Bernard Willard Wentzel
January 1, 1892 - July 6, 1922

Iowa Private
157 Depot Brigade

Son of Carl and Luine (Peters) Wentzel
Siblings: George Wentzel, Louise (Wentzel) Guth-Sundberg

Unit Depot Brigade, 40th Company, 10th Training Battalion 157
Enlistment July 26, 1918
Discharge December 19, 1918

HOTEL PROPRIETOR COMMITS SUICIDE
Ben Wentzel, 30, years old, proprietor of the Northwestern Hotel, of Manning, committed suicide today, July 6, 1922. Wentzel killed himself with a shotgun in a room at the hotel. Wentzel was in vigorous health and presumably happy. The lack of a known motive for his suicide puzzles his friends. He leaves a widow.
Sioux City Journal, Sioux City Friday, July 7, 1922

Bernard Wentzel is buried in the Manning Cemetery.
Section C Row #18 south - north.

I'm occasionally adding the actual scanned image of the obituary I make using my VERY expensive - large commercial scanner, and/or also other articles about the deceased person that were published in the Manning Monitor.
I want to also comment about people who are taking my obituaries, pictures, and/or other articles about a person/family and posting them on other websites.
You do NOT have permission or the right to do this - you are stealing my historical work.
Buy your own scanning equipment, pay for memberships to other commercial websites, and spend decades working on your local history like I have - then you'll understand why I'm making these comments!
Thank you for your attention to this matter - Dave Kusel

December 18, 1918, Manning Monitor