MARCKS, Leone Wilhelmine Henriette (Braun) 1907-1991

MARCKS, BRAUN, HARTWIG, SCHMARZO, RUECHEL, HANNA, FOTH, SISKOW

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 2/29/2008 at 19:32:26

Funeral Services for Leone Marcks, 84, who died May 6 [1991] were held Thursday, May 9 at Schroeder and Sites Funeral Home with the Rev. N.E. Betke officiating.

Leone Wilhelmine Henriette Braun Marcks, daughter of William and Minnie Schultz Braun, was born February 15, 1907 at Bolan in Worth County.

She was baptized into the Christian faith on March 17, 1907 at Immanuel Lutheran Church of Grafton by the Rev. C. Landdeck with Wilhelmine Braun, Henrietta Hartwig and Frank Braun as her sponsors.

She confirmed her baptismal vows March 28, 1920 at Grafton, having been instructed by Pastor Landdeck.

She grew up in the Bolan area and as a young lady worked at the Klindt Hotel in St. Ansgar. November 25, 1925 she married W.E. Marcks and later divorced. This union was blessed with two daughters. She lived in St. Ansgar all her life and loved music and encouraged it in her children. She enjoyed her family, with crocheting and fishing as her hobbies.

Leone is survived by two daughters, Mrs. James (Geneva) Hanna of Osage and Mrs. Ken (Doris) Schmarzo of Charles City; five grandchildren: Michael Hanna of Storm Lake; Suzette Ruechel Blakestad of Shelby; Allen Ruechel of Clear Water, Fla.; Julie Hanna Foth of Cedar Falls; and Bill Schmarzo of Cincinnati, Ohio; 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Lyle (Pearl) Christy of Austin, Minn. and Mrs. Bill (Wilma) Siskow of Dougherty.

She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and one sister.

Burial was in the St. Ansgar Cemetery.

[St. Ansgar Enterprise, St. Ansgar, Iowa 16 MAY 1991]