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On October 17, 1872, Mr. Lehman was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Ricketts Whaley, widow of Judge Charles H. Whaley, who died in Columbus in 1869. Charles H. and Elizabeth Whaley had two sons: George and Charles H.
George and Elizabeth Ricketts Whaley Lehman had three sons and one daughter: William, Lester, and Fred, all deceased; and Clara, Mrs. Arthur M. Gray of Columbus. Their grandson, Arthur M. Gray, Jr., last manager of the Thurston Hotel, died in 1946. Their granddaughter, Lucille Gray, is Mrs. William H. Cadwell of Evanston, Illinois. A great granddaughter, Carol Gray Cadwell, was born October 14, 1934. Elizabeth Ricketts Whaley Lehman died in Columbus March 31, 1919.
In 1890 Mr. Lehman sold the Grand Pacific and leased the Thurston Hotel at the northeast corner of Thirteenth and North Streets, now Twenty-fifth Avenue. He later purchased the building and added the east and north wings, and was active in the management of the hotel until his death.
When the Oregon short line was built in the 1880's, Mr. Lehman took a contract to furnish the meal service for construction gangs. His family, who accompanied him to the west, lived in a private car along the line of the work.
During the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893, while retaining his Columbus interests, Mr. Lehman formed a partnership with Will Rosa of Chicago, and built and operated the Windsor Park Hotel, ten blocks from the exposition grounds.
In 1871-72, he served as sheriff of Platte County, and represented his ward on the city council from 1897 to 1901. He also served on the board of education for many years.
Active in the hotel business in Nebraska for forty-nine years, Mr. Lehman was among the first presidents of the State Association of Hotel Men. He was a member of Baker Post No. g, Grand Army of the Republic, and the Grace Episcopal Church.
William H. Lehman was born in Columbus August 8, 1876, and died April 21, 1913. He was the youngest son of George and Elizabeth Ricketts Lehman. He had one sister, Clara, Mrs. A. M. Gray; and two half-brothers, George and Charles Whaley.
He received his preliminary education in the public schools of Columbus. He then went to the State University. Above average as a student, he completed the regular five-year course in four years.
His home from boyhood was in the hotels operated by his father, first in the old Grand Pacific and then, for two decades, in the Thurston. The latter was operated by his father until 1918.
William Lehman's hotel life brought him in touch with many prominent men of the state and nation. It has been said of him that he had personal acquaintance with more traveling men than any other person of his years in the West.
He was one of the earliest members of the Columbus Elks and was an honorary member of the Columbus Volunteer Fire Department.
He attended the Grace Episcopal Church.
Fred A. LeMar, M.D., was born December 3, 1874, at Mercer County, Illinois, and died January 1, 1947, in Columbus, Nebraska. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. LeMar, he came to Nebraska with his parents in 1887 and located on a farm in Saunders County. A few years later the family moved to Wahoo, Nebraska, where Fred attended the Wahoo schools. He was graduated from Wahoo High School, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, and from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine at Omaha with the Doctor of Medicine Degree. He was a general practitioner at Waverly and Newman Grove, and later at Humphrey.
In 1930, Doctor LeMar took special training in ear, eye, nose and throat work in New York City. He was on the staff of the Roosevelt Hospital there.
In 1931, he opened an office in the Central National Bank Building in Columbus. During the fifteen years he practiced there he was a member of the staffs of St. Mary's Hospital and the Lutheran Hospital.
Fred A. LeMar, M.D. was twice married. His first wife was Miss Olive Dobson, whom he married June 1, 1904. They had one son, George. Olive Dobson LeMar died in the early 1900's.
On January 31, 1927, he was married to Miss Rose Alderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Alderson, pioneers in the Humphrey vicinity. Rose Alderson LeMar was the principal of the Humphrey High School for several years.
In World War I, Doctor LeMar served in the United States Medical Corps as a captain. At the end of his service he was promoted to the rank of major.
The LeMars were members of the Federated Church in Columbus. Doctor LeMar held memberships in the Masons, Rotary Club, and Hartman Post No. 84 of the American Legion. He was for several years a member of the Humphrey Board of Education.
