OBITUARY FROM POST-TRIBUNE WEBSITE:

Wegmet, Joseph age 79 years old, passed away December 14,2010. He was a life long Hobart resident. He was a computer pioneer who had a passion for learning and exercising his brain everyday. He was a Valparaiso University School of Business Alumni, CPA, and business consultant. He was a race car driver in his earlier years racing in the Midwestern Council 1965 with his dear friend Norman Robertson. He was co-founder along with his childhood friend Gerald Kegebein of the Hobart Democratic club. He was a surrogate father to many and raised 6 children and helped raise 2 of his grandchildren.

He is survived by 5 children, Mark Wegmet, Salem, WI, Susan (Robert) Berg, Hobart, IN Johanna (Donald) Guth, Hobart, IN, Nancy (Donald) Anderson, Hobart, IN Rachel (John) McDonald, Fort Wayne, IN; one sister, Marjorie (Charles) Ramsey of Charleston, IL and 9 grandchildren Salena Wegmet, Salem, WI, Angela Wegmet-Burney, Fort Wayne, IN, Carl (Debra Kinnery) Fort Wayne, IN, Jodi (Cory King), Hobart, IN, Bridget (Bryan Jones), Fort Wayne, IN, Joseph Guth, Joshua Imhausen, Samuel Anderson, Hobart, IN, Tiffany McDonald, Fort Wayne, IN and 3 great- grandchildren. Preceded in death by his wife Rhae Ann Wegmet (Wiese) and daughter Barbara Wegmet. 

Family request donations be made to the American Cancer Society in lieu of flowers. He donated his body to Indiana University School of Medicine. A memorial get together is to be held December 19, 2010 at Ursuline's Kitchen, 20 W 79th Ave, Merrillville, IN from 2pm - 4pm.

Published by Post-Tribune on Dec. 17, 2010.

This information was obtained from: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/post-tribune/name/joseph-wegmet-obituary?id=22902496. The picture was obtained from the 1949 HHS Memories yearbook, made available by the Lake County Public Library, at: https://archive.org/details/HOHS1949Images/.