Relationship to conference: Retired elder

Date of death: September 30, 2016, at age 92

Arrangements: A service will be held at 2 p.m. on October 15, 2016, at River Hills United Methodist Church in Burnsville (11100 River Hills Drive, Burnsville, MN 55337). A visitation will take place at the church one hour before the service. There will be a luncheon after the service.

Appointment information: Rev. Wendland was ordained as an elder in 1953. He served Minnesota churches in Winona, Austin, Minneapolis, Shakopee, and Anoka. He retired in 1990.

Rev. Wendland is survived by his children, Douglas (Carmen) Wendland, Luanne Wendland, Kevin (Linda) Wendland, and Angela (Gerald) Windhorst; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Wanda.

Memorials are preferred to the Rev. Gordon and Wanda Wendland Scholarship Fund at Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois.

An obituary can be viewed here.