George D. LeMar was born in Humphrey, Nebraska, in 1905. He is the son of Fred A. LeMar, M.D. and Olive Dobson LeMar, and the grandson of C. M. LeMar, a former prominent Platte County Democrat. His mother died when he was a small boy.
George LeMar attended the Humphrey schools and was graduated from the Kemper Military Academy in Missouri. He then attended the University of Nebraska, where he received his Degree of Bachelor of Arts. He next went to Washington, D.C., where he was employed by the government.
George LeMar married Miss Annette Hover of Washington, D.C. They live in Detroit, Michigan.
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Herman Lemp, well-known Butler Township farmer, was born at Duncan, Nebraska, March 2, 1893. His parents were Frederick and Anna Tanner Lemp, of Bern, Switzerland. Frederick died in February, 1901, at Duncan. Anna Lemp was born at Bern, Switzerland, August 8, 1863.
Herman Lemp had three sisters: Ida, Mrs. George Tiaden, Sr.; Minnie, Mrs. Hector Blaser, Jr.; and Louise Lemp Oppliger. A brother, Fred, died April 26, 1944, at Duncan.
Herman Lemp has always lived near Duncan. He attended school in District 37, and in World War I spent fifteen months in the United States Navy on overseas duty at Paullic, France. He made three trips on soldier transports across the Atlantic.
On October 7, 1922, he was married in Columbus to Miss Lydia Boehler, daughter of August and Caroline Boehler, natives of Switzerland. They were the first couple to be married in the new Gruetli Church. Mrs. Lemp had one brother, August Boehler, and one sister, Mrs. Alfred Gerig, both in Switzerland. Her mother died there in August, 1947.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lemp had six children: Lucille, Mrs. Robert Killham, born September 24, 1923; Doris, born October 21, 1929; Harold, born October 6, 1931; Kenneth, born June 17, 1934; Herman, Jr., born January 27, 1936; and Donald, born October 6, 1939. All attended school in District 8.
In 1927 Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lemp went to Paris, France, to attend the National American Legion convention, later visiting Mrs. Lemp's family in Switzerland. In October, 1947, they celebrated their Silver Wedding Anniversary.
The Herman Lemp family are members of the Gruetli Evangelical Reformed Church.
Arnold Lemp, veteran Loup Township farmer, was born in Roggwil, Canton Bern, Switzerland, October 1, 1868. His parents, Gottlieb and Rosina Geiser Lemp, were also born at Roggwil. Gottlieb, who brought his family to Platte County from Switzerland in June, 1871, was born in 1839 and died February 12, 1912. Rosina Lemp was born in 1844 and died April 12, 1924, in Platte County.
Arnold Lemp was one of five children. Albert resides in Omaha. Rose, Mrs. Ernest Rupp, lives in Columbus. Wilhelmina, who was married to Louis Hurner of Carlton, Oregon, and Mary, who was married to John Blaser, are deceased.
Arnold Lemp attended Rural School District 37. He was married to Mrs. Anna Boehler Schneider, daughter of Jacob and Louise Ehrsam Boehler, August 15, 1913, at Aarwangen, Canton Bern, Switzerland. Mr. Lemp had one step-daughter, Mrs. Louisa Triess. Mrs. Treiss was born at Gerlafingen, Switzerland, September 4., 1902.
Mr. Lemp is a member of the Democratic Party. The family are members of the Gruetli Reformed Church in Loup Township.
Frederick Walter Leonard, Doctor of Dental Surgery, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, September 21, 1892. He came to Columbus, Nebraska, June 19, 1915, and is the son of Charles Edward and Margaret Schabert Leonard. Charles E., a railroad employee, was born October 2, 1866, in Taunton, Massachusetts. Margaret Leonard was born January 8, 1866, at St. Peter, Minnesota, and died June 9, 1909, in St. James, Minnesota.
Doctor F. W. Leonard had four brothers and one sister: J. Theodore, a salesman; Margaret Marie, a housewife; John E., a doctor of dental surgery; Herbert E., who died about 1904; and C. Francis, who died in Denver, Colorado, January 20, 1940
F. W. Leonard was graduated from St. James High School. He attended Creighton University in Omaha, and was graduated in 1915 from the Creighton School of Dentistry with his Degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. On June 15, 1915, he came to Columbus and bought the office equipment of Doctor Solomon.
