Verhasselt, Leo

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• Military Service: KOREA US ARMY CPL
• Obituary: 20 Jan 2005; Green Bay Press Gazette

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Military Service:
Name: Leo J Verhasselt
Service Info.: CPL US ARMY KOREA
Birth Date: 16 Aug 1930
Death Date: 19 Jan 2005
Cemetery: Saint Paul's Catholic Cemetery
Cemetery Address: Wrightstown, WI 54180

Obituary:
Verhasselt, Leo J.On Wednesday Jan. 19, 2005, after a long battle with Alzheimer's diseas e, Leo was set free. Leo was born Aug. 16, 1930, in Wrightstown, to the la te Jerome and Josephine (Bries) Verhasselt. He married Helen DeCleene Fe b. 11, 1952, at St. Mary Church in De Pere. Leo was the Postmaster in Wrig htstown from 1955 to 1985. He served his country in the U.S. Army in Kor ea and was an active member of American Legion Post #436, of which he w as Past Post Commander. He was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church, t he Holy Name Society, and enjoyed bowling, golfing, traveling and a good c ard game.Survivors include his wife Helen; children, Russell Verhasselt, Green Ba y; LouAnn (Mike) Ambrosius, De Pere; Mike Verhasselt (his partner, Mike Cu shner), Palm Springs, Calif.; David Verhasselt, St. Louis Park, Minn.; gra ndchildren, Karrie Younger (Aaron Gillette), Kelly Frelich (Eric Bergnan ), Marcus Frelich, Ben and Josie Verhasselt; great-grandchildren, Jada a nd Gavin Younger; a brother, John Verhasselt, Wrightstown; four sisters, M ary (Wayne) Thede, Sturgeon Bay; Joan (Carl) Eckert, Fish Creek; Rita (Da n) Shebel, Portage; Zita (Alan) Wessa, Goodyear, Ariz.; brothers-in-law a nd sisters-in-law, LaVerne DeCleene, De Pere; Victor (Leona) DeCleen e, De Pere; Rita Boucher, Oshkosh; Sr. Mary DeCleene, Elm Grove; Bernice S trenn, Wrightstown; Loretta Verhasselt, Santa Barbara, Calif.; Al (Joan n) DeCleene, De Pere; Sr. Vonnie De Cleene, Milwaukee; Alice Morrell, Rhin elander; Joyce DeCleene, Milwaukee; Judy (Bob) Johanski, De Pere; numero us nieces, nephews and godchildren.Leo was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Orlo and Basil Ver hasselt; a sister-in-law, Millie Verhasselt; three brothers-in-law, Don Bo ucher, Howard Strenn, and Harold DeCleene.Friends may call at the DeWane-Cotter Funeral Home, 711 Main St., Wrightst own, on Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. American Legion service 6:30 p.m., pari sh wake service 7 p.m. Visitation will continue on Saturday from 9:30 to 1 0:30 a.m. at St. Paul Catholic Church in Wrightstown. Mass of Christian Bu rial will be celebrated 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church with Fr. Bob Kab at officiating.
Alzheimer's - The ThiefA thief came a while back and slowly took our Dad away. He didn't do it a ll at once, but by tiny pieces every day. At first we hardly noticed and s ometimes even smiled. "Oh, he's just getting older," we told ourselves, o ur long suit was denial. The haunted look for what once was - the searchin g, asking, pacing - the thief had all the cards in hand, with time again st Dad racing.Dad tried his best with what he had and Lord knows we did to o, but the thief just took control and stole each bit of him we knew. B ut now that hard battle's over, and Dad's resting in his final Home. God m ade the thief give back to us the Father we had known.
"We Love You and Will Miss You."
Your Wife, Children and Grandchildren.Leo's family wishes to extend a special thank you to the staff at Rennes H ealth Center for all the care shown to him during his stay. Helen would al so like to thank family, friends and Alzheimer's groups for all their supp ort.

Leo married DeCleene, Helen (daughter of DeCleene, William and Scray, Christine) [Group Sheet]

LouAnn married Ambrosius, Mike (son of Ambrosius, Robert T. and Verbeten, Genevieve) [Group Sheet]