Obit: Leibole, Margaret (1857 - 1948)

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Surnames: Liebole, DeBock, Gibbs, Duhig

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 04/08/1948

Leibole, Margaret (1 OCT 1857 - 28 MAR 1948)

Mrs. Margaret Leibole passed away Saturday, March 28, 1948 at the hospital at Chippewa Falls of infirmities of old age. She had reached the age of 90 years, 5 months and 27 days.

She was born in Elroy, Wis., on Oct. 1, 1857. On Nov. 1, 1883 she was united in marriage to Henry M. Leibole at Eau Claire. They resided at Sterling, just four miles east of Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.) for ten years, moving to the village in 1893. Mr. Leibole passed away in Nov. 1935. She resided and maintained her home in Thorp among old friends until death.

Surviving are two sons, Frank of Bismarck, N.D. and William of Wenatchee, Wash.; two daughters, Ollie, Mrs. Jas. DeBock of Jordan, Mont., and Nora (Mrs. Roy Gibbs) of Rock Springs, Mont; one sister, Ellen Duhig of Elroy, Wis., twelve grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. One son, John, died in World War I.

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