September 6, 1937 - November 27, 2018
Lenert Earl Wehmeyer, also known as Shorty to his family and friends or just Earl to those in the heating and air business, passed away November 27, 2018 at his home in Houston, Texas at 81 years of age, choosing to help his brother Clarence celebrate his first birthday in heaven.
Shorty was born on September 6, 1937 in Brenham Texas to Willie F. and Lilian Wehmeyer. He was baptized and confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church. He attended Brenham schools and graduated from Spring Branch High School in Houston. After graduation he went to work for Air Temperature on May 12, 1956 where he remained until he retired on November 4, 2016 after sixty years. If you were family or a friend, there is a good chance he looked at your a/c or heat during that sixty years. He married his wife Becky on June 18, 1960. He loved piddling around the house, grilling in the backyard, his day trips to Brenham where he would meet with his brother Kinch and cousin Adolph, his “second home” at the deer lease in Menard, his children, grandchildren and his wife of 58 years, Becky.
Shorty was predeceased by, his parents Willie F. and Lillian Wehmeyer;
brothers Willie Wehmeyer Jr. and Clarence Wehmeyer; sisters Ora Nell Parker and Mary Jo Lorenz.
Shorty is survived by his wife of 58 years, Rebecca; son Michael Wehmeyer and his wife Noelle of Round Rock; daughter Kelly Wehmeyer and her partner Rhonda Reale of Houston; grandson Justin Wehmeyer and his wife Rachel of Round Rock; granddaughters Kristin Wehmeyer of Georgetown, Lexi Vaughan of Round Rock and Tori Watkins and her husband Chris of Ashville, North Carolina.
Also surviving are his sisters, Dorothy Addicks and her husband Lonnie of Brenham and Judy Stephens of Cypress.
A Celebration of Life Service was held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 16, 2018 in the chapel of Waltrip Funeral Directors in Houston, Texas.
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