SCHLEUSNER, Leo R. 1905-1953

SCHLEUSNER, VONDRACEK, SULENTIC, JOHNSON, ROSS

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 7/2/2013 at 11:45:50

Leo Schleusner and Henry Ahrenholz die

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Leo Schleusner, 47, and Henry O. Ahrenholz, 31, were severely burned Wednesday when a fuel oil drum exploded while Schleusner was welding: it. Fire Chief Ray Tiller said fuel oil vapors still in the drum apparently ignited from the heat of the welding torch, causing the flash fire which burned the men.

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OBITUARY-

Leo R. Schleusner

Funeral services for Schleusner, who died Thursday afternoon at St. Francis hospital, have been tentatively set for Monday morning. The body will remain at O'Keefe & Towne Funeral home until 2 p. m. Sunday when it will be taken to the family residence at 1018 Sycamore St.

Leo R. Schleusner was born March 11, 1905 at Garner, the son of Herman and Minnie Schleusner. He married Anna Vondracek November 26, 1926, at Duncan. Following their marriage, the couple moved to Waterloo where he began work as a welder. In 1930 Mr. Schleusner opened his own business at 221 E. 6th St. He moved to the present location of the firm at 1018 Sycamore St. in 1940.

Mr. Schleusner was a member of St. Joseph's, Catholic church and the Holy Name Society.

He is survived by his mother Mrs. George Hull, Garner; his wife; two daughters, Miss Beatrice, at home, and Mrs. Don Sulentic of Cedar Palls; one brother, Frank of Evansdale; two sisters, Mrs. Kenneth Johnson of Manly, and Mrs. Dell Ross of Clarion, and one grandson.

He was preceded in death by his father.

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Friday, August 14, 1953]
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2nd Victim
of Welding
Blast Dies

Henry Oscar Ahrenholz, 31, of 2101 Burton Ave., who suffered severe burns Wednesday when a fuel oil drum exploded while it was being welded, died at 6:23 a. m. Monday at Allen Memorial hospital from the effects of his injuries.

Ahrenholz and Leo Schleusner, 48, who died Thursday afternoon, both suffered second and third degree burns when the drum which Schleusner was welding for Ahrenholz, exploded.

Funeral services were Monday morning for Schleusner, who operated the Waterloo Welding Co. at 1018 Sycamore St. Ahrenholz was the operator of a fuel, oil tank truck route.

Funeral services for Ahrenholz have been set for 2:30 p. m. Wednesday at Western Avenue Gospel hall. Burial will be in the Midwest Garden of Memories.

Henry Oscar Ahrenholz was born Nov. 9, 1921, at Stout, la., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ahrenholz. On Jan. 12, 1946, he married Catherine Hollopeter in Waterloo He owned the Ahrenholz Concrete Block Co. and had an oil company franchise. He had been a resident of Waterloo for the past 21 years. He was in the navy for two years during World War II, the last year and a half in the Naval air corps. He was a member of Western Avenue Gospel hall, the Chamber of Commerce and the Farm Bureau.

He is survived by his wife; two daughters, Janice Kay and Mary Anne; a son, David Henry; three brothers, Andrew of 1312 Forrest Ave.; Marian, 1557 Hawthorne Ave., and Donald, 515 Mitchel Ave.; a sister, Mrs. Albert Nesbil of 727 Johnson; his parents of 515 Mitchell Ave.; a grandmother, Mrs Mary Ahrenholz of New Hartford and a grandfather, Henry Oudekurk, of Albert Lea, Minn.

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Monday, August 17, 1953]

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