Robert “Bob” William Wend, Albert Lea
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, April 20, 2004
The memorial service for Robert “Bob” William Wend will be held 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 21, at Channel View Apartments, Building D, Albert Lea. The Rev. John Holt will officiate. Burial will be in Ft. Snelling Cemetery, Minneapolis. Visitation will be 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Channel View. Military honors will be accorded by the Albert Lea Veterans’ Organizations. Bonnerup Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.
Robert, “Bob,” passed away on Sunday, April 18, 2004, at Good Samaritan Center, Albert Lea, after a long battle with cancer. He was 82 years old.
Bob was born on Dec. 9, 1921, in New York, New York. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife and daughter.
Bob served two tours of duty with the U.S. Marine Corps. in World War II and Korean War and received a National Defense Medal and Marine Corps Reserve Medal. He was a graduate of Colgate University for psychology. He was employed at the Skyline Mall in Albert Lea until he retired in 1993. He then moved into Channel View Apartments. Bob had friends both in Albert Lea and the surrounding areas. He is survived by friends/managers of Channel View, James and Robin Odenthal.
Don’t think of him as gone away, his journey’s just begun. Life holds so many facets, this earth in only one. Just think of him as resting from the sorrows and the tears in a place of warmth of comfort where there are no days or years. Think of how he must be wishing that we could know today how nothing but our sadness can really fade away and think of him as living in the hearts of those he touched for nothing loved is ever lost, and he was loved so much by so many.