----Source: Greenwood Gleaner 3/1/1928

OBITUARY OF WILLIAM WENDT
 

Wm. Wendt was born in Hanover, Germany, Sept. 7, 1846. Fifty four years ago he came to America. His first place of employment was at Neillsville, Clark County. Later on he was the owner of the John Wendt farm near Longwood and from this place his body was laid to rest in the Town of Longwood Cemetery beside his wife Emilia, who preceded him in death Jan. 13, 1918.

For a number of years they had lived at Curtiss, Wis. After the death of his wife he made his home with his nephew John Wendt until the latter moved to Athens. He then made his home at the County Farm at Neillsville, where one of the men with whom he worked in Neillsville on first coming to Wisconsin took care of him in his last illness.

He died of Bright's disease, but had been able to be up part of the time until the last few days of his life. He died Friday evening, Feb. 17, 1928, at 11 o'clock. He had reached the Palmist high limit of live, four score years and one.

The funeral text was Psalm 90, the 10th verse, explained by the first and twelfth verses of that Psalm.

Mr. Wendt had been a hard working man all his lifetime and would have had ample funds laid by had he not lost a great part of it through the failure of a bank where his money was invested.

Two grand-nieces, Bertha and Alice Wendt, sang several appropriate hymns, accompanied by Mrs. Swenson on the organ, at the cemetery they sang Nearer My God to Thee: as the casket was being lowered.

Mr. Wendt had 3 sisters who remained in Germany and one brother Henry, who preceded him in death a number of years ago. Rev. E. Pfeiffer officiated.