Doctor F. W. Leonard has practiced continuously since 1915 in the Schweser Store Building, known as the Friedhof Building.
On January 8, 1916, at Lamberton, Minnesota, he was married to Miss Cecilia A. Seifert, daughter of Peter and Catherine Woratschka Seifert. Peter Seifert was born in 1870 at New Ulm, Minnesota, and died January 8, 1934, at Lamberton, Minnesota. He was a hardware store owner. Catherine Woratschka Seifert was born at New Ulm, Minnesota, in 1876.
Mrs. Leonard had two sisters and one brother. Edward Seifert has an insurance agency, and Carolyn is a housewife. Loretta died at Boulder, Colorado, January 15, 1932.
Doctor F. W. Leonard is a member of the Knights of Columbus, B.P.O.E. (Elks), American Dental Association, Nebraska State Dental Association, North Nebraska Dental Association, and the Columbus Dental Society. He is a Democrat.
The Leonards are members of St. Bonaventure's Catholic Church.
Isadore Edward Levine, known as "I. E.," is the son of Henry N. and Bernice Braverman Levine, natives of Russia. Henry Levine was the founder of the Levine Store, in Columbus. I. E. Levine had four brothers: Jacob, Sol, Abram, and Louis, and one sister, Anne, Mrs. A. A. Svislowsky. Louis and Abram are deceased. The Levine Family came to Columbus in 1907.
On August 4, 1933, at Geneva, Illinois, I. E. Levine was married to Laura Leona Sparks, the daughter of W. K. and Mary Ann Casey Sparks. Mr. Sparks was born in Kentucky, and Mrs. Sparks was born in Missouri. Laura Leona Sparks Levine has one sister.
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Isadore and Leona Sparks Levine have one daughter, Ardis Ann, born October 31, 1936, in Columbus.
in 1907, Henry N. Levine opened "The Chicago Store" in Columbus. It was the first name of what is now the Levine Brothers Store. The first store was located at 2513 Eleventh Street. At that time Jacob and Abram Levine were in business with their father.
In 1909, the corporation was changed to Levine and Svislowsky, but the store retained its name. In 1919, Jacob, Sol, and Isadore Levine bought out the Svislowsky interest and changed the name of the store to Levine Brothers. It has operated under that name since that time.
In March, 1932, Levine's Store was moved to its present location, in the building formerly occupied by the J. H. Galley Dry Goods Store.
On March 6, 1945, the Levine Brothers bought the Irene Shoppe, located at 2510 Thirteenth Street, from Ben and Irene Teller. I. E. Levine is the manager of this shop, which handles women's ready-to-wear.
Mr. Levine is a member of the Elks, the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, and the American Legion. He was in active service during World War I.
Mrs. Levine was formerly a dramatic teacher at Kramer High School. She is a past president of the Columbus Woman's Club, has been active in many local civic projects. She was elected a member of the Board of Education in 1949.
Ferdinand Liebig, son of Adolph, Sr. and Mary Schumacher Liebig, farmers of Platte County, was born September 22, 1911, at Platte Center, Nebraska. He had five brothers and five sisters: Violinda, Mrs. William Ebner; Evelyn, Mrs. Lawrence Dollershell; Elizabeth, Mrs. Bert Egger; Adolph, Jr., Reverend Carroll Liebig, and Margie, Lillian, David, and Marcel. Sylvester died in infancy.
Ferdinand Liebig attended school in District 11 and St. Joseph's School at Platte Center.
On January 1, 1940, he was married to Germaine P. Bender, daughter of Simon P. and Sabina Abler Bender, at St. Francis Church at Humphrey, Nebraska. Simon Bender, a farmer, was born October 2, 1887, in Humphrey Township. Sabina E. Abler Bender was born in Missouri. Mrs. Liebig had seven brothers and two sisters: Mildred, Mrs. Martin Werner; and LaVern, Melvin, Eileen, Mard and David. Three brothers died in infancy. Mard died May 30, 1939.
Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Liebig had three children: Mark Carroll, born January 5, 1941; Lois Ann, born December 5, 1943; and Dale Martin, born April 11, 1945. Dale died January 3, 1947. The children attended school in District 4.
Mr. Liebig, a farmer, has held the position of Moderator for School District 4 for ten years. The Liebig family are members of St. Joseph's Catholic Church of Platte Center.
