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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 26754
Title: Henry "Hank" F. Wetzel
Date: 9/14/1927-5/8/2021
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 9/14/1927
Summary: Henry passed from this life into eternity with his Savior on May 8, 2021, at Elm Crest Manor, New Salem. Funeral services for Henry Wetzel, 93, New Salem, was held at 11 a.m. CST Saturday, May 15, 2021, at Bethel Assembly of God Church, Glen Ullin, with the Pastor Gaylen Lennick officiating. Visitation was held one hour prior to the funeral service at the church. Burial followed at the Glen Ullin Cemetery. Henry “Hank” Fritz Wetzel was born September 14, 1927, on the family farmstead near New Salem, the son of Carl and Ernestina (Swaboda) Wetzel. He attended a one room country school through the 8th grade. On Nov. 1, 1957, Hank and Dorothy Joersz were united in marriage and raised their five children on the family farm. It was here he spent his days working in the field and milking cows, starting before the sun came up and finishing long after it had gone down. Hank enjoyed rodeoing in his younger years and was a life-long hunter and fisherman. He loved the Lord and his family, cherishing the time he was blessed to spend with them. Henry is survived by his children; one daughter, Carla (Tom) Wehri, New Salem; four sons, Leland (LaDonna), Rapid City, SD, Clark (Lousie), Judson, Henry Jr. (Sharon), New Salem, and Jeffrey (Janine), New Salem; 11 grandchildren, Orrin (Adrianna) Wetzel, LeOnna (Brad) Hancock, AbriOnna Wetzel, Nicole (Nathan) Espy, Joshua Wetzel, Cody (Erin) Wetzel, Nathan Wetzel, Jacob Wetzel, Alicia (Ricky) Olsen, Tyler (Haley) Wehri, and Journey Wetzel; and 8 great-grandchildren, Kalynn, Oliver, and Elliot Wetzel, Caleb Hancock, Leah and William Espy, and Avery and Sutton Wetzel. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy, his parents, Carl and Ernestina (Swaboda) Wetzel; three brothers, William, Carl, and Richard Wetzel; and five sisters, Esther Sayler, Eleanor Jones, Bernice Rhone, Laverne Johnson, and Elizabeth Fandrich.
Red ID: FND_I_77220 Image ID: 547517 Image Notes: FND001 26754

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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