Wetzel, John Edwin Ph.D.

1932 - 2021  (89 years)

• Name	Wetzel, John Edwin  [1, 2]
  	noch 20230113GHLn- John "Jack" Edwin Wetzel, 3/6/1932-11/29/2021, U Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus Dies. CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023 Hammond, Indiana - John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel 89, University of Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus, died on November 29, 2021. There will be no services. Born in Hammond, Indiana on March 6, 1932, Wetzel was the son of Miles Thomas Wetzel, an electrical engineer, and Isabel (Bella) Barnhart Wetzel, an elementary school teacher. He spent his childhood in Goshen, Indiana and graduated from Goshen High School in 1950. He received a BS from Purdue in 1954 and a mathematics PhD from Stanford in 1964. He joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois in 1961 and retired in May 1999. His wife, Rebecca Sprunger Wetzel, whom he married on September 8, 1962, survives. Also surviving are a sister, Jane Wetzel Penn Click, a niece, Catherine Penn Williams, a nephew, David Benjamin Penn, all living in Tucson, and a grandniece, Vanessa Alys Penn, of Santa Rosa, California. After a year in Champaign, the Wetzels made their home in Savoy in 1963. They moved to Urbana in 1969 and then in 1995 to a condo in Champaign. They have no children. Although his graduate studies were in complex analysis, Wetzel early in his career became interested in problems in elementary and combinatorial geometry. Most of his more than 80 professional publications, many written after his retirement and some with coauthors, dealt with various geometric questions. Wetzel shared with coauthors two Mathematical Association of America awards for expository writing, the Ford Prize in 2005 and the Pólya Prize in 2006. Memorials may be made to the John E. and Rebecca S. Wetzel Library Endowment Fund at the University of Illinois. John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel March 6, 1932 - November 29, 2021 Clipping location on Centre Daily Times page A9 CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023
  Suffix	Ph.D.
  Birth	6 Mar 1932	Hammond, Lake, Indiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Graduation	Abt Jun 1950	Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
  	graduated from Goshen High School in 1950. He received a BS from Purdue in 1954 and a mathematics PhD from Stanford in 1964.
  BA/BS	Abt Jun 1954	West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA
  	He received a BS from Purdue in 1954 and a mathematics PhD from Stanford in 1964.
  Occupation	Between 1961 and 1999	Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, USA
  	He joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois in 1961 and retired in May 1999. Thereafter, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of Illinois
  Ph.D.	1964	Stanford, Santa Clara, California, USA
  	graduated from Goshen High School in 1950. He received a BS from Purdue in 1954 and a mathematics PhD from Stanford in 1964.
  	noch 20230113GHLn- John "Jack" Edwin Wetzel, 3/6/1932-11/29/2021, U Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus Dies. CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023 Hammond, Indiana - John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel 89, University of Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus, died on November 29, 2021. There will be no services. Born in Hammond, Indiana on March 6, 1932, Wetzel was the son of Miles Thomas Wetzel, an electrical engineer, and Isabel (Bella) Barnhart Wetzel, an elementary school teacher. He spent his childhood in Goshen, Indiana and graduated from Goshen High School in 1950. He received a BS from Purdue in 1954 and a mathematics PhD from Stanford in 1964. He joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois in 1961 and retired in May 1999. His wife, Rebecca Sprunger Wetzel, whom he married on September 8, 1962, survives. Also surviving are a sister, Jane Wetzel Penn Click, a niece, Catherine Penn Williams, a nephew, David Benjamin Penn, all living in Tucson, and a grandniece, Vanessa Alys Penn, of Santa Rosa, California. After a year in Champaign, the Wetzels made their home in Savoy in 1963. They moved to Urbana in 1969 and then in 1995 to a condo in Champaign. They have no children. Although his graduate studies were in complex analysis, Wetzel early in his career became interested in problems in elementary and combinatorial geometry. Most of his more than 80 professional publications, many written after his retirement and some with coauthors, dealt with various geometric questions. Wetzel shared with coauthors two Mathematical Association of America awards for expository writing, the Ford Prize in 2005 and the Pólya Prize in 2006. Memorials may be made to the John E. and Rebecca S. Wetzel Library Endowment Fund at the University of Illinois. John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel March 6, 1932 - November 29, 2021 Clipping location on Centre Daily Times page A9 CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023
  Death	29 Nov 2021	Hammond, Spencer, Indiana, USA   [1]
  	noch 20230113GHLn- John "Jack" Edwin Wetzel, 3/6/1932-11/29/2021, U Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus Dies. CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023 Hammond, Indiana - John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel 89, University of Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus, died on November 29, 2021. There will be no services. Born in Hammond, Indiana on March 6, 1932, Wetzel was the son of Miles Thomas Wetzel, an electrical engineer, and Isabel (Bella) Barnhart Wetzel, an elementary school teacher. He spent his childhood in Goshen, Indiana and graduated from Goshen High School in 1950. He received a BS from Purdue in 1954 and a mathematics PhD from Stanford in 1964. He joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois in 1961 and retired in May 1999. His wife, Rebecca Sprunger Wetzel, whom he married on September 8, 1962, survives. Also surviving are a sister, Jane Wetzel Penn Click, a niece, Catherine Penn Williams, a nephew, David Benjamin Penn, all living in Tucson, and a grandniece, Vanessa Alys Penn, of Santa Rosa, California. After a year in Champaign, the Wetzels made their home in Savoy in 1963. They moved to Urbana in 1969 and then in 1995 to a condo in Champaign. They have no children. Although his graduate studies were in complex analysis, Wetzel early in his career became interested in problems in elementary and combinatorial geometry. Most of his more than 80 professional publications, many written after his retirement and some with coauthors, dealt with various geometric questions. Wetzel shared with coauthors two Mathematical Association of America awards for expository writing, the Ford Prize in 2005 and the Pólya Prize in 2006. Memorials may be made to the John E. and Rebecca S. Wetzel Library Endowment Fund at the University of Illinois. John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel March 6, 1932 - November 29, 2021 Clipping location on Centre Daily Times page A9 CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023 age 89 CDT John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel 89, University of Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus, died on November 29, 2021. There will be no services.
  Obituary	12 Dec 2021	State College, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Centre Daily Times, Sun p.A9
