LeNore Wendt

A funeral service for LeNore M. Wendt, 92, of Fairmont will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, at Zion Lutheran Church in Fraser Township, Minn. Burial will be held at Fairview Memorial Park Cemetery in Fairmont. Visitation will be held 4–7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at Lakeview Funeral Home in Fairmont and will continue for one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday. LeNore passed away on Thursday evening, Jan. 18, at Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center in Fairmont. Memorials are preferred to Friends of the Martin County Library in Fairmont or the donor’s choice. Lakeview Funeral Home and Cremation Service is assisting the family with arrangements. www.lakeviewfuneralhome.net

LeNore Muriel Wendt was born on Aug. 12, 1931, to Everett and Bessie (Kruse) Pennington in Mountain Lake. She graduated from Fairmont High School with the Class of 1949.

On Feb. 27, 1950, LeNore was united in marriage to Leonard Wendt at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Fairmont. Together the couple made their home on the Wendt Family Farm in Waverly Township and was blessed with four children, Clayton, Lauralee, Jennifer and Christopher. Family was the most important thing to LeNore and she loved being able to stay home and raise her children. Later in life, LeNore worked at the Truman Lutheran Retirement Home where she enjoyed her time with the staff and residents.

LeNore was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Fraser Township where she was very active as a Sunday school teacher, Vacation Bible School teacher and was a member of the choir, ladies aid and a variety of committees. She enjoyed having pastors and their families, along with whomever else would like to come to her Sunday dinners at home. No one ever went home hungry when she was cooking. LeNore loved reading, especially anything that was true such as true crime, history and biographies. She also loved animals. Her greatest enjoyment in life was being with her family and she loved babysitting her grandchildren and the grandchildren adored her right back.

Those left to cherish her memory include her four children, Clayton Wendt of Lino Lakes, Lauralee Silker of West Des Moines, Iowa, Jennifer (Brent) Oberdieck of Fairmont and Christopher (Nina) Wendt of Rochester; grandchildren, Sheri (Randy) Nelsen, Wendy (Dana) Edlund, Shawn (Sandy) Edlund, Heather Massie, Jakob (Erin) Silker, Cody (Mollie) Wilhite, Logan (Nicole) Silker, Zakery (Olya) Silker, Evan (Ashlee) Oberdieck, Katherine (Jacob) Wendt, Maria Wendt and Anna Wendt; 12 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; brother, LeRoy (Joyce) Pennington; as well as several nieces, nephews and other extended family.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Everett and Bessie Pennington; husband, Leonard Wendt; daughter-in-law, Lynda Wendt; and grandson-in-law, David Massie.