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Norman E. Wigner, 75, Anderson, died July 27 [1999]. He was a firefighter for the Anderson Fire Department, retiring in 1979. Previously, he was a steel-construction worker and an employee of Delco Remy Division of General Motors Corp., Anderson. Mr. Wigner was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II. He was a member of […]

Ernie Wonsetler, 74, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 24, 1998, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Jan. 20, 1924, at Larned, the son of Ernest L. and Letha May Lewis Wonsetler. He graduated from Larned High School. A Hutchinson resident since 1968, moving from Garden City, he was employed as the executive director of retail grocery […]

Harrison Leroy Warkentin was born November 25, 1924 in Homestead, Oklahoma to Arthur and Anna (Baker) Warkentin and died at his home in Fairview on September 27, 1998 at the age of 73 years. He lived in Enid most of his life. Harrison was a veteran of WWII. He was proud to have served his […]

James Ray Welch, age 75, of Danville, AR died Thursday, March 12, 1998 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, AR. He was born February 17, 1923 at Havana, AR, son of the late R. L. and Orpha Ray Welch. He was retired from Continental Grain; he was a Marine Corps Veteran of World War […]

FORT WORTH – Drue Oliver Dodd Ware, M.D., 82, a longtime Fort Worth family practitioner, died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1998, in Fort Worth after a yearlong illness. Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth. Officiating: Dr. Clifford Williams and the Rev. Bert Honea. Burial: Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. […]

Wilbur J. Work [September 9, 1997], age 74, of Odessa, FL, formerly of the Lake Minnetonka area. Survived by daughters & sons-in-law, Susan A. & Neil Geving of Duluth, GA, Sandra K. & Thomas Mason II of Minnetonka; son & daughter-in-law, Thomas L. & Darla Work of Chaska; grandchildren, Christopher & Brad Geving, Chad & […]

Elton Whisenhunt, 75, died Saturday, April 19, 1997, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was a staff writer for the Houston Press from 1948 to 1950 and the Memphis Press-Scimitar from 1950 to 1965. He was president of the Newspaper Guild of Memphis from 1959 to 1961. He served as Memphis correspondent for Billboard […]

Edward J. Weidinger, 74, of N. Stephen St., Oregon, died Thursday December 5, 1996 in his residence. He was born March 1, 1922 in Toledo to Mr. and Mrs. Edward (Ruby Cummins) Weidinger. He married Mildred K. Schnabel on September 25, 1946 in Moline, OH and she survives. Mr. Weidinger was a former member of […]

Floyd E. Watkins, 73, of 1410 Henry St. died Saturday, Oct. 26, 1996, at Pekin Hospital. Born Feb. 25, 1923, in Pekin to William Earl and Bernice Bell Watkins, he married Melva M. Hoffman on June 29, 1949. She died Oct. 31, 1977. He later married Eleanor Haney Burbridge on Jan. 9, 1986, in Pekin. […]

Frank J. Wisniewski, 73, of Tannersville, died Wednesday [February 8, 1995] in his home. He was the husband of Eleanor (Brodzicki) Wisniewski. They were married 46 years in July. He was a patrolman with the Nassau (N.Y.) Police Department, from 1954 until retiring in 1972. Born in Queens, N.Y., he was a son of the […]