Raymond Wentz

Raymond Wentz

June 25, 1923 - February 12, 2015

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Raymond Wentz, 91, Streeter, ND died Early Thursday morning February 12, 2015 at the Napoleon Care Center in Napoleon, ND.

Raymond Wentz was born June 25, 1923 at Streeter, ND, the son of George Wentz and Margaret (Graf) Wentz. He attended the Streeter Public School, went through 2 years of high school.

He went to the CCC for 1 year. He was in charge of the camp which closed because war broke.

He and Delores Fischer were married January 1, 1942 at Vancouver, WA. He was drafted into the US Army in February 1942. He went to Airplane Mechanics School for 6 months in Amarillo, TX. He then was stationed at Myrtle Beach, SC as an Airplane Mechanic. Ray was shipped to London, England for 6 months to be a German translator. He was discharged February 16, 1946 with the rank of CPL and returned to North Dakota.

They moved to Danzig and made their home on a farm for 1 year and then went back to Streeter and farmed in the area.

He and Lois Burleson were married in 1985 and continued to live in Streeter where he worked for the US Postal Service as a rural mail carrier in the Streeter-Medina area. In 2004 they moved to Jamestown.

He was a lifetime member of the Streeter American Legion Post #265.

He is survived by his wife, Lois; 4 sons, Ray Leon Wentz; Kenneth (Joyce) Wentz; Curtiss Wentz; Steven (Mickie) Wentz; 1 daughter, Maxine Lloyd; 1 step son, Lynn (Ritagail) Burleson, 1 step daughter, Jolene (Earnest) Weick; 10 grandchildren, 5 step grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, 9 step great grandchildren, and 1 sister, Etta Feigert.

He was preceded in death by his parents, 1 daughter, Bonnie, 1 grandson, Cody, 7 brothers, Albert, Emil,LeRoy, Arthur, Clarence, Ernest, Ed and 5 sisters, Martha, Lydia, Ione, Viola and Marie.

Memorial Service - 1:00 PM Monday February 16, 2015 at the Haut Funeral Chapel in Jamestown, ND with Pastor Bryce Tahran, officiating

Interment- Streeter Cemetery, Streeter, ND (In the Spring)

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Phyllis Mayer
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Ray... you were such an icon in Streeter to me and my family at so many times. You aided and helped out anyone in need no matter what the need. I remember one time a snake got into our basement in a clothes basket of laundry and mom called ya to come and get the thing out of the house because she and I were scared to death. I remember playing/practicing hours of piano when you were over visiting. You will be greatly missed and Im so sorry Joey nor I will be able too say Goodbye officially until June. Thank you so much for your service in the military and until we meet again in heaven, Love Phyllis Mayer 😭
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Chuck & Karen Anderson
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Steve and family, So sorry to hear about your dad. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.
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Keith & Ann Anderson
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Steve ,Ken and Maxine you are in my prays at this time .sorry to here of the passing of your father.My God bless and watch over you at this time.
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Gregory Schwartzwalter
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Cousins, I had the pleasure of visiting with my Uncle Ray several years ago at Aunt Martha's house in Bismarck while we were there for Aunt Marie's Funeral. We talked late at night and he told me a bit about his WWII Service and he humbly downplayed his part in the War saying he was just an airplane mechanic but he did say the planes they built turned the tide of the War. I did not know about his going to England to be a German translator, wow, that means the Deutsch learned and spoken in the Wentz house in Streeter was instrumental in the War. What a great family the George and Margaretha Wentz clan was, like a classic Norman Rockwell picture on the front of the Saturday Evening Post ! We need to spend lots of quality time with Etta the last of that great family. RIP Uncle Ray.
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Gregory Schwartzwalter
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Cousins, I always liked the stories that my Uncle Ray would tell. The one where he as a boy was sent to get our Streeter town Dr. who was Guy Stokes and he found him at a poker game and after Doc Stokes came to the Wentz home and delivered what turned out to be the last of the Wentz babies, which was Etta and #14, Doc Stokes said to our Grandpa George Wentz, "George the next one you are going to have!" We all know that there were no more after that. Etta would say they quit with her since she was perfect. My Dad Emil Schwartzwalter spent a lot of time talking to Ray at the Legion Club and I am sure they were good for each other sharing their stories of WWII as only 2 Veterans could understand. RIP Uncle Ray.

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