Frank Wesly was born November 22, 1909 on the family farm near Marquette, Ne and died May 29, 1983  in Kearney, Ne.  He married Judith Lucille Webster October 26, 1933 in Seward, Ne.  Judith was born Ocotober 5, 1914 and died December 30, 2003and is the daughter of Charles Webster and Gail Weakley .  Wes and Judy are the parents of  Lois Ellen;  Charles Edward and Richard Lee. 
 

Wes & Judy 1ST DATE

30th Anniversary EMMA; ED; WESLY; JUDY SALLINGER GAIL PETERSON;  CHARLIE WEBSTER

Wes and Judy Sallinger ABT 1980

     Frank Wesly Sallinger was born on the family farm near Marquette, Ne and spent his early years helping work the family farms near Cairo, Woodriver and Shelton, Ne.  He graduated at the top of his class from Cairo High School in 1927.  He loved and played all sports and for several years, held the pole vault record at Cairo High School.  He met Judy Webster at a dance at Grange Hall Northwest of Shelton and they married October 26, 1933 in Seward, Ne.  Myrl and Ellen Sallinger, having married the day before in Lincoln, Ne were witnesses.  Wes and Judy started their life together on the farm of Judy's father, northwest of Shelton where Lois Ellen and Charles Edward were born.  In 1936, his love for sports continued as he was a member of the Shelton baseball team playing as their first baseman.  As dry conditions made farming an unprofitable business Wes moved his family to Niangua, Mo where he started a milk delivery route. Their third and last child, Richard Lee was born during this period.  Wes moved his family back to Shelton in 1940 and took up farming once again Northwest of Shelton.  While operating the farm, he joined the Kearney Ne carpenters union and helped build the hangars at Kearney Army Airfield during WW II.  In 1945 Wes contracted severe Rheumatism in his legs and ankles, causing him to quit farming, working construction and playing baseball.  Kearney Carpenters Union Local 1430 hired him as their business agent which He held until resigning in 1958 to build and operate a bowling alley in Shelton.  He operated this business in partnership with Judy for 15 years at which time he sold out and retired on Social Security.  He was a fun loving man, a practical jokester and loved it when someone would get up a fishing party------only he always contended that "some darn fool wanted to fish".  He was instrumental in having a huge "Carp" hooked to friend Herb Bonsacks fishing line on one trip when Herb was the only one not catching fishing.  It was many years later that was filled with lots of bragging by Herb about the fish he caught when Herb was told the real story behind that fish tale.  On another outing, Wes was caught by Judy with having nothing but a lead sinker on his fishing line-----his excuse being he was there to rest and relax, not work.  Wes and Judy became fond of getting away from it all in a camper and after retirement, bought a "mini-home" that saw many miles crossing the United States. It was on his last trip to Florida that Wesly was diagnosed with having Pancreatic Cancer, and after 6 weeks in a Panama City, Fl Hospital and surgery, he was flown home to be with the main group of his family that he loved so dearly and prepare for his final resting place.  Wesly was buried in Shelton Cemetery, Shelton, Ne. 

     Judith Lucille Webster was born in Gibbon, Nebraska, the daughter of Gail Weakley and Charles Webster.  Her parents separated and divorced when she was two years of age and from that time until she entered high school, she attended country schools in the Gibbon/Shelton area and in California while living with her father and at times with aunts and uncles.  After finishing the eighth grade at District #17 school NW of Shelton and while staying with another aunt and uncle, she entered high school in Kearney, NE but was recalled to the farm home by her father to help take care of her ailing grandmother.  She never had the opportunity to return to school after this point in time, but stayed on the farm helping her father with the farm chores and the housekeeping.  
     
      About a half mile from the farm house was a community center called Grange Hall, which was across the road from the one room District #17 school house.  It was here during a dance and social gathering that she met her future husband Wesly Sallinger who at that time lived 2 1/2 miles northwest of her on another farm.  They exchanged their marriage vows in Seward, Nebraska in 1933 and returned to the farm home of her father to take up farming and begin their family.  In 1934 and 1935, Lois and Charles (Bud) were born and not long after, the family moved to Niangua, Mo. where Richard was born in 1939.  They returned to the same farm home north of Shelton in 1940 and took up farming once again.  Judy was very active in all aspects of farming along with her homemaking chores.  Without her knowledge and help during the early years that Wesly became crippled with rheumatism, the family would have truly suffered financially as it was Judy along with the children who provided the labor that kept the farm going.

