CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF Raymond P. Wiedenfeld

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HARTINGTON - Raymond P. Wiedenfeld, 78, died Friday, March 12, 1999, 
at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton, S.D.

Visitation was March 15, at the Wintz Funeral Home, Hartington.

Funeral services were March 16 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 
Hartington, with Rev. William Sanderson officiating.

Burial was in St. Michael's Cemetery, Hartington, with Military Services 
conducted by the Newcastle American Legion Post #62.

Pallbearers were Chris, Dan, Terry and Brett Wiedenfeld; Jeff Guenther, 
Jason Trenhaile, Bryan Tucker and Pat Muhs.

Honorary pallbearers were Ervin Noecker, Dennis Kollars, Arnold Anderson,
Melbert Rasmussen, Gerald Seim, John Grindvoid, Lloyd Pedersen and 
Lawrence LUX.

Raymond was born March 20, 1920, to Henry and Catherine (Koch) Wiedenfeld 
in Newcastle. He grew up on a farm 13 miles east of Hartington and 
graduated from Maskell High School in 1936. He attended Wayne State 
College for two years and also obtained his pilot's license at this time. 
He taught school for two years at Lime Grove School, before he enlisted 
in the service. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943-1945 primarily in 
Seattle, Wash.

He married Dorothy Steffen July 16, 1946, in Hartington. He taught school 
at the Mayflower School east of Hartington for several years. He then 
farmed east of Hartington until he retired and moved into town in 1985.

He was a member of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Hartington; a Fourth 
Degree Knights of Columbus and the Newcastle American Legion Post #62.

Past offices and memberships include secretary-treasurer of the Maskell 
Fire District; a 4-H leader: ASCS County Committeeman; a member of the 
St. Peter's Catholic Church parish council, Newcastle; the church choir 
and taught CCD. He was also a board member of the Tara Hill School District.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy, Hartington; four children, Jerry and 
Connie Wiedenfeld, Hartington; Sharon and Richard Boehmer, Newcastle; 
Carol and Ken Guenther, Yankton, S.D.; and Mark and Patty Wiedenfeld, 
Hartington; 11 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one brother, Irvin 
Wiedenfeld, Hartington; and one sister, Mrs. Leonard (Frances) Gilbertson, 
North Hills, Calif.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, William.


Wednesday, March 17, 1999 - CEDAR COUNTY NEWS