  	noch 20230113GHLn- John "Jack" Edwin Wetzel, 3/6/1932-11/29/2021, U Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus Dies. CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023 Hammond, Indiana - John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel 89, University of Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus, died on November 29, 2021. There will be no services. Born in Hammond, Indiana on March 6, 1932, Wetzel was the son of Miles Thomas Wetzel, an electrical engineer, and Isabel (Bella) Barnhart Wetzel, an elementary school teacher. He spent his childhood in Goshen, Indiana and graduated from Goshen High School in 1950. He received a BS from Purdue in 1954 and a mathematics PhD from Stanford in 1964. He joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois in 1961 and retired in May 1999. His wife, Rebecca Sprunger Wetzel, whom he married on September 8, 1962, survives. Also surviving are a sister, Jane Wetzel Penn Click, a niece, Catherine Penn Williams, a nephew, David Benjamin Penn, all living in Tucson, and a grandniece, Vanessa Alys Penn, of Santa Rosa, California. After a year in Champaign, the Wetzels made their home in Savoy in 1963. They moved to Urbana in 1969 and then in 1995 to a condo in Champaign. They have no children. Although his graduate studies were in complex analysis, Wetzel early in his career became interested in problems in elementary and combinatorial geometry. Most of his more than 80 professional publications, many written after his retirement and some with coauthors, dealt with various geometric questions. Wetzel shared with coauthors two Mathematical Association of America awards for expository writing, the Ford Prize in 2005 and the Pólya Prize in 2006. Memorials may be made to the John E. and Rebecca S. Wetzel Library Endowment Fund at the University of Illinois. John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel March 6, 1932 - November 29, 2021 Clipping location on Centre Daily Times page A9 CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023
  FSID	GNCQ-RJL
  Name	Jack
  Person ID	I91530	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Wetzel, Miles Thomas,   b. 24 Jul 1899, Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Feb 1975, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Barnhart, Isabella Blanche,   b. 10 Nov 1898, Spring Twp, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA d. 18 Feb 1954, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	21 Jun 1923	Indiana, USA   [2]
  	20231202GHLn- Miles Thos Wetzel, Ex-NIPSCO Supervisor died in a Houston hospital 0800h Sunday, 16 Feb 1975. The South Bend Tribune South Bend, Indiana • Mon, Feb 17, 1975 p7 wetzupdoc • 02 Dec 2023 • Ex-NIPSCO Supervisor Wetzel Dies GOSHEN- Miles Thomas Wetzel, ,75, former supervisor of the Goshen District of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company, (NIPSCO) died et 8 a.m. Sunday in Memorial Southwest Hospital in Houston here he was admitted Feb. 6. He lived at 103 N. Riverside, Goshen, and had been staying with a daughter, Mrs. Stephan Penn in Houston. Born in Bellefonte, Penn.. July 24, 1899, he had worked as an electrical engineer for NIPSCO for 35 years, retiring several years ago. He was a member of First United Church of Christ and was a World War I veteran. On June 21, 1923, he married Bella Barnhart. She died Feb. 18, 1954. On June 11, 1955, he married Nellie E. Patten, who died Aug. 18, 1973. Surviving besides his daughter are a son, John Edwin ol Urbana, IL.; and three grandchildren. Friends may call Wednesday in the Yoder-Culp Vuneral Home, then from 12:30 p.m. Thursday until services at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in . First United Church of Christ, Rev. William Howenstine officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery in Bellefonte.. United States Indiana South Bend The South Bend Tribune 1975 Feb 17 Page 7
  Family ID	F54621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sprunger, Rebecca
  Marriage	8 Sep 1962  [1]
  	20230113GHLn- John "Jack" Edwin Wetzel, 3/6/1932-11/29/2021, U Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus Dies. CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023 Hammond, Indiana - John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel 89, University of Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus, died on November 29, 2021. There will be no services. Born in Hammond, Indiana on March 6, 1932, Wetzel was the son of Miles Thomas Wetzel, an electrical engineer, and Isabel (Bella) Barnhart Wetzel, an elementary school teacher. He spent his childhood in Goshen, Indiana and graduated from Goshen High School in 1950. He received a BS from Purdue in 1954 and a mathematics PhD from Stanford in 1964. He joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois in 1961 and retired in May 1999. His wife, Rebecca Sprunger Wetzel, whom he married on September 8, 1962, survives. Also surviving are a sister, Jane Wetzel Penn Click, a niece, Catherine Penn Williams, a nephew, David Benjamin Penn, all living in Tucson, and a grandniece, Vanessa Alys Penn, of Santa Rosa, California. After a year in Champaign, the Wetzels made their home in Savoy in 1963. They moved to Urbana in 1969 and then in 1995 to a condo in Champaign. They have no children. Although his graduate studies were in complex analysis, Wetzel early in his career became interested in problems in elementary and combinatorial geometry. Most of his more than 80 professional publications, many written after his retirement and some with coauthors, dealt with various geometric questions. Wetzel shared with coauthors two Mathematical Association of America awards for expository writing, the Ford Prize in 2005 and the Pólya Prize in 2006. Memorials may be made to the John E. and Rebecca S. Wetzel Library Endowment Fund at the University of Illinois. John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel March 6, 1932 - November 29, 2021 Clipping location on Centre Daily Times page A9 CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023
  Family ID	F54620	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 6 Mar 1932 - Hammond, Lake, Indiana, USA Graduation - graduated from Goshen High School in 1950. He received a BS from Purdue in 1954 and a mathematics PhD from Stanford in 1964. - Abt Jun 1950 - Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA BA/BS - He received a BS from Purdue in 1954 and a mathematics PhD from Stanford in 1964. - Abt Jun 1954 - West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA Occupation - He joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois in 1961 and retired in May 1999. Thereafter, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of Illinois - Between 1961 and 1999 - Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, USA Ph.D. - graduated from Goshen High School in 1950. He received a BS from Purdue in 1954 and a mathematics PhD from Stanford in 1964. - 1964 - Stanford, Santa Clara, California, USA Death - 29 Nov 2021 - Hammond, Spencer, Indiana, USA Obituary - Centre Daily Times, Sun p.A9 - 12 Dec 2021 - State College, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Wetzel, John Edwin prof obit CDT noch 20230113GHLn- John "Jack" Edwin Wetzel, 3/6/1932-11/29/2021, U Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus Dies. CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023 Hammond, Indiana - John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel 89, University of Illinois Mathematics Professor…