      In 1948, the family sold the farm operation and moved into Shelton where Judy soon became involved in the Shelton Turkey Hatchery.  For five or six months of the year, she could be found placing eggs in incubators and monitoring the incubation process till time for hatching.  When the hatching process was complete, she would be found taking care of newborn turkeys and preparing them for shipping to turkey growers and than the process would start all over again.  During the fall, she would be found at the processing plant in Gibbon, preparing those same turkeys for homemakers to cook for the Thanksgiving and Christmas meals. 

     Wes and Judy had a love for bowling and a desire to operate a bowling alley of their own.  In 1958, they built a six lane bowling alley in Shelton which they operated for the next 17 years until Wes sold the alley and retired.  Judy had her own lunch counter at the bowling alley where she was famous for  her "Judy Burgers" that attracted people from surrounding towns.  Her malts and "Green River" sodas were also enjoyable.  When they sold the business, Judy decided to continue working and obtained employment at a factory in Kearney making filters, which she continued for twelve years and then retired.

     She and Wes had a love for getting away from it all and purchased a mini-home that saw many miles crossing the U.S., providing many happy moments.  She loved a good card game, fishing and breathing the fresh air of spring.  She also loved to crochet and cook.  If a contest were held for the best homemade noodles and chicken, she would undoubtedly win the contest hands down.  Her children and grandchildren was her greatest source of enjoyment.  She loved them all equally and shared their pain as well as their joy.  She hated strife and refused to take sides in an argument for fear of showing love to one more than the other but would strive to cement a relationship and her children and grand children loved her equally in return.  On the day of her funeral, a grand daughter, Brenda Ruyle Moeller wrote a letter to her that was read by great grand daughter, Lonna Moeller and is indicative of just how much she was loved and will be missed.  That letter and a poem found and altered by Jody Moeller to reflect on "Grandma Judy" and also read at the funeral by great grand daughter Kari Gangwish Willis follows.

Hi Grandma, it's me. I'm feeling restless and I know it's because I feel the need to write you one last time. I want to say I love you, I wish you well, and thanks for being the best grandma there ever was.  You are a great role model, and I hope that Kaleb, and all of my future grandchildren will feel as lucky to have had me as their grandma, as I feel about having had you in my life.

Life with you was so fun! When I think back to my early years, I realize how lucky we were to have you and Grandpa just across the street. You always had a full cookie jar, time to play games, paper dolls, sewing Barbie clothes, a basement full of chinchillas, and don't tell mom .... But a choice for a different meal if we didn't like what she had cooked. You and grandpa taught us to bowl, to be good sports, about responsibility (when you would let us work behind the counter at the bowling alley) You made the best cheeseburger I have ever had in my life! Speaking of your good cooking, nobody can make chicken and noodles like you do either.. ...I have tried, even with my lessons from you, but they just aren't yours!

You and grandpa instilled in me a love for the outdoors. We grandkids loved to go fishing with you, even though it was sometimes dangerous to your health (we all felt pretty bad when Beck hooked your nose....ouch!) I'll never forget the time you took a bunch of us grandkids to G.I. fishing, and we somehow talked you and grandpa into letting us bring home a couple of buckets of tadpoles, which we kids proceeded to put into my parents washtubs in the basement..... .WOW, it didn't take too many days for them to start stinking! Beck and I really enjoyed our vacation to South Dakota with you and Grandpa. Traveling in the camper, and seeing sights to treasure a lifetime.  Joe and I always enjoyed our evening of playing cards with you and Grandpa when we were first married. You'd always have a great meal for us before the cards would start, and even though Joe never said a word, I'm sure he had to have wished his wife could cook like her Grandma. You taught me what a successful marriage is all about........ .lots of love, laughter, a sense of humor, about creating a safe harbor for those you love, being able to play, work , and vent when you needed to.....to say what was on your mind and then to let it go.

When I think about the biggest, most important lesson you taught me about life, it has to be unconditional love. It didn't matter the sin, crime or truancy involved.....you loved right through it. That doesn't mean you didn't feel hurt, shed tears, or feel the pain, but you loved all of us closest to you through everything, and you encouraged the rest of us to do the same. You taught us all about forgiveness, and about the importance of living life to it's fullest and about not wasting time on anger, hurt and grievances, and leaving the judgements, and punishments up to the lord above.

