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John F. Leitgeb
4 Dec 1899 – 2 Feb 1988
| Birth | 4 Dec 1899 |
| Death | 2 Feb 1988 |
| Cemetery | Saint Francis Cemetery Wahoo , Saunders County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Mark Talbert on 27 Mar 2022 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156385262 |
Bio
WAHOO-Funeral services for John F. Leitgeb, 88, Wahoo, will be 10 a.m. Friday at St. Wenceslaus Catholic church Wahoo. Mr. Leitgeb died Tuesday at Saunders County Community Hospital in Wahoo. He was a fireman at Mead Ordinance Plant and an employee of Armco Inc., Wahoo plant for 41 years and its former superintendent. Mr. Leitgeb was born December 4, 1899, in Ebbergussing, Austria. He came to the United States at the age of 2 and has lived in the Wahoo area since then. He was a 25-year member of the Wahoo volunteer fire department, Veterans of Foreign Wars Veterans post 4502 and American Legion post 82, both of Wahoo, Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 200 of Fremont. He was a World War II veteran and served with the U.S. Army in Siberia. He married Cecilia Bartek Oct. 26, 1925, at Valparaiso. She survives. Other survivors daughter, Dottie (Mrs. John) Hraban of Weston, Betty (Mrs. Richard) Jurgens of North Bend, Anna Belle (Mrs. Gayle) Malmo Vermeline of Malmo, and LaVerne (Mrs. George ) Wonka of Weston: 18 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Joe of Wahoo, Jim of Henderson, Nev., and Max of Olympia, Wash.; and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Steel of Anchorage, Alaska, Christine Walters of Omaha, and Jennie (Mrs. Randy) Filbrandt of Wahoo. The Rev. Lawrence Gyhra will officiate Friday's services. Burial will be in the St. Francis Cemetery, Wahoo. Military graveside rites will be given by Veterans of Foreign Wars post 4502 and American Legion post 82. A scriptural wake service will be 7 p.m. Thursday at Svoboda Funeral Home in Wahoo. Visitation is in progress until 8 tonight and one hour before the service at the church. Memorials have been established to Saunders County Community Hospital Auxiliary or the heart fund. Fremont Tribune Fremont, Nebraska 04 Feb 1988, Thu • Page 2
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PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR I
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Siblings
- Mary Barbara Leitgeb Steele 1902–1999
- Christine Cecilia Leitgeb Walters 1904–1993
- Rose M. Elbling 1906–1974
- James Max Leitgeb 1908–1997
- Joe E Leitgeb 1908–1994
- Eddie Leitgeb 1915–1917
- Max John "Maxamillion" Leitgeb 1918–1991
- Jennie M. Leitgeb Filbrandt 1923–2008
Children
- Deloris Mae "Dottie" Leitgeb Hraban 1929–2020
- Patricia Ann Leitgeb Hoss 1932–1971
- AnnaBelle Leitgeb Vermeline 1939–2018
- LaVerne F. Leitgeb Wonka 1940–2015
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