Julie Wenner

Wenner, Julie age 73, of St. Cloud, died Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at the St. Cloud Hospital from complications of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 10, 2006 at St. John's Catholic Church, Foley. The Rev. Greg Paffel and Rev. Al Stangl will officiate. Burial will be at St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Cold Spring. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday and from 8 to 10 a.m. Monday at the Foley Funeral Home. Parish prayers will be 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Julie Wenner was born March 1, 1933 in St. Cloud, MN to James W. and Hildegard V. (Hilger) Twomey. She married Nicholas M. Wenner on August 2, 1958 at St. Augustine's Catholic Church, St. Cloud. The couple lived in Cold Spring until 1968 when they moved to Foley, where they owned and operated the Foley Funeral Home for 30 years. She graduated from Cathedral High School in 1951 where she was the recipient of the All Girl Athletic award her senior year. She graduated from the College of St. Benedict in 1955 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Education and a Minor in Art. She taught 3rd grade in the Robbinsdale School District and also taught in the Cold Spring School District. Julie worked in the credit department at Dayton's in St. Cloud and was a Mary Kay Cosmetic Beauty consultant for many years. She was a past member of the Foley Lioness, Foley Morning Glories and a devout member of the National Rifle Association. She was a member of St. John's Catholic Church. Memorials will go to St. John's Area School, Foley. She is survived by her sons and daughters, Nicholas Michael (Sue), Bloomington; Mary Maureen Wenner, Hopkins; Lucy (Russ) Jurek, Foley; Susan (Gregg) Obbink, White Rock, NM; Margaret Wenner, St. Louis Park; Gregory (Tara), Foley; 10 grandchildren, 5 step grandchildren; very special friend, Tom May, St. Cloud; brothers and sisters; Ione Daniel, St. Cloud; Jerome (Joan) Twomey, Little Falls; Renee Twomey, Maplewood; Elaine (Bill) Stramer, Hazelton, ND; Kathleen Pecchia, Maplewood; David (Mary) Twomey, Deerwood and Barbara (Bob) Wolfe, Helena, MT. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Nic, March 23, 1995; infant son, Marcus; brother, James and sister, Hildy Nolan. FOLEY FUNERAL HOME 320-968-7111
This obituary was originally published in the Star Tribune.