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Leopold "Leo" Widhalm

12 Nov 1873 – 18 Jan 1964

Birth12 Nov 1873
Death18 Jan 1964
CemeterySaint Francis Cemetery
Humphrey , Platte County , Nebraska , USA
Added byVictor Weis on 31 Jul 2021
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From the web page; http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Platte/pages/bios/hpcn0177.htm Leopold Widhalm was born November 12, 1874, at St. Mary's in Grand Prairie Township. His parents were Joseph and Theresa Weamer Widhalm, natives of Ulrich, Kirchberg am Wald, Austria, who came to Platte County in 1873 from Wisconsin. Leopold had four brothers and one sister: Frank, August, Jacob, Joseph and Mary. Frank died in 1945. Mary is the wife of John Sueper. After the death of Theresa Weamer Widhalm in November, 1886, Joseph Widhalm married Anna Lohaus. They had four sons and four daughters. After Anna Lohaus Widhalm died, Joseph Widhalm was married to Johanna Baumgartner. Leopold Widhalm lived with his parents in Grand Prairie Township on the homestead later occupied by the Tony Heinan family. In 1882, the Widhalm family moved to the southwest quarter of Section 16, Granville Township, where Leopold has since made his home and engaged in farming and stock raising. Leopold Widhalm attended St. Francis School in Humphrey. Two of his outstanding recollections are a prairie fire which completely destroyed their original home, and a siege of grasshoppers. Besides farming, Mr. Widhalm has worked as a telephone lineman. On October 23, 1900, at St. Francis Church in Humphrey, Nebraska, he was married to Walburga Roessler at a double wedding ceremony. The other couple was his brother Jacob Widhalm and Catherine Zuerlein. Mrs. Leopold Widhalm's parents Ferdinand and Anna Bendar Roessler, natives of Austria, who homesteaded at Spalding, Nebraska, in 1887. Her father. died there April 1, 1905, and her mother died June 16, 1939. Mrs. Widhalm was one of a family of thirteen children. Seven are deceased. The others, besides Walburga, were: Frank; Theresa, Mrs. Caldwell; Mary, Mrs. Clyde Chriss; Hattie, Mrs. Frank Van; and Anna, Mrs. Julius Sullivan. Leopold and Walburga Roessler Widhalm had ten sons and four daughters: Anthony, born January 13, 1902, attended St. Francis School, and was married to Frances Fruend. Anthony and Frances Widhalm had two sons, Raymond and Thomas. Anthony is engaged in dairy farming at McHenry, Illinois. Edward, born February 29, 1904, attended St. Francis School, and was married to Adeline Bruckner. They had five children: Dorane, Gerald, Corrine, Carolyn, and Shiela. He is a farmer at Pierce, Nebraska. Lawrence, born September 3, 1905, attended St. Francis School, and is a farmer and construction worker. Ferdinand, born June 29, 1907, was educated at the Sacred Heart and St. Francis Schools, and at the Franciscan Seminary, Teutopolis, Illinois. He was married to Margaret Cusek. They had one daughter, Mary Elizabeth. Ferdinand, a Union Pacific boiler attendant at Portland, Oregon, was a chef and Coast Guardsman during World War II. Edwin, born December 1, 1908, attended Sacred Heart School. In World War II, he served three years in the European Theatre of Operations. He is an attendant at the County Farms in Troutdale, Oregon. Richard, born August 26, 1910, attended Sacred Heart School, and was married to Roma Quinn. They had two sons, Jess and John. Richard is a Union Pacific Railroad foreman at Elkhorn, Nebraska. Leander*, born December 15, 1913, attended Sacred Heart School, and was married to Wilma Shaffer. In World War II, he served three years in the Pacific Theatre. He is a landscape gardener. Lee Francis, born March 21, 1919, was educated at Sacred Heart and St. Francis Schools, and was married to Magdalene Mausbach. They had one son, Russell. Lee F. spent three years in the China-Burma-India Theatre of Operations in World War II. He is a farmer. Cletus, born June 1, 1926, was educated at Sacred Heart and St. Francis Schools, and is a farmer. Dennis, born April 22, 1929, was educated at Sacred Heart and St. Francis Schools, and is a student and farmer. Angela, born March 29, 1912, was educated at Sacred Heart School, Cornlea; St. Francis School, Humphrey; Creighton University, and St. Joseph's Hospital. As a nurse she practiced her profession in Nebraska and Oregon. Loretta, born October 8, 1915, attended Sacred Heart School, and is the wife of Eugene Hemmer. They had one son, Eugene Jr. Viola, born July 11, 1917, was educated at Sacred Heart and St. Francis Schools. She is the wife of Thomas B. Wright and is a stenographer and housewife. Annastasia, born December 23, 1922, was educated at Sacred Heart and St. Francis Schools and the National Business Institute at Lincoln Nebraska. She is the wife of Victor C. Keller. During World War II, she was a secretary at the Nebraska Defense Plant. Leopold Widhalm is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and the Sacred Heart Catholic Church at Cornlea, Nebraska. His hobby is music, and he and his brothers are violinists of note in Granville Township.

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