----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner (Clark County, Wis.) 08/12/1981

Lesar, Frances (1905 - 1981)

Frances Lesar, 76, of Route 1, Willard, Clark County, died at 12:08 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 6, 1981 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield.

Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Aug. 10, at Holy Family Catholic Church, Willard. Rev. James Lesczynski officiated and interment was in the Holy family Cemetery.

An 8 p.m. Prayer Service was conducted on Sunday, Aug. 9.

Frances Lesar was born to the late Frank and Frances (nee Smolc) Lesar on May 8, 1905. She received her education at McKinley School at Gorman, Wis.

She worked in Chicago, returning to Willard around 1940. She lived on the home farm until 1969 in the Town of Hendren. For the past eight years she has been living in Willard. She was never married.

She was a member of Holy family Catholic Church and the KSKJ 147 Slovanian Lodge.

Surviving her are three sisters, Miss Mary Lesar, Miss Agnes Lesar and Miss Anna Lesar, all of Willard, and one brother, Louie Lesar of Ely, Minn.

Serving as pallbearers were all nephews, Louis, Nick, Donald, James and Dean Lesar and John Erickson. Rinka Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

She was preceded in death by her parents three brothers and two sisters in infancy.

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Obit: Lesar, Frances #2 (1905-1981)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson
Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Lesar

---Source: Marshfield News-Herald (7 August 1981)

Lesar, Frances T. (8 May 1905 - 6 August 1981)

WILLARD -- Frances T. Lesar, 76, Route 1, died Thursday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield.

Services will be Monday at Holy Family Catholic Church, in Willard, the Rev. James Lesczynski officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Rinka Funeral Home in Greenwood.

Miss Lesar was born May 8, 1905 in Ely, Minnesota. She attended McKinley School at Gorman and worked in Chicago for many years. She returned to Willard in 1940 where she lived on a farm in the town of Hendren. The past eight years she spent in Willard.

She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and KSKJ Slovanian Lodge 47.

She is survived by three sisters, Mary, Agnes and Anna Lesar, all of Willard; and one brother, Louie of Ely, Minnesota.

She was predeceased by four brothers and two sisters in infancy.