George H. Wendt. Funeral services for George H. Wendt 80, retired conductor for the Wabash Railroad, will be at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Brintlinger Funeral Home where friends may call from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery, Warsaw, Ill.
Mr. Wendt died at 3 p.m. yesterday in his home at 103 N. Woodlawn Ave. He had been in poor health several years and seriously ill two days.
Mr. Wendt began work for the Wabash in Springfield as a brakeman on Sept. 26, 1899. In 1902 and 1903 he worked as a brakeman for the Santa Fe Railroad out of Needles, Calif. returning to the Wabash at Springfield in 1903. He was promoted to conductor in 1907 and served as a regular passenger conductor on the Springfield Division until passenger service was discontinued Dec. 31, 1949. His last work was on the Decatur to Hannibal run. His retirement from service became effective in early 1950.
In 1914, when business was down on the Wabash, Mr. Wendt took a leave of absence to work for the Grand Trunk pacific Railroad at Prince George, British Columbia.
In 1946 and 1947 Mr. Wendt helped build the house at 125 S. Dennis Ave., using in it material from a Warsaw, Ill. mansion build by William H. Roosevelt, uncle of President Theodore Roosevelt.
Mr. Wendt's father was a cabinet maker and from him he learned enough of the trade to build the cases for several grandfather clocks. He also repaired and refinished some of the Victorian era furniture from the Roosevelt mansion.
Mr. Wendt was a member of Lincoln Division, Order of Railway Conductors, in Springfield from 1907 until 1954 when he transferred his membership to Henwood Division, 74, in Decatur.
He was a member of the Lutheran church.
Mr. Wendt was born Sept. 2, 1879 in Staunton, a son of Fred and May Fischer Wendt and was married Sept 24, 1902 to Ethel McCoy in Clayton, Ill.
He leaves his wife, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
There are three brothers, Ernest, South Bend, Ind., Henry, Phoenix, Ariz., and Fred of Alton, and two sisters, Mrs. Alma Moore, Pekin, and Mrs. Dora Leischeidt, Freedom, Mo.
A son, George, preceded him in death.
[Ref: Decatur Daily Review, Dec 24, 1959, p. 9]
Mr. Wendt died at 3 p.m. yesterday in his home at 103 N. Woodlawn Ave. He had been in poor health several years and seriously ill two days.
Mr. Wendt began work for the Wabash in Springfield as a brakeman on Sept. 26, 1899. In 1902 and 1903 he worked as a brakeman for the Santa Fe Railroad out of Needles, Calif. returning to the Wabash at Springfield in 1903. He was promoted to conductor in 1907 and served as a regular passenger conductor on the Springfield Division until passenger service was discontinued Dec. 31, 1949. His last work was on the Decatur to Hannibal run. His retirement from service became effective in early 1950.
In 1914, when business was down on the Wabash, Mr. Wendt took a leave of absence to work for the Grand Trunk pacific Railroad at Prince George, British Columbia.
In 1946 and 1947 Mr. Wendt helped build the house at 125 S. Dennis Ave., using in it material from a Warsaw, Ill. mansion build by William H. Roosevelt, uncle of President Theodore Roosevelt.
Mr. Wendt's father was a cabinet maker and from him he learned enough of the trade to build the cases for several grandfather clocks. He also repaired and refinished some of the Victorian era furniture from the Roosevelt mansion.
Mr. Wendt was a member of Lincoln Division, Order of Railway Conductors, in Springfield from 1907 until 1954 when he transferred his membership to Henwood Division, 74, in Decatur.
He was a member of the Lutheran church.
Mr. Wendt was born Sept. 2, 1879 in Staunton, a son of Fred and May Fischer Wendt and was married Sept 24, 1902 to Ethel McCoy in Clayton, Ill.
He leaves his wife, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
There are three brothers, Ernest, South Bend, Ind., Henry, Phoenix, Ariz., and Fred of Alton, and two sisters, Mrs. Alma Moore, Pekin, and Mrs. Dora Leischeidt, Freedom, Mo.
A son, George, preceded him in death.
