George was the loving son of Wilhelm Wingbermuehle and Anna Gebken.
Beloved husband of Mary Kissel.
Dear brother of Herman, Joseph A.,
Alois W., William, Carolyn, Catherine A., Hildegard, and Marie .
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, (July 17, 1992) -
George J. Wingbermuehle, Sr., a longtime funeral director in St. Louis, died Thursday at his home after suffering from cancer. He was 98.
Mr. Wingbermuehle started in the funeral business when he was 15. His job as a driver of a horse and buggy for Gebken Undertakers in St. Louis eventually turned into limousine driver.
He worked for Gebken's for 33 years before he founded Wingbermuehle Funeral Home on South Grand Boulevard in 1940. He was active in the business until he retired in the early 1980s. The funeral home is now operated by his sons.
Mr. Wingbermuehle was born in St. Louis and served in the Army in World War I. He was married for 63 years to Mary Kissel Wingbermuehle; she died in 1983.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Pius the Fifth Catholic Church, 3310 South Grand Boulevard at Utah Avenue. Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. at Wingbermuehle Funeral Home, 3819 South Grand Boulevard. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery.
Among the survivors are three sons, George J. Wingbermuehle, Jr., Raymond J. Wingbermuehle and Donald J. Wingbermuehle, all of St. Louis, a sister, Marie Venker, of St. Louis, a brother, Alois W. Wingbermuehle of south St. Louis County; 20 grandchildren and 50 great-grandchildren.
Beloved husband of Mary Kissel.
Dear brother of Herman, Joseph A.,
Alois W., William, Carolyn, Catherine A., Hildegard, and Marie .
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, (July 17, 1992) -
George J. Wingbermuehle, Sr., a longtime funeral director in St. Louis, died Thursday at his home after suffering from cancer. He was 98.
Mr. Wingbermuehle started in the funeral business when he was 15. His job as a driver of a horse and buggy for Gebken Undertakers in St. Louis eventually turned into limousine driver.
He worked for Gebken's for 33 years before he founded Wingbermuehle Funeral Home on South Grand Boulevard in 1940. He was active in the business until he retired in the early 1980s. The funeral home is now operated by his sons.
Mr. Wingbermuehle was born in St. Louis and served in the Army in World War I. He was married for 63 years to Mary Kissel Wingbermuehle; she died in 1983.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Pius the Fifth Catholic Church, 3310 South Grand Boulevard at Utah Avenue. Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. at Wingbermuehle Funeral Home, 3819 South Grand Boulevard. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery.
Among the survivors are three sons, George J. Wingbermuehle, Jr., Raymond J. Wingbermuehle and Donald J. Wingbermuehle, all of St. Louis, a sister, Marie Venker, of St. Louis, a brother, Alois W. Wingbermuehle of south St. Louis County; 20 grandchildren and 50 great-grandchildren.
George was the loving son of Wilhelm Wingbermuehle and Anna Gebken.
Beloved husband of Mary Kissel.
Dear brother of Herman, Joseph A.,
Alois W., William, Carolyn, Catherine A., Hildegard, and Marie .
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, (July 17, 1992) -
George J. Wingbermuehle, Sr., a longtime funeral director in St. Louis, died Thursday at his home after suffering from cancer. He was 98.
Mr. Wingbermuehle started in the funeral business when he was 15. His job as a driver of a horse and buggy for Gebken Undertakers in St. Louis eventually turned into limousine driver.
He worked for Gebken's for 33 years before he founded Wingbermuehle Funeral Home on South Grand Boulevard in 1940. He was active in the business until he retired in the early 1980s. The funeral home is now operated by his sons.
Mr. Wingbermuehle was born in St. Louis and served in the Army in World War I. He was married for 63 years to Mary Kissel Wingbermuehle; she died in 1983.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Pius the Fifth Catholic Church, 3310 South Grand Boulevard at Utah Avenue. Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. at Wingbermuehle Funeral Home, 3819 South Grand Boulevard. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery.
Among the survivors are three sons, George J. Wingbermuehle, Jr., Raymond J. Wingbermuehle and Donald J. Wingbermuehle, all of St. Louis, a sister, Marie Venker, of St. Louis, a brother, Alois W. Wingbermuehle of south St. Louis County; 20 grandchildren and 50 great-grandchildren.
Beloved husband of Mary Kissel.
Dear brother of Herman, Joseph A.,
Alois W., William, Carolyn, Catherine A., Hildegard, and Marie .
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, (July 17, 1992) -
George J. Wingbermuehle, Sr., a longtime funeral director in St. Louis, died Thursday at his home after suffering from cancer. He was 98.
Mr. Wingbermuehle started in the funeral business when he was 15. His job as a driver of a horse and buggy for Gebken Undertakers in St. Louis eventually turned into limousine driver.
He worked for Gebken's for 33 years before he founded Wingbermuehle Funeral Home on South Grand Boulevard in 1940. He was active in the business until he retired in the early 1980s. The funeral home is now operated by his sons.
Mr. Wingbermuehle was born in St. Louis and served in the Army in World War I. He was married for 63 years to Mary Kissel Wingbermuehle; she died in 1983.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Pius the Fifth Catholic Church, 3310 South Grand Boulevard at Utah Avenue. Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. at Wingbermuehle Funeral Home, 3819 South Grand Boulevard. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery.
Among the survivors are three sons, George J. Wingbermuehle, Jr., Raymond J. Wingbermuehle and Donald J. Wingbermuehle, all of St. Louis, a sister, Marie Venker, of St. Louis, a brother, Alois W. Wingbermuehle of south St. Louis County; 20 grandchildren and 50 great-grandchildren.
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