Obit: Woodman, Leonard (1919 - 1960)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Woodman, Soderberg, Josi, Hop

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 04/14/1960

Woodman, Leonard (26 OCT 1919 - 10 APR 1960)

Leonard Woodman, age 40, a resident of the Town of Worden (Clark Co., Wis.), died at Victory Hospital in Stanley at 8 o’clock Sunday night.  He had been in ill health for several years.

Mr. Woodman was born Oct. 26, 1919 in the Town of Worden, the son of Lewis and Larua Woodman.  He was a graduate of the Stanley High School in 1937 and had been employed in Red Wing, Minn. and in Stanley before retiring because of ill health.

Surviving are his parents; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Christine Soderberg of Stanley;  four sisters, Mrs. Claude (Hazel) Josi, Madison; Mrs. Donald (Laura) Hop, River Falls; Emily of Minneapolis and Mildred at home.; 3 brothers, Richard of Spring Park, Minn.; Thomas of Baltimore, Md.; and Kenneth of Minneapolis.

Funeral services were held at the Brethren Church at Stanley on Wednesday.  Rev Ernest Dietrich officiated and burial was made in the Oakland cemetery.