Obit: Moldenhauer, Leona (1906-1983)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Moldenhauer, Riedel, Wischulke, Beilke, Bratz, Schnabel, Seltrtecht, Heinze, Kelly

---Source: Marshfield News-Herald (16 May 1983)

Moldenhauer, Leona (15 June 1906 - 14 May 1983)

GRANTON - Mrs. Alfred (Leona) Moldenhauer, 76, Route 1, Granton, died Saturday at Memorial Hospital, Neillsville,

Services will be Tuesday at Zion American Lutheran Church, Town of Grant. The Rev. Maynard Stokka will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Wallace Riedel, Wilbert Wischulke, Norman Beilke, Norman Bratz, Herbert Schnabel and Robert Seltrecht. Visitation will be at Gilbertson Funeral Home, Granton.

The former Leona Riedel was born June 15, 1906 in the Town of Lynn and received her education there. She was married to Alfred Modenhauer June 28, 1924 in Mapleworks Lutheran Church. He died July 4, 1980. They lived for a time in Granton and then moved to a farm in the Town of Grant, where she lived until her death. She was a member of Zion American Lutheran Church,

Surviving are one daughter, Doris Moldenhauer of Granton; three sisters, Mrs. Elsie Beilke of Granton, Mrs. Ralph (Selma) Heinze of Spencer and Mrs. Anita Kelly of Neillsville; and one brother, Paul Riedel of Granton.

She was predeceased by three brothers.