Obit: Wendt, Sadie (1897 - 1957)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Wendt, Weisner, Pirkel, Tellofson, Schultz, Simonsen  
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) November 14, 1957 
 

Wendt, Sadie (6 June 1897 - 11 November 1957) 
 

Mrs. Sadie Wendt, 60, a native of Neillsville and widow of Arthur Wendt, died at her home Monday evening following a two-week illness.  She lived in Watertown. 
 

Mrs. Wendt, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weisner, was born in Neillsville on June 6, 1897. She was married to Arthur Wendt on August 1, 1915.  They lived in Circle, Mont., until 1928, and then moved to Watertown. 
 

She is survived by five children: Wayne, Melvin and Mrs. Francis (Adela) Pirkel of Watertown; Mrs. Donald (Betty) Tellofson, Maquoketa,  Ia.; Mrs. Fred (Norma) Wendt of Fort Atkinson; and by 14 grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Herman Schultz, Neillsville, and Mrs. Walter Simonsen of Merrillan. Her husband died in 1954. 
 

Mrs. Wendt was a member of the Methodist church, the Clarence McGuire Post Auxiliary, V. F. W., the Friendly Club and the Women’s Relief Corps. 
 

Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon.  Those who attended from here were: Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schultz, Bert and Archie, Victor of Eau Claire, and Mrs. Walter Simonsen.