Leo "Buck" Schlitter - 1914-1999

SCHLITTER, CAHOON, THOMPSON, BURKE, SWANSON, MELSHA, LINVILLE, VALLEY, LETTERMAN, ELLIS, GENZ

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 6/23/2011 at 17:18:03

SOURCE: Waukon, Iowa WAUKON STANDARD - October 13, 1999
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Schlitter Family Researcher)

Leo "Buck" Schlitter, age 84, passed away September 26, 1999 at his home in Aurora, Colorado. The family conducted a private service. He was born October 10, 1914 in Linton Township, Sixteen, Allamakee County, Iowa to Otto A. and Pearl (Cahoon) Schlitter. He served in the United States Army from 1941 until 1944. On May 21, 1966 he married Marcy K. Thompson in Denver, Colorado. Leo worked most of his life as a stationary engineer.

He was preceded in death by his parents, 3 brothers, Raymond Schlitter, Harold Schlitter, and Henry Schlitter and 4 sisters, Laura Valley, Hazel Letterman, Dorothy Ellis, and Carrie Genz.

Leo is survived by his wife, Marcy, 2 sons, William Schlitter and James Schlitter, all of Aurora, Colorado and daughter Kathy Burke of Denver, Colorado; 4 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren; a brother, Fred "Fritz" Schlitter of Bettendorf, Iowa, and 3 sisters, Bertha Swanson of Muscatine, Iowa, Agnes Melsha of Davenport, Iowa, and Lena Linville of Monona, Iowa in addition to many nieces and nephews.