Villars Henry Wunnenberg
1893 - 1961 (67 years)
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Name Villars Henry Wunnenberg Born 28 Jul 1893 Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Census 1920 Franklin Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Census 1925 Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa Census 1930 Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa _MILT World War I. - Iowa Mg Company. 161th Infantry. Private.
Died 03 Jun 1961 [3, 4] Buried 07 Jun 1961 Burlington Memorial Park, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa [4] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130792316/villars-henry-wunnenberg
Lutheran Garden, lot 103, space 6
Person ID I64 Wunnenberg Last Modified 20 Mar 2023
Father Otto Henry Wunnenberg, b. 28 Feb 1860, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa , d. 27 Apr 1942, Franklin Township, Des Moines County, Iowa (Age 82 years) Mother Anna Marie Charlotte Sielerman, b. 05 Oct 1861, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa , d. 26 Apr 1945, Iowa (Age 83 years) Married 29 Sep 1886 - Des Moines County, Iowa marriage book #13, page 62: Wunnenberg, Otto 26; br. Sulerman, Annie 24; no return.
Family ID F6 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Verrold Amanda Marie Ahlstrand, b. 21 Jan 1899, Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois , d. 16 Jan 1980 (Age 80 years) Married 26 Nov 1919 Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois [1, 5] Children + 1. Harold Villars Wunnenberg, b. 23 Mar 1923, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa , d. 01 Oct 2004, Stronghurst, Henderson County, Illinois (Age 81 years)2. Geraldine Grace Wunnenberg, b. 09 Feb 1925, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa , d. 22 Sep 2010, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa (Age 85 years)Last Modified 18 Mar 2018 Family ID F37 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 28 Jul 1893 - Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa 
Married - 26 Nov 1919 - Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois 
Census - 1920 - Franklin Township, Des Moines County, Iowa 
Census - 1925 - Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa Census - 1930 - Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa 
Buried - 07 Jun 1961 - Burlington Memorial Park, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos 
Wunnenberg, Fred's fifty third birthday celebration with family
Documents Wunnenberg, Villars WWI draft registration card
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Notes - World War I draft registration card. Villars Wunnenberg. Residence: Sperry, Iowa. Date of Birth: 28 September 1898. Natural born citizen. Place of birth: Sperry, Iowa. Occupation: Farming. Employer: myself. List of who you support: Father and mother. Claim exemption: no. Height: medium. Build: slender. Eyes: brown. Hair: Brown. Date of registration: 5 June 1917.
[2] - V.H. Wunnenberg
Villars H. Wunnenberg, 1209 S. Seventh, died at Burlington hospital Saturday following an extended illness.
He was born at Sperry on July 28, 1893, the son of Otto and Ann Sielerman Wunnenberg and married Verrold Ahlstrand Nov. 26, 1919, at Monmouth, Ill.
A veteran of World War I and a member of the American Legion and the Zion United Church of Christ, he worked as a toll collector on the MacArthur bridge for over 17 years before retirement in 1956.
Surviving are his wife; a son, Harold V. Wunnenberg, Burlington; two daughters, Mrs. Homer (Evelyn) Ball, San Diego, Calif., and Mrs. Jack (Geraldine) Volker, Everau, France; two sisters, Mary Wunnenberg and Grace Wunnenberg, both of Burlington; one brother, Clarence F. Wunnenberg, Morning Sun; four grandchildren; one niece and one nephew.
Services are pending at Prugh’s chapel.
Burial, with military services at graveside, will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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- World War I draft registration card. Villars Wunnenberg. Residence: Sperry, Iowa. Date of Birth: 28 September 1898. Natural born citizen. Place of birth: Sperry, Iowa. Occupation: Farming. Employer: myself. List of who you support: Father and mother. Claim exemption: no. Height: medium. Build: slender. Eyes: brown. Hair: Brown. Date of registration: 5 June 1917.
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