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Earl Howard Wendt

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Earl Howard Wendt

Birth
Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
17 Aug 1989 (aged 69)
Lutz, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
Burial
Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec. 627, Site 1982
Memorial ID
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EARL WAS BORN IN OAK PARK ILLINOIS, THE YOUNGEST CHILD OF AGNES GLEN OF CHICAGO AND GUSTAV WENDT OF OWASSO MICHIGAN. GRANDSON OF MARGARET GORDON AND JAMES GLEN OF SCOTLAND, AND MATHLIDA TIMM AND AUGUST WENDT OF GERMANY. BROTHER OF JAMES, WALTER, MILDRED, RALPH, RUTH, NEAL, NANCY, AND RONALD.
HE DEARLY LOVED HIS STEP MOTHER, LILLIAN HOELLER. HE AND PEARL RAISED THEIR NEPHEW LINDY WOOTEN, HIS SISTER RUTH'S YOUNGEST SON. HE WAS THE LIGHT OF THEIR LIVES. GODPARENTS OF HIS SISTER MILDRED'S DAUGHTER, GAIL BEDARD.
HE WAS IN THE SHEET METAL BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS. UNION. HE WAS A WW2 ARMY AIR CORP VETERAN SERVING IN THE PACIFIC THEATER, FROM 1941-1944. HEAR TELL HE AND HIS BATTALION COULD BUILD A ROAD OR AIRSTRIP ON THE PACIFIC ISLANDS NEARLY OVER NIGHT. EASY TO BELIEVE BY THOSE WHO KNEW HIM. HE COULD BUILD OR REPAIR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. AND, IT WAS DONE RIGHT.
EARL WAS A SOFT SPOKEN MAN WHO SPENT MANY YEARS TEACHING AND GUIDING HIS NIECES AND NEPHEWS HOW TO WATER SKI AND DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. HE HAD A DOG NAMED PEPE THAT HE ADORED.
HE MARRIED PEARL YEARWOOD MASSEY JAN. 29, 1944. THEY WERE
MARRIED FOR 45 YEARS. THEY HAD A LOVELY HOME ON A LAKE WHERE MANY OF THE FAMILY GATHERED FOR HOLIDAYS AND PLENTY OF FUN.
HE IS MISSED AND LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
EARL WAS BORN IN OAK PARK ILLINOIS, THE YOUNGEST CHILD OF AGNES GLEN OF CHICAGO AND GUSTAV WENDT OF OWASSO MICHIGAN. GRANDSON OF MARGARET GORDON AND JAMES GLEN OF SCOTLAND, AND MATHLIDA TIMM AND AUGUST WENDT OF GERMANY. BROTHER OF JAMES, WALTER, MILDRED, RALPH, RUTH, NEAL, NANCY, AND RONALD.
HE DEARLY LOVED HIS STEP MOTHER, LILLIAN HOELLER. HE AND PEARL RAISED THEIR NEPHEW LINDY WOOTEN, HIS SISTER RUTH'S YOUNGEST SON. HE WAS THE LIGHT OF THEIR LIVES. GODPARENTS OF HIS SISTER MILDRED'S DAUGHTER, GAIL BEDARD.
HE WAS IN THE SHEET METAL BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS. UNION. HE WAS A WW2 ARMY AIR CORP VETERAN SERVING IN THE PACIFIC THEATER, FROM 1941-1944. HEAR TELL HE AND HIS BATTALION COULD BUILD A ROAD OR AIRSTRIP ON THE PACIFIC ISLANDS NEARLY OVER NIGHT. EASY TO BELIEVE BY THOSE WHO KNEW HIM. HE COULD BUILD OR REPAIR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. AND, IT WAS DONE RIGHT.
EARL WAS A SOFT SPOKEN MAN WHO SPENT MANY YEARS TEACHING AND GUIDING HIS NIECES AND NEPHEWS HOW TO WATER SKI AND DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. HE HAD A DOG NAMED PEPE THAT HE ADORED.
HE MARRIED PEARL YEARWOOD MASSEY JAN. 29, 1944. THEY WERE
MARRIED FOR 45 YEARS. THEY HAD A LOVELY HOME ON A LAKE WHERE MANY OF THE FAMILY GATHERED FOR HOLIDAYS AND PLENTY OF FUN.
HE IS MISSED AND LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.

Gravesite Details

Dual interment with wife (Pearl) on 3/8/17



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