Richard "Dick" Lloyd Wendel

Hastings resident, Richard Dick Lloyd Wendel, 63 passed away Friday, February 07, 2014 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital, Hastings, NE.



Private family services will be Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 10:30 am at Parkview Cemetery with Rev. Joel Remmers officiating. There will be no visitation. Apfel Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.apfelfuneralhome.com.



Dick was born December 13, 1950 to Lloyd and Mary Lou (Stingley Sutton) Wendel in Sioux City, IA. He attended the Dixon-Laurel Public Schools and graduated from Laurel High School in 1969. He attended Wayne State College in Wayne, NE graduating in 1973. He married Rhonda Kral on December 1, 1973 in Laurel; NE. Dick was a retired accountant.



He adored his three granddaughters and enjoyed spending time with family and gardening.



He is survived by his wife Rhonda of Hastings, daughter Becky Carpenter and husband Bryan of Chaska, MN, son, Ryan Wendel and fiance Machelle Blecha both of Lincoln, NE, brother, Greg Wendel and wife Teri from Norfolk, NE, sister, Kathy Ryder and husband Kevin of Lincoln, NE and three granddaughters, Breanna, Makenna and Millie Carpenter all of Chaska, MN, three nieces and three nephews.



He was preceded in death by his parents, step-father, Boyd Sutton and a brother, Terry Wendel.