GENE “GOPHER” WEITL, 62, of rural Audubon County, died Aug. 17th at home. Funeral service for GENE “GOPHER” WEITL will be held 11-a.m. today (Aug. 22nd), at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

The family visitation is today from 9-a.m. until 11-a.m., at the church.

Burial is in the Maple Grove Cemetery, in Audubon.

Gene “Gopher” Weitl is survived by:

His wife – Polly Weitl, of Audubon.

His children – Josh (Kiley) Weitl, of Dallas Center, and Jorja Wietl (and her fiancé Cooper Frankl), both of Cedar Falls.

His brothers and sisters – Noreen Havermann, of Carroll; Janice (Paul) Klaus, of Forest Lake, MN; Gary Weitl, of Templeton; & Sharon (Ken) Wicker of Independence, MO, and Dave (Kris) Weitl, of Pine CO.

2 grandchildren; his mother-in-law Rosie Dale of Audubon, Iowa; his sisters-in-law Sharon Weitl of Audubon, Iowa, Jennifer and husband Jim Mossyge of LeRoy, Minnesota; his brother-in-law Todd and wife Linda Dale of San Diego, California, other relatives and many friends.