Jerry Wegscheid

Jerome G. "Jerry" Wegscheid was born to his parents Alphonse & Theresa (Langer) Wegscheid on October 11, 1935 in Bluffton. He passed away on Saturday, April 19th at Tri-County Hospital in Wadena. Jerry was united in marriage to Nellie Hendrickx on June 17, 1958 at the St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Perham. They have made their home in Wadena for the past 50 years. Jerry worked for the Wadena Dairy Products as a lab tech from 1960 - 1969. He then went to work for Tri-County Hospital as the Purchasing Manager in 1969 where he worked until retiring in 2002. Since 2002 he has worked part time for the Johnson Memorial Home. Jerry was a very active member of the community. He was a member of the Wadena Elks Lodge where he served as Chaplain, he was a past president of the Wadena Lions Club, served on the Wadena Fire Department for 22 years, the Knights of Columbus, Catholic Aid and was a member of the Minnesota Amateur Baseball Assoc. board for 18 years. Jerry received the Mike Downs Memorial award in 1984, was inducted into the MN Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986, the Cliff Birch Memorial Award in 1989, was the Elks Officer of the Year in 2002, recipient of the Helen Keller Sight Award - the Melvin Jones Award and Lion of the Year in 2000 from the Wadena Lions Club. Jerry was passionate about amateur baseball. He enjoyed playing golf, reading, crossword puzzles, playing cards, yard work, telling stories, brightening a co-workers day, traveling, watching the Minnesota Twins and Vikings. He especially loved his time with his family, children and grandchildren. Jerry was preceded in death by his parents; son Greg, sister Dolores. He is survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Nellie; daughters Vicki (Chris) Singer of Detroit Lakes and Sally (Lyle) Wattermann of Savage; sons Tim (Dianne) of Shorewood and Scott (Courtney) of Greeley, CO: grandchildren Staci, Kayla, Nicole, Adam, Haley, Jaelynn, Landon, Aaron, Kyle, Nolan, Lance, Wade, Christine, Alex & Ryan; brothers Marvin (Mary) of Bluffton, Vince (Vera) of Wadena and Bob (Barb) of Mankato; nieces, nephews, cousins and in laws; and his special soup maker Marian Laust. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, April 24th at the St. Ann's Catholic Church with Fr. Donald Wagner as celebrant. Burial will take place in the Calvary Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be Duane & MaryLou Lien, Bernie & Therese Pavek, Duane & Vonnie Moore, Johnson Memorial Home staff, members of the Elks Lodge, Wadena Lions Club and the Wadena Fire Department. Active pallbearers will be members of the Minnesota State Amateur Baseball board; John Richter, Bob Zellman, Fred Roufs, Dennis Brennan, Tom Rademacher, Jim Fischer, Brian Larson, Marv Fiemeyer & Dave Hartmann. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the St. Ann's Stain Glass Window Fund.

Jerry Wegscheid

October 11, 1935 - April 19, 2008