You held your head high and showed the rest of us how to carry on after Grandpa passed away. I was so proud of you, and the way you continued to live life to it's fullest. You really impressed me when you joined that aroebics class at Emerson! You continued card games with us and trips to the lake where you still managed to beat a lot of us in bean bags. When you found out you had breast cancer, you once again showed the rest of us how to get through that. It should have been us keeping you strong, but down deep I know we wouldn't have been as strong without your strength, and great sense of humor. I remember one evening when I was sitting with you and you were worried that I needed to get home to my family, I told you I was enjoying the quiet time from my crew, and you knowingly smiled, as only a wife and mother could, and we settled in with our cups of tea and some good t.v.

I am so grateful to have had some time with you before you left us the other night. I felt like you had something to say when you reached for my hand and I think I know what it was..... .yes, we will take care of mom, yes we will be strong and carry on, yes we are ready to let you go and enjoy your well deserved time with Grandpa, and yes we will love each other to the best of our abilities.

Grandma, I will shed tears yet today as I treasure all the memories you have left with me.You will be so missed, but after today the tears will stop and I will rejoice for you and Grandpa. I know how happy he must be to have you back in his arms. I don't think any of us will fear our time for heaven, as we know God will have you there waiting for us with wide open arms, a great meal, and some card playing for dessert!  Rest in peace Grandma, I love you, and once again thanks for being the best grandma there ever was..

Brenda

ELMER EDWARD SALLINGER

Elmer Edward was born December 14, 1914 in Grand Island, Hall County Ne. and died June 1998 in Winchester, Va.  He married Ethel Gladys Reynoldson February 14, 1941 in Crawford, Ne. Ethel was born May 5, 1915  in Horsehoe Bend, Ne and died February 28, 1998 in Winchester, Va.   Elmer  and Ethel are the parents of Sally Lou; Cindy Sue and Elmer Edward Jr. 
 

Elmer Edward Sallinger Sr.

Ethel and Elmer

Elmer Sallinger Sr. abt1986

Elmer grew up on the family farms in Hall County, Ne, and attended school at Cairo, Ne graduating about 1932.  After graduation, the family moved their farming operation to an area Northwest of Shelton, Ne. In the late 1930's, dry conditions made farming an unprofitable business and Ed Sallinger moved his family to Niangua, Mo. Elmer and brother Carl stayed behind in Nebraska to join a "Civilian Conservation Corp" camp to help generate an income for the family to survive.  After a time, Elmer left the camp to join the US Army.  His tour in the army took him to many of the states as well as Japan, Germany and other countries in Europe, and always with his family.  He retired from the Army in 1960, settling in Winchester, Va and began Civil Service employment in Berryville in what is known as the "Mountain", an underground facility for high level government employees to be used in case of attack by a foreign power.  He retired from this job in 1981. While living in Winchester, Elmer practiced his skills he obtained from farming as a youngster with a garden that always produced a beautiful and bountiful crop of vegetables and flowers.  His hobby was raising flowers for competition in which he won numerous ribbons at flower shows in Washington D.C. for his gladiollas.  Many of these flowers he grew in his basement with artificial light.  Elmer and Ethel separated and divorced in 1976 with Elmer re-marrying twice before his death.  Ethel remained single until her death. 

     As related in remarks at Ethels funeral by her granddaughter, Cindy Clark Sheffield, Ethel was born in Horseshoe Bend, Ne and was raised as an only child. She did have a sister who died as an infant. Her father left them at an early age, so was raised by a single working mother during the depression years.  Although life was hard, Grandma spoke of dances, music and laughter and "her dance card was always full".  After marriage to Elmer, her three children became her "pride and joy" and she had a story for everything that she could relate to one or the other of the children.  Growing up, I (Cindy) had the pleasure of taking several vacations with Grandma. "We were back seat buddies", and in this backseat, I learned about life in Nebraska, life during the Depression, and at whatever age I was at the time, Grandma had a unique gift of remembering herself at that age and could relate to how awkward I may have felt at a certain age.  We would make up songs, tell jokes and on one of our trips, I learned how to "shoot craps" with two sugar cubes that Grandma had transformed into "dice".  Life was never dull with Grandma around.  Grandma was not only confidante or roomate on trips but a teacher and most of all, a friend.  Grandma was a wonderful person who gave of her time and herself so openly. In the end it wasn't materialistic things that I remember Grandma for---it was her laughter and her love. Grandma wrote me a poem when I was 12 years of age that said:  When twilight pulls the curtain and pins it with a star, my love for you will always be no matter where you are.  In rremembrance of my Grandmother Ethel, I dedicate the chorus of this song by Boyz II Men:  It states;  I know you're shining down on me from Heaven, like so many friends we've lost along the way.  And I know eventually we'll be together-One Sweet Day.  The song title is One Sweet Day with Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men.

