Emil Wegner

Obituary for Emil O. Wegner Funeral services for Emil O. Wegner, 73, of Roswell will be held at 10:30 am Saturday December 6, 2008 at Anderson-Bethany Chapel. Burial will follow at South Park Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, December 5, 2008 from 8am to 8:30 pm, the family will be present from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Emil O. Wegner was born July 13, 1935 in Blanco, Texas to Otto Wegner and Alma Kite Wegner. He was the second of seven children. He attended school in Lovington and graduated from Eastern New Mexico University in 1962 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. He taught for Roswell Independent School District for twenty-six years retiring in 1988. He served in numerous committees to benefit the children and teachers of the District. He loved teaching and taught at Washington Avenue and Monterrey School always reaching out to the children to help them excel. In 1980 he married Joan Lenkart of Roswell and moved to the Dexter area. Emil is survived by his wife Joan, his brother Robert and his wife Carol, Douglas and Carmelita, his sister Linda Pebsworth and her husband Don, and numerous nieces and nephews. He loved nature and enjoyed hunting in the mountains with his family and friends. He was an avid bee keeper and gardener tending his huge vegetable garden and pecan orchard. He was a jack of all trades and mastered quite a few of them. He was a mechanic, welder and carpenter. Using his skills to build houses, shops and barns, he could fix anything and was always learning something new. When he was sick these past few years he always felt he could get better no matter the pain, the hurt, the tiredness, he wanted to get better, to go, to do. He made those around him smile with his witty remarks, that funny smile, they could only guess how sick he was. He was lovingly loyal to his family and friends, always being available when someone needed help. He wanted to be remembered as honest and hard working. Pallbearers will be Douglas Wegner, Don Pebsworth, Donald Kuykendall, Bill Caldwell, Terry and Thomas Lenkart. Please share your thoughts and memories with the family in the online register book at andersonbethany.com Services are under the direction of Anderson-Bethany Funeral Home & Crematory.

Emil Wegner

July 13, 1935 - December 2, 2008