Obit: Todd, Leslie (1926-1981)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson
Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Todd, Scholtz, Franke. Murphy

---Source: Marshfield News-Herald (19 May 1981)

Todd, Leslie R. (10 February 1926 - 18 May 1981)

GRANTON -- Leslie R. Todd, 55, Route 2, died Monday in the emergency room of St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield. Death was due to an apparent heart attack, according to Dolores Kaminski, Deputy County coroner.

The funeral will be Thursday at Zion American Lutheran Church, town of Grant. The Rev. Maynard Stokka is to officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Gilbertson Funeral Home.

Mr. Todd was born February 10, 1926 in the town of Lynn. He attended Mayflower School and Granton High School. On June 23, 1956 at Zion American Lutheran Church, he and Mildred Scholtz were married.

A World War II veteran, he farmed in Lynn from 1956 to 1978. He was a member of Zion American Lutheran Church.

Surviving are his wife; two children, Danielle and Dennis, both at home; two brothers, LeRoy of Marshfield and Theodore of Delafield; two sisters, Mrs. Kenneth (Alma) Franke of Chili and Mrs. Robert (Esther) Murphy of Owen.

One son, two brothers, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest (Esther Grassman) Todd, are deceased.