Louis Lightner, District Judge of the Sixth Judicial District of Nebraska for twenty-five years, was born November 22, 1877, at Nauvoo, Illinois. The son of William and Louise Brayshaw Lightner, he came to Platte County in May of 1882 to make his home in Joliet Township with Hanson and Helen Lightner Elliott.
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Louis Lightner received his early education in the schools of Platte County. He then attended the University of Nebraska, and in 1904 received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Law School. On July 5, 1904, he opened a law office in Columbus. About January 1, 1907, he entered into partnership with former Chief Justice John J. Sullivan and James G. Reeder in the firm of Sullivan, Reeder & Lightner. In 1912, Mr. Sullivan retired from the firm and J. G. Reeder and Louis Lightner continued their practice under the name of Reeder & Lightner. During the tenure of his private practice, Mr. Lightner held the position of City Attorney in Columbus many times. On September 8, 1923, after the death of Judge A. M. Post, he was appointed District Judge of the Sixth Nebraska District which includes Platte, Dodge, Colfax, Merrick, Nance, and Boone Counties. Judge Louis Lightner served in that capacity until January 1, 1949.
After his voluntary retirement from the office of judge of the Sixth Judicial District, he formed a law partnership with Wilbur Johnson and established a private practice. His office is in the Central National Bank Building.
On July 31, 1907, he was married to Miss Margaret Griffith at Liberty, Missouri. They have a daughter, Mary Ann, who attended the Columbus city schools, Lindenwood College at St. Charles, Missouri, and Doane College at Crete, Nebraska. Mary Ann is married to Robert Lofton.
During the Spanish American War, Louis Lightner served with the United States Army from April to December, 1898. He received his military training in the United States and saw action near Manila in the Philippine Islands. He is a member of the United Spanish War Veterans.
In addition to his practice of law and his service on the District Bench, Judge Lightner has distinguished himself before the Nebraska bar by his legal writings. He is the author. of "Lightner's Cyclopedia of Nebraska Forms," a three volume work containing four thousand legal forms commonly used by Nebraska lawyers and
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businessmen. He wrote "The Life of John J. Sullivan," which appeared in the Nebraska Law Bulletin, and is author of a number of opinions of the Nebraska Supreme Court, published in Nebraska reports.
Judge Lightner is a member of the Wayside Country Club, the B.P.O.E., the Modern Woodmen, the Woodmen of the World, the A.F. & A.M., the Chamber of Commerce, Lions International, Discussion Club, and the American Law Institute with headquarters in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. He is, a Democrat, and was a delegate to the National Convention which nominated Woodrow Wilson for president in 1912. The Lightners are members of the Federated Church of Columbus.
Reverend Albert Limacher, former pastor of St. Bonaventure's Catholic Church, Columbus, Nebraska, was born October 29, 1897, in Joliet, Illinois. He is the son of Peter and Anna Dollinger Limacher. His father died January 6, 1929, and his mother in February, 1943.
Reverend Father Albert Limacher had four brothers and one sister. Two brothers are deceased. Reverend Dominic Limacher, O.F.M., is at St. Joseph's College, Westmont, Illinois.
Reverend Albert Limacher attended St. John's School in Joliet, Illinois, and was graduated from St. Joseph's College at Teutopolis, Illinois, in 1918. He studied at Our Lady of the Angels Seminary in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1920 to 1922, and spent five years, 1922 to 1926, in St. Anthony's Seminary in St. Louis.
He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Joseph A. Murphy, S.J., in St. Anthony's Church, St. Louis, Missouri, June 26, 1925. He said his first mass on June 28, 1925, in St. John's Church in Joliet.
Since completing his course in theology at St. Anthony's Seminary in St. Louis in 1926, Reverend Father Albert Limacher has had the following assignments: Assistant Pastor, St. Francis Church, Tuetopolis, Illinois, 1926-1927; Pastor, St. Peter and Paul Church, Berger, Missouri, and Pastor of St. Joseph Church, Little Berger, Missouri, 1927-1930; Assistant Pastor, St. Boniface Church, Sioux City, Iowa, 1930-1936; Pastor, St. Boniface Church, Sioux City, Iowa, 1936-1939; Pastor, St. Francis Church, Humphrey, Nebraska, 1939-1945; and Pastor, St. Bonaventure Church, Columbus, Nebraska, from 1945-1949.
