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- Buffalo News, The (NY) - September 27, 2002
Arthur W. Wendt, 86, of Wheatfield, a retired truck driver, died Wednesday (Sept. 25, 2002) in CrestWood Health Care Facility after a lengthy illness.
He was born in Lewiston and attended St. Peter's Lutheran School.
Wendt worked as a laborer at Remington Rand from 1938 to 1949, then was a truck driver at Sanborn Milling from 1949 to 1977 and drove trucks for Voss Manufacturing from 1977 to 1990.
He was a lifelong member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, where he held various positions, including trustee and elder. He also was a member of the church's Cemetery Committee.
Wendt was an exempt member of the Sanborn Fire Company, serving in an active capacity for 25 years.
He enjoyed hunting and traveling.
Survivors include his wife of 64 years, the former A. Elise Goltz; a son, Daniel of North Tonawanda; four daughters, Suzanne Galganski of Alexander, Janet of Amherst, Ruby Mangan of Spencerport and Gail Wurl of Lockport; two brothers, Reinert of St. Augustine, Fla., and Herbert of Avon Park, Fla.; two sisters, Violet Cvetan of Lebanon, Pa., and Minnie DuBois of Niagara Falls; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 A.M. Monday in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 6169 Walmore Road, Sanborn. Burial will be in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery
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