Robert E. Lee, 84, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 18, 2021 at the Tabitha Journey House from complications of a stroke in Lincoln. He was born in Hebron, NE on May 29, 1936 to Josephine (Thieme-Rollf) and Harry Lee. He grew up in Lincoln, graduated from Lincoln High School, attended the University of Nebraska and played basketball. Robert served in the Army for 3 years, then married Patricia Nun on October 21, 1961 and just celebrated 59 years of marriage. He worked for nearly 40 years as a life insurance underwriter. Coached Legion Baseball for 10 years, volunteered at the Catholic Social Service, and at the Cathedral of the Risen Christ. Bob enjoyed softball, golfing, country music, dancing, and enjoyed tasting new wines from vineyards he would travel to with family. He also enjoyed shooting baskets and playing cards with his grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife Pat Lee of Lincoln; his children Julie (Pat) Ahern of Ridgway, CO, Doug (Sharon) Lee of Lincoln, and Mike Lee of Kersey, CO; grandchildren Cooper Ahern of Ridgway, CO, Trumyne Lee of Lincoln, Brightin Lee of Lincoln, and Colton Lee of Fort Collins, CO; sister in law and brothers in law Mary Mettenbrink, Harlan Mettenbrink, Pat Mettenbrink, and Eric Mettenbrink. Bob was preceded in death by his parents Josephine Rollf and Harry Lee, his step father Granville "Frank" Rollf, his sister Betty Mae Kieckhaefer, and brother in law Curtise Kieckhaefer.
A rosary will be at 10:00 AM on Friday January 22, 2021 at Cathedral of the Risen Christ (3600 Sheridan Blvd) and a Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 10:30 AM. Memorials can be directed to Cathedral of the Risen Christ, Catholic Social Services, Legion Baseball, or the Alzheimer Foundation. Butherus, Maser & Love is in charge of arrangements.
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The dau. of John LEE of Farmington, Ct., and Mary HART dau. of Stephen HART. It was the widow of this John LEE (Mrs. Mary LEE), that his father, Jedediah STRONG m. Jan. 5, 1692 as his third wife. (Dwight, p 986).
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Oc
cupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
W. L. LEE Self M Male W 29 MS Physician MS MS
Mary LEE Wife M Female W 26 MS Keeping House MS MS
R. Theodore LEE Son S Male W 7 MS At Home MS MS
Flether E. LEE Son S Male W 6 MS At Home MS MS
Willie H. LEE Son S Male W 4 MS At Home MS MS
Addie V. LEE Dau S Female W 1 MS At Home MS MS
Source Information:
Census Place Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi
Family History Library Film 1254651
NA Film Number T9-0651
Page Number 325C
Cass City Chronicle
March 4, 1992
Obituaries, Page 8
Russell Leeson
Russell Kermit Leeson, 86, of Pigeon died Wednesday, Feb. 26, at his residence, after a lengthy illness.
He was born Aug. 27, 1905, in Millersburg, Mich., the son of Charles and Maude (Curtis) Leeson.
He was united in marriage to Mary Mark July 25, 1940, in Angola, Ind. The couple made their home in Cass City, retiring to Pigeon in 1965.
Leeson, a retailed in Cass City for over 30 years, had been the owner of Leeson's Wallpaper and Paint Store. He was a former member of the Salem United Methodist Church of Cass City, a charter member and founder of the Cass City Gavel Club and was a past president of the Cass City Lions Club.
He is survived by his wife Mary; one son, Fredrick Leeson and his wife, Linda of Cass City; one daughter, Mrs. Charlene SUTHERLAND and husband, Daniel of East Point, Mich., and 3 grandchildren, Fredrick Leeson, Jr. of Cass City and Daniel Sutherland and Jennifer Sutherland, both of East Point. Two sisters, Ruth and Lila, preceded him in death.
Memorial services for Mr. Leeson were conducted Friday at Little's Funeral Home, Cass City, with the Rev. William Dunstan, pastor of the Salem United Methodist Church, officiating.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Fall 2007)
Bessie's application for a social security card, completed when she was living in Houston in 1942, stated she was the daughter of Victor Phelix LeFevre and Jane Worren. She wrote that her date and place of birth were Nov. 7, 1913 in Coolidge, Limestone County, Texas.
At the time of the 1930 census, Estelle was living with her widowed mother in the home of her older brother, Newton. Her younger brother, Jim, was also living with them. She and Newton both were employed as Finishers at a steam laundry.
1930 Federal Census, Freestone County, Teague, ED 14 174-18
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LaFAVRE Newton Head M W 20 M 19 Texas Texas Texas Finisher Steam Laundry LaFAVRE, Elvie Wife F W 17 M 16 Texas Texas
LaFAVRE, Janie Mother F W 55 Wd 16 Texas Georgia Texas
LaFAVRE, Estelle Sister F 16 S Texas Texas Texas Finisher Steam Laundry LaFAVRE, Jim Brother M w 12 S Texas Texas Texas
Annie Leggett McLemore, 85, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, January 1, 2012, at Oakwood Center for Living in Bay Minette. She was born on October 31, 1926, in Seminary, MS , the daughter of Mary Gladys Leggett and was raised by her late grandparents Phillip and Idella Leggett. She proudly made Atmore her home for over 50 years.
She was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, and friend. She will be missed by everyone for her sweet spirit, her willingness to help anyone in need, and her many acts of kindness and generosity.
She worked at Porch Head Start for over 20 years and was a teacher for many of those years. She loved and cared deeply for all of her many students. After retiring from teaching, she went on to care for the elderly for several years. She was a faithful Christian and a member of Cross Point Baptist Church.
She was the widow of Bert A. McLemore. She was also preceded in death by her first husband Woodrow Pitts, who was killed in action in WWII, her mother Mary Leggett, her brother Rufus James Moss and her grandson Joey Irby.
She is survived by a loving family of two sons, Danny McLemore of Crawfordville, FL, and Glenn McLemore of Cape Coral, FL; and four daughters, Margaret and Fenton Miller of Charleston, SC, Diane and JR Maddox of Lutz, FL, Nita Monroe of Fairhope, AL, and Gina and Mitch White of Atmore; 14 grandchildren Evy MacNeil, Courtney Miller, John Irby, Daniel McLemore, Michael Maddox, Eric Maddox, Nicole McLemore, Paul McLemore, Adam McLemore, Blake Monroe, Amy Monroe, Clay White, Noah White, and Elise White; nine great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren.
Pallbearers are John Irby, Michael Maddox, Daniel McLemore, Eric Maddox, Courtney Miller, and Blake Monroe. Honorary pallbearers are Adam McLemore, Paul McLemore, Clay White, and Noah White.
Funeral Service will be held Saturday January 7, 2012, at Cross Point Baptist Church in Atmore at 10 a.m. with burial following at Oak Hill Cemetery in Atmore.
Family will receive friends Friday January 6, 2012, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m.
Obituary above copied from her Find A Grave memorial page, and It is noted on her Find A Grave that although she also has a headstone next to her husband, Bert A. McLemore, at the Morriston Cemetery, she was buried (sic) at Cross Point Bapist Church in Atmore, Ala.
At the time of the 1860 and 1870 Federal census, she was living with her daughter and son-in-law, Julia Ann and Benjamin Hildebrand in Codorus, York County, PA. In 1860 she was listed as Mary Cramer, age 66, Widow, and born in Pennsylvania. In 1870 she was again shown as Mary Cramer, but her age was shown as 87, apparently in error.
The sponsors at her baptism were Michael & Sophia Emig.
At the time of the 1860 Federal Census, she was living with Jared Bortner and his wife, her niece, Mary Magdelena (Cramer) Bortner, in Codorus township. She was shown as an "old maid", age 75.
Revolutionary War Soldier, captured by General Howe 16 Nov 1776, exchanged in Jan 1777. Anton then reenlisted & was with Gen. Washington until the surrender at Yorktown. The only one of his father's children born in the "new world." Attended the First Lutheran Church, Carlisle, PA. Will dated 20 Jan 1827, probated 14 July 1827, Codorus Twp.; wife Catharine, children, George, Philip, Catharina, John , Poly wife of Lorance Cramer, Eve wife of Henry Cramer, Anna wife of David Wonderlich. Buried at St. Jacob's Church, pension certificate #3004, widow's file #W3430. He was a Miller by trade. (Source: Tootie (LayJ@aol.com) via Dean Cramer)
Dean Cramer notes that her Baptismal sponsors were Christian Kleindienst & Wife, & the minister was a Mr. Melsheimer. Clarence Cramer stated that he possessed the orignal Baptismal Certificates of Eve Lehman, given to him by Capitola Cramer, and that these showed that Eva was born ot Anthony and Catharina Emigh Lehman.
Clarence Cramer writes (p. 59) that "The Pension Papers of Anthony Lehman, Revolutionary War Pension claim W-3430, states that in 1841, Henry Cramer of York County, Pennsylania, stated that he married a daughter of Anthony Lehman and that she was deceased, but did not give her name"
Edith Beard Cannon, in the "Genealogical Reports for The Historical Society of York County, Vol. XXIX, pp. 1-72, Evidence of the Cramer Families of York before the year 1850 REVISED" published 1943, cited the following newspaper record of Eva's death:
Ap 22, 1833. Died- Mrs. Eve, wife of Henry Craumer, of Codorus Township, aged 37.