Axel Lindberg was born September 23, 1884, in Platte County. He is the son of Nils and Christina M. Johnson Lindberg. Nils was born in Sweden June 23, 1843. He came to Platte County in 1878, where he homesteaded and began farming. He died October 3, 1889. Christina M. Johnson Lindberg, also a native of Sweden, was born July 23, 1854, and died on the family farm October 7, 1929.
Axel Lindberg had one brother and one sister: Emil and Emily, born February 6, 1886. Emily is the wife of Truman Iiams.
Axel Lindberg, who received his early education in the school in District 39, has farmed since he was thirteen.
On January 2, 1936, he was married to Miss Rosa Belle Dunfee, daughter of Alexander Sigel and Isa Dora Frost Dunfee, in Athens, Ohio. A son, Charles Augustus Lindberg, was born at Genoa, Nebraska, March 10, 1940.
For several years Mr. Lindberg has engaged in farming and stock raising on the Lindberg farm that was his father's homestead. The Lindbergs are Lutherans.
William Lisco was born on the old Lisco homestead, known as "The Yellow Leas," in County Meath, Ireland, October 12, 1823. He first came to America in 1846 and settled in Canada. That same year he returned to Ireland, and in the following spring was married to Miss Martha Shields of County Cavan. Soon after, he returned with his bride to Canada, and with the exception of one year in New York State, resided there until 1856, when he immigrated to Mitchell County, Iowa. In 1873, he came to Columbus and homesteaded the tract of land later owned by his son, Robert Y. Lisco, Sr., three miles southwest of Columbus. As late as 1873 Lisco Farm was regarded as worthless by the early settlers, the land remaining open to homestead entry at that time.
William and Martha Shields Lisco had two daughters and five sons: Joseph, Fred, William, and Reuben of Lisco, Nebraska, named after William Lisco; Robert Y., of Columbus; and Isabella and Emma of El Cajon, California.
Mrs. Lisco died in 1881. William Lisco died September 7, 1909.
Mr. Lisco was a life-long communicant of the Episcopal Church. His father reached the great age of one hundred fifteen years, and several other members of his line lived far beyond the allotted span for man.
Robert Y. Lisco was born August 20, 1856, in New York State, and in early boyhood moved with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Lisco, to Iowa. They farmed near Mitchell and came to Nebraska in 1873, locating on a farm three miles southwest of Columbus, in Columbus Township.
On September 26, 1881, he was married to Miss Mary J. DeSillory, who was born July 15, 1862, in County Meath, Ireland. She came to this country in 1880, locating at Columbus.
Mr. and Mrs. Lisco had two daughters and one son: Mercedes, Mrs. Hardy; Isabelle, Mrs. Pennington, of Columbus; and Robert, Jr., married to Cora Brown, daughter of Ellis G. and Cora Belle Phillips Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Lisco, Jr. have one daughter.
Robert Lisco later became owner of his parents'
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home farm. He farmed there until 1911, when he moved his family to Columbus, where they built a brick house at 2211 Eighteenth Street, later the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben B. McNair. Mr. Lisco served as a member of the school board in District 5, during the years he resided on the farm. For many years he held the position of road overseer, and served as township assessor. For eight years he was on the county board of supervisors.
In 1913, two years after his retirement from the farm, Mr. Lisco became manager of the Columbus Gas Company, which had been organized a few years previous by C. J. Garlow, George Scott and 0. T. Roen, and in which Mr. Lisco had started acquiring stock while farming. He managed the business until 1925, when the company sold out to the Central West Public Service Company, later the Central Electric & Telephone Company.
After disposing of his interests in the business, Mr. Lisco formed a partnership with his sisters, Isabelle and Emma of El Cajon, California, and established a gas company in Chadron, Nebraska, in which he retained his interests until 1940. Mr. and Mrs. Lisco resided in Chadron a few years but returned to Columbus in 1933.
Mr. Robert Y. Lisco, Sr. died in Columbus October 21, 1936. Mrs. Lisco died May 4, 1940, in Columbus.
