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Rinert A Wenzel

Male 1914 - 2009  (95 years)


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  • Name Rinert A Wenzel 
    Born 21 Aug 1914  Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 09 Sep 2009  Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Holy Cross Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I106030  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 31 Jul 2018 

    Father William C Wenzel,   b. 14 Jul 1875, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1953  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Ida A Federwitz,   b. 27 May 1877,   d. 12 Nov 1957  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 24 Jun 1897  Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F82275  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eva H Hoffmann,   b. 10 Apr 1918, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 2010, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 28 Jun 1941 
    Children 
     1. William Wenzel,   b. Jan 1943,   d. Jan 1943  (Age ~ 0 years)
     2. Susan Joyce Wenzel,   b. 05 May 1947, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 2015  (Age 68 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F42347  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • September 10, 2009


      Wenzel, Rinert A. "Dick"


      Rinert A. Wenzel, Kaukauna, age 95, died early on the morning of Wednesday, September 9, 2009, at the Appleton Medical Center. Rinert was born August 21, 1914, in Kaukauna, son of the late William and Ida (Federwitz) Wenzel. He married the former Eva Hoffmann on June 28, 1941. Rinert was self-employed as a drywall contractor and real estate broker for many years. He was a longtime and faithful member of Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in Kaukauna, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Barbershop Harmony Society, and served on the Kaukauna Police and Fire Commission for twenty-seven years. Rinert also served in World War II, having entered the Army Air Corps in January of 1943. After completion of the N.C.O. Physical Training Course in Florida, he was stationed at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut as a Physical Education Instructor for the R.O.T.C. cadets. Later he was stationed at Langley Air Force Base at Langley Field, Virginia, also as a Physical Education Instructor.

      Rinert is survived by his wife of sixty-eight years, Eva Wenzel, Kaukauna; a daughter, Susan Cash; two grandsons: Steven (Rena) Cash and Daniel Cash; two great-grandchildren: Markos and Kiera; a sister-in-law, Doris Kerry; four nephews: Larry (Joyce) Schubring, Allan Schubring, Carl (Marion) Wenzel, and Norman Koch; three nieces: Ruth (Gordon) Duscha, Joyce (Charles) Miller, and Betty (Bill) Boyce.

      He was preceded in death by his parents, a son William, brothers: Walter (Edna) Wenzel, Alfred Wenzel, Clarence (Lorraine) Wenzel, Oscar Wenzel, Hugo (Ada) Wenzel, Marvin (Ruth) Wenzel, and sisters Burgetta (Ervin) Koch and Mildred (Orville) Schubring.

      The Christian Funeral for Rinert will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, September 11, 2009 at TRINITY EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH, 804 Grignon Street in Kaukauna with Rev. Karl Schultz officiating. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. Friends may call directly at the church on Friday afternoon from 1 p.m. until the hour of the service.

      Fargo Funeral Home

      400 W. Wisconsin Avenue

      Kaukauna 920-766-6200

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