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Leonard Harold Wondercheck

30 Aug 1919 – 4 May 2003

Birth30 Aug 1919
Death4 May 2003
CemeteryFullerton Cemetery
Fullerton , Nance County , Nebraska , USA
Added byKaeley Linden on 17 Mar 2024
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15464355

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Thanks to contributor #48796369 Leonard H. Wondercheck, 83, of Fullerton died Sunday, May 4, 2003, at Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital in Central City. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Palmer Funeral Home in Fullerton. The Rev. Valjean Warman will officiate. Burial will be in the Fullerton Cemetery, with military rites provided by American Legion Philbrick Post 151. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Mr. Wondercheck was born Aug. 30, 1919, in Butler County to Arthur and Rose (Matousek) Wondercheck. Survivors of the immediate family include his wife, Louise; a daughter and son-in-law, Lana Kay and Mike Gonsior of Fullerton; three sons and daughters-in-law, Ron and Sharlene Wondercheck of Columbus, Harold and Rita Wondercheck of Greeley and Wayne and Ev Wondercheck of Fullerton; six brothers and four sisters-in-law, Art of Belgrade, John and LaVonne of Fullerton, Alvin and Jean of Corona, Calif., Ernie of Loup City, Joe and Hanne of Apple Valley, Minn., and Ray and Bev of Selah, Wash.; and five sisters and three brothers-in-law, Arlene Jung of Grand Island, Mildred Jennings of Fullerton, Nadine and Maurice Sindelar of Norfolk, Mary Ann and Bill Degen Sr. of Grand Island, and Doris and George Bise of Spokane, Wash. He is also survived by 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; He grew up and attended Butler County Schools. In 1934, the family moved to Nance County. From October 1938 to May 31, 1939, he served in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He then attended United Aircraft School and worked for the North American Aircraft in California. On Nov. 2, 1942, he enlisted in the Naval Air Corps, where he served for three years at Corpus Christi, Texas, and achieved the rank of AM First Class Petty Officer. While in the service, he married Louise McCray on Oct. 11, 1943, at Smith Center, Kan. On Nov. 8, 1945, he was honorably discharged. They then moved to Nance County, 12 miles north of Fullerton, where they farmed until 1960. Mr. Wondercheck then attended and graduated from Reich Auctioneer School in Mason City, Iowa. They owned and operated the Fullerton Livestock Market for three years, selling the business in 1964. Then they owned and operated a farm two miles north of Fullerton. They were part owners and operators of Loup River Inn for eight years. They retired in 1985 and continued to reside on the farm. He was a member of the United Methodist Church of Fullerton, a 50-year continuous lifetime member of the Fullerton American Legion Club and Eagles Club, a 36-year member of 40 and 8, the Sportsman Club, the Disabled American Veterans, a charter member of Feeders and Breeders, the Plum Creek Card Club, he served in the Honorary Color Guard for 50 years and he was also instrumental in the Veterans Memorial Monument located at the Nance County Courthouse in Fullerton. He enjoyed his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, playing cards, traveling, bingo, hunting and fishing. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant brother, Richard; an infant sister, Rose; two brothers-in-law, Vernon Jennings and Leonard Jung, and two sisters-in-law, Elsie and Ellen Wondercheck. The Grand Island Independent, May 7, 2003

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