Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Andrew Wenkel Part 6 1950-1979

Andrew Charles Wenkel

1951, age 51

In this decade, he experienced the death of father August Friederich Andreas Wenkel, 5 October 1951, Standish, Arenac, Michigan
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1969, age 69

In this decade his brother died, Fred Felix Wenkel, 21 March 1969, Standish, Arenac, Michigan

1972, age 72

In this decade, five siblings died as well as his own death.

  • Death of sister Anna Wenkel, 16 May 1972, Montclair, Essex, New Jersey
  • Death of brother August Paul Wenkel, 24 July 1973, Wauconda Lake, Illinois
  • Death of sister Alvena Marie Wenkel, 30 October 1975, Asbury, Warren, New Jersey
  • Death of sister Karolina Friederike Sophie Wenkel, 32 October 1975, Standish, Bay, Michigan
  • Death of sister Frieda Caroline Wenkel, 17 November 1978, Glencoe, Cook, Illinois
Something I just noticed.  Anna died just a year before my grandfather August.  Alvena and Karolina died within a day of each other.

1979, age 79

Died, 28 August 1979, Glencoe, Cook, Illinois, buried Northbrook, Cook County, Illinois.  He died two months after I graduated from High School, but I never knew it.


Andrew F. Wenkel 1979 obituary
Wenkel
Andrew F. Wenkel, beloved husband of Emily L., fond brother of Dora Hohlfelder, Alvena Schnetzer, Celia Schinler, Bertha Barber and Sophia Hoder.  Funeral ... Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery....


Andrew F. Wenkel gravestone
from FindaGrave Memorial# 25470133

He is buried in Sacred heart Cemetery, Northbrook, Cook County Illinois, Plot #12
Sacred Heart Cemetery
from FindaGrave





Mini Pedigree from Ancestry.com

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