On Wednesday, the city of Scranton lost former Mayor David Wenzel, the same night he was being honored at the University of Scranton with an inaugural Public Service Award. Wenzel served as the mayor from 1986-1990. He was 80 years old.
Former Scranton Mayors David Wenzel, left and Jimmy Connors sign a copy of Wenzel’s book, Scranton’s Mayors, for Irene E. Luebbing, from Scranton, at the Taylor Community Library Saturday. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
Former Scranton mayors, from left, James McNulty, James Walsh, David Wenzel, Jim Connors and Eugene Peters, gather downtown Sunday to film a video to promote the 50th anniveRsary of the Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
Former Scranton mayors and police chiefs are among the group gathered for the dedication of the Scranton Police Department’s new headquarters on S. Washington Ave. From left are former Mayor James Walsh, former police chief Frank Karam, former police chief Bob Williams, former Mayor Jim Connors, former police chief George Murphy and former Mayor David Wenzel. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
Former Scranton Mayor and Vietnam War veteran David J. Wenzel speaks at Lackawanna County Courthouse Square kicking off Armed Forces Week events and unveiling a prototype, pictured below, of a memorial plaque that will honor county residents who were killed during the Vietnam War. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
Former Scranton Mayor David Wenzel speaks Center for Independent Living’s 20th anniversary celebration of the Americans with disabilities act at a St. Mary’s Center Luncheon. At left are Bishop James C. Timlin and toastmaster John Cosgrove. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
Former Scranton Mayor and Veteran, David Wenzel, says a few words at the start of the Rolling Thunder Inc. Pennsylvania Chapter 3 Salute to Veterans Ride on Sunday, July 21, 2013.
Former Scranton Mayor David Wenzel talks at the program at Lutherwood in 2001.
Vietnam Veteran David J. Wenzel, who served in the U.S. Army and was severly wounded during combat, bows his head in a prayer, during a Memorial Day Service held at Cathedral Cemetery in Scranton on Monday. Mr. Wenzel was the former mayor of Scranton from 1986-1990. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)_
Former Scranton Mayors David Wenzel, left, and Jim Connors chat Thursday during the annual Mayors Independence Day Celebration at Nay Aug Park in Scranton. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
Mayor David Wenzel gives his inaugural address on the steps of City Hall in 1986. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
CENTRAL HIGH GRADS DISPLAY SCHOLARSHIP PLAQUE
Central High School alums Tom Holmes, left and David Wenzel hold a plaque for a scholarship fund in front of the school. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
Former Scranton mayor David Wenzel and his wife Janet enjoy the view of a newly built treehouse in Nay Aug Park in Scranton on Thursday night. The treehouse is named in mayor Wenzel’s honor. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
Former Scranton Mayor David J. Wenzel speaks about his days in the military during the Vietnam War. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
Scranton’s past and present mayors, from left, Gene Peters, David Wenzel, Mayor Chris Doherty, Jim Connors and James Barrett McNulty at the Pennsylvania League of Cities and Municipalities conference at The Hilton Scranton and Conference Center Thursday. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
Former Scranton Mayor David J. Wenzel’s photo with a South Vietman Army captain from his archives of the war. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
Scranton’s David Wenzel displays memorabilia from the city’s Bicentennial celebration, including a flag, a copy of the Declaration of Independence and the city’s official 1976 logo. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
Vietnam veteran and former Scranton Mayor David Wenzel speaks to students and guests at West Scranton High School on Nov. 1, 2001.. On the wall behind him is a mural painted by students honoring veterans. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
Kerry Kennedy Cuomo talks with former Scranton mayor David Wenzel prior to her speach at the Radisson at Lackawanna Station for the UN day luncheon IN 1998. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
David Wenzel reaches out to his dog, Cash, after he was presented by Carol Stull on Nov. 4, 2001. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
Scranton Mayors look over newspaper clippings at City Hall. From left: Jim Connors, Mayor Chris Doherty, David Wenzel, Jim McNulty, Gene Peters and Judge James Walsh. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
Former Scranton Mayor David Wenzel is the first to take a tour inside the new Lackawanna County Library System bookmobile in front of the Children’s Library on Oct. 28, 2000. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
David Wenzel, the 27th mayor of Scranton displays various awards the Nay Aug Treehouse has received since its inception in 2007. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
Former Scranton Mayor and Vietnam veteran David Wenzel, left, co-coordinator of the Veterans History Project, talks with Jerry Zabielski of West Scranton who served in the Navy in Vietnam, about the project, which videotaped local vets’ memories and submitted them to the Library of Congress. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
Date created: 01/24/2002
Former Scranton mayor David Wenzel, left, is grand marshal of the Armed Forces Veterans Parade and Joe Sylvester, right, is chairman of the Armed Forces Committee. Both are U.S. Army veterans. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
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Former Scranton Mayors David Wenzel, left and Jimmy Connors sign a copy of Wenzel’s book, Scranton’s Mayors, for Irene E. Luebbing, from Scranton, at the Taylor Community Library Saturday. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)
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