Linus Wenthold

Linus R. Wenthold, 83, of Sleepy Eye, died on Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, at his home.

Visitation will be from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. today (Wednesday, Nov. 29) at the Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye, and will continue on Thursday from 9:30 until 10:30 a.m. at the Church of the Japanese Martrs, Leavenworth.  The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, in the Church of the Japanese Martyrs. Interment will be at the Home Cemetery in Sleepy Eye.

Linus Raymond Wenthold was born on April 7, 1934, in Winneshiek County, Iowa, the son of Henry J. and Margaret (Kleve) Wenthold. He grew up in rural Ossian, Iowa, and attended school through the eighth-grade. He married Anna Riha at Fort Atkinson, Iowa. The couple was later divorced. Linus farmed and drove truck for many years. Linus loved driving in demolition derbies, trail riding, hunting and fishing. He was a member of the Mabel Sportsman’s Club, Sleepy Eye Saddle Club, and a Lifetime member of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.

Survivors include his significant other, Connie Knutson of Sleepy Eye;  four children, DeWayne (Jeannette) Wenthold of Kalispell, Mont.,  Cathy Peterson of Mabel, Diane Wilder of Mabel, and Sandra (Dan) Miller or Port Angeles, Wash.; five grandchildren, Whitney Wenthold  of Seattle, Wash., Jim Peterson of Mabel, Bethany (Nick) Moen of Spring Grove, Nicole (Tyler) Jensen of Sleepy Eye, and Adam (Heather) Wilder of (Mabel; seven great-grandchildren, Tysen and Ryland Moen, Kenley, Madelyn and Emmalynn Jensen and Graysen, and Tyten Wilder; brothers, Greg, Francis (JoAnn), Ray (Marsha) and Ronnie (Marlene); sisters, Evelyn, Norine (Bob), and Margaret Ann; and his dogs, Molly, Malcolm and Blue. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Edwin (Leona); sisters, Rita (Francis) Wiltgen, Thecla (Oscar) Ott, and Agatha (Leo) Burke; and brothers-in-law, Gervase Hanken and Ralph Wiltgen. 

Arrangements are with the Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye. Online Condolences may be left at www.sturmfh.com