Walter W. Wenneborg, 65, owner and operator of the Sandbar Tavern on Mechanicsburg Blacktop for the past 11 years, died Monday at Memorial Hospital. Mr. Wenneborg was born at Virden, the son of Otto P. and Mary Zorn Wenneborg, and was former owner and operator of the Wenneborg Coal Co., which had mines at Sherman, Edinburg and Old Berlin. He was a member of Loami Lodge AM & FM No. 450.

Surviving are his wife Emily; one daughter and one son; sisters Mrs. Louise Zeddes, Mrs. Marie Murrell, Mrs. Esta Brehm and Mrs. Pauline Roesch; brothers Edward Z. and Norman; four grandchildren.

Services at Ellinger-Kunz and Davis Funeral Home with Loami Lodge AF & AM in charge of services. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Illinois State Journal, Springfield, IL, Tues., May 4, 1971

Walter Wenneborg