Calvin Warren Wegner

Calvin Warren Wegner, 96, of Beasley, Texas, passed away at home on Thursday, October 26, 2023. He was born in the family home in Edna, Texas on September 16, 1927 to Adolf Herman Wegner, Sr. and Marie Louise Engel Wegner, the third of four children. In 1928, the family moved to Beasley, Texas where Calvin spent the rest of his life. The Wegner family attended church at First Assembly of God in Rosenberg where Calvin met Ina Lee Hayslip. Calvin and Ina Lee were married on October 9, 1950 at the home of their pastor, Rev. Marvin E. Stubblefield, in Rosenberg. They lived on a farm in Beasley that Calvin had purchased earlier that year from his uncle, August Walzel. They had two daughters, Betty and Carolyn. Farming was Calvin's life. In addition to farming his own place, he rented many other farms through the years, most of which were in the Beasley area but he went as far as Simonton and East Bernard to farm a couple of places. He was also active in church, serving in various positions such as deacon, trustee, and Sunday School Superintendent. Calvin was preceded in death by his parents; his two sisters, Helen Payne and husband, Jess, and Esther Janes and husband, Harry; brother, Adolf Wegner and wife, Viola; and grandsons, Jason Timothy Inman and Robbie Clark. He is survived by his wife, Ina Lee of Beasley; daughters, Betty Clark and husband, Rob, of Norman, Oklahoma, and Carolyn Brinkmeyer and husband, Michael, of Spearfish, South Dakota; grandchildren, Melissa Corrick of Norman, Oklahoma, Brian Clark of The Woodlands, Texas, and Leslie Brinkmeyer of Atlanta, Georgia; great-grandchildren, Ella, Riley, and Miles Corrick of Norman, Oklahoma; and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services for Calvin will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, November 4, 2023, in the Chapel of Davis-Greenlawn Funeral Home in Rosenberg, with Rev. David Kent officiating. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM on Friday, November 3, at Davis-Greenlawn Funeral Home. Serving as pallbearers will be his grandson, Brian Clark, and his nephews, James Wegner, Mark Wegner, Gary Hayslip, Lyndel Schreiber, and Darrell Hayslip. A reception and luncheon will be held prior to the funeral at 11:30 AM at Embassy Assembly of God Church; all are invited to join the family there. Memorials may be given in his memory to Embassy Assembly of God Church, 2512 Avenue N/P.O. Box 1550, Rosenberg, TX 77471. The family would like to thank his caretaker of the past two years, Kim Woodson, from Nurse Next Door; Carla Barrow, R.N. and staff from Traditions Health for their hospice care; and our cousin, James Wegner, who lived with Calvin and Ina Lee for the past year and helped care for them. Words of condolence may be left for the Wegner family at www.davisgreenlawnfh.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Davis-Greenlawn Funeral Home, 3900 B.F. Terry Blvd., (Hwy 59 South at FM 2218) in Rosenberg, TX 77471, Phone 281-341-8800.

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Calvin Warren Wegner

September 16, 1927 - October 26, 2023