  
  

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  noch 20230113GHLn- John "Jack" Edwin Wetzel, 3/6/1932-11/29/2021, U Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus Dies. CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023 Hammond, Indiana - John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel 89, University of Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus, died on November 29, 2021. There will be no services. Born in Hammond, Indiana on March 6, 1932, Wetzel was the son of Miles Thomas Wetzel, an electrical engineer, and Isabel (Bella) Barnhart Wetzel, an elementary school teacher. He spent his childhood in Goshen, Indiana and graduated from Goshen High School in 1950. He received a BS from Purdue in 1954 and a mathematics PhD from Stanford in 1964. He joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois in 1961 and retired in May 1999. His wife, Rebecca Sprunger Wetzel, whom he married on September 8, 1962, survives. Also surviving are a sister, Jane Wetzel Penn Click, a niece, Catherine Penn Williams, a nephew, David Benjamin Penn, all living in Tucson, and a grandniece, Vanessa Alys Penn, of Santa Rosa, California. After a year in Champaign, the Wetzels made their home in Savoy in 1963. They moved to Urbana in 1969 and then in 1995 to a condo in Champaign. They have no children. Although his graduate studies were in complex analysis, Wetzel early in his career became interested in problems in elementary and combinatorial geometry. Most of his more than 80 professional publications, many written after his retirement and some with coauthors, dealt with various geometric questions. Wetzel shared with coauthors two Mathematical Association of America awards for expository writing, the Ford Prize in 2005 and the Pólya Prize in 2006. Memorials may be made to the John E. and Rebecca S. Wetzel Library Endowment Fund at the University of Illinois. John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel March 6, 1932 - November 29, 2021 Clipping location on Centre Daily Times page A9 CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023

