Leo Thomas Waters 1900-1997

WATERS, TOBIN, TODD

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 11/22/2011 at 22:45:41

Leo Waters
Estherville – Services for Leo Thomas Waters, 92, of Estherville will be Thursday, October 8 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church with Father Tom Topf as presider. Interment will be in St. Patrick’s Cemetery. He died on October 5 at Holy Family Hospital.

Friend may visit after 4:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home. Legion of Mary Rosary will be at 4:00 p.m. and Parish Vigil Service at 7:30 p.m., both Wednesday at the funeral home.

He was born on July 29, 1900 in Postville, the son of Thomas and Cora Belle (Todd) Waters. He graduated from Estherville High School in 1919 and had one year of college in California. He married Louise Ann Tobin on January 7, 1925 in Fairmont, Minn. He was employed by Sconberg and Kilgore Grocery and Hardware in Estherville, then worked for the postal service from 1931 until his retirement in 1961. The couple made their home in Estherville and also owned and operated the Dancing Waters Resort on Hand Lake, Minn. He also taught square and round dancing. He was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church and the Bustle Rustlers Square Dancing Club.

He is survived by his wife, one son; John Waters of Rapid City, S.D., one brother; Vern Waters of Plymouth, Minn., seven grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, and seven sisters. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, October 7, 1997)