HARRY LIEBZEIT

Harry Liebzeit, Greenwood, Clark County, died Wednesday, June 28, 1995, at the Clark County Health Care Center, Owen, where he had been a resident for 2 years. A memorial service was to be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 5, 1995, at Zion United Church of Christ, Greenwood.

Harry Liebzeit was born on March 11, 1911, in Howard's Grove, to Albert and Clara (nee Braun) Liebzeit. He moved to Greenwood in 1913 and lived there the rest of his life. He graduated from Greenwood High School in 1929 and the Stevens Point Normal School in 1930. He was married to Mercedes Meinholdt on June 24, 1935. He taught school for six years before he started farming. He returned to substitute teaching in 1968, working for the school districts of Greenwood, Loyal and Neillsville, retiring in 1989. He was a member of several Masonic bodies, the National Audubon Society, participating in the Christmas bird count, and also the International Crane Foundation, assisting with the April Crane Count.

Survivors include his wife one son, Roger (Mavis) Liebzeit one grandson, Peter, New York State two granddaughters, Heidi Liebzeit, California and Gretchen (Chris Sebold, Garden Grove, Minn. two great-grandchildren, Martha and Miles Sebold three brothers, Clarence, Norman and Arvin, all of Greenwood.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Esther Ziegler in 1970 and Gertrude Learman in 1995.

----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner 07/05/1995