Patrick Bernard Wendt

Patrick Bernard Wendt, age 67, passed away on Wednesday, September 17th, 2025, surrounded by family after a long battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease).  He was born on November 2, 1957, in Madison, Wisconsin to Bernard and Renee (nee Weniger) Wendt and graduated from St. Catherine’s High School, Class of 1976.  He married Sue Moritz on May 21, 1988, at St. Anthony Catholic Church near Allenton, WI.  Patrick worked for 32 years as a railroad laborer with the Milwaukee Road Railroad, Fox River Valley Railroad, Wisconsin Central Railroad and CN Railroad.  He was an avid model railroader, train photographer, Packer fan and loved camping.  Patrick was an active member of St. Kilian Catholic Church, singing in the Bella Voce choir, Aggiornamento guitar choir, and playing bells in the JuBELLation group.  He also played trombone in the Hartford City Band and sang bass and tenor in the Hartford Community Chorus.  He also volunteered as an usher at the Schauer Arts Center.

Patrick is survived by his loving wife, Sue, and two children, Melissa and Joseph (Victoria) Wendt; two grandchildren, Soren and Felix Wendt.  He is also survived by his brother Mike (Becky) Wendt, and sisters Chris Griswold and Cindy Wendt; brothers-in-law Peter Moritz and Ed Mangold and sisters-in-law Agnes (Eric) Dietenberger, Theresa Meyer and Laura Moritz.  He is further survived by nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends. 

He was preceded in death by his parents, parents-in-law, Lloyd and Barbara Moritz, brothers-in-law Greg Griswold and Scott Meyer and daughter-in-law Maddie Kiesling.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, September 26, 2025, at 2:00 pm at St. Kilian Catholic Church (264 State St., Hartford) with Fr. Andrew Linn presiding.  The visitation will be held at Berndt-Ledesma Funeral Home (226 S. Main St, Hartford) on Thursday, Sept. 25th, 2025, from 500 pm -7:00 pm with eulogy at 6:30 pm. Additional visitation will be held at the church on Friday from 1:00 pm until the time of the service.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to the ER and ICU staff at Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital in Portage, the ICU staff at UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital in Madison for their tender and loving care and the UW Organ and Tissue Donation staff.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Pat’s name can be made to St. Kilian’s Church, the Hartford City Band, Inc., ALS Association or the Soo Line Historical & Technical Society.

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