He arrived on with his wife and 4 children on the ship "Brothers" in Philadelphia 16 Sept 1751 (source: Amer. Emigration from Baden-Durloch Years 1749-1751, p 44) (Courtesy of Dean Cramer)
10 Dec 1750-Petitioned King/Queen of Prussia to come to America
1 Sept 1765-naturalized Cocalico Twp, Lancaster, PA
Audrey Dean Leighton was valedictorian and Jerry Morris McDowell salutatorian of Hemphill High School Graduating Class of 1968. (Back in Time, 1968, published in the SABINE COUNTY REPORTER May 6, 1998, page 4).
Sabine County Reporter
July 6, 2005
Audrey Dean Leighton
Audrey Dean Leighton, 55, of Hemphill died Saturday, June 18, 2005, at Memorial Medical Center in Lufkin. He was born Feb. 15, 1950 as a son of the late Geraldine (Pratt) and Morgan Barry Leighton and was a lifelong resident of Hemphill, graduating from Hemphill High School as valedictorian in 1968. He was a global twirler and entertainer. Survivors: a great-aunt, Wilma LOGAN of Hemphill; second cousins, Lloyd Eldon PRATT, Jr. of Harlingen and Patsy Clapp SMITH of Beaumont; and numerours third and fourth cousins. A memorial service will be held 9 a.m. Saturday, July 9, at the Hemphill City Park overlooking the Pratt House. Arrangements are being handled by Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill.
Friends remember, plan memorial for 'The Twirler,' an East Texas fixture who marched to his own beat
By EMILY TARAVELLA, Cox East Texas
Sunday, June 26, 2005
HEMPHILL - He was the valedictorian of his graduating class. He played the saxophone and was drum major of his high school band. A child of privilege, he was a descendant of one of his hometown's most prominent families.Some considered him to be a parapsychologist and a fortune teller. His closest friends say he was "complex" and "multi-faceted." But when Audrey Dean Leighton died a week ago today, most knew him simply as "The Twirler."
With his long beard, short shorts, tall boots, brightly colored shirts and hats, Leighton stood out against the backdrop of the small East Texas towns and cities where he was often sighted toting his trademark baton. Lufkin, Nacogdoches, San Augustine and others may have tried to claim him as a "town character" all their own, but Hemphill was Audrey Dean's home. It is where he was born, and - for all practical purposes - it is where he died.
A group of women gathered Wednesday afternoon in Hemphill at Pace Creek, an upscale gift shop and plant nursery, to plan Leighton's memorial service. At first glance they appeared an unlikely group of peers for an eccentric, 55-year-old hitch-hiking twirler. But as they shared their fondest memories of the things he said and did, it became clear: These women not only accepted Audrey Dean Leighton, they loved him. Shirley Winslow knew him the longest. "I remember when he was just a little kid twirling his baton," she said. "I watched him grow up."
As Kathy DeKerlegand passed around a file folder containing photographs of Audrey Dean, the women smiled at the images: first a pleasantly plump baby, then a young child with striking eyes and finally a handsome teen wearing a graduation gown. Other photographs featured Leighton as a young man. Eight-by-ten glossies showed him performing on stage; snapshots showed him marching in parades, high-kicking as he twirled his baton. This is how the women will remember their friend - not as he looked in his hospital bed a few days ago, communicating only with blinks and nods. "He died of bone cancer," they said, adding that, "He may have also had a heat stroke."
The folder full of Leighton's pictures also contained his hot-pink business card that reads, "Audrey Dean Leighton, Global Twirler," and the e-mail address, "Twirlerextraordinaire@hotmail.com."
After Leighton graduated from high school and attended the University of Texas and other colleges, he began marching in parades and performing for small audiences who would drop coins or dollar bills in a jar. He was as comfortable twirling on the sidewalks of New Orleans, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Seattle, Washington and New York as he was in East Texas. His "international tour" included France, Spain, Italy and Sweden. On each of his sojourns (paid for with money from his trust fund), Leighton sent postcards home to his friends in Hemphill. He addressed them to entire groups of people, leaving the decision to the postmaster as to which post office box the card should actually be delivered.
When he returned home, Audrey Dean twirled privately for his friends, in their homes or yards. Ten years ago Leighton settled in his family's old home place in Hemphill, The Pratt House. The Pratt House was built in 1908 at the town's most visible intersection by George Edward "Ed" Pratt - the son of Civil War veteran Hampton Pratt. The 7,000-square-foot building has "Greek Revival design influences with Victorian detailing," according to the Sabine County Historical Foundation's Web site. Galleries sweep across the entire front facade, and a two-story portico, gabled dormers and a central hall on each floor are among the home's distinguishing features, the Web site says.
Thirty years ago Leighton's friend Mary Ann McDaniel would visit the The Pratt House to provide home health care for his three aging aunts. "That was back when Audrey Dean spent most of his time traveling," McDaniel said. "He would come in from time to time, but we didn't see as much of him back then." When Leighton returned to the house 10 years ago, it was empty. The three aunts had moved into a nursing home, and for years Audrey Dean entertained them there with his twirling. Eventually, two of the aunts died. A third aunt is still alive today, but Audrey Dean stopped twirling for her when she stopped remembering who he was.
DeKerlegand said visiting Audrey Dean at The Pratt House "was like visiting the theater." "He would sit at the dining table and speak to the (dead) members of his family as if they were really there," she said.
DeKerlegand's mother, Edna Campbell, said she remembers the first time she went inside the house. Although the house had grown shabby from years of neglect, the antiques and crystal inside it took her breath away. Leighton occupied a single room upstairs that had previously belonged to his mother.
When the other heirs to the Pratt estate decided to sell the house to First Baptist Church in the late 1990s, Leighton had no choice but to move. The church planned to demolish the house to make way for a new family life center. But townspeople rallied, and eventually they raised enough money to move the house to a place where it would be safe. Restoration efforts are ongoing, but after the house was moved Leighton never cared to go back inside.
DeKerlegand and Campbell helped Audrey Dean pack his few personal effects when he left the house for good. Everything he owned fit in a wooden trunk that Campbell allowed him to keep in her living room.
Although he never returned to The Pratt House, Audrey Dean would often sit cross-legged on the floor of the Pace Creek gift shop and tell McDaniel and another friend, Donna Alexander, stories about the things that had happened within the home's walls over the last century. The women took careful notes and asked permission to preserve his stories on audio or videotapes. Leighton did not want to be recorded.
"Sometimes he would tell us he had been 'communing with the dead' at the cemetery," Alexander said. "He would visit his relatives' graves, and he would tell us, 'Those Pratts are as tight-lipped in death as they were in life.'" Audrey Dean promised that if he ran across any forgotten Pratt money, he would give it to the historical foundation for the restoration efforts.
After he lost the house, he often slept at the Super 8 motel in Hemphill. He was also known to frequent the San Augustine Inn, and one of Jasper's bed-and-breakfasts. When traveling through Houston he preferred to sleep under a certain tree, using his backpack as a pillow. He had no permanent residence.
Although he had a driver's license, Audrey Dean usually hitched a ride with his friends. Alexander remembers giving him a ride to San Augustine, on her way to market in Dallas. "As he got out of the car, he told me to be careful," she said. "He warned me that there are lot of 'weirdos' out there, and not to give rides to anyone I didn't know."
Some may have been startled by his unusual appearance, but McDaniel said anyone who took the time to talk to him could immediately sense that he was harmless.
When McDaniel's cousin, a Dallas socialite, met Leighton for the first time, she was enamored of his twirling ability. "She had been a twirler in college," McDaniel said. "They went out in the yard and twirled together for hours." Time passed, and McDaniel's cousin was riding through the streets of Dallas with her "socialite friends," McDaniel said. "When they got to a stop light, some of the ladies started locking their doors and pointing to a man on the sidewalk," McDaniel said. "My cousin looked out, and who was it but Audrey Dean - right there in downtown Dallas."
The Twirler was liable to be sighted any place at any time, according to his friends. DeKerlegand was friends with Leighton for years before she learned that her brother had been giving him rides in Marshall. As the women laughed about their memories, the conversation turned to Leighton's last days.
On June 1, he returned from a trip to Nacogdoches with an upset stomach. Alexander gave him a ride to the Super 8, and he told her he thought he had a stomach virus. When the hotel management hadn't seen any sign of him three days later, they called his friend Donna Wilkerson and asked her to check on him. "I knocked on the door and told him I was coming in," Wilkerson said. "He was coherent to some extent, but he couldn't walk. I told the hotel to call an ambulance." Leighton died in a Lufkin hospital two weeks later. He had just enough money remaining in his trust fund to cover the cost of his cremation. "He told us he didn't want his ashes in one place," DeKerlegand said. "He wanted them spread."
Leighton's parents divorced when he was a baby, and his father was "never in the picture." At the time of his death, Leighton's only family ties were two distant cousins and one aunt.
Although his cousins currently possess his ashes, Audrey Dean's friends are hopeful that they will be allowed to spread them, as he requested. The friends said they would like to take a few of his ashes with them when they go on trips to different states and countries. They also hope to keep a few of his ashes in an urn in his upstairs bedroom at the Pratt House. They hope to make his old room a place people can visit to remember the man who added so much color to the East Texas landscape.
"We have his hats, his boots and his batons," DeKerlegand said. "We also have his journal, but it is filled with his most personal and innermost thoughts. I hope it is something I can share some day, but now is not the time."
McDaniel said she'll never forget the last time she saw Audrey Dean, at the end of May. "He was in the bank parking lot," she said. "I had heard through the small-town grapevine that Audrey Dean had become a Christian. I asked him if it was true that he had made a profession of faith."
He said that it was.
