Leona Ethelbert SCHWAB

1905 - 1985  (80 years)

• Name	Leona Ethelbert SCHWAB  [1]
  Born	11 Oct 1905	Appleton, WI
  Gender	Female
  Census	1910	Appleton, WI   [2]
  	1158 Elsie St.
  Census	1920	Appleton, WI   [3]
  	1158 Elsie St.
  Census	1930	Owaissa Street, Appleton, WI   [4]
  	Hank, Leone and Mary
  Residence	1932	Appleton, WI   [5]
  	1025 N. Owaissa; tel 3091-R
  Census	1940	Appleton, WI   [6]
  	1005 N. Owaissa St.; Hank and Leone
  Died	24 Oct 1985	Appleton, WI
  Buried	Appleton, WI   [7]
  	Highland Memorial Park
  Notes	Obituary Mrs. Henry J. Lamers (Leona Schwab) 1025 N. Owaissa Street Age 80, died at 6:15 p.m. Thursday, October 24, 1985, following a brief illness. She was born October 11, 1905, in Appleton, where she was a life time resident. Mrs. Lamers was amember of St. Therese Catholic Church, past member of the Catholic Daughters, and Monte Alverno Retreat Guild. Survivors include her husband, Henry, to whom she had been married 59 years; a daughter and son-in-law, Mary and F. James Grist, Appleton; she will be missed by all - especially by her five grandchildren: Charles Grist and his wife, Terry, of Portland, Oregon; Julie Holahan and her husband, Paul, Manilla, Phillipines; Dr. Tom Grist and his wife Jeanne, Milwaukee; Lorelle Dalke, and her husband, Brian, Midland, Michigan; Miss Nancy Grist a student of University of Wisconsin, Madison; a brother, Clifford Schwab, Appleton; a sister, Mrs. Edward (Gen) Smith, Buffalo, New York; and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Norbert (Esther) Schwab, Kimberly. She was preceded in death by her parents Louis and Emma Hein Schwab, and two brothers, Harold and Norbert Schwab. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, October 28, 1985, at St. Therese Catholic Church, with her nephew, Rev. Robert H. Vandenberg officiating. Entombment will be in the Star of Hope Mausoleum, Highland Memorial Park. Friends may call at the Wichmann Funeral Home, 537 North Superior Street, from 4 to 8 p. m. Sunday, October 27, 1985 and from 8 a. m. Monday until the cortege leaves for the church. A memorial fund is being established. [8]
  Person ID	I55	Tree1
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Louis Anton SCHWAB,   b. 1878, WI ,   d. 29 Aug 1953  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Emma C. HEIN,   b. 1884, WI ,   d. 20 Feb 1954  (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry (Hank) John LAMERS,   b. 30 Jan 1902, Little Chute (Vandenbroek), WI ,   d. 13 Feb 1994, Calumet, WI  (Age 92 years)
  Married	1 May 1926	Appleton, WI   [9]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Margaret LAMERS,   b. 8 Sep 1928, Kimberly, WI ,   d. 3 Aug 2020, Waupaca, WI  (Age 91 years)
  Photos		1972 Reunion in Waupaca, WI Reunion portrait and illustration by Franklin James Grist Jr. At Long Meadow cottage at the end of Long Lake (near the mouth of the Crystal River).
  Documents		Draft card
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2021
  Family ID	F38	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Events at Grist Furs & Fashions Gladys Strite writes on back: Mrs. Byron Yule, Mrs. Henry Lamers, Mrs. F. James Grist, Mrs. Frank Biederman and Maxine Mink, the Manequin Hear Gladys Strite tell the story of what happened in the years surrounding Franklin Grist's death (15 minutes).
  		Leone (Schwab) Lamers and Mary Lamers Photo taken by an Appleton Post-Crescent photographer at Grist Furs. Used in a 1946 article to be published in an upcoming article on holilday apparel.
  		Friends of Gladys Strite L to R: Alice Babcock, Leone Lamers and Mary Busch. Mary Busch was a neighbor on Winona Court in Appleton. Louise Grist: "Alice was a very dear, faithful and steady friend of Gladys who had the millinery department at Gloudemans Department Store in Appleton." Dorothy Grist writes on back: "Taken in Aug. 1954. D.G."

  
  

  Documents

  Lamers Party

  
  

  Histories

  Locksley and the Grists

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Jim and Mary Grist. [S20] 1910 U.S. Federal Census. [S22] 1920 U.S. Federal Census. [S19] 1930 U.S. Federal Census. [S90] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995. [S175] 1940 U.S. Federal Census. [S249] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current. [S23] Ancestry.com. [S321] U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999.