Obit: Schultz, Leona Charlotte (1884 - 1969)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Schultz, Kunkel, Bierman, Horton, Novakovich, Hansche, Schilling, Planert, Price, Arndt, Huntley, Hagie, Burtelsen, Hantke, Timmler, Schlewitz, Van Gorden, Grether

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 6/05/1969

Schultz, Leona Charlotte (31 July 1884 - 28 May 1969)

Leona Charlotte Shultz, 84, a resident of Memorial Home, Neillsville, died May 28. Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 1:30 p. m. from the Georgas Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jack Grether officiating. Burial was made in the Dells Dam Cemetery.

Mrs. Schultz was born July 31, 1884, in Indiana to Mr. Bierman and Augusta (Kunkel) Bierman. She received her education there and moved to Dells Dam area about 1902. She was married to Melville Horton in 1905, and they farmed in that vicinity until his death in 1921.

After her marriage to Philip (Kip) Schultz on April 9, 1924, in Neillsville, she and her husband lived in the Hatfield area until 1966, when she moved to the Memorial Home because of failing health. Mr. Schultz preceded her in death in 1968.

Mrs. Schultz is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Emil (Alice) Novakovich, of Kenosha.

Pallbearers were: Donald Hagie, Gary Horton, Dale Schultz, Loren Schilling, Douglas Hantke and Gayle Horton. Mrs. Heron Van Gorden sang, “He Leadeth Me” and “In the Garden,” accompanied by Mrs. Jack Grether.

People from out of town attending included: Mr. and Mrs. Emil Novakovich, Gary and Gayle Horton and Mrs. James Hansche of Kenosha; Loren Schilling of Altoona; Mrs. David Planert, Mrs. Ralph Horton, Sherry Price and Trudy Price of Eau Claire; Mrs. Marian Arndt and Mrs. Ella Huntley of Thorp; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hagie and Bruce Hagie of Oshkosh; Mr. and Mrs. Loren Burtelsen of Madison; Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hantke of Germantown; Mrs. Edwin Timmler of Loyal; and Mrs. Beatrice Schlewitz of Fall Creek.