Funeral services for Carl H. Wiedemann Jr., 89, of Yukon, Okla. will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, in the Trinity Lutheran Church. Donald R. Hefta, Pastor, will officiate.

Interment will be in the El Reno Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home.Mr.

 

Wiedemann passed away on Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, in Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City, Okla.

 

He was born on Jan. 14, 1924, in Richland, Okla. Carl was a lifetime Canadian County area resident.

 

He was a rancher and farmer for Canadian and Kingfisher Counties.

 

He attended Richland and Yukon High School. Carl was a lifetime member of Trinity Lutheran Church, in which he was very active. Mr. Wiedemann was very active in several organizations including: past director of the Banner Co-op, past board of director of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Assoc., member of several hunting clubs, Oklahoma Farmer’s Union, Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Assoc., Canadian County Cattlemen’s Assoc., Mineral Owners Assoc., Advisory Board of School Land Comm., outstanding conservationist for Canadian County, Banner Co-op, outstanding Canadian County citizen, lifetime member of the N. American Hunting Club, avid bear hunter, Blue Rack Club and owner of Slash C Ranch.

 

He married Anna Belle Palmer on Sept. 11, 1949, in El Reno, Okla.

 

He was preceded in death by his parents, Carl H. Wiedemann Sr. and Alice (Barton) Wiedemann, brothers, Herman, Gerald and Gilbert Wiedemann, and sisters, Charlotte Wheeler, Mary Alice Quandt and Arlene Haynes.

 

Survivors include his wife, Anna Belle (Palmer) Wiedemann of the home; daughter, Brenda Chapman and husband Dale of Piedmont, Okla.; three grandchildren, Danielle and Lacey Benda and Cole Dewey; two great-grandchildren, Bex Dewey -Benda and Emilio Oritz, and numerous other relatives and many dear friends.