Alvin Carl Wenske

July 6, 1924 - September 28, 2016

Hastings resident, Alvin Carl Wenske, 92, passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2016, at Perkins Pavilion Good Samaritan Society-Hastings Village, Hastings, Nebraska. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at the Zion Lutheran Church in Clay Center, NE with Rev. Judy Nuss officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Clay Center Cemetery with military rites by the American Legion Mills-Schroder Post #87. No visitation cremation has taken place. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Zion Lutheran Church in Clay Center or Good Samaritan in Hastings, NE. Alvin was born July 6, 1924, in Glenvil, NE to William and Elsie (Dumke) Wenske. He was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Clay Center, NE. He attended country school near Glenvil, Ne and graduated from Clay Center High School in 1943. Alvin entered the United States Army in 1945, and served in the states and overseas. After returning from the service in 1946, he married Mary Ellen Smith on June 15, 1947, at Zion Lutheran Church in Clay Center, NE. They lived in Clay Center for 58 years and spent 69 wonderful years together. Alvin learned to lay brick and block from his father and owned a construction business for 20 years. Later, he was employed with Werner Construction for 20 years, Clay Center Public School and Dahlsten Truck Line retiring at the age of 73. He and Mary Ellen moved to Good Samaritan Village in Hastings in 1999. He volunteered in the Good Samaritan Wood Shop for 10 years until ill health forced him to give it up. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Clay Center, American Legion Mills-Schroder Post #87, 40/8 #675 of Adams County, Eagles #592, and had retired from the Clay Center Volunteer Fire Department. He is survived by his wife, Mary Ellen of Hastings, NE; sister, Lois Hoops of Denver, CO; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; 4 brothers, Edward; Paul; Ervin; and Ralph; and 2 sisters, Laverna Banks and Emma Wenske.