Leonard Joseph Panther 1879 - 1974

PANTHER, DUNCENGER, VORWERK

Posted By: Deb (email)
Date: 7/9/2012 at 08:33:56

Leonard Panther, 95, of Davenport, a Kingston native, died Friday morning, January 11, at the Kahl Home for the Aged here.

He was born July 17, 1878, in Kingston, the son of Alphonsus and Elizabeth Duncenger Panther. He married Bertha Vorwerk in Dodgeville January 29, 1908; she died April 15, 1943. He was a retired farmer and had worked at the Pauli Florist shop in Davenport.

Surviving: Two daughters, Mrs. Charles Grabbe, Davenport, and Mrs. Allen Estille, Jessup; five sons, Ervin, Rock Island, Illinois, William, Houston, Texas, Paul, Burlington, Howard, West Branch, and Louis, Rockford, Illinois; and 21 grandchildren.

Funeral: 11:30 a.m. Monday, St. Mary Catholic church, Dodgeville; St. Mary cemetery. The body will remain at the Halligan-McCabe funeral home in Davenport until Monday. Rosary: 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.