"Oh my goodness, you're my brother in Christ!" McDaniel remembers telling Leighton. He responded, "It sure looks that way." McDaniel was preparing to leave for a mission trip in Africa, the last time she saw Leighton. Because "you never know what might happen," she had prepared her will. She remembers telling Leighton, "If I don't see you again ..." and him finishing her sentence for her, "... I'll see you in glory."
"He was telling me good-bye," McDaniel said. "Without even knowing it, that was our goodbye. It was the end of a 30-year friendship." The Twirler's friends said they accepted him just as he was, because he accepted them just as they were.
"He had a gentle, gentle spirit," McDaniel said. "And everyone wanted his beautiful legs."
Cass City Chronicle
Friday, June 30, 1933
Page Eight
Mrs. John Striffler
Word has been received of the death of Mrs. John Striffler at her home in Lockport, New York. Ida E. LEINBACH died Sunday, Jun. 18, and funeral services were held Wednesday from the home, 27 Sunnyside Street.
Interment was at Chesnut Ridge cemetery. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Walter J. RILEY, three sons, Glenn, Roy and Floyd, six grandchildren, one brother and three sisters. Mrs. Striffler is a cousin of the Strifflers in Cass City.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007)
Niagara Falls Gazette, Monday, June 19,1933, page 1: LOCKPORT - June 19 - Mrs. Ida E. Striffler, 69 years old, wife of John Striffler died last night at the family home at 27 Sunnyside street. Mrs. Striffler was born in Clarence and had resided in this city for the past 32 years. She was a member of the First Baptist church. Besides her husband she is survived by one daughter, three sons, one brother and three sisters. Funeral services will be held from the home on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Interment will be Chestnut Ridge cemetery. [Huskey Cemetery]
He was a farmer. On birth and death records he is listed as Johann Friedrich and on the marriage record he is listed as Georg Friedrich. But no other Friedrich Liens is listed between 1784 and 1826, so it is assumed they are the same person.
Email from Dot Williams, dated May 23, 2005:
A belated Thank you for mailing me the German Family Church Records. Several years ago you forwarded some of these that you had received by e-mail (I think it was) from a man in Germany. I took my copies with me when I went to Salt Lake City that year, and asked for help reading them from a lady who worked in the International Department. The Old German was very difficult to read, but she did it as if she was reading the morning paper. I was amazed. Anyway, I compared what she had read for me, with this information from Kathy Bonnell, and found 3 places where we did not agree.
1) Adam Benkelman was born in 1825 not 1835.
2) (Generation 3) Christoph Stahle married Barbara Fritz not Frey. I just took another look at the original record, and it sure looks like Fritz to me.
3) (Generation 5-last page) Georg Friedrich Leins was born 25 January 174(5)?. There is a line in the copy that goes right over the last digit but it looks like a 5. But it certainly was not 11 Apr 1740 (as per Kathy Bonnell). The death date was correct. I'm not going to change my information, because I truly think it is more accurate than hers. But it is a good summary of the Benkelman collateral lines, and Thank You for sending it to me.
Aer a long battle with cancer, Miss Ashley Elizabeth Leipprandt, age 34, was picked up and taken home by the Lord.
Ashley graduated from Laker High School in 1999. She loved working in healthcare as a nurses aide, and she was manager at Le Village Market in Elkton from 2008-2014.
She is survived by her parents, Timothy and Debra Leipprandt of Elkton; sisters, Stephanie (Michael) Ouellette of Texas, Rebecca Gettel of Pigeon, and Nicole (Luc) Bergsma of Lowell; nieces and nephews: Kate and Erin Gettel, Austin, Elle, and Jax McCabe, Ana, Collin, and Aidan Ouellette, and Sophie and Charlie Bergsma; many loved friends, aunts, and uncles; and her beloved dog, Harley.
Ashley is preceded in death by her sister, Kristi; grandma and grandpa Lorraine and Dale Kretzschmer and Chuck and Doris Leipprandt; brother-in-law Tom Gettel; and her beloved cat, Arah.
The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 29 at Hayes United Methodist Church, Pigeon, with Rev. Linda Fuller officiating. Burial will be at Grandlawn Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the family, who will later dedicate a children's playscape in Elkton and a dog path, both in her memory.
VISITATION AT MEYERSIECK-BUSSEMA FUNERAL HOME, PIGEON:
Tuesday, July 28 2-8 p.m.
AND AT HAYES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH:
Wednesday, July 29 10 a.m. until the service at 11 a.m.
D. Charles Leipprandt, 88, of Caseville, died Saturday, April 18, 2015, at McLaren Bay Region.
Born in Bad Axe on March 4, 1927, Charles was the son of E. Theo and E. Lillian (Sturm) Leipprandt. He was united in marriage to Doris J. Southworth on April 13, 1951, at St. Paul's Evangelical United Brethren Church, Elkton.
He graduated in 1944 from Pigeon High School. He then attended Michigan State for agricultural short course.
Charles farmed all his life. He was a board member and past president of the Michigan Crop Improvement Association as well as the Michigan Foundation Seed Association. He was a Pigeon Lions member for over 40 years, and also past president. Charles served as McKinley Township Clerk for 35 years. He was past Master of Caseville Lodge 368 and Winsor Lodge 420 of Free and Accepted Masons, 32 degree Mason of Bay City Consistory. Charles played the clarinet, harmonica, and violin for special occasions. He played with the 3M's and Act 3 at funerals, nursing homes and happy occasions, such as birthdays at Walt's Restaurant.
An active member of Hayes United Methodist Church, Charles was past Sunday School superintendent, lay leader, Sunday school teacher, choir member, and also had offices in the Port Huron District.
Charles is survived by his wife, Doris, of Caseville; children, Janice (Donald) Hall of Trussville, Alabama, Timothy (Debra) Leipprandt of Elkton, Philip (Sherry) Leipprandt of Sand Point, and Julee (Jeffrey) Lockard of Winfield, Illinois; honorary son and former exchange student, Felipe Uribe (Tatiana Samuel Emilio); grandchildren, Jeffery Hall, Timothy (Stacey) Hall, Stephanie (Michael) Ouellette, Rebecca Gettel, Nicole (Luc) Bergsma, Ashley Leipprandt, Dr. Philip (Tabatha) Leipprandt, Christopher (Kimberly) Leipprandt, Cody Leipprandt, Jakob Lockard, Jonah Lockard, and Joshua Lockard; and great-grandchildren, Ana, Collin, Aidan, Austin, Elle, Jax, Sophia, Charlie, Luke, Logan, Keaton, Bryce, and Abbie. He is also survived by brothers, Ted (Peg) Leipprandt and Bruce (Virginia) Leipprandt. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Kristi Lee Leipprandt; grandson-in-law, Thomas W. Gettel; sister and brother-in-law, Phyllis and Clarence Gettel; and brother-in-law, Donald Southworth.
The Funeral Service will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at Hayes United Methodist Church, with Pastor Brian Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Grandlawn Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, at Meyersieck-Bussema Funeral Home, Pigeon, with a Masonic service at 6:30 p.m. Visitation also will be from 10 a.m. until the time of service on Wednesday at the church.
Memorials may be made to Hayes United Methodist Church, Leader Dogs for the Blind, the Shriners, or donor's choice.
Boiler Bursts-Angus Leitch Killed-Four Others Injured
The Cass City Brick and Tile Company's Yards the Scene of the Sad Disaster
At a few minutes past seven o'clock on Monday morning, the boiler exploded at the yards of the Cass City Brick and Tile Company, a little over a mile south of town, causing the death of Angus Leitch, who was acting as engineer at the time, and injuring four others. The report of the explosion was heard fully five miles away, and the concussion caused the windows to rattle in the houses about town. It was but a few minutes before a large number of men were on the spot and it was found that Angus Leitch was killed outright, while Perry Withey, Geo. Warner, Jas. Comstock and Hiram Baxter had received slight injuries and other employees had had very narrow escapes. The Cass City Brick and Tile Company was organized a little over two years ago and have done a thriving business. The boiler was purchased from a gentleman in Novesta, who was using it in a saw-mill and the company had to wait for him to saw out of his yard before it could be delivered. It was carefully inspected and re fitted where necessary and considered to be in good condition. During the former season Ed. Brotherton had charge of it, but owing to his connection with the Cass City Foundry and Machine Company, and being engaged this year as a manager, it was necessary to get someone else. Leitch was employed, but Mr. Brotherton started the machinery at the commencement of the season's run, testing the boiler with 110 pounds pressure, and instructing Leitch that sixty pounds was sufficient to do the work required. Mr. Leitch had had several years' experience about engines before coming from Ontario here and was considered thoroughly competent. No watchman has been employed by the company and we learn that the boys or young men have visited the place on Sundays and tampered with the gauges and stopcocks, and on Monday morning the steam throttle was found open. The fire was started and the steam gauge indicated forty pounds pressure. The engine was started at a slow speed, but steam began to blow off. It is stated that Leitch realized that something was wrong and appears to think it was about the safety valve, while in all probability it was the steam gauge, as there must have been more pressure than indicated, possibly as high as two hundred pounds. The opinions of engineers are different as to the probable cause of the explosion. Some claim that the water must have been low enough to allow the accumulation of gas in the upper part of the boiler, in order to get the force to throw the parts as far as it did, while others claim that a greater force would be obtained with a full boiler. It seems that the inspector would not work properly with less than sixty pounds of steam and some think that while the engineer was waiting for the gauge to indicate the amount, the water ran low causing the explosion. It is possible that the gauge had been tampered with on Sunday and not been noticed by the engineer. When the explosion took place, Leitch was standing between the boiler and engine, and it is not known positively whether parts of the boiler struck him or the force through him against a post near by. The injuries received were all about the face and head, rendering him unconscious instantly and causing his death a few moments later. Perry Withey was scalded slightly about the face and received a scalp wound but was able to resume work shortly after. Warner, Comstock and Baxter received slight bruises about the arms, shoulders and back?George Meiser had just picked up his wheel-barrow to start away from the engine when the accident occurred and the barrow was taken from him and smashed into kindling, while he escaped unhurt. Claude Bentley had just driven into the clay pit and does not know whether he jumped from the cart or was thrown from it but he was not hurt. The dome of the boiler was carried probably forty feet or more in height and fell about thirty rods away to the westward, while the head of the boiler was carried more than half as far?