[Ref: Decatur Daily Review, Dec 24, 1959, p. 9]
George H. Wendt. Funeral services for George H. Wendt 80, retired conductor for the Wabash Railroad, will be at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Brintlinger Funeral Home where friends may call from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery, Warsaw, Ill.
Mr. Wendt died at 3 p.m. yesterday in his home at 103 N. Woodlawn Ave. He had been in poor health several years and seriously ill two days.
Mr. Wendt began work for the Wabash in Springfield as a brakeman on Sept. 26, 1899. In 1902 and 1903 he worked as a brakeman for the Santa Fe Railroad out of Needles, Calif. returning to the Wabash at Springfield in 1903. He was promoted to conductor in 1907 and served as a regular passenger conductor on the Springfield Division until passenger service was discontinued Dec. 31, 1949. His last work was on the Decatur to Hannibal run. His retirement from service became effective in early 1950.
In 1914, when business was down on the Wabash, Mr. Wendt took a leave of absence to work for the Grand Trunk pacific Railroad at Prince George, British Columbia.
In 1946 and 1947 Mr. Wendt helped build the house at 125 S. Dennis Ave., using in it material from a Warsaw, Ill. mansion build by William H. Roosevelt, uncle of President Theodore Roosevelt.
Mr. Wendt's father was a cabinet maker and from him he learned enough of the trade to build the cases for several grandfather clocks. He also repaired and refinished some of the Victorian era furniture from the Roosevelt mansion.
Mr. Wendt was a member of Lincoln Division, Order of Railway Conductors, in Springfield from 1907 until 1954 when he transferred his membership to Henwood Division, 74, in Decatur.
He was a member of the Lutheran church.
Mr. Wendt was born Sept. 2, 1879 in Staunton, a son of Fred and May Fischer Wendt and was married Sept 24, 1902 to Ethel McCoy in Clayton, Ill.
He leaves his wife, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
There are three brothers, Ernest, South Bend, Ind., Henry, Phoenix, Ariz., and Fred of Alton, and two sisters, Mrs. Alma Moore, Pekin, and Mrs. Dora Leischeidt, Freedom, Mo.
A son, George, preceded him in death.
[Ref: Decatur Daily Review, Dec 24, 1959, p. 9]
Mr. Wendt died at 3 p.m. yesterday in his home at 103 N. Woodlawn Ave. He had been in poor health several years and seriously ill two days.
Mr. Wendt began work for the Wabash in Springfield as a brakeman on Sept. 26, 1899. In 1902 and 1903 he worked as a brakeman for the Santa Fe Railroad out of Needles, Calif. returning to the Wabash at Springfield in 1903. He was promoted to conductor in 1907 and served as a regular passenger conductor on the Springfield Division until passenger service was discontinued Dec. 31, 1949. His last work was on the Decatur to Hannibal run. His retirement from service became effective in early 1950.
In 1914, when business was down on the Wabash, Mr. Wendt took a leave of absence to work for the Grand Trunk pacific Railroad at Prince George, British Columbia.
In 1946 and 1947 Mr. Wendt helped build the house at 125 S. Dennis Ave., using in it material from a Warsaw, Ill. mansion build by William H. Roosevelt, uncle of President Theodore Roosevelt.
Mr. Wendt's father was a cabinet maker and from him he learned enough of the trade to build the cases for several grandfather clocks. He also repaired and refinished some of the Victorian era furniture from the Roosevelt mansion.
Mr. Wendt was a member of Lincoln Division, Order of Railway Conductors, in Springfield from 1907 until 1954 when he transferred his membership to Henwood Division, 74, in Decatur.
He was a member of the Lutheran church.
Mr. Wendt was born Sept. 2, 1879 in Staunton, a son of Fred and May Fischer Wendt and was married Sept 24, 1902 to Ethel McCoy in Clayton, Ill.
He leaves his wife, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
There are three brothers, Ernest, South Bend, Ind., Henry, Phoenix, Ariz., and Fred of Alton, and two sisters, Mrs. Alma Moore, Pekin, and Mrs. Dora Leischeidt, Freedom, Mo.
A son, George, preceded him in death.
[Ref: Decatur Daily Review, Dec 24, 1959, p. 9]
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