Obit: Weix, Leonard Albert (1927 - 2009) 

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Surnames: Weix, Tamborino, Daufenbach, Berger, Kulas, Carpenter, Kilty, Riese, Dittner, Schnabel, Weis, Griep 
 

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Friday, 25 Sept. 2009 
 

Weix, Leonard Albert (28 Sept. 1927 - 23 Sept. 2009) 
 

SPENCER -- Leonard Albert Weix, 81, of Spencer died peacefully Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, at the Clark County Health Care Center in Owen. 
 

A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, at Christ The King Catholic Church, Spencer. 
 

Visitation will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the Hansen-Schilling Funeral Home, Spencer, and one hour prior to Mass at the church Saturday. Parish vigil service will be held at 4 p.m. Friday at the Hansen-Schilling Funeral Home, Spencer. 
 

Burial will take place in St. Mary's Cemetery in Colby. Serving as pallbearers will be his grandchildren. 
 

Leonard was born Sept. 28, 1927, in Colby to Martin and Mary (Tamborino) Weix. Leonard attended Colby's Sand Hill Rural School. Leonard was united in marriage July 16, 1949, to the former Norma Daufenbach. She preceded him in death in 1995. 
 

Leonard served in the United States Air Force during World War II. He later returned to Wisconsin and was employed as a carpenter at the Boson Company until his retirement in 1994. 
 

Leonard was united in marriage Sept. 7, 1996, to the former Bonnie Griep at St. Bernard's Church in Abbotsford. 
 

Mr. Weix enjoyed hunting, trap shooting, wood working and jigsaw puzzles. He was a member of the Abbotsford American Legion. 
 

Leonard is lovingly survived by his wife, Bonnie, Spencer; children, Judy (Richard) Berger, Spencer, Alan (Martha) Weix, Kirkland, Ill., Rose Ann (Galen) Kulas, Abbotsford, and Doreen Weix, Eau Claire; brothers and sisters, Alphonse (Jean) Weix, Medford, Patricia Carpenter, Colby, Erma Kilty, Colby, Laura (Leonard) Riese, Colby, Mary Ellen (Norbert) Dittner, Marshfield, Leo (Marilyn) Weix, Abbotsford, and Rita (Donald) Schnabel, Abbotsford. Leonard is further survived by eight grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and many other relatives and friends. He will truly be missed. 
 

Leonard was preceded in death by his parents, Martin and Mary; as well as his brothers, Henry Weix and Paul Weix; and sister, Mary Ann Weis.