Obit: Faber, Leona #2 (1926 - 2013)

Contact: Audrey Roedl
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Surnames: Faber, Gehrke, Meusling, Noeldner

----Source: The Loyal TRG ( Loyal, Clark County, WI) 27 Feb 2013

Faber, Leona (12 July 1926-20 Feb 2013)

Leona M. Faber, 86, Marshfield, died on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 20, 2013. as a result of an automobile accident south of Marshfield. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., on Monday, Feb. 25, at the Rembs Funeral Home, Marshfield. Rev. Mark Krueger officiated. Burial took place in West Spencer Cemetery, town of Sherman, Clark County with her grandsons serving as pallbearers.

Leona Gehrke was born on July 12, 1926, in Woodstock, Ill., to Walter Gehrke and Elsie (nee Meusling) Gehrke. She married Joseph Faber in March 1944 in Crystal Lake, Ill. He died in December1989. They farmed in Alden, Ill., until 1957 when they moved to Loyal, where they farmed until their son Joseph took over the farm in 1966. Joe and Leona moved to Spencer where she worked for Land O’Lakes Cheese for 20 years. They enjoyed fishing, camping, and traveling. She always took care of friends and neighbors who were in need. She enjoyed bingo, spenging time at family functions, and casino trips with family and friends.

Leona is survived by two children, Joseph (Jean) Faber, Marshfield, and Barb (Larry) Noeldner, Marshfield; 13 grandchildren, Tammy (Kurt) Heil, Sandra (Gerard) Leonard, Robert (Tracy) Faber, Edward (Tracy) Faber, Steven (Jessie) Faber, Mike (Michele) Noeldner, Sheri Noeldner Sheda, Dana (Scott) Bores, Renee (Melvin) Yoder, John (Stacy Carolfi) Noeldner, Troy Noeldner, Donnie and Nichole; 20 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Lillian Gerhke, Crystal Lake, Ill.; and a special niece, Sharon, “he little flower.”

In addition to her parents and husband, Joseph, she was preceded in death by a son, Larry; a brother, Melvin Gehrke; and a sister, Elsie Lein.

Online condolences may be sent to www.rembsfh.com.

REmbs Funeral Home, Marshfield, assisted the family with arrangements.