WHITEWATER -- Joseph Wesley Wendel, 83, of Whitewater, died Sunday, Oct. 27, 1991 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
He was born March 28, 1908 at Whitewater, the son of Henry and Mary Ulrich Wendel.
He worked for the Ceramo Pottery Company for 23 years and retired in 1973.
On Aug. 10, 1932, he married the former Edna Cook at Gordonville. She survives.
He was a life-long member of Zion United Methodist Church of Gordonville. He was also a member of Zion Men's Club and the Adult Bible Class.
He is survived by two sons and daughter-in-laws, Roy and Mary Lou Wendel, Jackson, Robert and Sharon Wendel, Whitewater; two sisters, Helen Hennecke, Gordonville, Flora Wendel, Whitewater; four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be held Wednesday at Zion United Methodist Church at Gordonville at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Tom Gross officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Friends may call Tuesday from 4-8 p.m. at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson.
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