Obit: Afkind, Leona (1910-1981)
Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson
Email:
kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Afkind, Spangler, Dietrich, Johnson, Casey
---Source: Marshfield News-Herald (26 October 1981)
Afkind, Leona A. (10 July 1910 - 25 October 1981)
NEILLSVILLE -- Mrs. Donald O. (Leona A.) Afkind, 71, of Route 3, died following
a long illness, Sunday at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, where she was
admitted Wednesday.
Services have been set for Wednesday at Gesche Funeral Home, burial to follow in
Neillsville City Cemetery.
Mrs. Afkind, the former Leona Spangler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence (Anna
Dietrich) Spangler, was born July 10, 1910 at Jefferson, where she was educated.
She worked in Janesville for several years and after she and Donald O. Afkind
were married August 10, 1935 in Rockford, Illinois, they remained in Janesville
a few years.
They then moved to various places while he did construction work. Twenty-seven
years ago the Afkinds began farming in the town of Weston, Clark Count, where
they since resided.
Surviving besides her husband are two daughters, Miss Rosemary Afkind,
Neillsville, and Mrs. Vernon (Helen) Johnson, Taylor; a sister, Mrs. Catherine
Casey of Janesville; a brother, James Spangler, Janesville; and four
grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her parents and three brothers.
© Every submission is protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.
Show your appreciation of this freely provided information by not copying it to any other site without our permission.
Become a Clark County History Buff
|
|
A site created and
maintained by the Clark County History Buffs
Webmasters: Leon Konieczny, Tanya Paschke, Janet & Stan Schwarze, James W. Sternitzky,
|