Hope D. Wendelken

Hope Doris Wendelken, 89, passed peacefully to join her husband on February 17, 2010.  Her husband Thomas Joseph Wendelken preceded her on October 18, 1999.  They were married on July 11, 1942.

She was born on October 16, 1920, at Newells Run, Ohio.  Hope had worked for the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation in both Marietta and Columbus and during WWII had worked for the Remington Rand Propeller Division in Marietta and New York.  Following the war she was employed by Marietta Chamber of Commerce and then became a homemaker.  She and Tommy lived many years in Byesville, Ohio.

Hope was a 69 year member of Marietta Chapter #59 Order of Eastern Star.

She is survived by her daughter, Miriam Wendelken and grandson Thomas Edward Wendelken with whom she had made her home since 1992.  She is also survived by a number of nieces and nephews, including Sharon Wilson Cutrone of Chicago and Richard Wilson, Joretta Bills, Peggy Cooper and Mary Gill, all of Marietta.

Hope also considered as family her caretakers on The Haven Unit of Harmar Place where she had been a resident since June of 2008.   Their patient and loving care was deeply appreciated.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Clyde E. and Margaret (Schultheis) Wilson and brothers Ralph and Maurice Wilson.

Funeral services will be held on Friday (February 19th) at 2:00 pm at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home with burial in East Lawn Memorial Park.  Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday afternoon from 2 until 4 and one hour before the service.  An avid pet lover, in lieu of flowers, donations are requested to the Humane Society of the Ohio Valley, PO Box 5, Marietta, Ohio.