John S. Leschke
11/02/1896-05/17/1967
Lot Number: Lot 5, Block 2, Section E, Grave 3
Monument Installed on East End of Lot
Son Of Frank & Anna
Husband Of Rose V. SIEBERT- Married 08/04/1926
Father Of Lois BERGNER & John
U.S. Military Veteran - WW1
From the "Souvenir Book of The Diamond Jubilee of St. Casimir's Congregation At Northeim (Newton) Wisconsin 1868 - 1943" John S. Leschke, son of Frank and Anna Leschke, was born November 2, 1896, in Chicago, Illinois. He came with his parents to Northeim where the family joined St. Casimir's congregation. When the United States declared war on Germany in 1917, he enlisted and was assigned to a motorized machine gunner detail. After the war, Mr. Leschke attended a funeral director's course at Worsham School of Embalming in Chicago. Afterwards he established his own practice in Manitowoc, on October 23, 1926, and has been successfully engaged in it ever since. Mr. Leschke is a member of the American Legion, Holy Name Society, Polish Alliance of America, St. Stanislaus Kostka Society and the Eagles Club.
