Leuenberger, Clinton 1922 - 2002

LEUENBERGER, FREY, SILHACEK, KLEVE, STOCK, MARTIN, SHINDELAR, WALKER

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 12/30/2014 at 00:58:38

Cedar Rapids Gazette, Tues., 12 Nov. 2002.

Soillville- Clinton Leuenberger, 80, died Sunday, Nov. 10, 2002, in his home following a short illness. Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, St. John's Catholic Church, Fort Atkinson, by the Rev. John Moser. Burial: St. Wenceslaus Catholic Cemetery, Spillville. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Chekal Chapel, Fort Atkinson, with a rosary at 4 p.m. and Scripture service at 7:30 p.m.

Survivors include his wife, Mary; three daughters, Sharon Kleve of Calmar, Anita Stock of Altoona and JoAnn Martin of Louisville, Ky.; a son, Jim of Shawano, Wis.; and two sisters, Arlene Shindelar of Le Claire and Marjorie Walker of Rockford.

Added by Joy Moore March 1, 2019
Source: Times Plain Dealer; Nov. 30, 2002 Page A-3
from Elma library collection assembled by Marian (Marr) McGee
Transcribed by Joy Moore

Services held for C. Leuenberger
Funeral services for Clinton Leuenberger of Spillville were held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 14 at St. Johns Catholic Church in Fort Atkinson with Rev. John Moser officiating. Interment was in St. Wenceslaus Catholic Cemetery in Spillville. Chekal Funeral Home handled the arrangements.
Clinton, 80, died Sunday, November 10, 2002 at his home following a short illness.
Clinton Monroe Leuenberger was born July 8, 1922, the son of Monroe and Amelia (Frey) Leuenberger on the family farm near Fort Atkin¬son. He attended Fort Atkinson Public Schools, graduating in
1942.
On September 18, 1944 he married Mary Silhacek at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Spillville. They farmed all of their lives and retired in the early 1990s and moved to Spillville. Clinton had one of the top Guernsey dairy herds in the state of Iowa. In 1981, he received the Iowa distinguished Dairyman Award; in 1989 he was named the Winneshiek County Pioneer Dairyman; in 1996 was named the Iowa Pioneer Guernsey Breeder and had been a member of the National Dairy Shrine since 1975. He served on the Winneshiek County Extension Foundation and was a 4-H leader for 25 years. He also served on the REC Board of Directors for over 30 years and served as secretary for a majority of those years.
He was a member of St. Johns Catholic Church in Fort Atkinson and a longtime choir member.
He loved to golf and also enjoyed playing his guitar.
He is survived by his wife Mary of Spillville; three daughters: Sharon Kleve of Calmar, Anita Stock of Altoona, and JoAnn Martin of Louisville, KY; one son: Jim of Shawano, WI; 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two sisters: Arlene Shindelar of LeClaire and Marjorie Walker of Rockford.
Clinton was preceded in death by an infant daughter; his parents; and one brother: Carl.

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