Robert Wehrle

Well loved and admired by many as an outstanding business owner - Wehrle's Tavern. Many local and national awards for homing piegeon racing, Extremely handy with carpentry skills. Loved gardening, especially rose bushes. Good cook - suppsed;ly taught Helen how to prepare many dishes.Leader within the local parish of St. Patrick's. Went to St. Augustine's Academy for Boys in downtown Ft. Wayne to what is equivalent of sophomore now. Left to work in the family business with father. One of the founders of the local Tavern Owners' Association. Beloved husband of Helen and loving father to his seven children. Died at an early age of 52 from Arnold Chiari syndrome after being in a coma for 7 weeks at St. Joseph hospital. ( 1963)