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Wentz, Rosemary R.
Rosemary R. Wentz, 62, of Marion, died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion.
Survivors include her husband, Lonnie; children, Wendy Grandberry of Aurora, Colo., and Ryan Wentz of Overland Park, Kan.; three grandchildren, Joe, Jawan and Jayla Grandberry; sisters, Charlene Smrt of Harrisonville, Mo., Colleen Morton of Pharr, Texas, and Marsha Kletz of Monticello, Ill.; and a brother, Charles Smrt of Lenexa, Kan.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Rosemary was born March 27, 1949, in North Judson, Ind., the daughter of John and Olive (Zellers) Smrt. She graduated from North Judson High School. On March 27, 1970, Rosemary was united in marriage to Lonnie Wentz in Denver, Colo. She was a food manager at McDonald's for 30 years.
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Published March 4, 2012 in The Gazette
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