Glenn Wahl

Funeral Information

Funeral Mass will be at 2:00 pm on Sunday January 20, 2013 at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Port Austin. Visitation will be from 2:00 – 8:00 pm on Saturday at the Knoblock Funeral Home, Kinde and on Sunday, in the church from 1:00 -2:00 pm. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Bad Axe.

Family of the Deceased

He is survived by his wife, Sharon: Five daughters; Catherine (Jan Chris) Pennekamp of Springfield, Missouri, Karen (Michael) Kirbyof Gladwin; Connie (Alan) Garner of Mt. Pleasant; Bonnie (Gerhard) Yaroch of Port Austin; and Beth Ann (Travis) Green of Ashburn, Virginia; one son, Brian Wahl of Caseville; 3 step-sons, Fred (Shelly) Baranski of Port Austin, Robert (Janice) Baranski of Bad Axe, Gerald (Suzie) Baranski of Port Austin; 1 step-daughter, Julie (Mike) Ressler of St. Clair Shores. Also surviving are his grandchildren: John and Joshua Pennekamp, Kevin and Steven Kirby, Vincent and Clara Yaroch, Neil and Emma Garner, Glenn, Otis and Jacob Green, Channing and Casey Baranski, Kayla Lasceski, Adam and Elizabeth Baranski, and Ian and Lillian Ressler; and his great-granddaughter, Harper Rose Kirby. He is also survived by one sister, Pauline Harris of Bad Axe, and one brother, Kenneth (Mary) Wahl of Greenback, Tenn. as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Douglas Wahl and Duane Wahl and sisters Wanda Church and Gertrude Thompson.

Biography

Glenn B. Wahl, 84, of Port Austin died Saturday, January 12, 2013, surrounded by his family at his winter home in Bullhead City, Arizona after battling cancer. Glen was born in Lincoln Twp, near Filion, Michigan on December 9, 1928 the son of the late William and Dora (Brinker) Wahl. He and Clara Ahearn were married on February 12, 1955 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bad Axe. Clara preceded him in death on November 15, 1968. Glen and Sharon Baranski were married on July 23, 1985 at St. Michael Catholic Church in Port Austin. Glen enjoyed spending winters in Arizona, loved playing Euchre and very much enjoyed his farming specialty, baling hay.

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