     The Wesley Methodist Church Minister added----Ethel was one of those rare people who truly did not know a stranger.  Her life was a life of faith; love; endurance; and gentleness.  She lived the life God commanded her to live and lived it to its fullest.  She loved her children and how she loved to brag on her grandchildren and great grandchildren-- "They are wonderful she would tell me".   Her family was at the center of her loving and nurturing attention.  She always gave her support to the church.  Her outreach was a symbol of encouragement.  she had a gift for lifting spirits----always with words of praise. We have all been touched by the warmth and love of this special lady.  IF YOU EVER WANTED A CHALLENGE---YOU NEEDED TO PLAY CARDS OR TRIVIAL PURSUIT WITH HER. 

CARL LLOYD SALLINGER---- 

Carl Loyd  married Beulah Clair August 8, 1936 in Niangua, Mo. Beulah was  born March 17, 1917 in Niangua, Mo and died February 1985 in Lincoln, Ne.  Carl and Beulah (Boots) are the parents of Carl Daniel and Larry. 
 

Carl and Buelah sallinger

Carl Sallinger abt 1983

          The third of five chldren, Carl was born at home on Lafayette Street in Grand Island, Ne and during his years of growing up, his family farmed near the small towns in the Grand Island area; Cairo, Wood River, Shelton.  Like many children of the 1920's, Carl had to leave school early to help with the family farming but was always wishful he could have completed his education.  However, he did stay aware of all that was happening and was educated in many important ways other than in school.  During the dry years of the 30's, the family moved to Missouri leaving Carl and brother Elmer behind to join a "CC" camp earning $30 a month of which he kept $5 and gave the rest to his parents.  After a time, he joined his family in Missouri where he eventually met Beulah Clair while attending the same church and they were married on August 8, 1936.  In 1943 they moved to Grand Island, Ne where Carl gained employment as a truck driver for Neilson Peterson Co.,and later, as a charter bus driver which often took him away from home for extended periods.  As a charter bus driver, he traveled all over the United States, but his greatest joy of driving the charter bus was providing the transportation for the Grand Island High School basketball and track teams to their games for which his son Larry was a member.  Being away for long periods was difficult for the family so he sought employment near his home and rounded out his years of employment driving for 3rd City Meats.  After 49 years of marriage, Beulah passed away. Carl than met and married Helen Simpson in 1991 but after four years, Helen passed away with Cancer.  In December 1997, Carl was taken to Lakeview Health and Rehab Center, Grand Island Ne in serious health condition.  After a change of medication, a few months of Rehabilitation and a remarkable recovery, he became a social organizer, getting a group of men residents out of their rooms to meet for coffee and cookies in the social hall.  His efforts in enhancing the daily lives of the residents of Lakeview earned him the respect of the staff and the nomination of RESIDENT OF THE MONTH for July 1998. He was a man who liked keeping a neat yard, loved jokes, football, and Burger King.  He enjoyed driving in the country and meeting people. At the time of Carl's death, he had 9 grandchildren, 10 step grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren, 12 step great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.

  Beulah Irene (Clair) Sallinger was the second of nine children born to Ralph Albert Clair and Pearl (Dudley) Clair and grew up in a two story, two room log house built (The cabin still stands today) by Ralph on a small farm in the tree covered hills east of Niangua, Mo. where water was obtained from an ice-cold artesian well.  Ralph Clair was a brick mason, carpenter and farmer and Pearl was a mother and homemaker. Ralph also operated a saw mill on his property.   While Ralph worked as a brick mason and farmed, Pearl and the children raised a large garden every year that was located adjacent to the cabin along with several fruit trees and a smoke house.  They cared for the garden and trees, canned all the vegetables and fruit and smoked all of their own meats for the family.

