Obit: Smith, Leon W. (1908 – 1974)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Smith, Sullivan, Rasmussen, Hendrick

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 30 May 1974

Smith, Leon W. (24 AUG 1908 – 23 MAY 1974)

Leon Walter Smith, 65, Withee (Clark Co., Wis.), died at 5:10 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield, where he had been admitted may 8, 1974.

Services were held at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Kraut-Maurina Funeral Home in Owen, with the Rev. Robert H. Sullivan, pastor of Nazareth Lutheran Church, officiating. Cremation will follow at Sunset Memorial Park in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Mr. Smith was born August 24, 1908 in Kenosha, a nd attended the area schools in Highland Park, Illinois. His marriage to the former Agnes Rasmussen took place November 27, 1929 at Waukegan, Illinois.

After his marriage he lived in Kenosha, where he worked as a plumber until 1947. The couple then resided in Withee for two years, until moving to Milwaukee in 1949. They later lived in Fond du Lac from 1951 until returning to Withee in 1969.

He is survived by his wife, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Hendrick, Cran (??)( the rest of the article was cut off)