Obit: Blennert, John Leslie (1945 - 2012)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Blennert, Howard, Kruszynski, Nice, Olson, Probst, Roiger, Schreiner, Whitten

----Source: The Star News (Medford, WI) 06/21/2012

Blennert, John Leslie (22 OCT 1945 - 10 JUN 2012)

John Leslie Blennert, 66, died on Sunday, June 10. Interment will take place at St. Ann's Cemetery in Rib Lake on Saturday, June 23.

John Blennert was born on October 22, 1945 to the late John Joseph and Fern Blennert. He served in Vietnam in the 173rd Airborne Green Beret Paratrooper from 1964 to 1967 as a Class SP4.

Survivors include three daughters, Kelly (Henry) Whitten of Seneca, S.C., Shannon Kruszynski of Hobart, Ind. and Kim Howard of Lake Station, Ind.; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a brother-in-law, Jerry (Edie) Roiger of Medford; four nieces, Kim (Paul) Probst and Geralyn (Jeff) Schreiner, both of Rib Lake, Shelia (Nick) Nice of Medford and Sherry (John) Olson of Westboro; and two nephews, Tim (Gwen) Roiger of Westboro and Larry (Val) Roiger of Medford.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Nancy Roiger.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to American Heart Association, American Cancer Society of Veterans Association