Harold R. Wehrenberg 1914 - 2002
The Kingfisher Times & Free Press, December 2002
Harold Wehrenberg was the son of Emilie Fressel Wehrenberg (181-1943) and grandson of Mina Wilhelmine Pappe Fressel (b. 1842 -?). Minna Pappe was the sister of immigrant brothers Richard, Albert L and John Herman Pappe.
Harold R. Wehrenberg, 88, a native of Loyal, died Dec. 15, 2002,
in St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa.
Funeral services were set for 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Park Plaza
Church of Christ in Tulsa with Mark Ellard officiating and Ed Mosier
assisting. Services in Elk City will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at
the Whinery-Savage Chapel with Tom Harguess officiating. Burial will
be at Fairlawn Cemetery.
He was born Nov. 14, 1914, in Loyal to Charles and Emilie Fressel
Wehrenberg.
He was married to Lou Etta Wehrenberg.
She preceded him in death in
1983. He married Gloria Hefley in Tulsa in 1986. They moved to Tulsa in
1993.
He graduated from Loyal High School and attended the University of
Oklahoma, earning a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering.
He served in the U.S. Army as a second lieutenant. During WWII, he
spent five years in active duty with 2 1/2 years in the European
theater of Operations, then transferred to active reserve. He was a
graduate of the Army Command and Staff School, spending 28 years in
active reserves, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.
He moved to Elk City in 1948, where he was superintendent of
construction on the Elk City Airport project.
He owned Harold's Ready Mix Concrete Company in Elk City. He
later established Concrete Incorporated. He was in the concrete business
for 30 years.
Survivors include his wife, Gloria of the home; one son, Steve
Wehrenberg and wife Jennie of Farmington, Ark.; one sister, Sue Mooney
of San Jose, Calif.; one brother, Albert Wehrenberg of Oklahoma City;
three stepsons, David Hefley and wife Charleen of Olathe, Kan.,
Steven Hefley and Robert Hefley and wife Carla, all of Tulsa; two
grandsons; one great-granddaughter, and four step-grandchildren.
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