Angus Leitch, the deceased, was forty-two years of age, and came here from near Dutton, Ont., some twelve years previously. He purchased and operated a farm in Novesta towship, which he still owned, but a few years ago he leased his farm and moved to the M. Sheridan farm, just west of town, now owned by C.H. Topping. Upon the farm being sold to Mr. Topping, Mr. Leitch moved to town, occupying the residence at the corner of Leach and Sanilac Street, owned by M. Sheridan. He leaves a wife and three children to mourn his sudden departure. The funeral services were held in the Presbyterian Church, on Wednesday afternoon, conducted by the pastor, Rev. A. Torbet. The father, three brothers and three sisters of the deceased, and the mother and two brothers of Mrs. Leitch, came from the vicinity of Dutton and Rodney, Ont., to attend the funeral. Mrs. John Campbell, of this place, is also a sister of the deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gillies, of Port Huron, and Mr. and Mrs. Archie Gilles, of Millington, were among other relatives present. Deceased was a member of Elkland Arbor, A.O.O.G., and about sixty members of that order attended the funeral. The remains were laid to rest in the Elkland cemetery. The entire community is stirred with sympathy for the bereaved.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2010)
The May 31, 1901 issue of the Cass City Chronicle had a follow article on the incident. It also listed his father as Archibald Leitch, brothers as Alexander, Duncan and Archibald, sisters as Mrs. Angus McArthur, Mrs. James Welsh, and Mrs. Alonzo Wisner.
1900 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp
Enumerated 19 and 20 June 1900
SD 8 ED 110 Sheet 9B
188-189
Leatch, Angus Hd W M Feb 1856 44 M13 Canada Eng Canada Eng Canada Eng 1889 11 Al Farm Labor
Leatch, Jane A Wf W F Marc 1864 36 M 13 4/3 Canada Eng Scottana Scottana 1889 11
Leatch, Mary Jane Dtr W F Apr 1889 11 Mich Canada Canada At School
Leatch, Grace A Dtr W F July 1896 3 S Michigan Canada Canada
Cass City Chronicle
Thursday, May 27, 1965
Page Three
Mrs. Mark Dies at Local Hospital
Mrs. Edward Mark, 76, of Cass City died Wednesday morning in Cass City Hospital shortly after being admitted. She had been in ill health for some time.
The remains were taken to Little's Funeral Home where arrangements are pending.
Cass City Chronicle
Thursday, June 3, 1965
Page Two
Services Held for Mrs. Edward Mark
Funeral services for Mrs. Edward (Mary) Mark, 76, were held Friday, May 28, at Little's Funeral Home following her death Wednesday, May 26, at Cass City Hospital where she had just been admitted. She had been in ill health the past several years.
Born in Cass City April 9, 1889, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Angus LEITCH. She married Edward Mark in Caro, July 15, 1908, and they made their home in Cass City where she lived until her death.
Mrs. Mark attended the Evangelical United Brethren Church and was a member of the Echo Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star of Cass City.
Surviving, besides her husband, are: seven daughters, Mrs. William (Stella) MARTUS, Mrs. Elmer (Frances) KEHOE and Mrs. Russell (Mary) LEESON, all of Cass City; Mrs. Ruth WURTSMITH of Detroit, Mrs. Emeline URQUHART of Caro, Mrs. Donald (Betty) McLEOD of Sandusky and Mrs. Richard (Bonnie) DILL of Cincinnati, Ohio, and three sons, Leitch and Jim, both of Cass City, and Archie of Flushing.
Also surviving are: two sisters, Mrs. Grace CARPENTER of Delray Beach, Florida, and Mrs. John SIMKINS of Lapeer; 24 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. A daughter preceded her in death.
Rev. Roberts Betts, EUB Church, officiated and interment was in Elkland Cemetery.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Winter 2007)
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXXB-LNL
name: William Leitner
birth year (estimated): 1809
gender: Male
age (original): 61y
race: White
birthplace: Pennsylvania
event place: Indiana, United States
Collection: William Leitner, "United States Census, 1870"
1880 Census
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name: William Leitner
event type: Census
event date: 1880
event place: Rock Creek, Huntington, Indiana, United States
gender: Male
age: 70
marital status: Married
occupation: Farmer
race (original):
ethnicity: American
relationship to head of household: Self
birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
birth date: 1810
spouse's name: Margaret Leitner
spouse's birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
father's name:
father's birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
mother's name:
mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
page: 570
page letter: B
entry number: 4717
affiliate film number: T9-0285
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image number: 00485
Collection: William Leitner, "United States Census, 1880"
Sandy Williams shows her as the daughter of Noah "Noe" Leleux (b. 20 Aug 1868 in New Iberia, La) and Emma Annie Jagers (b. 24 Jan 1878 in Mississippi).
1850 Census
Mississippi, Pike County, Fifth Police District
Enumerated 21 Nov 1850 Page 47
424-425
Robert L. Lenoir 30 M Farmer Miss
Sarah Lenoir 24 F Miss
John Lenoir 9 M Miss
Irwin W. Lenoir 7 M Miss
Josephus Lenoir 5 M Miss
Thomas H. Lenoir 4 M Miss
Mary Lenoir 6/12 F Miss
Thomas Bell 20 M Farm Hand
Letter from Walter Gramble (1938), reprinted in The Way It Was, publication of The Cass City Historical Society:
"Then came Oscar Lenzner and his furniture store and factory, his wonderful family of boys, his ingenuity and his music, his glowing tales of far away Austria and its glittering capital Vienna, which he very properly insisted was 'Wa-en-a'. he made furniture, he made musical instruments and could play them. His banjo-guitararina, invented, made and played by himself was worth a chapter in the history of Cass City."
Cass City Enterprises
Vol. XVI. No. 17
April 1, 1897.
Page One
Just before noon to-day, Franklin Lenzner went into his father's shop at his residence on Oak Street and was startled to find the old gentleman fallen upon his face. He was at once cared for and medical aid summoned but all efforts failed to resuscitate him. Oscar Lenzner, Sen., was a native of Germany, but has resided here for many years and has a wide circle of friends, his reputation as a manufacturer of stringed musical instruments being widespread. He was about seventy-three years of age and has been quite active up to the time of his death, being still able to make the very finest inlaid work. Further particulars will be given next week. The cause of his death was paralysis.
Cass City Enterprises
Vol. XVI. No. 18
April 8, 1897.
Page Eight
A Sudden Call
As stated in our last issue, Oscar Lenzner, Sr., suddenly expired on Thursday, the 1?sup?st?/sup? inst., from a stroke of paralysis. Between the hours of ten and eleven that morning, his son, Franklin, was at work at the turning lathe at their workshop on Main Street, and had nearly completed the job he was at when he felt a sudden impulse to go to his father's. Making an excuse to his brother, he went to the house and meeting his mother at the kitchen door, asked if his father was in the shop. His mother replied that he was and they went towards the door which stood open and before entering they saw him lying face downward on the floor. It seems that Mrs. Lenzner had stepped outside a few moments previously for a pail of water and it is thought he must have fallen while she was out. His forehead struck against some coarse chips which cut quite an ugly gash. The doctor was at once summoned but life was extinct. He had three strokes of paralysis previous to this time and it was feared he would go in this manner.
Deceased was born Feb. 14?sup?th?/sup?, 1825, in Leubetha, Saxony, Germany. There he learned the art of making violins and he had ever since taken a special pride in the manufacture of stringed instruments. In the year 1849 he came to America, taking up his residence at Lancaster, N.Y. On June 20, 1853, he was married to Susanna Striffler and came to Cass City in June, 1873. He conducted the furniture store on Main Street, until in more recent years his sons have managed it. Samuel and John are now in Detroit, while Oscar and Franklin are still in the business started by their father. Some years ago deceased secured a patent on a musical instrument called the banjo-guitarina and has since paid especial attention to its manufacture. He also invented what is known as "Kings David's harp" and made guitars, banjos, dulcimers, autoharps, etc. His mechanical ability was of a high order, his ideal of work being that of the true artist:--"Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well." Into every bit of work he did he put his heart. He has spent twenty-five years in this community and we will not again see his equal. Besides the four sons, already mentioned, a widow and daughter survive.
The funeral services were held at the house Sunday morning and were conducted by Rev. B. J. Baxter, of the Presbyterian Church assisted by Rev. B. F. Wade, late of the Evangelical Church, Elkton. The services were attended by a large company of relatives and friends many of whom also followed the remains to the Elkland cemetery. He will be missed, not only by our citizens, but by many others, especially amongst the commercial travelers, who were in the habit of visiting his home when in town. He is gone, but the sweet strains of music he has produced still ring in the souls of hundreds.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2008)
Cass City Chronicle
Cass City, Michigan
Friday, June 10, 1927
Vol. 23, No. 5
C.O. Lenzner Passed Away on June 2
Had Been in Furniture Business at Cass City for Forty Years.