  
  

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  [S92] newspaper - Centre Daily Times, State College, PA, 2021-11-29. John Edwin Wetzel, CDT, 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 John "Jack" Edwin Wetzel, 3/6/1932-11/29/2021, U Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus Dies. 20230113GHLn-. John Edwin Wetzel (1) fact edited 20230327GHLn- 20230113GHLn- John "Jack" Edwin Wetzel, 3/6/1932-11/29/2021, U Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus Dies. CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023 Hammond, Indiana - John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel 89, University of Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus, died on November 29, 2021. There will be no services. Born in Hammond, Indiana on March 6, 1932, Wetzel was the son of Miles Thomas Wetzel, an electrical engineer, and Isabel (Bella) Barnhart Wetzel, an elementary school teacher. He spent his childhood in Goshen, Indiana and graduated from Goshen High School in 1950. He received a BS from Purdue in 1954 and a mathematics PhD from Stanford in 1964. He joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois in 1961 and retired in May 1999. His wife, Rebecca Sprunger Wetzel, whom he married on September 8, 1962, survives. Also surviving are a sister, Jane Wetzel Penn Click, a niece, Catherine Penn Williams, a nephew, David Benjamin Penn, all living in Tucson, and a grandniece, Vanessa Alys Penn, of Santa Rosa, California. After a year in Champaign, the Wetzels made their home in Savoy in 1963. They moved to Urbana in 1969 and then in 1995 to a condo in Champaign. They have no children. Although his graduate studies were in complex analysis, Wetzel early in his career became interested in problems in elementary and combinatorial geometry. Most of his more than 80 professional publications, many written after his retirement and some with coauthors, dealt with various geometric questions. Wetzel shared with coauthors two Mathematical Association of America awards for expository writing, the Ford Prize in 2005 and the Pólya Prize in 2006. Memorials may be made to the John E. and Rebecca S. Wetzel Library Endowment Fund at the University of Illinois. John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel March 6, 1932 - November 29, 2021 Clipping location on Centre Daily Times page A9 CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023 Wetzel, John Edwin prof obit CDT noch 20230113GHLn- John "Jack" Edwin Wetzel, 3/6/1932-11/29/2021, U Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus Dies. CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023 Hammond, Indiana - John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel 89, University of Illinois Mathematics Professor… [S2282] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1940-1955, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), The South Bend Tribune; Publication Date: 17 Feb 1975; Publication Place: South Bend, Indiana, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/516344476/?article=ebd872bb-6874-46c4-8b4f-7c26ea624dcf&focus=0.045500353,0.032247346,0.16546898,0.2898516&xid=3355. Record for Miles Thomas Wetzel (12) facts 20231202GHLn- 20231202GHLn- Miles Thos Wetzel, Ex-NIPSCO Supervisor died in a Houston hospital 0800h Sunday, 16 Feb 1975. The South Bend Tribune South Bend, Indiana • Mon, Feb 17, 1975 p7 wetzupdoc • 02 Dec 2023 • Ex-NIPSCO Supervisor Wetzel Dies GOSHEN- Miles Thomas Wetzel, ,75, former supervisor of the Goshen District of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company, (NIPSCO) died et 8 a.m. Sunday in Memorial Southwest Hospital in Houston here he was admitted Feb. 6. He lived at 103 N. Riverside, Goshen, and had been staying with a daughter, Mrs. Stephan Penn in Houston. Born in Bellefonte, Penn.. July 24, 1899, he had worked as an electrical engineer for NIPSCO for 35 years, retiring several years ago. He was a member of First United Church of Christ and was a World War I veteran. On June 21, 1923, he married Bella Barnhart. She died Feb. 18, 1954. On June 11, 1955, he married Nellie E. Patten, who died Aug. 18, 1973. Surviving besides his daughter are a son, John Edwin ol Urbana, IL.; and three grandchildren. Friends may call Wednesday in the Yoder-Culp Vuneral Home, then from 12:30 p.m. Thursday until services at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in . First United Church of Christ, Rev. William Howenstine officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery in Bellefonte.. United States Indiana South Bend The South Bend Tribune 1975 Feb 17 Page 7 Wetzel, Miles T obit S Bend Tribune News_19750217p7 20231202GHLn- Miles Thos Wetzel, Ex-NIPSCO Supervisor died in a Houston hospital 0800h Sunday, 16 Feb 1975. The South Bend Tribune South Bend, Indiana • Mon, Feb 17, 1975 p7 wetzupdoc • 02 Dec 2023 • Ex-NIPSCO Supervisor Wetzel Dies GOSHEN- Miles Thomas Wetzel, ,75, former supervisor of the Goshen District of the Northern Indiana Public…

  
  

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