Wedel, Alfred (1889-1957)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1957 Jan 31 p. 8

Birth date: 1889 Apr 4

text of obituary:

ALFRED WEDEL

Alfred Wedel, a pioneer in the Aberdeen, Idaho, community, passed away at the Schiltz Memorial Hospital, American Falls, at 11:45 p.m. on Friday, December 7, following a heart attack which he suffered on Tuesday, Dec. 4. He attained the age of 67 years and about eight months.

He was born April 4, 1889, in Pawnee Rock, Kansas, a son of Elizabeth Unruh and Jacob Wedel. He attended school as a youth in Kansas and was graduated from the academy at Bethel College near Newton, Kansas.

In 1907 he came with his parents to Aberdeen where he engaged in farming for a short time. His father built one of the first stores in Aberdeen, a grocery and general merchandise store, the Valley Supply company.

Alfred enrolled at the University of Idaho, Moscow, and in 1911 came home to take over the management of the store. He maintained the business until his death. In June 1919, he married Lyda Leisy in Oakland, Calif. He was an active member of the First