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Roger and Pat Redig purchased
the Wharton Funeral Home on January 1, 1991. Roger is the son of Melvin
and Betty Redig, and was born and raised in Storm Lake. He graduated from
the Storm Lake High School in 1974. He married Patricia Cowell on June
24, 1978 in Cedar Rapids. Pat is the daughter of George and Joanne Cowell
of Storm Lake. The couple lived in Storm Lake when Roger started working
for David Nelson, who owned the Hughes-Nelson Funeral Home. Roger also
helped the Jones Funeral Home in Alta and the Wharton Funeral Home in
Aurelia. Roger attended Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, and then
attended the Worsham Mortuary College in Chicago, IL. Roger then returned
to Storm Lake and served his apprenticeship at the Hughes-Nelson Funeral
Home in Storm Lake and the Wharton Funeral Home in Aurelia. He became
licensed in 1987. Roger and Pat moved to Ackley, Iowa, where Roger worked
at the Brandt Fritz Funeral Home for fourteen months. George and Florence
Wharton decided to retire and sold the Wharton Funeral Home to Roger and
Pat.
George R. Wharton VI purchased
the furniture and undertaking business from Fred Schroeder. The furniture
store was closed in 1938, but he moved the undertaking business into their
home at 401 Main Street where the business is still located. George R.
Wharton VII joined his father in the business in 1947. The Wharton family
met the funeral needs for the community for many years until selling to
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