Darlene Loraine Wengler

Holstein resident, Darlene Loraine Wengler, 80, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013 at her home. Book Signing will be Sunday, April 14, 2013 from 2 pm to 6 pm with the family present from 3 pm to 4 pm at the Jackson-Wilson Funeral Home, Kenesaw, NE. Private family burial at a later date will be in the Holstein Cemetery, Holstein, NE. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.brandwilson.com. Memorials may be given to the Holstein Cemetery, Holstein, NE. Darlene was born October 8, 1932 to Albert and Jeanette (Hopper) Lang in rural Blue Hill, NE. Her Baptism was at Shellhammer County School, April 17, 1938. She attended grade school at Shellhammer County School and High School at Holstein Public School where she graduated in 1950. When she was 12 years old she drove tractor for her dad until she married in 1951. In 1971she started work for Ag-Tronics in Hastings. Coleman bought them out and moved the factory to Kearney. She worked for them for 26 years until she retired in 1997. She married Dale Wengler in 1951 and they later divorced in 1959. She is survived by four sons, Wes Wengler and wife Linda of Blue Hill, Gerald Wengler of Campbell, Harry Wengler of Holstein, and Roger Wengler and wife Bea of Holstein, one daughter, Marcy Podewitz and husband Fred of Ozark, MO and one step-son, Kenny Patro of Arkansas, 9 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, two brothers, Donald Lang of Holstein, and Rodney Lang and wife Joyce of Campbell, two sisters, Norma Jean Robirds of Hastings, and Phyllis Gilmore and husband Ron of Phoenix, Arizona. She was preceded in death by her parents, son Steve Wengler, daughter-in-law, Betty Wengler, sister-in-law, Marlene Lang, grandson, Jonathon, and great granddaughter, Adeline.