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Homer Weidhuner

[April 30, 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 www.mottandhenning.com.