Children of LAURA WICHMANN and ELMER LEISTEKOW are:
IRMA LEISTEKOW Born Private. She was married MILES A. COTTER, on Private. He was born May 16, 1920 in Town of Trenton, Dodge County, Wisconsin; died
February 5, 1997 in Waupun Christian Home, Waupun, Dodge County, Wisconsin.
ELDA LEISTEKOW, born Private. She married ROBERT MILES, on Private. He was born Private.
RUTH LEISTEKOW, born Private. She married WALTER HART, on Private. He was born Private.
LOLA LEISTEKOW, born Private. She married ??? JOHNSON, on Private. He was born Private.
GORDON LEISTEKOW, born WFT Est 1900-1943; died WFT Est 1922-1990. He married DONNA ??? on Private. She was born Private.
DELORES LEISTEKOW, born Private.
HOWARD LEISTEKOW, born May 7, 1920 in Randolph, Wisconsin; died January 16, 1992 in Hillside Hospital, Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin. He married MARY PATYNEK, on Private. She was born Private.
Laura M. Leistekow, 83, Randolph, died July 27 at Lakeview Nursing Home.
The funeral will be July 30 at 2 p.m. at
Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church. Randolph, the Rev. Walter Goers officiating.
Burial will be at the Randolph Cemetery.
Mrs. Leistekow was born Sept. 18, 1897 In the Township of Westford, the daughter of Charles and Marie Wichmann. She married Elmer Leistekow May 16, 1918 in Randolph.
Survivors Include her husband; two sons, Howard, Rt. 3. Beaver Dam; Gordon, Beaver Dam; four daughters. Irma Cotter, Waupun; Elda Mills, LaCrosse; Ruth Matuszeskl. Juneau; Lola Kempfer, Wild Rose; 15 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters and five brothers.
Elmer Ewald Leistekow. 92, Rt. 3, Beaver Dam, died March 2. The funeral was March 6 at
Frieden's Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Randolph. Rev. Walter Goers Jr. officiated. Burial was in Randolph Cemetery.
Leistekow was born Feb. 5, 1892 in Manchester Township, the son of William and Emma Leistekow. He married Laura Wichmann May 16,1918 in Randolph. He was a World War I veteran.
Survivors include two sons, Howard, Rt. 3. Beaver Dam, Gordon, Beaver Dam:
four daughters, Irma Cotter, Waupun. Elda Mills,
La Crosse, Ruth Matuszeski, Juneau, Lola Johnson, Almond; 15 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife and a brother.
WAUPUN - Miles A. Cotter, 76, of 315 Bly St., Waupun, died Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1997 at the Christain Home, Waupun.
The funeral was Thursday, Feb. 6, at the Pella Lutheran Church, Waupun. The Rev. James Herbolsheimer officated. Burial was in Highland Memory Gardens, town of Trenton.
Mr. Cotter was born May 16, 1920, in the town of Trenton, son of Miles and Hannah (Sommers) Cotter. He was married to Irma Leistekow on Aug. 20, 1949 in Randolph.
He was a forman at Mid State Shoe Company in Waupun, and later worked at Central State Hospital in Waupun as a graud. He was a member of Pella Lutheran Church, where he had been an elder and on the board of trustees. He also served in the Army Air Force in Ehgland during World War II from 1943 to 1946.
Survivors include his wife, Irma Cotter of Waupun; one sister-in-law, Dorothy Cotter of Waupun; and one niece, Caroline (Dave) Appleget of Waupun.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Lucille Cotter; and one brother, James Cotter.
Friends called on Thursday, Feb. 6, at the church.
Kohls Community Funeral Home, Waupun, is served the family.
