Max Mundschenk

TORRINGTON, WY . . . . Funeral services for MAX PHELAN MUNDSCHENK, 89, will be held at 10:00a.m. on Friday, February 12, 2010 at Our Savior Lutheran Church with Reverend Marvin Temme officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Max died on February 7, 2010 at the Goshen Care Center. Visitation hours will be held on Thursday, February 11th from 3pm to 7pm at the funeral home. Those who wish may direct memorial contributions to Our Savior Lutheran Church. Funeral arrangements are under the direction fo the Colyer Funeral Home and friends are invited to send condolences to the family www.colyerfuneralhome.com Max was born on October 5, 1920 in Torrington, Wyoming the youngest child of Peter and Marie (Palson) Mundschenk. He was baptized into the Christian faith on October 30, 1921 by Pastor Paul H. C Stengel in Evangelical Lutheran Church at Jay Em, Wyoming. Max lived with his family on a farm near Burge, Wyoming, 27 miles north of Torrington until the 8th grade. He then received the Rite of Confirmation on July 30, 1939 at St. Paul Lutheran Church at Lusk, Wyoming by Rev. A.J. Bernthal. Following the death of Max’s father in 1945, Max and his mother moved to Torrington in 1946. Max then hauled hay and did general trucking in the area from 1946 to 1950 when he rented a service station and repair shop across from the St Joseph Childrens’ Home in Torrington which he ran until 1959. In October of that year, Max built a station near the Yoder Grain & Lumber Co in South Torrington which he operated until his retirement in 1992. Max married Hazel Schamel on June 11, 1981. Max and Hazel moved to the Bell Park Towers following Max’s retirement. Max was a life-long member of the Lutheran Church and a dedicated son to his mother, taking care of her in his home in Torrington and later he even made weekly trips to the Douglas Nursing Home where his mother spent the last years of her life. He is survived by his wife, Hazel; eight step-children, 10 step-grandchildren, and 9 great step-grandchildren; one niece, two nephews, and many great nieces and nephews, and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Peter Robert III, Vincent Peter, and Darrell Dan; one sister, Gertrude Augustine; and one step-son, Ray Schamel.

Max Mundschenk

October 5, 1920 - February 7, 2010