Elmer Bernhardt Weckwerth

Elmer Weckwerth, 65, of Montevideo, died Monday, May 17, 1999 at the Fairview-University Hospital in Minneapolis.

Funeral services were held Thursday, May 20, 1999 at 11:00 A.M. at St. Paul Lutheran Church.  Rev. Richard Hamlow officiated and interment was in St. John’s Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Elmer Bernhardt. Weckwerth was born on September 12, 1933 in Chippewa County, MN to Bernhardt and Esther (Kurtzbein) Weckwerth.  He was baptized as an infant and confirmed at St. John’'s Lutheran Church in Sparta township.  He attended rural school at District 7 and graduated from Montevideo High School in 1951.  On August 5, 1961 he was united in marriage to Myrtiss Heikes in Mower County, MN.  He was a lifelong resident and farmer in Chippewa County on the farm on which he was born.  He was a lifelong member of St. John’s Lutheran Church and held various offices in the church.  He enjoyed many hobbies, especially building and flying radio controlled airplanes, painting, and spending time at his lake cabin near Nevis, MN.

Elmer is survived by his wife, Myrtiss; one son, Wyatt Weckwerth and his wife Sandy of Montevideo; one daughter, Heidi Witz and her husband Craig of Milwaukee, WI; five grandchildren: Zachary and Justin Weckwerth and Veronica, Evan and Merina Witz; his mother, Esther Weckwerth of Montevideo; two sisters: Laura Tongen of Eden Prairie, MN and Bernetta Tongen and her husband Harlan of Minnetonka, MN; his mother-in-law, Rose Heikes of Austin, MN; as well as by numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Bernhardt (Ben) Weckwerth and one sister, Dorothy Peterson.