Rites for Wefel set for Saturday
Funeral services will be held Saturday for Otto Wefel, 82, of Preble, who died at 9:55 a.m. Wednesday at the Adams County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient two days. He had been in ill health for two years.
He was born in Preble Township Dec. 19, 1888, a son of Henry and Louise Meyer-Wefel, and was married to Emilie Ewell June 15, 1919.
Mr. Wefel retired from the Decatur General Electric Co. plant in 1953 after 24 years of services. He was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church at Preble.
Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, Donald Wefel of Preble; a daughter, Mrs. Edwin F. (Leona) Reinking of Decatur Route 2; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Haugk of Decatur; 11 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. A daughter, Norma, died in 1959. Four brothers and three sisters are deceased.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Zwick Funeral Home and at 2 p.m. at the St. Paul Lutheran Church at Preble, with Rev. Norman Kuck officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services.
Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana
Thursday, February 25, 1971
Contributed by Janice Vasilovski
Funeral services will be held Saturday for Otto Wefel, 82, of Preble, who died at 9:55 a.m. Wednesday at the Adams County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient two days. He had been in ill health for two years.
He was born in Preble Township Dec. 19, 1888, a son of Henry and Louise Meyer-Wefel, and was married to Emilie Ewell June 15, 1919.
Mr. Wefel retired from the Decatur General Electric Co. plant in 1953 after 24 years of services. He was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church at Preble.
Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, Donald Wefel of Preble; a daughter, Mrs. Edwin F. (Leona) Reinking of Decatur Route 2; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Haugk of Decatur; 11 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. A daughter, Norma, died in 1959. Four brothers and three sisters are deceased.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Zwick Funeral Home and at 2 p.m. at the St. Paul Lutheran Church at Preble, with Rev. Norman Kuck officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services.
Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana
Thursday, February 25, 1971
Contributed by Janice Vasilovski
Rites for Wefel set for Saturday
Funeral services will be held Saturday for Otto Wefel, 82, of Preble, who died at 9:55 a.m. Wednesday at the Adams County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient two days. He had been in ill health for two years.
He was born in Preble Township Dec. 19, 1888, a son of Henry and Louise Meyer-Wefel, and was married to Emilie Ewell June 15, 1919.
Mr. Wefel retired from the Decatur General Electric Co. plant in 1953 after 24 years of services. He was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church at Preble.
Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, Donald Wefel of Preble; a daughter, Mrs. Edwin F. (Leona) Reinking of Decatur Route 2; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Haugk of Decatur; 11 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. A daughter, Norma, died in 1959. Four brothers and three sisters are deceased.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Zwick Funeral Home and at 2 p.m. at the St. Paul Lutheran Church at Preble, with Rev. Norman Kuck officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services.
Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana
Thursday, February 25, 1971
Contributed by Janice Vasilovski
Funeral services will be held Saturday for Otto Wefel, 82, of Preble, who died at 9:55 a.m. Wednesday at the Adams County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient two days. He had been in ill health for two years.
He was born in Preble Township Dec. 19, 1888, a son of Henry and Louise Meyer-Wefel, and was married to Emilie Ewell June 15, 1919.
Mr. Wefel retired from the Decatur General Electric Co. plant in 1953 after 24 years of services. He was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church at Preble.
Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, Donald Wefel of Preble; a daughter, Mrs. Edwin F. (Leona) Reinking of Decatur Route 2; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Haugk of Decatur; 11 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. A daughter, Norma, died in 1959. Four brothers and three sisters are deceased.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Zwick Funeral Home and at 2 p.m. at the St. Paul Lutheran Church at Preble, with Rev. Norman Kuck officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services.
Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana
Thursday, February 25, 1971
Contributed by Janice Vasilovski
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