John Leszcz
05/12/1840-02/29/1924
Lot Number: Lot 3, Block 2, Section C
Monument Installed on West End of Lot
Husband Of Anna
Father Of Frank
JOHN LESCHKE (sic) CO. PIONEER DEAD AT AGE 84 Resident of County for Sixty Years Is Called Death which came to John Leschke at his home in Nordheim early today claimed one of the oldest pioneer settlers of Manitowoc county, a man who for sixty years had made his home within the borders of the town where Death found him at its call. Mr. Leschke passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Joseph Pekarske with whom he had resided since his retirement in 1896. Infirmities of old age was the cause of death. Mr. Leschke was a native of Poland and born May 12, 1840, being 84 at his death. Coming to America at the age of 25, in 1865, Mr. Leschke came direct to Manitowoc and took up a home on a farm at Nordheim which has been his home since. In early days Mr. Leschke was one of the men who built the old pier which served for shipping there and during his long life in the community he had always been a factor in development of the town. For many years Mr. Leschke operated a threshing outfit, one of the first in the county and he was widely acquainted through his business. Married Year He Came Mr. Leschke was married the year of his arrival here, in 1865, his bride who was Anna Zielinski, surviving him, making her home with her daughter Mrs. Pekarske also. Besides the widow three children, Frank, Mrs. Susan Pekarske and Mrs. Joseph Pekarske also survive. There are fourteen gradchidlren (sic) and eleven great grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Kainia and Mrs. Anton Siewert, also surviving. Funeral services for Mr. Leschke will be held Monday morning at St. Casimir church at Nordheim at 10:00.
Manitowoc Herald News, Friday, February 29, 1924 P.1
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Children:
Frank Leszcz (1866 - 1948)*
Monica Leszcz Piekarski (1866 - 1962)*
Susanna Leszcz Piekarski (1869 - 1929)*
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