Obit: Lezotte, Tony (1891 - 1960)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Lezotte, Hunstock, Klundt, Dahlke, Hohlenbach

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) January 21, 1960

Lezotte, Tony (12 January 1891 - 14 January 1960)

Funeral services were conducted Saturday for Tony Lezotte, 69, Neenah, who died Thursday following a heart attack.  Services were held from St. Margaret and Mary’s Catholic Church and burial was made in the parish cemetery.

He was born January 12, 1891, at Neillsville, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Lezotte.  Mr. Lezotte received his education in the Town of Grant schools and later farmed there.  Following his marriage to the former Genevieve Hunstock they continued to farm and 2 years ago moved to Neenah.

He is survived by his wife and five children: Agnes, at home; Mrs. Ed (Angeline) Klundt, Mrs. John (Marietta) Dahlke, Wilbur and Norbert Lezotte, all of Neenah; two brothers, Ed and Glenn of Neillsville; and a sister, Grace Lezotte, St. Mary’s Home, Manitowoc, also survive.

Among those from Neillsville attending the services were: Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lezotte, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Lezotte, Leroy, Virgil and Paulette Lezotte; and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hohlenbach of Wisconsin Rapids.