Obit: Dezotell, Leona Mary (1921 - 2001)
Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Dezotell, Plante, Frederick, Barland, Kastel, Fletcher, Ball

----Source: Ashland Daily Press (Ashland, Ashland County, Wis.) Thursday, February 8, 2001

Dezotell, Leona Mary (7 Feb. 1921 - 5 Feb. 2001)

PARK FALLS - Leona Mary Dezotell, age 79, of Park Falls, died Monday, Feb. 5, 2001, at Flambeau Hospital in Park Falls.

She was born on Feb. 7, 1921, in Chippewa Falls, the daughter of Samuel and Estella (Plante) Frederick. Her early life and schooling were in Chippewa Falls. On Aug. 5, 1940, she married Raymond Dezotell. After her marriage, she came to Park Falls. She worked for the St. Croix Rod Company in Park Falls for many years.

She is survived by three children, Raymond Dezotell of Park Falls; Ruth (Arthur) Barland of Highbridge, and Richard (Gayle) Dezotell of Park Falls; 13 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Louise Kastel of Chippewa Falls, and Jean (Donald) Fletcher of Havana, Ill.; and many nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Raymond, in 1995; her infant daughter, Linda; and her brother, Robert Frederick.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 9, from the Novitzke Funeral Home Chapel in Park Falls. Deacon Chet Ball will officiate.

A visitation will be held today at the Novitzke Funeral Home, Park Falls, from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m.

Interment will take place at Nola Cemetery in Park Falls.