John Frank Liss was born in Butler Township, February 28, 1881. He is the son of Jacob and Mary. Ryba Liss, early settlers in Platte County. Jacob Liss was born in Poland in 1835, and died in 1913. Mary Ryba Liss was born in Poland in 1833, and died in 1915. John's parents immigrated to America in 1875 and came directly to Platte County. They had four sons and four daughters: Peter, married to Frances Allison; Andrew, married to Katherine Osuflka; and Anna, Mrs. Mike Boro. The others are dead. Leona, deceased, was Sister M. Rogata, a nun in the Franciscan Order.
John F. Liss received his formal schooling at St. Stanislaus Parochial School in Duncan.
On February 5, 1902, he was married to Miss Veronica Torczon, daughter of John and Mary Augustine Torczon of Tarnov, Nebraska, at St. Michael's Catholic Church. Veronica Torczon Liss had seven sisters and five brothers.
After their marriage, John F. and Veronica Torczon Liss established their home on the Jacob Liss farm in Butler Township. They had six daughters and four sons. Emilia, Mrs. Dominic Jarecki, lives near Duncan. Josephine, Mrs. Leo Sobczak, lives in Omaha. Alex, who served as a staff sergeant in the Army during World War II, farms the home place near Duncan. Cecelia died in infancy. Hildegarde, Mrs. Frank Mielak, lives in Columbus. Dominic, Father Adrian, is an instructor in St. Bonaventure's Seminary at Sturdevant, Wisconsin. Barbara, Mrs. Louis Mick, lives near Bellwood. Florian, who married Helen Lewis, and lives in Redmond, Oregon, served in the United States Navy during World War II. Celia, Mrs. Joe Krizman, lives in Omaha. Reynold, who served twenty-eight months overseas in World War II, lives near Duncan.
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Liss are members of St. Stanislaus Parish in Duncan, Nebraska. Mr. Liss is a supporter of the Democratic Party.
Fred Loeffler was born in Germany September 16, 1849, and died at Humphrey, Nebraska, September 11, 1931. He received his early education in Germany, and after immigrating to the United States lived in Illinois and Iowa. He came to Platte County from Roades, Iowa, in 1879.
In 1876 he was married at State Center, Iowa, to Miss Lena Bruennig, daughter of Joseph and Cathrine Blink Bruennig. Joseph Bruennig, a blacksmith, was born May 10, 1830, in Baden, Germany, and died May 10, 1909, in Humphrey. Cathrine Blink Bruennig was born in Baden, Germany, June 3, 1833, and died at Roades, Iowa; December 8, 1884. Mrs. Loeffler was born in Chicago May 28, 1857. She had one sister, Lucy, who was married to Frank Klentz.
Fred and Lena Loeffler had seven children: C. M., born September 21, 1877; George, born March 4, 1882; Lizzie, born February 19, 1884; Henry, born August 31, 1888, Tony, born December 5, 1893; Rosa, born November 4, 1896; and Caroline, born June 1, 1900. All attended the Parochial School in St. Bernard.
Charles M. Loeffler was born September 21, 1877, at the home of his father, Fred Loeffler, pioneer Iowa and Nebraska farmer, in State Center, Iowa. In 1879 Fred moved from Iowa to Nebraska, where he remained until his death in Humphrey, September 11, 1931. Fred Loeffler, a native of Balbrachten, Baden, Germany, was born in 1849. His wife, the former Lena Bruennig, was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1857. The elder Loefflers had four sons and three daughters: George, married to Mary Zurcher; Lizzie; Henry, married to Mary Schuele; Tony, married to Lena Guelinkergen; Rosa, Mrs. Joe Schuele; and Caroline.
Charles M. Loeffler attended the Parochial School at St. Bernard, Nebraska. Besides farming, he was engaged in merchandising and dealing in implements.
On September 23, 1908, he was married to Miss Elenora Classen, the daughter of Mathis and Anna Giesregen Classen. They had three children. Helen, born in Humphrey January 13, 1910, attended the school of nursing at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver, Colorado, and is married. Stella, born August 1, 1913, attended Denver University, and is a librarian. Marguerite, born September 28, 1921, attended the University of Colorado and is teaching school.
Mr. Loeffler, a Republican, is a member of the Catholic Church. He is a volunteer member of the Humphrey fire department.
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