Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wunnenberg Jr., John Ernst March 26, 2002
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Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - Friday, March 29, 2002 
NORFOLK - John Ernst Wunnenberg Jr., 82, formerly of the 6100 block of Wythe
Place, died peacefully Tuesday morning, March 26, 2002, at his residence at our
Lady of Perpetual Help in Virginia Beach.

Born in Norfolk, he was the son of John Ernst Wunnenberg Sr. and Mary Ruth
Fraser Wunnenberg . He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, including a
two-year tour of duty in the South Pacific. After the war he worked at the Naval
Supply Depot in Norfolk. In 1948 he joined his father-in-law, Irving B. Sawyer,
at S.A.D. Parker & Co. Upon Mr. Sawyer's retirement in 1963, he became the
company's sole owner. In 1977 he sold the company to Valley Poultry and Produce
Inc., where he managed the egg division until he retired in 1997.

A faithful member of Larchmont Baptist Church, he served as a deacon for many
years. He was a past president of the Exchange Club of Norfolk, a board member
of the Girls Club of Norfolk, and a member of the Norfolk Musicians' Association.

He is survived by daughters, Cynthia Wunnenberg Moll and husband Robert Moll of
Virginia Beach, Pamela Wunnenberg Wheary and husband William A. Wheary III of
Norfolk, Janice Wood Wunnenberg of Norfolk; stepdaughter, Jeanne Cooper Walters
of Norfolk; stepsons David F. Cooper and wife Vicki Cooper of Hedgesville,
W.Va., and Robert T. Cooper of Hertford, N.C.; grandchildren, Elizabeth A. Moll,
Jennifer L. Moll, Alan R. Moll and wife Debra Moll of Virginia Beach, John C.
Wheary and wife Sara Brooks Wheary of Norfolk, Helen W. McCarty, Erin E. McCarty
and Linnea A. McCarty of Norfolk; stepgrandchildren, John H. Walters and David
H. Walters of Norfolk and Katherine Cooper of Hedgesville; great-grandchildren,
Christian R. Moll and Jonathan A. Moll of Virginia Beach; a brother, Louis A.
Wunnenberg of Farmville, Va.; a sister, Olga Harris and brother-in-law Philip
Harris of Henderson, N.C.; a sister, Elfriede Johnson and brother-in-law Robert
Johnson of Stumpy Point, N.C.; and a sister, Rose Locklear and brother-in-law
Sam Locklear of Norfolk. He was predeceased in 1981 by his wife, Helen Sawyer
Wunnenberg , and in 1983 by his wife, Virginia Cooper Wunnenberg .

A funeral will be conducted today at 11 a.m. at H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., 1501
Colonial Ave., Norfolk. The service will conclude at graveside in Forest Lawn
Cemetery, Norfolk.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Our Lady of Perpetual Help,
4560 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23462. 

Additional Comments:
Forest Lawn Cemetery

WUNNENBERG JR, JOHN E I24995 E, Block 6, Lot 19, Space SW 0 03/26/2002

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