LEITNER, Alfred William

LEITNER, FLETCHER, MARSHALL, STITTS

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 6/15/2013 at 13:37:44

Alfred William Leitner, 76, Clear Lake, died Wednesday, April 6, 2005, at his
home in Clear Lake.

A Funeral Mass was held Saturday, April 9, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church,
Clear Lake, with Msgr. Robert Hogan officiating. Burial was in the Clear Lake
Cemetery.

Alfred William Leitner was born on Dec. 21, 1928, in Peoria, Ill., the son of
Ignatious Henry and Mable Caroline (Fletcher) Leitner. He attended and
received his education in the Peoria schools. He was inducted into the U.S.
Army on May 22, 1946, in Chicago, Ill. He was a member of the 994th Material
Squadron during World War II and was awarded the World War II Victory Medal and
the Army of Occupation Medal Japan. He was honorably discharged as PFC on May
24, 1947, at Camp Stoneman, Calif. Alfred worked in the steel mills in Peoria
before moving to Moline, Ill., and worked as a ticket agent for Braniff Airlines
until 1956 when the family moved to Clear Lake where Alfred was the manger for
Ozark Airlines for 30 years until his retirement.

He was united in marriage to Clara Jane Marshall on June 14, 1952, in Moline,
Ill.

Alfred enjoyed tinkering with lawn mowers and small engines, and visiting with
family and friends, but his great love and enjoyment was his wife, family,
grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

He was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Clear Lake.

Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Clara Jane Leitner, of Clear Lake; his
children, Christiana Stitts, of Mason City, Lisa Leitner Calaway and her
husband, Jerry, of Minneapolis, Minn., Regina Bartling, of Iowa Falls, Iowa,
and Rachael Leitner Smith and special friend, Gary Laurents, of Bossier City,
La.; 12 grandchildren, Deryck, Felisa, Robert, Timothy, Ben, Alexis, Jayna,
Stephen, Hayley, Michele, Mary Beth, and Stevi; 16 great-grandchildren; two
brothers, Leo Leitner and his wife, Mary, Phil Leitner and his wife, Vera, all
of Peoria; two sisters, Ceceila Hauk and Dolly Ingersoll, both of Peoria as well
as other relatives and many friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two sons, Alfred Timothy "Elf" and
Stephen Leitner; and three brothers, Richard, Bob, and Rapheal Leitner.