Obit: Lehto, Catherine Cecelia (1911 - 1974)

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

Surnames: Lehto, Dragosh, Pikus, Gosh, Dallzotte, Mertens

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 6/13/1974

Lehto, Catherine Cecelia (28 February 1911 - 9 June 1974)

Mrs. Fritz (Catherine) Lehto, 63, Rt. 3 Neillsville, died suddenly at her home, Monday evening. Mrs. Lehto, the former Catherine Cecelia Pikus, daughter of John and Catherine (Dragosh) Pikus was born February 29, 1911 in Loriam, Mi. She was married June 20, 1931 in Milwaukee to Fritz Lehto. He survives. After their marriage the couple lived in Milwaukee until May 12, 1973 when they moved to Rt. 3 Neillsville and have resided there ever since.

Surviving besides her husband are a daughter, Mrs. Bernard (Barbara) Gosh of Milwaukee, a son, Fred W. Lehto of West Bend; eight grandchildren; a brother, John Pikus of West Des Moines, Ia.; a sister, Mrs. William (Mae) Dallzotte of Duluth, Minn.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Willard. Burial was made in the Holy Family Cemetery. The Rev. Michael Mertens officiated.