LA PORTE - Jeanne M. Wendt, 62, La Porte, passed away at 11:22 a.m. Tuesday
(Sept. 25, 2007) at La Porte Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. John's Lutheran Church, 111
Kingsbury Ave., La Porte, with the Rev. David Young officiating. Burial will
follow in Oak Grove Cemetery, Mill Creek. Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m.
Sunday at Ott/Haverstock Funeral Chapel, Michigan City, and 9 a.m. until the
service Monday at the church.
She was born Oct. 10, 1944, in Washington, D.C., to Ernst and Betty (Bruffey)
Krausman, both of whom survive in Ormond Beach, Fla. On Sept. 27, 1994, in
Ormond Beach, she married Philip Wendt, who survives in La Porte.
Also surviving are a daughter, Meredith Stahl, Sparks, Nev.; a son, Jeffrey
(Annie) Stahl, South Bend; two sisters, Kathy (James) Lineberger, Yadkinville,
N.C., and Ruth Anne (William) Bethea, Ormond Beach; two brothers, Dr. Paul R.
(Carol) Krausman, Bozeman, Mont., and Ernest (Victoria) Krausman, Mohave Valley,
Ariz.; two granddaughters, Katie and Madelyn Stahl, both of South Bend; and 11
nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Wendt was a pharmacy assistant at Phil's Discount Drug Store in La
Porte. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church. She enjoyed crafts, was
an avid rubber stamp collector and a world traveler. She graduated from high
school in Dreux, France, and from Valparaiso University in 1964.
Contributions may be made to St. John's Lutheran Church, 111 Kingsbury Ave.,
La Porte, IN 46350.