{"id":3284,"date":"2012-12-24T07:49:23","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T14:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/?post_type=case&#038;p=3284"},"modified":"2012-12-25T10:50:28","modified_gmt":"2012-12-25T17:50:28","slug":"daniel-f-wenz","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/daniel-f-wenz\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel F. Wenz"},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":{"0":"post-3284","1":"case","2":"type-case","3":"status-publish","5":"entry","6":"has-post-thumbnail"},"acf":[],"fields":{"service_status":"public","event_title1":"Memorial Service","event_date1":"2012-12-27","start_time1":"1:30 p.m.","end_time1":"2:30 p.m.","location1":"First Assembly of God Church","address1":"2210 Dodge Ave.","city1":"Helena","state1":"Montana","zipcode1":"59601","event_title2":"Burial with Military Honors","event_date2":"12\/27\/2012","start_time2":"2:45 p.m.","end_time2":"3:00 p.m.","location2":"Montana State Veterans Cemetery, Ft. Harrison","address2":"Hero's Road","city2":"Helena","state2":"Montana","zipcode2":"59636","event_title3":"Reception","event_date3":"12\/27\/2012","start_time3":"3:00 p.m. ","end_time3":"4:30 p.m. ","location3":"First Assembly of God Church Fellowship Hall","address3":"2210 Dodge Ave.","city3":"Helena","state3":"Montana","zipcode3":"59601","event_title4":"","event_date4":"","start_time4":"","end_time4":"","location4":"","address4":"","city4":"","state4":"","zipcode4":"","event_title5":"","event_date5":"","start_time5":"","end_time5":"","location5":"","address5":"","city5":"","state5":"","zipcode5":"","first_name":"Daniel","middle_name":"F.","last_name":"Wenz","date_born":"03\/23\/1953","date_died":"12\/23\/2012","age":"59","city":"Helena","state":"Montana","full_obituary_text":"<p>Dan Wenz passed away into the arms of the Lord on December 23, 2012 surrounded by his family, after a hard fought battle with brain cancer. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, December 27th at 1:30 pm at Helena First Assembly of God Church located at 2210 Dodge Ave in Helena, MT, Interment will follow the service at the Montana State Veterans Cemetery, Fort Harrison with full military honors.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel was born in Miles City, MT in 1953 to Fred and Bertha Wenz of Glendive MT. He was child number three of four. After joining the Army in 1971 he returned home and settled in Glendive where he met and married the love of his life Kathi. Dan was always so proud of his son Brad, who was his only child.<\/p>\n<p>Dan lived life with gusto. Anyone that knew Dan expected he would provide them with a grin to match his ever present smile. His giving heart, rapid whit and kindness went unmatched. He was preceded in death by his parents. Surviving relatives are his wife, Kathi (Magee) Wenz, Helena; son, Bradly and Charlie (Cheryl) Wenz, Dover, DE; sisters and brothers in laws &#8211; Sheila and Gary Kunick, Marsha and Gerald Mickelson, Patty and Dave Winchell, all of Glendive. He is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and great friends. To offer a condolence to the family or to share a memory of Dan, please visit below.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Dan-Wenz-obit-001.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/3284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}