Obit: Lebeck, Ralph (1900 – 1976)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Lebeck, Tisdale, Capps, Bjornstad, Wenger

---------Source: Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 22 Dec 1976

Lebeck, Ralph (7 Jun 1900 – 20 Dec 1976)

Ralph Lebeck, aged 76, a former resident of Longwood, died on December 20, 1976 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Anthony’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, where he has been living the last four years.

Mr. Lebeck was born June 7, 1900 in the Town of Longwood. He worked at the Longwood Cheese Factory, and then later as a cheese maker at Alma Center, until 1947. He then moved to Alma, Wisconsin, working for a dairy until 1953, when he moved to Milwaukee. In 1965 he moved to Florida. In the summer he lived at Phillips, Wisconsin.

The deceased was married to Helen Tisdale.

Surviving are three sons, Gary, Carol and Allen Lebeck, all of Milwaukee, and one daughter, Mrs. Jean (Bonnie) Capps of Yorktown, West Virginia.

Also surviving are two brothers, Adolph Lebeck of Medford, Fred Lebeck of Marshfield, and one sister, Mrs. Art (Emily) Bjornstad of Cadott.

The deceased also is survived by six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday at the Kraut-Maurina Funeral Home in Owen, with the Rev. David Wenger officiating. Burial services will follow at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery in Longwood.

The body will lie in state at the funeral home after 9:00 a.m. Thursday.