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Wayne S. "Bud" Wieting
Funeral Director
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Wayne S. "Bud" Wieting is a licensed funeral director &
embalmer in the state of Wisconsin, and holding a national funeral
directors license since 1975. Bud has been married to his wife
Barbara since 1978, and they have 3 daughters, a son, an AFS
daughter from Spain, 4 sons-in-law, a daughter-in-law, 2 grandsons,
and 5 granddaughters. He has lived in Chilton since 1976, holding
memberships in the National Funeral Directors Association, the
Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association, the Fox River Valley
Funeral Directors Association, the Lakeshore Funeral Directors
Association, and The International Order of the Golden Rule, where
he is currently serving on the board of directors. Bud and his wife
Barb are active members of Peace Evangelical & Reformed Church
in Potter, Wisconsin. He served for fourteen years on the church
council, and as congregation president for six of those years. He
is currently serving on the church's building and grounds
committee, the missions committee, the pastor parish committee, and
the gospel music festival committee. Bud serves as chairman on the
board of directors for The Calumet Medical Center in Chilton, and
also on its finance committee. Bud has been active in the local Boy
Scout Troop 810 since 1988, serving on the Scout Committee, and in
the roles of Cub Scout, Weblos, and Boy Scout leader. Hobbies
include, camping, hunting, restoring old cars, fixing cars, and
being an amateur arborist. He and his wife have been active in the
Chilton business community, starting a used car dealership, an
automotive parts & service center, and developing a residential
subdivision. Bud is also an active member in the Kiel community
where they own a second funeral home, which was built in 2003. He
is an active member of the Kiel Kiwanis Club, currently serving as
president, and the Kiel Area Association of Commerce, also serving
as president. Bud and his family have also developed a 27 acre
commercial subdivision in Kiel named Fairlane Park. Bud was also a
former member of the Chilton Fire Department, serving as Head Fire
Inspector for the Chilton Fire District. He was a member and also
served on the Board of Directors for the Wisconsin Fire Inspectors
Association, and was active in Public Fire Safety Education.
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Daniel Wieting
Funeral Director
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Daniel W. Wieting is a licensed funeral director & embalmer
in the state of Wisconsin, and has held a National Funeral Director
license since 2001. Daniel married his high school sweetheart Jamie
in October of 2003. Both he and his wife are originally Chilton
natives and Dan has returned to the area in 2001 after living and
working in the Milwaukee/Waukesha, Plymouth, and West Bend areas.
Dan is a graduate of Chilton High School and attended the
University of Wisconsin Green Bay before graduating in 2001 from
Milwaukee Area Technical College with a degree in Mortuary Science.
Dan holds membership in the National Funeral Directors Association,
the Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association, the Fox River Valley
Funeral Directors Association where he is a member of the board of
directors, the Lakeshore Funeral Directors Association, and The
International Order of the Golden Rule. Daniel is an active member
of Peace Evangelical & Reformed Church in Potter where he
serves on the Mission Committee. He is also an active member of
Optimist International and serves on the Board of Directors for the
Chilton Club. His hobbies include camping, skiing, brewing beer,
and working on cars. Dan is currently involved in the restoration
of a 1950 Studebaker Land Cruiser.
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Patrick L. Fahrenkrug
Community Outreach Director Licensed Funeral
Director
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Patrick has been a licensed funeral director and embalmer in the
state of Wisconsin since 1994. He was born and raised in
Neenah, Wisconsin and has lived in Sherwood, Wisconsin since
2005. Patrick serves as the Community Outreach Director for
the funeral homes and is also an Advanced Planning
Consultant. He has owned and operated Forrest Run Pet
Cemetery & Cremation Service in Sherwood since 2004 and spends
much of his free time tending to the business and the cemetery
grounds. Patrick is a member of the Wisconsin and National
Funeral Directors Associations and is also working towards
attaining his Certified Funeral Service Practitioner
accreditation. When not working at the funeral home or the
pet cemetery, he enjoys his job as a floor manager at the Fox
Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton. Patrick has two
brothers, a sister, 10 nieces and nephews and two
great-nephews.
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Alydia, Eliot & Iyla Wieting
Daniel & Jamie's Children
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Alydia, Eliot, & Iyla Wieting
are the children of Daniel and Jamie Wieting. Alydia, age 4,
attends 4-K at Trinity Lutheran School in Rantoul. She enjoys
singing, camping, and helping her Daddy wash vehicles. Eliot,
age 3, keeps everyone on their toes. He really likes camping
a lot, playing with his cars, and being outside. Iyla, age 1,
loves watching her brother and sister play, and learns a lot from
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Richard "Dick" Riesterer
Assistant
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Richard "Dick" Riesterer has been
assisting at Wieting Family Funeral Home since 2007. Prior to
that, he spent 40 years in the automobile business, including 38
years in Sales and Sales Management roles at the local GM
dealership. During that time, Dick developed many,
multi-generational relationships with the fine folks of Calumet and
Manitowoc County, which serves him well in his new role with the
Wietings. Born and raised in St. Nazianz, Dick graduated from
St. Gregory High School, and studied at Sacred Heart Seminary in
Oneida. He also spent six years with the U.S. Army
Reserve. He is married to the former Mary Ludwig of Chilton,
and has lived in Chilton for the past 16 years. Dick has four
grown sons, three step-children, and 14 grandchildren. In
addition to assisting at Wieting Family Funeral Home, Dick
volunteers at a local nursing home and horse farm. He enjoys
yard work and attending all of the exciting events his children and
grandchildren are involved in. |