C.O. Lenzner passed away at the home of his son, H.F. Lenzner, at Cass City on Thursday afternoon, June 2, at the age of 72 years. His death was due to carcinoma of the stomach. Mr. Lenzner was taken to his son's home about a month previous because of his severe illenss.
Christian Oscar Lenzner was born in Lancaster, New York, on October 30, 1854. He came to Cass City with her parents, C.O. Lenzner, Sr., and Susan Lenzner, in the spring of 1873, and was united in marriage with Sophia Ahr on March 1, 1879.
For several years he was employed by his father as a cabinent maker and he later worked as a carpenter in this community. He entered into partnership with his brother in the furniture business at Cass City, and for 40 years he has been in that business here as a partner of Lenzner Brothers or as an individual.
Mr. Lenzner was a member of the trustee board of the Evangelical church at the time the church building was erected at Cass City in 1882 and held that position for 25 years. He was also church organist for a like period of time, besides holding other offices in the society.
Besides his widow, he leaves two children, Mrs. H.L. Pocklington of Algonac and H.F. Lenzner of Cass City, one sister, Miss Emma Lenzner of Cass City, two brothers, Franklin Lenzner of Cass City and John Lenzner of Gagetown and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the H.F. Lenzner home on Saturday afternoon and interment was made in Elkland cemetery by Rev. F.L. Pohly of Sebewaing, a former Evangelical minister at Cass City. Local business houses were closed during the funeral hour.
Relatives and friends from out of town who attended the funeral were Mrs. H.L. Pocklington and son, Herbert Linn, of Algonac; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lenzner of Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Mast, Mrs. and Mrs. A. Muellerweiss, Rev. and Mrs. F.L. Pohly and Mr. and Mrs. John Schwalm, all of Sebewaing; Henry Schust, George and Miss Esther Hausner, Mrs. F. Klump, Mrs. Clyde Fox and Mrs. Faist, all of Saginaw; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Striffler of Caro.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2008)
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Oc
cupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Oscar C. LENFRIER Self M Male W 20 NY Carpenter SAXONY FRANCE
Sophia LENFRIER Wife M Female W 23 PA Keeping House WERTENBURG WERTENBURG
Frank H. LENFRIER Son S Male W 6/12 MI At Home NY PA
Source Information:
Census Place Cass City, Tuscola, MichiganFamily History Library Film 1254607 NA Film Number T9-0607Page Number 100C
1900 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Cass City Village
Enumerated 11 June 1900 by A.D. Gillis
SD 8 ED 111 Sheet 7B
155-158
Lenzer, Christian O Hd W M Oct 1854 45 m 21 Ny Germany Germany Cofin Maker
Lenzer, Sophia Wife W F April 1859 43 M 21 2.2 Pa Germany Germany
Lenzer, Hubert F Son W M Dec 1879 20 S Mich NY Pa Printer
Lenzer, Clara V Dtr W F Mar 1888 12 S Mich Ny Pa At School
1910 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Cass City Village
13 April 1910
SD 8 ED 113 Sheet 5B
133 133
Lenzner, Christian O Hd M W 55 m1 31 NY Germany Germany Cabinent Maker
Lenzer, Sopha Wf F W 53 M1 31 2/2 Pennsylvania Germany Germany
Ahr, Gotley R Father-in-law M W 85 Wd Germany Germany Germany 1847
According the the 1941 issue of the Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast (Vol. 5, September 1, 1941), Mrs. C.O. Lenzner was living with her daughter, Mrs. H.L. Pocklington of Algonac. H. Lee Pocklington was president of the village of Algonac, his wife president of the Clay Township Library board, Harold president of the Algonac Lion's Club and manager of the Algonac Band, and James Pocklington drum major of the band.
Cass City Chronicle
Vol. 38, Number 39.
Friday, January 14, 1944
Mrs. Pocklington Died in Algonac
Mrs. H. Lee Pocklington Died in Algonac
Mrs. H. Lee Pocklington, 55, daughter of the late C. Oscar and Sophia Lenzner, died at her home in Algonac on Sunday morning after a 10-day illness. She had been in ill health for some time suffering with a heart ailment.
Born in Cass City, Mar. 15, 1888, Clara V. Lenzner was graduated from the high school here in 1905, after which she pursued a course in nursing in an Ann Arbor hospital. On Sept. 5, 1908, she was united in marriage with H. Lee Pocklington of Ann Arbor.
In Algonac, Mrs. Pocklington had served on the library board for many years, had previously served as a member of the board of education, and was an active member of the Music Study Club. She resigned from the Athena Club two years ago on account of her health.
Besides her husband, H. Lee Pocklington, president of Algonac village, she is survived by four sons, Harold, James and Herbert Pocklington, all of Algonac, and Robert Pocklington in Army service at Camp Cooke in California; a daughter, Mrs.Wesley Moody, of Algonac; nine grandchildren; and a brother, H.F. Lenzner, of Cass City.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon in the Gilbert Funeral Home in Algonac and burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery.
Relatives from Cass City who attended the funeral were Mrs. Angus McPhail, Mrs. John A. Sandham and Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Lenzner.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2008)
1930 Census
Michigan, St. Clair County, Clay Township, Algonac Village
Enumerated May 6, 1930
ED 74-6, SD 5, Sheet 15B
429-438
Pocklington, H. Lee Hd Own $6,000 M W 40 Mich US US Landscape Gardner Private Estate
Pocklington, Clara Wife F W 42 Mich NY Pa
Pocklington, Harold L. Son M W 19 Mich Mich Mich Landscape Gardener Private Estate
Pocklington, Dorotha M Dtr F W 17 Mich Mich Mich
Pocklington, James R Son M W 14 Mich Mich Mich
Pocklington, Robert R Son M W 5 Mich Mich Mich
Pocklington, Herbert L Son M W 3 3/12 Mich Mich Mich
Volume 5 of the Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, dated September 1, 1941, reported that Colonel Delmar Lenzner of the Coast Artillery lived in Fort Monroe, Virginia.
Volume 12 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, dated September 5, 1949, reported that he had retired from the U.S. Army in September, 1948, and he and Mrs. Lenzner were making their home in Hampton, Virginia.
Cass City Chronicle
Thursday, December 7, 1961
Page Three
Miss Gladys Lenzner received word of the death of her cousin, Colonel Delmar S. Lenzner (United States Army, retired). He died November 30 at his home in Hampton, Virginia, and leaves his widow and a sister, Mrs. Edgar T. Braun (Ruth) of Detroit. Col. Lenzner will be remembered by many Cass City residents.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, August 2008)
Cass City Chronicle
Friday, January 12, 1945
Vol. 39, No. 39
Page One
Miss Emma Lenzner Died at Her Home Here Sunday Morning
Miss Emma Lenzner passed away at her home in Cass City early Sunday morning after an illness of several months. She was 81 years of age.
Born in Lancaster, N.Y., June 28, 1863, she came to Cass City with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. C.O. Lenzner, Sr., at the age of ten years and has lived here since that time. She was the only daughter and the last of the five children of this pioneer family to depart from this life.
In young womanhood, she started a dressmaking establishment in Cass City and for many years followed that occupation.
Funeral services were conducted at the Munro funeral home Tuesday afternoon by Rev. M.R. Vender, pastor of the Presbyterian church of which Miss Lenzner was a member for 50 years. Interment was made in Elkland cemtery.
Miss Lenzner leaves two nieces, Miss Gladys Lenzner of Cass City and Mrs. Edgar Braung of Detroit, and three nephews, Dr. Grey Lenzner of Bad Axe, Col. D. S. Lenzner of Fort Monroe, Va., and H.F. Lenzner of Cass City.
Relatives and friends who came from a distance to attend the funeral included Dr. and Mrs. Grey Lenzner of Bad Axe, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Braun of Detroit, Mrs. Roy LaFave, Mrs. Geo. Purdy, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Simmons, all of Gagetown, and the Missed Jean and Catherine Hutson of Snover.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2008)
Cass City Chronicle
Vol. 35, Number 33
Cass City, Mich., Friday, November 8, 1940
Page One
Franklin Lenzner, Widely Known Musician, Dies
For Many Years an Instructor of Piano, Band, String Instruments Here
Following an illness of six years, Frankline Lenzner, 81, passed away about 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 5, in his home, corner of Oak and Pine Streets.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon (Friday) in the Angus McPHAIL residence, Rev. Paul J. Allured of Kinde, a former pastor of the Cass City Presbyterian Church, officiating. Interment will be in Elkland Cemetery.
Franklin Lenzner was born in Lancaster, New York, May 30, 1859, and came to Cass City with his parents when a small boy. He attended the School of Music at Friendship, New York, and for seven years was a member of Gorton's Gold Band, in which he played the bass tuba, and was billed on posters in all the principal cities as a bass tuba soloist, and received much praise newspaper write-ups. While with the band, he often composed his own music, and especially enjoyed playing the "Blue Bells of Scotland" with variations. With this band he travelled through 42 states and territories, Mexico and many of the principal cities of Canada. For a number of years Mr. Lenzner was instructor of the Cass City Band and for many years, or as long as his health permitted, he gave lessons on piano, band and string instruments. He was united in marriage with Miss Anne Belle HAMILL of Geneseo, New York, on December 31, 1891 at St. Thomas, Ontario. She died January 23, 1902.
