- Leona Lemberger, age 83, a former Whitelaw resident, now residing at St Mary's Home, Manitowoc, died Monday afternoon, Oct. 20, 1997, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, October 23, 1997 at St Michael Catholic Church, Whitelaw. Rev Richard Heyman will officiate at the Mass of Christian Burial with internment at St Mary's Cemetery, Clarks Mills. Leona was born July 2, 1914, in the Town of Cato, daughter of the late Blasius and Mary Pritzl Riederer. She was educated at St Mary's School, Clarks Mills. She owned and operated Lemberger Beauty Shop in Whitelaw until her retirement, She married Harold I Lemberger on Nov. 23, 1955, at Holy Innocents Catholic Church, Manitowoc. Harold preceded her in death on February 21, 1988. Leona was a member of St Michael Catholic Church, the Christian Mother's, and Altar Society of the Church. Surviving children include Marilyn and Bill Weier, Saegertown, Pennsylvania, Bob and Sue Lemberger, Manitowoc, Dick and Marcia Lemberger, Two Rivers, Lynn Lemberger, Fond Du Lac, and Mark and Bonnie Lemberger, Broomfield, Colorado; 14 grand-childen; 11 great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Theresa Wallander and Mary Zipperer-Remiker; five brothers, Bernard, Edward, Jack, August and Robert Riederer; and a great-grandson, Michael Dallas. Relatives and friends may call from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday at Reinbold and Pfeffer Family Funeral Home, Kellnersville, and on Thursday from 8:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. at the funeral home. A rosary will be prayed on Wednesday evening at 7:45 p.m. by Father Heyman.
TOD: OBIT - MHTR - Leona Riederer Lemberger - fr Agnes Birringer 2/98
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1914 - 1997 (83 years)
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