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Homer Weidhuner
[May 02, 2012]
GREENVIEW -- Homer E. Weidhuner, 81, of
Greenview, died Friday, April 27, 2012, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital in Lincoln.
(The obituary below was provided by the
funeral home.)
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Homer Weidhuner, age 81, of
Greenview, passed away on Friday, April 27, 2012 at
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.
Homer is survived by
his wife Anna Weidhuner; a daughter Kathryn (Mark) Schreiner
of Greenview; a son, Karl (Dawn) Weidhuner of Greenview; six
grandchildren, Ashlei and Evan Birch, Allison, Amanda, and
Austin Weidhuner, and Nicole Schreiner; and several nieces
and nephews.
He
is preceded in death by his parents and a daughter Carol
Birch.
Homer was born July 15, 1930 in Sherman, Illinois, the son
of Fred A. and Tina Simmering Weidhuner.
He
married Anna Albers on June 25, 1955.
Homer was a livestock farmer for all his life. He served on
the Zion Lutheran Church Board, the L.G. Co-op Board, and
the Menard Rural Water Co-op Board, Greenview School Board,
and the Middletown State Bank Board. Homer was a member of
the Pork Council, FBFM Board and Menard County Pork
Producers.
He
graduated from Middletown High School and enjoyed operating
his antique tractors.
Visitation will be held from 4:00 until 7:00 PM on Monday,
April 30, 2012 at Mott & Henning Funeral Home in Athens. An
additional visitation will be held from 9:00 until time of
funeral service at 10:00 on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at the Zion
Lutheran Church in New Holland. Rev.
Charles Olander will be officiating.
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Burial will be held at Walnut Ridge Cemetery near
Middletown.
Memorials can be made
to the Zion Lutheran Church in New Holland.
The family would like to thank
all the doctors and medical staff for their care and
kindness given to Homer.
On-line condolences can be sent at
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