WELLSVILLE - Jennie J. Wendt, 93, passed away on Thursday,
May 7, 2020 at Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville, NY following a brief
illness. She was born April 5, 1927 on the farm in Rome, NY, the daughter of
the late John and Helen (Murczkiewicz) Kicinski. On Oct 11, 1947 in Rome, she
married John Ernest Wendt who predeceased her on November 16, 2011.
Jennie has resided at Manor Hills in Wellsville for the past
three years. Before that she lived in Greenway for 68 years. She was a 1944
graduate of Westmoreland High School. She was a secretary for various
businesses before accepting a position in the business office of the Vernon-Verona-Sherrill
Central School. She later became the secretary for the Guidance Department for
many years. She was a member of the Home Bureau, the ELCA Women, and was active
with St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Verona, and Ascension Lutheran Church in Rome.
She and Jack enjoyed traveling the USA in their camper, and attending her
husband's veterans reunions.
She is survived by four children, Carol Stewart and her
husband Buz of Wellsville, Brian Wendt and
his wife, Ellen Woodbury of Loveland, CO, David Wendt of Walnut Creek, CA, and Barbara
Gordon-Wendt and her husband Frank of Ewa Beach, HI, six grandchildren, Lisa (Tom)
Kurilovitch, Kristin Clower, Mike Harris, Pam (Will) Barrett, Dominique Wendt,
and Jessica Wendt, seven great grandchildren, Alex and Danielle Clower, Katya
and Jake Kurilovitch, Billy and Louis Barrett, and Sully Mesler, and a beloved niece
and nephew, Patricia Bartlett and Edward Labayewski. She was predeceased in
addition to her parents and husband by a brother, Michael Labayewski and a sister,
Helen Hitt.
The family would like to express their gratitude to all
those who helped Jennie through the years, especially her niece and nephew
Patricia (Willis) Bartlett and Edward (Linda) Labayewski, her special
caregiver, Amy Witzigman, her caring neighbors, Dean and Sherri Hilts and all
the staff at Manor Hills.
A memorial service at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Verona
will be planned at a later date. Burial will be in St. Peter's Evangelical
Lutheran Cemetery in Verona. Please consider memorial donations to either St.
Peter's Lutheran Church, 4897 Old Oneida Road, Verona, NY 13478, or Manor
Hills, 4192B Bolivar Road, Wellsville, NY 14895. To leave online condolences,
please visit www.embserfuneralhome.com.