     Beulah met Carl Sallinger at a church function and they were married on August 8, 1936.  Beulah was 17 and Carl was 19.  The mid to late 1930's and early 40's were hard years for everyone and Carl thought the family would be better off in Nebraska and moved the family to the Grand Island area in 1943.  Beulah had given birth to two son's, Carl "Danny" and Larry while living in Missouri.  Carl was a farmer but found work driving trucks while Beulah was primarily a mother and homemaker until the boy's were in Junior High School.  At that time, Carl was seriously hurt with a back injury while driving a truck for Nielson & Peterson Company and Beulah was forced to find employment.  Not having any formal education except for some elementary school, she found employment working as a waitress and cook in several different establishments in the Grand Island area over a 15 to 20 year period until she retired in 1977.

     Beulah was a fantastic cook and had many specialties she would prepare for the family.  She raised a large garden every year and one of her specialties was canning dill pickles with people from all over Grand Island placing orders for her pickles.  Her potato salad was also well known around Grand Island as she would often prepare her special recipe in the various places she worked.  Many times she was asked for the recipe but always refused to share it, even with an offer from the well known Driesbachs Steak House to buy it from her.  She also canned many different vegetables and fruits (learned from her mother).  Beulah was a very generous and supportive person, an immaculate housekeeper and very particular about clean clothing.  After a long illness and bout with cancer, she died February 21, 1985 at the age of 65 in a hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska.  She was buried in Grand Island, Nebraska at Westlawn Cemetery. 

FERN GERTRUDE SALLINGER-- 

Fern Gertrude, born Feb 11, 1922 in Grand Island, NE and died August 8, 2003 in Lincoln, NE.  She married Virgil Gray Cole August 8, 1943 in Grand Island. Virgil was born May 23, 1921 in Wilderville, TN and died December 22, 1993 in Grand Island, Ne.  Fern and Virgil are the parents of Shirley and Dorothy. 
 

Fern and Virgil Cole

Fern and Virgil in 1993

    The following was written by a Great Grandson of Fern as a school project in 1999 and in short, very well describes the life that Fern has lived throughout the years.  Justin, grandson of Dorothy and son of Audra,  mentions that the one thing Fern would love to hear again is music.  In 1978, at a wedding dance of another relative, Fern and Virgil were there and were observed to enjoy themselves immensely and were enjoying the dancing as others were, even though they could not hear the music.  When asked how they were able to move so gracefully around the dance floor, they said they could feel the  vibrations and sense the beat of the music being played.  Justin mentions the Missouri School For The Deaf that Fern attended and Graduated from.  Fern's family had moved to Niangua, Missouri and had enrolled Fern in the school at Fulton.  It is apparent that she was an excellent student as she was selected from her school to attend  "Girls State"-----which was quite an honor considering she was the only deaf girl elected to Girls State.  As Justin says---she is a special woman who worked hard to overcome and live a rich and rewarding life.  Justin's remarks follow: 
 

                                                      THE LIFE OF A SPECIAL WOMAN

                                                                          By Justin Garcia 

Fern was born in Grand Island, Nebraska to Mr. & Mrs. Edward Sallinger.  She was the only girl with 4 brothers. 

At the age of 5, Fern became very sick with influenza.  With this illness, she ran high fevers causing her to lose all of her hearing.  Fern remains deaf to this day. 

Up to the age of ll, Fern attended public school in Cairo, Ne.  At this age she also learned to drive.  When she was 11 years old, per parents took her to Omaha, Ne. so that she could attend the Omaha School For The Deaf.  She spent 3 years at Omaha.  During those years she lived at the school for 9 months and then went home for the 3 summer months.  After 3 years, she moved to Missouri and attended school there.  She graduated from the Missouri school For The Deaf in 1943.  While attending school there, she met Virgil Gray Cole who was also deaf.  They were married later that year and moved back to Grand Island, Ne. to live out their married lives. 

As they began their married life togather, World War II and The Great Depression were already underway.  People weren't allowed to buy tires or shoes.  Food was rationed.  You had to receive government stamps to buy sugar. 

During Fern's adult life she was employed at J.M. McDonalds department store as a seamstress where she altered clothing for 25 years.  Fern has always believed strongly that herself and other deaf people were capable of working to support themselves.  She would become angry when she saw other deaf people using their disability as a way to beg for money. 

