Obituary Earl Wedlake
EARL WEDLAKE DIES; RITES SET THURSDAY
Earl Wedlake, 65, Muncie native and vice president in charge of production and manufacturing for the Dodge Manufacturing Co. at Mishawaka, died at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday at South Bend Memorial Hospital following a short illness. He had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage last July 12 and had been in critical condition since that time.
Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Beech Grove Cemetery with Dr. Lewis W. Gishler officiating. The Meeks Mortuary is in charge of local funeral arrangements.
Survivors include the wife, the former Esther Humbert, also a Muncie native; a son, Dr. Edward Wedlake, and three grandchildren, Pamela, Edward and Page Wedlake, all of Wilmette, Ill., and two aunts, Mrs. William Hahn and Mrs. Nettie Tweedy, both of Muncie. Two sisters live in Medford, Oregon.
Members of the family are expected to arrive in Muncie Thursday morning at the home of Mrs. Wedlake's mother. Mrs. Edward Humbert, 525 W. North St.
Mr Wedlake was a member of the South Bend Presbyterian Church, the Indiana Club, the South Bend and Delaware Country clubs, the Niles, Mich. Pickwick Club and the Indianapolis Athletic Club.
He started his career in industry as an apprentice toolmaker in Muncie. Later he attended General Motors Institute at Detroit and also studied mechanical drawing, heat treatment and allied phases of the metalworking industry.
He served as director of purchasing for the old Muncie Products plant and for the Acme-Lees Division of the Serrick Corp.
In 1939, he moved to South Bend to start his 21-year association with Dodge manufacturing Co. He was elected a vice president of the firm, which manufactures power transmission machinery, in 1956.
EARL WEDLAKE DIES; RITES SET THURSDAY
Earl Wedlake, 65, Muncie native and vice president in charge of production and manufacturing for the Dodge Manufacturing Co. at Mishawaka, died at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday at South Bend Memorial Hospital following a short illness. He had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage last July 12 and had been in critical condition since that time.
Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Beech Grove Cemetery with Dr. Lewis W. Gishler officiating. The Meeks Mortuary is in charge of local funeral arrangements.
Survivors include the wife, the former Esther Humbert, also a Muncie native; a son, Dr. Edward Wedlake, and three grandchildren, Pamela, Edward and Page Wedlake, all of Wilmette, Ill., and two aunts, Mrs. William Hahn and Mrs. Nettie Tweedy, both of Muncie. Two sisters live in Medford, Oregon.
Members of the family are expected to arrive in Muncie Thursday morning at the home of Mrs. Wedlake's mother. Mrs. Edward Humbert, 525 W. North St.
Mr Wedlake was a member of the South Bend Presbyterian Church, the Indiana Club, the South Bend and Delaware Country clubs, the Niles, Mich. Pickwick Club and the Indianapolis Athletic Club.
He started his career in industry as an apprentice toolmaker in Muncie. Later he attended General Motors Institute at Detroit and also studied mechanical drawing, heat treatment and allied phases of the metalworking industry.
He served as director of purchasing for the old Muncie Products plant and for the Acme-Lees Division of the Serrick Corp.
In 1939, he moved to South Bend to start his 21-year association with Dodge manufacturing Co. He was elected a vice president of the firm, which manufactures power transmission machinery, in 1956.
Obituary Earl Wedlake
EARL WEDLAKE DIES; RITES SET THURSDAY
Earl Wedlake, 65, Muncie native and vice president in charge of production and manufacturing for the Dodge Manufacturing Co. at Mishawaka, died at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday at South Bend Memorial Hospital following a short illness. He had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage last July 12 and had been in critical condition since that time.
Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Beech Grove Cemetery with Dr. Lewis W. Gishler officiating. The Meeks Mortuary is in charge of local funeral arrangements.
Survivors include the wife, the former Esther Humbert, also a Muncie native; a son, Dr. Edward Wedlake, and three grandchildren, Pamela, Edward and Page Wedlake, all of Wilmette, Ill., and two aunts, Mrs. William Hahn and Mrs. Nettie Tweedy, both of Muncie. Two sisters live in Medford, Oregon.
Members of the family are expected to arrive in Muncie Thursday morning at the home of Mrs. Wedlake's mother. Mrs. Edward Humbert, 525 W. North St.
Mr Wedlake was a member of the South Bend Presbyterian Church, the Indiana Club, the South Bend and Delaware Country clubs, the Niles, Mich. Pickwick Club and the Indianapolis Athletic Club.
He started his career in industry as an apprentice toolmaker in Muncie. Later he attended General Motors Institute at Detroit and also studied mechanical drawing, heat treatment and allied phases of the metalworking industry.
He served as director of purchasing for the old Muncie Products plant and for the Acme-Lees Division of the Serrick Corp.
In 1939, he moved to South Bend to start his 21-year association with Dodge manufacturing Co. He was elected a vice president of the firm, which manufactures power transmission machinery, in 1956.
EARL WEDLAKE DIES; RITES SET THURSDAY
Earl Wedlake, 65, Muncie native and vice president in charge of production and manufacturing for the Dodge Manufacturing Co. at Mishawaka, died at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday at South Bend Memorial Hospital following a short illness. He had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage last July 12 and had been in critical condition since that time.
Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Beech Grove Cemetery with Dr. Lewis W. Gishler officiating. The Meeks Mortuary is in charge of local funeral arrangements.
Survivors include the wife, the former Esther Humbert, also a Muncie native; a son, Dr. Edward Wedlake, and three grandchildren, Pamela, Edward and Page Wedlake, all of Wilmette, Ill., and two aunts, Mrs. William Hahn and Mrs. Nettie Tweedy, both of Muncie. Two sisters live in Medford, Oregon.
Members of the family are expected to arrive in Muncie Thursday morning at the home of Mrs. Wedlake's mother. Mrs. Edward Humbert, 525 W. North St.
Mr Wedlake was a member of the South Bend Presbyterian Church, the Indiana Club, the South Bend and Delaware Country clubs, the Niles, Mich. Pickwick Club and the Indianapolis Athletic Club.
He started his career in industry as an apprentice toolmaker in Muncie. Later he attended General Motors Institute at Detroit and also studied mechanical drawing, heat treatment and allied phases of the metalworking industry.
He served as director of purchasing for the old Muncie Products plant and for the Acme-Lees Division of the Serrick Corp.
In 1939, he moved to South Bend to start his 21-year association with Dodge manufacturing Co. He was elected a vice president of the firm, which manufactures power transmission machinery, in 1956.
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