GALENA, Ill. - Vera M. Wienen, 82, of Galena, died Saturday, March 7, 1998, at the Galena-Stauss Nursing Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Michael's Catholic Church, Galena, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today at Furlong Funeral Chapel, Galena, where there will be a rosary at 6 p.m. Mrs. Wienen and her husband farmed most of their lives in the area. She also worked at Millhouse Bros. Store, in Galena, for many years. She was born on March 7, 1916, in Galena, daughter of William and Minnie (Heller) Beadle. She married Joseph H. Wienen; he died on April 26, 1976. Vera was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church, and its altar and rosary society, and the Guilford Sunbeam Quilting group. Surviving are two children, Wayne (Jeanette) Wienen, of rural Galena, and Janet (Thomas) Lacke, of Belvidere, Ill.; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; a brother, Pat (Ne Ne) Beadle, of Galena; and four sisters, Frances Murphy, of Galena, Catherine Seelye, of Harvard, Lucille Rusboldt, of Michigan City, Ind., and Joan Foecking, of Galena; and many nieces and nephews. She also was preceded in death by three sisters, Helen Petitgoue, Florence Bautsch and Virginia Armstrong; three brothers, Howard, William Jr. and Donald Beadle; and a grandchild, Amy Lacke. A Vera M. Wienen Memorial Fund has been established.
GALENA, Ill. - Vera M. Wienen, 82, of Galena, died Saturday, March 7, 1998, at the Galena-Stauss Nursing Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Michael's Catholic Church, Galena, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today at Furlong Funeral Chapel, Galena, where there will be a rosary at 6 p.m. Mrs. Wienen and her husband farmed most of their lives in the area. She also worked at Millhouse Bros. Store, in Galena, for many years. She was born on March 7, 1916, in Galena, daughter of William and Minnie (Heller) Beadle. She married Joseph H. Wienen; he died on April 26, 1976. Vera was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church, and its altar and rosary society, and the Guilford Sunbeam Quilting group. Surviving are two children, Wayne (Jeanette) Wienen, of rural Galena, and Janet (Thomas) Lacke, of Belvidere, Ill.; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; a brother, Pat (Ne Ne) Beadle, of Galena; and four sisters, Frances Murphy, of Galena, Catherine Seelye, of Harvard, Lucille Rusboldt, of Michigan City, Ind., and Joan Foecking, of Galena; and many nieces and nephews. She also was preceded in death by three sisters, Helen Petitgoue, Florence Bautsch and Virginia Armstrong; three brothers, Howard, William Jr. and Donald Beadle; and a grandchild, Amy Lacke. A Vera M. Wienen Memorial Fund has been established.
Family Members
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Helen Margaret Beadle Petitgoue
1911–1986
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Florence Anna Beadle Bautsch
1912–1996
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Frances Theresa Beadle Murphy
1912–2003
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Howard William Beadle
1913–1914
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Catherine I Beadle Seelye
1918–2005
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Mary Lucille Beadle Rusboldt
1921–2003
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William Joseph "Billy" Beadle Jr
1924–1954
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Virginia Marian "Gina" Beadle Armstrong
1926–1988
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Donald Bernard "Donnie" Beadle
1928–1986
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Richard Thomas "Pat" Beadle
1931–1999
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Joanne Elizabeth Beadle Foecking
1932–2012
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