During her marriage to Virgil, Fern gave birth to 2 daughters.  At this time, she has 9 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren, all of which are hearing.  Fern's daughters are able to sign to her and all of her grandchildren can finger spell.  Some of the great grandchildren can finger spell also.  She communicates with hearing people by lip reading and writing notes. 

Fern and Virgil celebrated 50 years of marriage in 1993.  On December 21st of that same year, Fern became a widow when her husband died of cancer. 

I once asked my Great Grandmother, if she could hear one sound.........what would that sound be?  She answered me with one word........................That one word was, MUSIC!! 

     Virgil Cole was an inquisitive child and as a toddler, got into and ingested a medication called "Quinine" which caused him to become permanently deaf.  But, being an energetic person with a strong desire to succeed, he didn't let this problem slow him down and in fact, worked hard in all endeavors to excel. 

     His inability to hear caused special problems for his schooling as it was a time period where there was no "mainstreaming" and teachers in public schools were not qualified to teach deaf children.  His mother realized the need of a good education and when Virgil was 7 yrs old, she made the extremely tough decision to enroll him in a school for the deaf in Tennessee where Virgil was required to live in a dormitory setting with other youngsters far from the familiar surroundings of his home.  He made this tough transition of moving from his home without a great deal of difficulty even though it must have been quite traumatic to have been uprooted from his home at such an early age.  Further, economic and transportation problems prevented him from returning to his home for visits except during summer vacations.  At the age of 10, his mother made a move to Missouri and enrolled Virgil in the Missouri School For The Deaf (MSD) in Fulton, Mo where he remained for the remainder of his education. 

     As time progressed, Virgil developed a love for sports and his drive and determination really showed when he was a standout athlete for his school.  Numerous newspaper clippings headlined him in sporting events as;  "Virgil Cole Shows Well At State Meet, Proves To Be A One Man Team";  "Cole Sets Three Of the New Records In Winning The High Hurdles, High Jump, and Broad Jump";  "Cole's 63 Yard Run In Closing Seconds Gives Eagles Third Victory";  "The Eagles, With Speedy Virgil Cole, Again Showing His Ability At Broken Field Running Opened The Scoring--";  "Cole of MSD Wins 60 Yard Dash IN State Meet And Takes Third In Broad Jump".  These clippings are just a few of the times he was mentioned while attending school at MSD. 

     His desire to excel caught the attention of his future wife, Fern Sallinger who was also enrolled at MSD and a standout student making a name for herself at the school.  Upon graduation, Virgil was hired as a supervisor of the boys dormitory which position he held for one year while Fern had graduated and moved back to Grand Island, Ne to live with her parents.  The attraction they had developed for one another at the school was so strong that Virgil left his job at the school to go see Fern.  At that time of his life, Virgil neither owned nor knew how to drive an automobile, so, using a pencil and notebook as the only means of communicating with those who could hear, he made his desires known and made his way by bus to the strange city of Grand Island and managed to find Fern's parents house.  In the years that followed, her parents loved to tell the story how Virgil showed up at their door, holding up a picture of Fern and saying as best he could, "My Girl"! "My Girl"!.  So after a joyful reunion, Fern and Virgil were united in marriage on August 8, 1943.  In the years that followed, Fern was the one who knew how to drive, did all the family driving and became Virgils driving instructor.  Upon reaching 40 years of age, he took the driving test and became the proud owner of a license to drive, experiencing the feeling of being set free that is usually enjoyed by those who obtain a license at 16 years of age. 

     After marriage, Virgil continued his sporting activities and could be found on a softball field playing in an organized league when games were in progress.  His favorite position was short stop.  He was on numerous bowling leagues with co-workers during his employment years.  At other times, he would be a spectator at football games or track meets-undoubtedly itching to get in the game himself.  He was an avid Nebraska football fan and would be dressed in Nebraska Red on any football Saturday.  Fishing was also a great pastime.

     Virgil supported his family throughout the years in Grand Island by working at Fairmont Dairy; Trinity Lutheran Church; Geer Mobile Homes; Redmond Mobile Homes and Overhead Door Co.  He loved family gatherings and was especially joyful when visiting with his daughters and grandchildren. 

Wilbur married Faye Clair August 20, 1942 in Niangua, Mo. and are the parents of  Charlotte; Patricia and Wayne. 
 

Wilbur and Faye Sallinger 50th Wedding Anniversary

Wilbur & Faye Abt 1997