Wiesnet, George Josef.(Obituaries)

WYNANTSKILL George Josef Wiesnet, 70, died Thursday, February 26, 2009, at St. Mary's Hospital, Troy after a brief illness. Born in Amberg, Bavaria, Germany, he was son of the late Georg Josef Wiesnet and Elsa Schneider Wiesnet and husband for the past 48 years of Paula Beierschoder Wiesnet. He was born in Germany and lived there for 17 years until coming to the United States on October 24, 1958 and has resided in Wynantskill for the past 51 years. He was a graduate of Hudson Valley Community College studying construction engineering. Mr. Wiesnet spent four years completing an apprenticeship in Germany as a master carpenter, tradesman/shriner. He was a union carpenter and …