Obit: Wendt, John F. #4 (1878 - 1953)

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Surnames: Wendt, Noah, Gander, Erickson, Olson, Courter

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 26 Mar 1953

Wendt, John F.#4 (24 APR 1878 - 18 MAR 1953)

Mr. John Fred Wendt passed away at his home in the Town of Longwood (Clark Co., Wis.) on Wednesday, March 18, 1953 at 9:00 a.m. of a heart ailment.

He was born on April 24, 1878 in Allegan, Mich., son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wendt, deceased. He came to Thorp with his parents when he was six years old and grew to manhood there. He spent most of his life working in lumber camps.

On April 28, 1909 hew as united in marriage to Clara Noah, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Noah. After their marriage they settled in the vicinity of Longwood, where he has resided ever since..

Mr. and Mrs. John Wendt spent the past winter in Kentucky with their daughter Bertha, returning home on Sunday night, March 15th. He was taken sick on the way home and never recovered.

He is survived by hsi wife, three daughters, Mrs. Adolph (Bertha) Gander, Danville, Ky.; Mrs. Burnell (Leona) Erickson, Madison; Mrs. Daniel (Alice) Olson, Greenwood; and two sons, Adolph on the home place and Edgar, both of Owen; one sister, Mrs. Bill Courter, Withee; three brothers, Bill of Owen; Fred of Lagrande, Oregon; and August of Denver, Colo. Two brothers and a sister preceded him in death.

Funeral services were conducted Saturday, March 21, at 2:00 p.m. at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church in Greenwood, the Rev. Charles Koch officiating. Interment was in the Greenwood Cemetery.

During the service Walter Needham and daughter Janet sang "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" and the choir sang "Softly and Tenderly," accompanied by Miss Jeanette Busch at the organ.

The pallbearers were all nephews: Raymond, George, Charles, Cecil and Harold Wendt, and Bernard Colby.

The flowers were in charge of Geraldine, Carol, Dennis and Karen Wendt, Kathleen and Arvilla Noah and Duane Olson.

Those from away who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Gander, Danville, Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. Burnell Erickson, Madison; Mr. and Mrs. Emil Ehlert, Mr. and Mrs. George Wendt, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Nelson and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schroeder, Mrs. Charles Wendt, Wis. Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Scheir, Mrs. Otto Severin, Raymond Wendt, Milwaukee; Mrs. Wm. Hollman and son, Grafton; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kuhn, Sheboygan; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wendt and son, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wendt, Eau Claire; Mr. and Mrs. Arvid Shell, Marshfield; Mrs. Morris Anderson, Minneapolis, Minn.; Oscar Noah and son, Alma; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Krampain, Edgar; Mr. and Mrs. Emil Laabs, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Laube and family, Colby; Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Colby, Strum; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wendt, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wendt, Ed Wendt, Owen; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Buchanan, Curtiss, and many other close neighbors and friends.