Glenn "Dale" Wendt was born on August 13, 1931 to Theodore William Wendt & Hulda Marie "Galinat" Wendt/Luedtke on the Wendt homestead in Hoskins, Nebr. He attended rural school district 49 in Wayne Co. through 8th grade. He then attended 1 year of high school at Hoskins & had to quit when his brothers went to war, to help his mom on the farm & later attained his GED. He eventually became a manager at Gambles Stores in Norfolk, McCook, Broken Bow, Fremont, York, & Valentine, Nebr. After Gambles closed, he became a Century Welder salesman & opened his own shop in Valentine. On May 25th, 1953, he married Marie Evelyn "Gillaspie" & to this union 4 children were born- Bonnie, Arjean, Chuck, & Janet. Due to complications from a stroke, Dale entered the Pine View Nursing Home in November of 2007 & remained there until his death. He was considered the greeter there as he always had a "Hello" for everybody. Dale was a long time member of the Valentine Sheriff's possee & the Volunteer Fire Dept. Dale's hobbies were golfing, fishing, camp & to travel a lot & made the most out of everything he did.

He leaves to mourn his children-Bonnie (Bill) Gardner, Winner, SD; Chuck (Angie Jenson) Wendt, North Platte, Nebr.; Janet (TJ) Vincent, North Port, FL. Grandchildren-Shane, Blake (Kati), Brett Gardner, Chad Bennett, Michelle (Brian) Magarin, Nicole (Jeromey) Meyer, Dylan (Rikki) Lieberth, Shannon (Joseph) Parrett, plus many great grandkids & nieces & nephews. He also is survived by his "half" sister Lois (Milford) Heller.

Preceding Dale in his death were his parents, step father-Julius Luedtke, brothers & sisters in law-William (Edna) Wendt, Richard (Bonnie) Wendt, his wife-Marie, daughter-Arjean Mae Wendt.

Services will be at Sandoz Chapel of the Pines on Friday, July 21 at 11:30 AM. Burial of the ashes will be at a later date in Broken Bow, NE. Visitation will be on Thursday, July 20 at 11:30 AM at the funeral home.