Background
Arends, Wendell Leonard was born on August 18, 1922 in Lennox, South Dakota, United States. Son of Harm and Selina (Roberts) Arends.
Arends, Wendell Leonard was born on August 18, 1922 in Lennox, South Dakota, United States. Son of Harm and Selina (Roberts) Arends.
Graduated from high school, Hurley, South Dakota.
Cook, Nichol Plate Cafe, Sioux Falls, South Dakot, 1942; ambulance driver, EMT, Beresford, South Dakot, 1961-1993; farmer, Beresford, 1946-1962; mechanic, Cotton Chevrolet, Beresford, 1962-1965; service station owner, Arends Champion, Beresford, 1965-1979; truck driver, Fountain Implement, Beresford, 1979-1981; truck driver, Union County Highway Department, Alcester, South Dakot, 1982-1985; county coroner, Union County, South Dakot, 1989-1992; manager, Evergreen Squares Apts., Beresford, since 1989.
Assistant leader Lincoln County 4-H, 1950-1960. President, secretary Parent-Teachers Association, Beresford, 1950-1960. Mayor City of Beresford, 1970-1972.
President Beresford Chamber of Commerce, 1968-1969. Sergeant United States Army, 1942-1945, 50-51.
Children: Roger, Edith, Leonard (deceased).