LEE EDWIN WESSLER

SPRINGFIELD- Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Faith Lutheran Church for Lee Edwin Wessler, 81, Springfield, who died Saturday, March 16, 2019, after a long illness. Burial will be held at 3:30 p.m., at Lake Cemetery in Lamar.

Arrangements are under the direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home North.

Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, at the funeral home.

Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Betty; a daughter, Carrie Thomas; two sons, Chris Wessler and Eddie Wessler and wife Melinda; four grandchildren, Rachel Thomas, Elizabeth Wessler, Krista Wessler and Gracie Wessler and two sisters, Bonnie Wessler and Laveda Wilson.

He was preceded in death by four siblings, Wilber, Charles, Merle and Ramona; a nephew, Ronald Wilson and a brother-in-law, Willis Wilson.

Mr. Wessler was born Aug. 9, 1937, in Deshler, Neb., to Henry and Laura Rosina Remona (Holtzen) Wessler. He was retired from Kraft Foods after 34 years of service. He was a long time member of the Faith Lutheran Church. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving when the Wall went up in Berlin. He was known for his keen sense of humor. He loved greeting and joking with people at the dialysis center. His most favorite pastime was spending time with his grandkids and farming.