Wendy Bednarz

Funeral Service: 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at the Stevenson-Wilson Funeral Home Chapel in Gillette, WY

Interment: will follow in the Gillette-Mt. Pisgah Cemetery

Funeral service for Wendy Bednarz will be at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at the Stevenson-Wilson Funeral Home Chapel in Gillette, Wyoming with Pastor Sonja Brucklacher of the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will follow in the Gillette-Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3-7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at the funeral home also.

Wendy Bednarz age 40 passed away at her home in Gillette, Wyoming on Sunday, February 27, 2005 from a long battle with cancer since she was thirty-two years old.

Wendy Bednarz was born on September 28, 1964 the daughter of Al and Judee (Ambuehl) Strukel in Virginia, Minnesota.

Wendy was raised and educated in Biwabik, Minnesota. She attended college in Hibbing, Minnesota for word processing. Wendy was employed with the county of Duluth, Minnesota and worked as a certified nursing assistant in Virginia, Minnesota before moving to Gillette, Wyoming.

In Gillette, Wendy was employed at the Grannys Kitchen and Bazels restaurant as a hostess and waitress. For six years she was employed with Perkins restaurant.

Wendy enjoyed quilting, camping and loved to spend time with her family. She was a devoted mother to her children. During her illness she spent a great amount of time at the oncology unit in

Gillette and appreciated Dr. McMahill and his staff. They became her extended
family and she enjoyed making quilts for them and her many friends.

Wendy is survived by her husband Joey Granzer of Gillette, Wyoming, her son, Jacob Bednarz, her two daughters, Brittany and Kayla Bednarz all of Gillette, Wyoming, her mother, Judee Strukel of Fresno, California, her father, Al Strukel of Victorville, California, her mother-in-law, Sally Schofield of Gillette, Wyoming, her brother, Dean Strukel of Huntington Beach, California, her sister, Sabrina (Craig) Granberg of Kansas City, Missouri, Nieces, Courtney Granberg and Kaylee Granberg of Kansas City, Missouri, Alyssa Strukel of Virginia, Minnesota.

She was preceded in death by her maternal and paternal grandparents.

Memorials and condolences may be sent in care of Stevenson-Wilson Funeral Home, 210 W. 5th St., Gillette, Wyoming 82716 or via the internet at www.stevesonandsons.com.