort Wayne.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 pm Wednesday in the Rodenbeck-Hockemeyer Funeral Home, Rev Osmar Lebenbauer officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 pm today and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm Tuesday.
Preferred memorials are contributions to the Concordia Lutheran Church Building Fund. Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - October 4, 1965
A lifelong resident of Allen County, he retired from the General Electric in 1955. He was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mary, with whom he celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in June, 1964; three sons, Welmer and harold, both of Fort Wayne, and Delbert, Bluffton; four daughters, Mrs Irma Baugh, Mrs Helen Motts, Mrs Velma Austin and Mrs Carolyn Wessel, all of Fort Wayne; 15 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs Jacob Petzold, Fort Wayne.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 pm Wednesday in the Rodenbeck-Hockemeyer Funeral Home, Rev Osmar Lebenbauer officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 pm today and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm Tuesday.
Preferred memorials are contributions to the Concordia Lutheran Church Building Fund. Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - October 4, 1965
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