Otto Phillip Wenneborg, died Wednesday, April 19, 1961, at the residence, age 89. Survived by three sons, Edward Z., Norman L., Walter W.; daughters Mrs. Marie Murrell, Mrs. Louise Zeddies, Mrs. Esta Brehm, Mrs. Pauline Roesch; sisters Mrs. Anna Middendorf, Mrs. Emma Anderson; several grandchildren. Member of the Elliott Avenue Baptist Church and Girard Lodge AF & AM. - Illinois State Journal, Springfield, IL, 4-20-1961

A lifelong resident of Springfield, Mr. Wenneborg was known as a mining expert. He wrote many poems, some published in the Illinois State Journal and Register, and he also wrote song lyrics and had one published. He was the organizer of the Christian Endeavor of the Elliott Church. Mr. Wenneborg, 89, a retired coal mine operator and former owner of the Lincoln Park Coal Co. and Farmersville Coal Mining Co., died Wednesday at his home.

Illinois State Journal, Springfield, IL, 4-21-1961

Otto Wenneborg