Harold Wunder

LINGLE, WYO... Funeral services for HAROLD WUNDER, 77, will be held at 10:30am on Saturday, January 7, 2006 at the Community Presbyterian Church in Lingle, Wyoming with Reverend Curtis Hill officiating. Burial with Military honors will follow at the Hillcrest Cemetery. Harold died on January 2, 2006 at the Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Visitation hours will be held at the Colyer Funeral Home on Friday from 10am to 7pm. Those who wish may direct memorial contributions to the Lingle Presbyterian Church Handicap Fund. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home. He was born on August 6, 1928 in Lingle, Wyoming the son of George and Maria (Lutz) Wunder. He grew up and received his education; graduating from Lingle High School in 1946. He went on to serve in the US Navy from 1946 until 1949. While in service Harold attended Aviation Machinist School and was assigned to the USS Columbus in the Mideast. After his discharge, Harold attended refrigeration school in Omaha, Nebraska. He returned to Lingle and on August 1, 1952 he married Donna Lee Peterson at Scottsbluff, Nebraska. In 1956 the couple moved to Denver, Colorado where Harold worked in the service department at Montgomery Ward and later went on to manage the Montgomery Ward service departments in Scottsbluff and Omaha, Nebraska. He returned to Wyoming and had his own appliance repair business for three years before working at the Coast to Coast/Garver Home Center for 12 years. Harold then worked for his son, Roger, at ?Wunder Appliance Repair? in Lingle until 2003. He enjoyed gardening, playing bridge, and softball. He was a member of the Lingle Lions where he served as Secretary and President. Harold was also a member of the American Legion Post #63 and a Life member of the Disabled American Veterans. He was a member of the Lingle Presbyterian Church and Harold was very involved with his family. He is survived by his wife, Donna of Lingle; two sons, Harold David Wunder and his wife Vickie of Silver Springs, Maryland; and Roger Lee Wunder of Lingle, Wyoming; a daughter Rita Rae Wagner and her husband George of Gilbert, Arizona; two granddaughters, Rebekah Stowell and her husband Eric of Washington, DC; and Kellie Wunder of Taylorsville, South Carolina; three grandsons, Jeff Wunder of Silver Springs, Maryland, Jake Wagner of Tampa, Florida, and Grant Wagner of Gilbert, Arizona; and three great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, five brothers, George, Johnny, Conrad, Ruben, and Edward; and two sisters, Marie Arndt, and Katherine Gobel.

Harold Wunder

August 6, 1928 - January 2, 2006