He is survived by a son, Dr. Grey F. LENZNER, of Bad Axe; a daughter, Miss Gladys, at home; and a sister, Miss Emma LENZNER. Three brothers, Oscar, John and Samuel, preceded him in death.
Mr. Lenzner gained much ov his education by reading and observation. He was deeply interested in all music and found much pleasure and satisfaction in encouraging others to fight for knowledge along that line.
He was also a carpenter and helped build many homes in his home town.
Guitar and guitarinas made by his father, C.O. Lenzner, Sr., were finished by Frank Lenzner with fine inlaid work and some instruments contained 3,200 or more pieces. He also made a table containing a fancy section of 17 colored strips of inlaying with a space of less than 3/8 inch.
Although he had been ill for six years and sometimes almost at death's door, he has been very patient, never admitting his great pain to others. Throughout his sickness, he was exceedingly kind and considerate to those who cared for him.
Pallbearers will be W.H. SIMMONS of Gagetown, Eber KREGER of Deford, James HUSTON of Sover, Rollo DARBEE of Caro, E.G. BRAUN of Detroit, and Clare STAFFORD of Cass City.
1900 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Cass City Village
Enumerated 6 June 1900 A.D. Gillis
SD 8 ED 111 Page B3
64-64
Lenzer, Franklin H Hd W M May 1859 41 M1 9 Ny Germany Germany
Lenzer, Anna D Wf W F Oct 1865 34 M1 9 2/2 NY NY NY
Lenzer, Gladys H Dtr W F Nov 1892 7 S Mich NY NY
Lenzer, Gray F Son W M May 1899 1 S Mich NY NY
1910 Census
Michigan, Tuscola, Elkland Twp
Enumerated 21 April 1910
SD 8 ED 113 Sheet 6A Stamped 137
151-151
Lenzner, Franklin Hd M W 60 Wd 5 2/2 NY Germany Germany English Teacher Music
Lenzner, Emma Sister F W 40 Wd 5 2/2 NY Germany Germany
Lenzner, Gladys Dtr F W 18 S Mich NY NY
Lenzner, Gray Son M W 10 S Mich NY NY
Michigan, Tuscola, Elkland Twp, Cass City Village
SD 8 ED 113 Sheet 6A Stamped 137
151-151
Lenzner, Franklin Hd M W 60 Wd 5 2/2 NY Germany Germany Teacher Music
Lenzner, Emma Sister F W 40 Wd 5 2/2 NY Germany Germany
Lenzner, Gladys Dtr F W 17 S Mich NY NY
Lenzner, Gray Son M W 10 S MIch NY NY
His registration card for the First World War listed him as age 19, and a student. His nearest relative was shown as Franklin Lenzner of Cass City. Grey was listed as Tall, with a slender build, black hair and gray eyes. Roll 1682901.
Cass City Chronicle
Vol. 23, No. 46.
Friday, June 8, 1928
Page 1
Dr. Grey F. Lenzner (pictured), graduate of the Kirksville College Osteopathy and Surgery, is expected to arrive in Cass City tomorrow to visit at the home of his father, Frank Lenzner, before locating permanently. During his stay in Cass City, Dr. Lenzner will give Osteopathic treatments at his home, one block south of the Chronicle office .-Adv.
Cass City Chronicle
Thursday, November 9, 1961
Page Six
Former Resident Stricken Thursday
Final rites were held Monday, November 6, for Dr. Grey F. Lenzner, 62, Bad Axe ospeopathic physician, at MacApline Funeral Home, Bad Axe. Dr. Lenzner died of a heart attack Thursday night, Nov. 2, at a cottage near Caseville where he was vacationing. A graduate of Cass City High School, he set up practice in Bad Axe in 1928 after graduating from Kirksville College of Osteopathy. He was born May 10, 1899, in Cass City. He married Miss Laura Jaus on October 25, 1940 at Geneva, Ohio. Surviving are his widow and a sister, Miss Gladys Lenzner, Cass City. Officiating during the service were Rev. John Safran, Detroit, and Rev. Joseph D. Ryan, pastor of the Bad Axe First Presbyterian Church. Burial was at Colfax Cemetery.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007)
Cass City Chronicle
Friday, February 13, 1953
Vol. 47, Number 42
H.F. Lenzner Dies Saturday after Short Illness
Herbert F. Lenzner, editor and publisher of the Cass City Chronicle for 47 years and an admired and respected member of the Cass City community, died Saturday afternoon at the Pleasant Home Hospital.
According to physician's report, Mr. Lenzner died from the effects of a coronary occlusion, suffered Monday afternoon while returning from a business trip to Saginaw.
He was prominent in civic activities throughout his long career in Cass City. He served as village clerk in 1908-07 and was active in the Tuscola County Republican Party.
He was a life member of Tyler Lodge F. & A.M., receiving his certificate Sept. 5, 1943. He was a charter member of the Cass City Rotary Club and served as its president in 1929 and held various other responsible positions in the club.
He was one of the original members of the board of directors when the Pinney State Bank was organized as a state bank in 1921 and served as vice president of the organization from 1925 until the time of his death.
He spent his entire life in printing and newspaper work. As a young man he worked in a printing office in Cass City and later spent a short time working in the Detroit Times composing room.
He returned to Cass City and purchased the Tri-County Chronicle in February, 1904, from Frederick Klump. Two years later he bought the Cass City Enterprise from A.A.P. McDowell and consolidated the two papers under the name of the Cass City Chronicle.
He served on the local school board at the time when the new school building was erected.
He was a member of the EUB Church from early manhood and served on the board of directors for over 25 years.
Mr. Lenzner was born Dec. 13, 1879, in Cass City, the son of the late C.O. Lenzner and Sophia Ahr Lenzner. He married Mollie Ackerman June 10, 1909 in Cass City.
Surviving, besides Mrs. Lenzner, are: two daughters, Mrs. Gordon Thomas, of East Lansing, and Mrs. J. Franklin Deck of Grand Island, N.Y.; six grandchildren, one niece and four nephews, all of Algonac.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Evangelical United Brethren Church. Rev. S.R. Wurtz, pastor of the EUB Church, and Rev. Melvin R. Vender, pastor of the Cass City Presbyterian Church, officiated at the ceremony.
Burial was in Elkland Cemetery.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2008)
1910 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Cass City Village
Enumerated 30 Apr 1910
SD 8 ED 113 Sheet 11B
Main Street
267-294
Lenzner, Herbert F Hd M W 30 M1 1 Mic NY Pa Propritor Printing Office
Lenzner, Mollie Wf F W 24 M1 1 Mich Germany Germany
1920 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Village of Cass City
Enumerated 10 and 12 January 1920
SD 7 ED 179 Sheet 4B
Main Street
94-98
Lenzner, Herbert L Hd M W 40 M Mich NY Pa Editor Local Paper
Lenzner, Mollie M Wf F W 34 M Mich Wurtenburg/German Switzerland/German
Lenzner, Phyllis M Dtr F W 6 S Mich Mich Mich
1930 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland twp, Cass City Village
Enumerated April 12, 1930 by Helen G. Schwaderer
ED 79-11 SD 11 Sheet 5A Stamped 188
East Main Street
119-125
Lenzner, Herbert F Hd O $5000 M W 50 M29 Mich NY Pa Proprietor Newspaper
Lenzner, Mollie M Wife F W 44 M23 Mich Germany Switzerland Office Asst Newspaper
Lenzner, Phyllis M Dtr F W 16 S Mich Mich Mich
Lenzner, Shirley A Dtr F W 10 S Mich Mich Mich
Cass City Chronicle
May 10, 1901
Tuscola County News
Jno. Lenzer and Prof. Eddy spent Sunday at Cass City.
At the time of the 1910 census, he was listed as a boarder in the home of Abrham and Mary Brandon in Gagetown, Elmwood township, Tuscola County, Michigan. He was shown as age 53 and single, and his occupation was listed as Carpenter.
Cass City Chronicle
Friday, October 21, 1932
Page Five
Deaths of the Week
John Lenzner
John Lenzner passed away at Gagetown, Oct. 18. A private funeral was held at Cass City Thursday at two o'clock and itnerment was in Elkland cemetery.
Born Oct. 8, 1856, in Lancaster, N.Y., he came with his parents, Oscar and Susanna Lenzner, to Cass City in 1873. His father engaged in the manufacture and sale of furniture here and when he retired from active participation in the business, John and a brother carried on the business for several years. John Lenzner had resided in Gagetown for over 30 years where he has been a carpenter in that town and community. He was well known and many children in the Gagetown vicinity will always remember his kindness. He has been in poor health for over three months.
Mr. Lenzner was preceded in death by two brothers, Samuel of Detroit and Oscar of Cass City. Remaining members of the family are a sister, Miss Emma Lenzner, and a brother, Franklin Lenzner, both of Cass City.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2008)
Cass City Chronicle
June 2, 1939
Local Items
Page 3
Miss Phyllis M. Lenzner is expected home today after finishing a year as teacher in the Wayne Public School. She returns to the same location next fall.
Cass City Chronicle
Friday, April 6, 1956
Cass City Area Social and Personal Items
Page Four
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon L. Thomas and children, David and Kathleen, of Lansing visited Mrs. Thomas' mother, Mrs. H.F. Lenzner, from Thursday morning until Saturday night.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007)
Cass City Chronicle
Friday, July 23, 1926
Vol. 22, No. 11
Samuel Lenzner Passed Away Tuesday
Samuel Lenzner, who spent his boyhood days here and later became a member of the firm of Lenzner Bros., furniture dealers at Cass City, passed away at his home in Detroit Tuesday evening, at the age of 65 years. Funeral services were held at the family residence at 1226 Hubbard Ave., Thursday. The remains will be brought to Cass City over the P.O. & N. R. R. this (Friday) afternoon and will be taken directly from the depot to Elkland cemetery for interment. Members of the Tyler Lodge, F. & A. M., will conduct the Masonic burial service at the cemetery.
