Obit: Leino, Hjalmar (1884 - 1957)

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Surnames: Leino, Parkkonen, Veurink, Pyatt

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 07/04/1957

Leino, Hjalmar (24 SEP 1884 - 30 JUN 1957)

Relief from suffering and complications of a lingering illness came to Hjalmar John Leino when he passed away late Sunday night at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, where he had been hospitalized for the past 10 days.  He had attained the age of 72 years, 9 months and 6 days, and had been active and in apparent good health until September of last year when he began to fail.

Funeral services were held at two o’clock Wednesday afternoon, July 3^rd, from the Hoeper and Kraut Funeral Home.  The Rev. John F. Saarinen, pastor of Bethany Lutheran Church, Owen, officiated, with burial being made at Riverside Cemetery.  Pallbearers were Art Laine, Henry Pertunen, George Vollrath, Joe Melbinger, John Siikarla and Henry Cass.

Hjalmar Leino was born Sept. 24, 1884, in Tempere, Finland.  He came to America as a youth of 17 years of age, settling in northern Minnesota where he worked in the ore mines.  On the 2^nd of Oct., 1904 he was united in marriage to Alma Parkkonen and continued to reside in Minnesota until 1912 when he and his family moved to Wisconsin pursuing the occupation of farming.  In 1947 he and his wife left the farm, retiring in the Village of Withee (Clark Co., Wis.).  Mrs. Leino preceded him in death, passing away in 1949.  Of late years he was employed at the Master Packaging Corp. until his illness forced him to give up his work early last fall.

The host of friends and relatives that shared any time with Hjalmar Leino knew a warm hearted congenial man spirited with the likes of youth even in his advanced years.

Mourning his departure are two daughters, Mrs. William (Tyrni) Veurink, Withee, and Mrs. Clarence (Gertrude) Pyatt, Owen; four granddaughters and three great-grandchildren.