Weinke, Marcella Ruth

1930 - 2007  (77 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 13 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Weinke, Marcella Ruth  [1]
  Born	5 Oct 1930  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	23 Nov 2007
  Obituary	Aft 23 Nov 2007
  Marcella R. Leis, 77, of Sparta died Friday, November 23, 2007 at Rolling Hills Rehabilitation Center, Sparta. She was born on October 5, 1930 on Fish Creek Ridge, Town of Portland, Monroe County, Wisconsin to Frank and Mina (Job) Weinke. She grew up on Fish Creek Ridge and married Nyle Leis on October 15, 1951 at St. Mary's Ridge. After marriage they lived in Cashton. Marcella worked at the Tobacco Warehouse in Viroqua. They purchased a farm in Big Creek in 1960. They farmed until 1976 when they moved to Sparta. She worked at DeComet and then at Spartek. Marcella worked at Speed's Bike Shop as a bookkeeper for 12 years. She is survived by her husband, Nyle of Sparta; her children, Connie (Gordon) Bakken of Sparta, John Leis of Michigan, Lambert (Pamela) Leis of La Crosse, Milton (Rose) Leis of Sparta; 13 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; two brothers, Lawrence (Darlys) Weinke of Centralia, WA, Douglas (Joyce) Weinke of Rockland; three sisters, Elaine (Clare) Schwarz of Sparta, Erma Leis of Sparta and, Edith Webster of Sparta. She was preceded in death by her parents; two grandchildren, and two brothers-in-law. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Sparta with Father James Leary O.F.M. Cap. officiating. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery. Friends may call at the Lanham-Miller Funeral Home, Sparta on Tuesday from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. and at the funeral home on Wednesday from 8 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. The Lanham-Miller Funeral Home, Sparta is assisting the family with funeral arrangements.
  Person ID	I20798	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Weinke, Frank,   b. 10 Nov 1898,   d. 7 Oct 1977  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Unknown, Mina,   b. 25 Mar 1906,   d. 15 Sep 2001  (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F3006	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leis, Nyle Hubert
  Children	+ 1. Leis, Constance Jean + 2. Leis, Milton + 3. Leis, John Ernest,   b. 19 Sep 1952, Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 8 Nov 2013, Roscommon, Roscommon, Michigan, USA  (Age 61 years) + 4. Leis, Lambert Howard
  Last Modified	1 May 2010
  Family ID	F3052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S42] Gedcom Import from MichellBrownLeis.FTW.