Obituary for
Wilburn Willie Wenzel

submitted by Edgle Dyer

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                                Services for Wilburn Willie Wenzel, 77, of Brownfield, were held Wednesday,
                                May 24, 2006., in Brownfield Funeral Home Chapel with Don McWhorter officiating.
                                Burial was in Terry County Memorial Cemetery.

                                Mr. Wenzel died Monday, May 22, 2006, in Brownfield.  He was born Nov. 25, 1928,
                                in Clifton, and was married to Mildred Bartley on March 2, 1949, in Wilson.

                                Mr. Wenzel was raised in Wilson and moved to Brownfield in 1942.   He farmed for
                                25 years and also worked for Ross Irrigation, Halliburton, and Longhorn Trucking.  He
                                retired in 1994.   He was a member of Parkview United Methodist Church.

                                He is survived by his wife; two sons:  Jerry and his wife, Patricia, of Brownfield, and
                                Kenneth and his wife, Angie, of Levelland, and one daughter: Pat Burns and her
                                husband, Bart, of Brownfield.   Mr. Wenzel is also survived by one brother, Leo, of
                                Brownfield; one sister, Lorena Welch of Levelland, and by nine grandchildren and
                                19 great-grandchildren.    He was preceded in death by two sisters:  Christina Welch
                                and Lillie Monroe.

                                Serving as pallbearers were his children:  Jerry and Patricia Wenzel, Kenny and Angie
                                Wenzel and Bart and Pat Burns.

                                Brownfield News                            

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