Wayne Wohlgemuth

Wayne Wohlgemuth

1944-08-25 1985-04-19
My oldest brother, Wayne Chester Wohlgemuth, was a Bedford Road graduate in 1962. He excelled on the curling team during his years at Bedford. Shortly after graduation the family moved to Swift Current, following our father who was promoted and transferred there with the Canadian Pacific Railway. Wayne continued on to work for the CPR in Chaplin, Sk. that summer before attending the Saskatchewan Technical Institute in Moose Jaw in 1963 in the Architectural Engineering Technology program. After one year at STI Wayne decided to change his career path and followed his passion, entering the autobody industry at Standard Motors in Swift Current. He remained there for six years, before moving his young family to Grande Prairie Alberta to become Manager of a body shop there. For most of the next 13 years he stayed there, except for one year working in Calgary, before relocating to Medicine Hat Alberta to work for an autobody supply company there. It was there, he passed, due to injuries received in an automobile accident.
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I worked for Wayne in the early 1970s in Grande Prairie when Wayne managed Trumpeter Auto Body. At the time, he drove a 1966 GTO convertible. It was painted Cadillac firemist green with a black rag top. Wayne was astute, intelligent, inventive and interesting, especially to a 17 year old kid who loved cars. He was instrumental in my lifetime love for Pontiacs and a great example for life long learning. I was not a great bodyman and had a lot of growing up to do back then. I eventually became a journeyman welder, journeyman millwright, then went on to university. I eventually taught High School biology, english and metal shop. I am long retired now but often think of Wayne and my first jobs as a kid. RIP my friend.

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