Samuel Lenzner was born in Lancaster, N.Y., on June 30, 1861, and came to Cass City with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.O. Lenzner, sr., when he was 12 years of age. He was united in marriage with Miss Mamie Feuchtwanger at Cass City and a few years later they move to Detroit where Mr. Lenzner entered the employment of Michigan Central R.R. as a cabinet maker in their Detroit carshops. This month, he completed a service of 40 years with that company , a service which he performed most faithfully and efficiently and which was recognized by his promotion to foreman, general foreman, master car builder and superintendent of rolling stock. Mr. Lenzner was a member of Zion Lodge No. 1, F. & A. M., at Detroit and was affiliated with the Royal Arch Masons.
Besides his widow and two children, Delmar Lenzner of Wilmington, N.C., and Mrs. Edgar Braun of Detroit, he leaves three brothers and one sister, C.O. Lenzner, Frank Lenzner and Miss Emma Lenzner, all of Cass City, and John Lenzner of Gagetown.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2008)
1900 Census
Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit, Ward 16
Enumerated 13 June 1900
SD 116 ED 167 Sheet 18A
757 311-313
Lenzner, Sam Hd W M June 1861 38 M 14 NY Germany France Foreman Car Shop Cabinet Work
Lenzner, Mary Wf W F Dec 1862 37 M14 2/2 Florida Germany Germany
Lenzner, Delmar S Son W M Sept 1888 11 S Mich NY Florida At School
Lenzner, Ruth H Dtr W F May 1892 S Mich NY Florida At School
Feuchtwanger, Lena Mother-in-law W F Oct 1838 61 Wd 2/2 Germany Germany Germany 1845
1910 Census
Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit, Ward 16
Enumerated 21 April 1910
SD 1 ED 235 Sheet 7B
Morrell St
757-129-135
Lenzner, Samuel Hd M W 48 M1 24 NY German Germany France French General Foreman Railroad? Shop
Lenzner, Mamie Wf F W 47 M1 24 2/2 Florida Germany German Germany German
Lenzner, Delmar S Son M W 21 S Mich NY Florida
Lenzner, Ruth H Dtr Dtr F W 17 S Mich NY Florida
Feuchtwanger, Lena Mother-in-law F W 72 W 2/2 Germany German Germany German Germany German 1855
Volume 5 of the Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, published September 1, 1941, reported that Shirley Anne Lenzner was graduated with honor June 9, 1941 by North Central College, Napierville, Illinois. Shirley had also accepted a position in the Wayne Public Schools.
Cass City Chronicle
Friday, April 6, 1956
Cass City Area Social and Personal Items
Page Four
Rev. and Mrs. J. Franklin Beck and four sons of Grand Island, N.Y., came Sunday night and visited Mrs. Beck's mother, Mrs. H.F. Lenzner, until Wednesday morning. Mrs. Lenzner accompanied them home to spend a week.
In 1966, while living in Akron, Ohio, she wrote this letter to the editors of the Cass City Chronicle to accompany her subscription renewal:
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Haire,
I am including this personal note, because the experience of subscribing to the Cass City Chronicle is so unique that I cannot let it pass by casually.
By virtue of being born in the bedroom in the apartment just above the "big press", I suppose that since my first moments on earth I have heard the rumble of printing machinery, and have always been sure that a little printers' ink was mixed with my blood.
My first 17 years in Cass City were intertwined with the Chronicle schedule, and I can remember well the various assignments of bringing papers from the folder, labeling, delivering to the post office, writing out liners and subscription renewals, proof-freading, and eventually writing copy.
After school days ans marriage, my physical closeness with the Chronicle naturally ceased, but the weekly issues have followed me and been read regularly in Illinois, New York, and now in Ohio.
When Dad and Mother sold to you folks 15 years ago, it was almost like parting with a member of the family. However, the move was a wise one, and we have all been pleased with the very harmonious way in which the Haire-Lenzner relations have continued since then.
The death of both of my parents wevers my most important ties in Cass City. One cannot easily dismiss sentimental associations that abruptly, however, and there are still many people in Cass City about which I care.
So please apply the enclosed check of $4.00 on our Chronicle subscription for the coming year. I can't say goodbye to that part of my life yet.
Sincerly,
Shirley Lenzer Beck
1040 Oak Tree Rd.
Akron, Ohio 44320
Cass City Chronicle
Wednesday, November 21, 1984
Page Two
Shirley Lenzner Beck, 64, died Sunday, Nov. 11, at her home in Lakeside, Ohio. She was the daughter of Herb and Mollie Lenzner, former owners and publishers of the Chronicle.
Born Feb. 8, 1920, she graduated from Cass City High School.
Shirley is survived by her husband, the Rev. J. Franklin Beck, retired pastor of the United Methodist Chruch in New York and Ohio parishes.
She leaves five sons, several grandchildren and a sister, Phyllis Lenzner Thomas of East Lansing.
Those who wish may send a contribution to the Lakeside United Methodist Church, Lakeside, Ohio 43440, who will share with the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Foundation.
A memorial service was held in the Lakeside United Methodist Church, Sunday, Nov. 18.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2008)
Listed in "Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918 as Leonard Jirousek, born ca 1894, Cleveland. 158 Depot Brigade to 22 Apr 1918; Headquarters Company 330 Infantry to 28 Apr 1918; 158 Depot Brigade to Discharge Corporal 31 July 1918; Sergeant 1 Oct 1918. Honorable discharge 17 Dec 1918.
Kay Rybak discovered, via the Cleveland Necrology File as copied below, that Leonard changed his name from Leonard A. Jirousek to Leonard A. Leonard. She was not able to find the legal documentation, however, to document this name change.
Leonard--Leonard A.; beloved husband of Mary H. (nee Hill); son of John S. and the late Bertha Jirousek, Monday a.m., residence, 15026 Merimeade Dr. Friends may call at The Henry J. Dress Co. Colonial Funeral Home, 15408 Triskett Rd. near Lorain Ave., where service will be held Thursday, Nov. 10, at 1:30 p.m. Interment Evergreen Cemetery.
FindAGrave shows her as a daughter of Barney L LETNEY and Martha E BYRD, and further shows that she and Willie were the parents of Aaron Alexander ALLEN (1920-1965), Delma Adell Allen Herrin (1923----), and Hadley Hugh Allen (1925-1977).
Find A Grave shows that also buried at Pleasant Union Cemteey was LaVerne Level (nee Hade) 1891-1950...and children Marie Belle (1916-1918) and Lester Jr. (1920-1926). It therefore appears that when he married Maude Cramer in 1953, he had been a widower for about three years. There is no burial listed for Maude/Maudy Level at Pleasant Union.
In 1930, the family lived on Cottage Avenue in Baltimore and daughters Ruth and Edith were both working as Stenographers in the tailoring business.
In 1940, Edith and her husband, Art MOSS were living with her parents on Cottage Avenue in Baltinore. Both were working in sales at a department store.
She was shown as Edith Moss on the Social Security Death Index as well.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Naturalization Petitions of the US District Court for the District of Maryland, 1906-1930; Microfilm Roll: 2; Microfilm Serial: M1640 show that on 10 Nov 1910 Reuben Levin, male, petitioned for naturalization in Maryland. He was shown as born in Ponives, Russia on 15 Feb 187o, and his spouse was shown as Roche, and children, Solomon, Ruth, Edith and Tillie. He was a shoemaker, and emigrated from Liverpool, England on 30 September 1903. His residence was 1044 Granby in Baltimore. Witnesses were Louis P. Salganik and Louis Spillman.
Ponives a/k/a Paneve?ys, Poniewesch, Poniewiesh, Panevezhi, Poniewiez, Panevezhis, Paneve?io, and is now in Lithuania, 81.9 miles NNW of Vilnuis.
In 1910, the family were living at 1044 Granby in Baltimore. Reuben and Minnie were both shown of Russian/Polish nativity, with their language shown as Hebrew. He was working as a shoemaker.
In 1920, the family was living on High Street, Baltimore, and Reuben was working as a laborer on a ship yard.
In 1930, the family lived on Cottage Avenue in Baltimore, and Rubin was listed as a Proprietor/Shoemaker. His mother-in-law, 80 year old Yetta SCHMIDT, born in Russia of Russian parents was living with the family.
In 1940, the family was still on Cottage Avenue, and Rueben was working as a shoemaker at home.
His tombstone was inscribed
FATHER
LEVINE
Reuven ben r. Meir Dov
d. 1 Tamuz 5709
Age 80
In 1920, the family was living on High Street, Baltimore, and Solomon and Samuel were both working as bookkeepers, Solomon in a clothing house and Samuel in an underwear manufacturer.
In 1930 he was living on Whitdock Street in Baltimore, with his wife Kitty and one year old daughter, Bernice. He was a manager in a clothing factory.
In 1940 was living with his parents on Cottage Avenue in Baltimore, and listed as a salesman of Ladies Coats. His wife and daughter were not listed in the home.
Whe he registered for the draft in 1942, as Samuel David Levine, his birthplace was shown as Ponevez, Russia, and his employer was Abraham Marcush. He was 5'11" tall, weighing 190, and had blue eyes and black hair, His next of kin was listed as Kitty Levine.
