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GEORGE WESLEY KUEHNLE SR.
JANUARY 13, 2006
George "Wes" Kuehnle age 84 passed away at his home on Friday January 13,
2006, surrounded by his loving family. Born and raised in Philadelphia he
was a longtime Bedminster and Haycock resident before he moved to Cape
Coral, FL.
Wes was the owner and operator of several companies; C.A. Spalding Co. in
Phila., Eastern Tool and Engineering Co. in Phila., Southern Tool Co. of
Puerto Rico, Lenape Manufacturing in Perkasie, Wetek Manufacturing of
Phila. and Spalding Automotive Inc. of Bensalem. Wes also served as past
president of the Philadelphia Tool and Die Association.
He was a WWII Army Veteran who served in Western Europe in Company B 508
Paratrooper Regiment 82 Airborne Division and later as a personal guard
for General Eisenhower. He was given the title "Honorary Kentucky Colonel"
by the Governor of Kentucky and in his youth he earned the rank of Eagle
Scout.
He was a 32nd degree Mason of the Peter A.B. Weidner Lodge of Tacony in
Philadelphia a past member of the LuLu Temple and a current member of the
Araba Temple in Cape Coral, FL. He was an avid photographer and enjoyed
golf, history, coin and stamp collecting and genealogy research. He was a
past member of the Frankford-Torresdale, LuLu Temple and Shawnee Country
Club's and a current member of the Palmetto Pine Country Club in Cape
Coral, FL.
Wes is predeceased by his former wife Carmen Luisa Kuehnle. He is the
beloved husband of 15 years to Grace M. Feuse - Kuehnle. He will be sadly
missed by his children Edwin Kuehnle and his wife Barbara of Lahaska,
Dianne Femia and her husband Bill of Easton, Patricia Strain and her
husband Russ of Ivyland, Carol DiLorio and her husband Joseph of
Quakertown, Javier Kuehnle and his wife Sandra of Philadelphia and G.
Wesley Kuehnle Jr. and his wife Crystal of Bedminister. He is also
survived by his step-children Frank Ritzheimer and his wife Jill of FL,
Linda Guerrero and her husband Gary of AZ, Teri Adams and her husband
Sonny also of AZ, and Chris Ritzheimer and his wife Maureen of Doylestown;
28 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren, 1 sister Hilda Bispels and 1
sister-in-law Helen Kuehnle both of Phila. and many nieces and nephews.
Wes's life celebration was entrusted to the Leaver Cable Funeral Home,
Route 202 and Quarry Road in Buckingham, PA. Funeral mass was celebrated
at St. John the Baptist Church in Harrow, PA. His interment followed in
the St. John the Baptist Cemetery. Family requests donations in his memory
in lieu of flowers be made to your local Shriners Children's Hospital.
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