Tipp City Herald - Veteran

WENZLAU, C. NORMAN - Former Postmaster Dies Monday at Stouder - Death claimed a prominent Tipp City man on Monday evening following a seven-week illness at Stouder Hospital. C. Norman Wenzlau, age 76, succumbed at 6:30 p.m. April 5. A longtime businessman in the area, Mr. Wenzlau was a retired Tipp City postmaster, having held the job for 21 years. He served as an insurance agent for some 50 years and also was in partnership with R. Hamilton Davis. The two operated a service station at the corner of Third and Main Streets known as D & W. Born on December 2, 1894, he was the son of Charles Peter and Eugenia Smith Wenzlau. His original home was in Celina, but he moved to Tipp City at an early age and was educated in the Tipp School system graduating from Tipp High School. Mr. Wenzlau attended Ohio Wesleyan in Delaware and was a member of the Army Air Corps in World War I. During World War II, he served as a member of the selective service board. He was a former president and board member of the Maple Hill Cemetery Association. Mr. Wenzlau was also a member of the Zion Lutheran Church, Masonic Lodge 174 and the Frank E. Robinson Post of the American Legion. Survivors include his wife, Alice Kessler Wenzlau; two sons, Thomas Eugene Wenzlau, president of Ohio Weslayan University; and Navy Commander Charles N. Wenzlau II of Arlington, Texas; and six grandchildren. One brother, Russell, preceded him in death. Services will be conducted at the Frings and Bayliff Funeral Home on Thursday at 2 p.m., with the Rev. E. L. Parrish officiating. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 to 9 p.m. today.