His FindAGrave memorial page shows him as Father of Mrs. Bernice Goverman.
Brother of Mrs. Tillie Solomon, Solomon J. Levine, Mrs. Edith Moss and Ruth Levine.
In 1920, the family was living on High Street, Baltimore, and Solomon and Samuel were both working as bookkeepers, Solomon in a clothing house and Samuel in an underwear manufacturer.
In 1930, Solomon and his wife Sarah were living on Pulaski street in Baltimore with three daughters, Rivie, Mollie and Doris, and his brother-in-law, Isidore Levine, age 21. Solomon was listed as a partner in a Coat Factory, and Isidore (Isreal?) as a shipping clerk at the same factory. Isidore's place of birth was West Virginia, with both parents born in Austria.
On the 1940 census, he and his wife Sarah were living with their three childen, Rone (sic), Mollie and Doris on West Baltimore Street in the city. He was shown as the owner of a liquor store. His highest grade completed was 6th grade.
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014. shows his last residence and benefit as in Randallstown, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
In 1910, Tillie and her family were living at 1044 Granby in Baltimore, At the age of 13, her occupation was listed as "Sheet Finisher at a factory."
In 1920, she was listed in her parents home, on High Street, Baltimore, as Tillie Solomon, married, however Abraham was not shown as present in the home.
From her Find A Grave Memorial Page:
Wife of Abraham Solomon. Mother of Marvin B., Jack. Garrison and Leonard Solomon. Sister of Solomon J. Levine, Mrs. Edith Moss, Miss Ruth Levine and the late Samuel Levine. Also survived by twelve grandchildren.
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.lists her as being born in the Soviet Union to Rubin Levine and Rachel M. Smith.
Obituary, copied from FindAGrave, memorial created by Linda Fourroux
Bessie Lee Maund, 97 of Lake Charles, La died on Tues, Jan 26, 2010, at Lake Charles Care Center in Lake Charles, La. She was born Thurs, March 14, 1912 in Fisher, La. She was the daughter of the late Lonnie Lewing and the late Lizzie Eason Lewing. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Henry Clyde Maund; 5 brothers and 2 sisters. She was a member of the United Pentecost Church of Zwolle.
She is survived by her daughter, Lizzie Belle Hope of Lake Charles, LA; 4 grandchildren; Tracy Stephens & wife Dollie of Lake Charles, LA; Vicki Danos & husband Darryl of Lake Charles, LA; Randy Stephens & wife Gloria of Walker, LA ; Donald Cooper and wife Crystal of Lake Charles, LA; 7 great grandchildren and 4 great great grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
A Funeral service will be at 3 PM on Friday at Warren Meadows Funeral Home Chapel with the Bro. Phillip North officiating. Interment will be in Florien Cemetery, Florien, LA.
The family will receive friends from 5-10 PM on Thursday January 28, 2010, at Warren Meadows Funeral Home, 355 S. Capital Street, Many, La
Memorials for her parents, Lonnie A. Lewing and Elizabeth B. Eason can also be found at FindAGrave
At the time of the 1880 San Augustine Census, Burwell was living in the following household, and making a home for his 11 year old brother, George A.A. Lewis:
O.T. Hanks, enumerator 21-22 Lewis, B.J. W M 28 M Farmer TX MO TX Lewis, E.J. W F 20 Wife M Keeps Home TX MO TX Lewis, A.U. W F 2 Daughter S At home TX TX TX Lewis. A.L. W F 5/12 Daughter S At home TX TX TX Lewis, G.A.A. W M 11 Brother S At Home TX MO TX
Certificate of Birth was filed on August 5, 1913, with the Oklahoma State Health Department, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Registered No. 15723. It shows that Cecil Afton Lewis was born at 3:30 A.M. in Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma to father W.E. Lewis 30 yrs born in Austin, Texas and mother Stella Crouch 19 yrs born in Texas. W.E. was shown as a cook and Stella as a housewife. This is shown as Stella's second child and both are still living. Signed by D.L. Garrett in Altus, Oklahoma
The Sabine County Reporter
July 20, 2011, page 2
July 27, 2011, page 6 (reprinted with headline "Cooper to celebrate 100th"
Local Resident has 100 birth anniversry celebration
Doris Lewis Cooper will celebrate the her 100 birthday on July 30, at the Christian Life Center of the First Baptist Church in Pineland.
She was born on July 30, 1911 in Bleakwood. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Samuel Lewis, who served in the first Texas Congress as representative for what is now Jasper. She lived in Newton County until she was 15 years old. At that time she moved with her family to a farm near Milam. She amrried James (Jim) Cooper in 1932. They had five children: Winona WILSON of Richardson, Jimmie ADDISON of Crowley, Ruth CATES of Fort Worth, Arlon COOPER of Pineland and Doris FISK of Forth Worth.
The family moved to Hemphill in 1951. After all the children graduated from Hemphill High School, the family moved to Fort Worth, she she lives now alone in her own home. Three daughters live near by. She cooks her meals, takes care of herself, and the house. She uses a walker, because of arthritis; otherwise she is in fairly good health.
She has been an active church member most of her life. She loves to play "42" a domino game, and she reads Christian novels.
She did not have a career. She was a housewife, who spent her summers canning the produce the farm provided. She was a wonderful mother to her children. She is grandmother to 11, great grandmother to 22, and great-great grandmother to four. She is favorite aunt to many nieces and nephews.
If you knew her when she lived in Sabine County, or if you knew her children, you are welcome to attend her birthday party from 2 to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 30.
Effie was the daughter of David W. LEWIS of Sangamon County, Illinois and Mollie J. BRIZINDINE. Effie's father was in the 10th Illinois Cavalry. He moved to Arapahoe, Nebraska after the death of his wife.
Effie met her husband John while she was teaching at the Possum Hill School in Tobias. She was lodging with John's uncle, Noah Frankforter.
She was a member of the Eastern Star and Ladies Aide. She was one of the first members of the Milligan Methodist Church. She was also active in the Milligan Library and was president of the Library Board from 1951 to 1956 and served as a librarian for about 15 years. (Milligan, p 271).
The daughter of Theodore Gardner LEWIS and Erie BURT. Eleanor was named for her paternal grandmother, Eleanor WORDEN, but shared a special relationship with her maternal grandmother, Eliza Maria PATTISON. They took a special trip together when she was 5, and she remembered it fondly as an adult. Eleanor was a packrat, and saved all the family memorabilia from all sides of the family, enabling her daughter Jo to use identifiable pictures to illustrate her genealogical work. Jo now has 50+ notebooks filed with family information, much of it saved by her mother.
It appears he had been previously married. Listed with his family in the 1860 San Augustine County, Texas census, he was shown as married to 24 year old Arminta Haggerty. His oldest daughter, Precious, was age 13 (born ca 1847), who was born prior to his marriage to Araminta. His mother-in-law, Melinda Haggerty, is also living with them.
The Sabine County Reporter
December 7, 1994, Page 12
Ivey Lewis
Funeral services for Ivey Lewis, 98, of San Augustine County were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1994 at the Wyman Roberts Funeral Chapel in San Augustine with Bro. W. Mark Birdwell and Bro. Russell DuPlantis officiating. Interment followed at the Redland Cemetery at Chinquapin.
He died at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28, 1994 at Memorial Hospital in San Augustine.
Lewis, a longtime resident of the Chinquapin community, was retired farmer/rancher and civil service worker. He was a World War I veteran and member of the American Legion and VFW Posts.
Survivors: three sons, Harmon Lewis of Broaddus, John Lewis of Huntington, and Grady Lewis of Lafayette, Louisiana; two sisters, Lillian Ealey and Mollie Stokes, both of West Columbus; a brother Lamar Lewis of Kilgore; and two grandchildren.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2009)
1930 Census
Texas, San Augustine, Justice Precinct 4, District 7
Enumerated 30 Apr 1930
ED 203-7 SD 19 Sheet 14B
67-282-288
Lewis, Ivie B Hd R $8 M W 32 M 24 Tx Tx Tx Scaler Log Scale
Lewis, Lee O Wf F W 31 Tx Tx Tx
Lewis, Harmon G Son m W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Lewis, Grady A Son M W 2 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Mrs. Lillian Marie Lewis Ealy, age 93, longtime resident of Chinquapin Community in San Augustine County, and former resident of West Columbia, Texas and having lived presently near her daughter in Tomball, Texas, passed away Thursday, December 11, 2003 in Tomball, Texas. Funeral services were held Sunday, December 14, 2003, at the Loggins-Lewis Homeplace in San Augustine County, Texas with Bro. David BURCHAM officiating. Interment followed in Chinquapin Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. Mrs. EALY was born December 2, 1910 in San Augustine County, Texas to George A LEWIS and Laura Henrietta LOGGINS. She was of the Baptist Faith. Survivors include: daughter, Molly Frances LOVETT of Tomball, Texas; son and daughter-in-law, Doug and Tillie EALY of Flower Mound, Texas; grandsons, Christ LOVETT and wife, Patty Maginnis LOVETT of Oak Ridge, Texas, Michael LOVETT of Pasadena, Texas and Warren EALY of Los Angeles, California; granddaughters; Jamie Lovett MATA and husband, Jose MATA of Spring, Texas; Tommie Lee EALY, Julie EALY and Janice EALY, all of Flower Mound, Texas; three great-grandchildren, Joshua MATA and Julia MATA, both of Spring, Texas and Luke LOVETT of Oak Ridge, Texas. Wyman Roberts Funeral Home, San Augustine, in charge of arrangements.