Obit: Gunther, Leona G. (1916 - 2005)

Contact:  Crystal Wendt

Surnames: Gunther, Stroth, Hammerle, Milatz, DeChaum, Bentzen

----Sources: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin) Fri, Sep 23, 2005

Gunther, Leona G. (1 June 1916 - 20 Sept. 2005)

THORP - Leona G. Gunther, 89, of Neillsville, formeerly of Thorp, died Sept. 20, 2005, at the Neillsville Memorial Home in Neillsville, Wis.

There will be no services held.

Thorp Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Leona was born June 1, 1916, in the town of Reseburg to Paul and Emma (Stroth) Hammerle. She married Werner Milatz in Chicago. They had two sons and a daughter and later divorced. She later married Dee DeChaum. They had one son and later divorced. She married Al Gunther and they later divorced. She moved to Thorp in 1986, later to Greenwood until entering the Neillsville Memorial Home in 2000.

She is survived by two sons, George Milatz and Raymond Gunther, both of Illinois; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and her sister, Lucille Bentzen, Santa Maria, Calif.

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----Sources: Leader-Telegram (Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wis.) 9/23/2005

GUNTHER, Leona G., 89, of Neillsville and formerly of Thorp died Tuesday at Neillsville Memorial Home.

No services will be held.

Thorp Funeral Home is handling arrangements.