BioA: Leonhard, Mr. and Mrs. John (40th - 1969)

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

Surnames: Leonhard, Lindow, Dix, Bersell

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 7/31/1969

Leonhard, Mr. and Mrs. John (40th - 1969)

Mr. and Mrs. John Leonhard of Phoenix, Ariz., who are visiting relatives here, observed their 40th wedding anniversary at an open house held in their honor at the United Methodist Church in Chili, Sunday afternoon.

Mrs. Leonhard is the former Sarah Lindow of this area.

Present at the dinner, held in the church parlors, were 70 members of the immediate family from the Chili area and Milwaukee, Kenosha, Janesville, Minneapolis, Neillsville, Eau Claire, Loyal and Marshfield. A wedding cake was baked and decorated by Mrs. Larry Dix, Jr.

During the morning service the choir sang a request number “How Great Thou Art,” with solo parts being sung by Don Bersell and Jeff Lindow.