Obit: Albrecht, Leona A. (1920 - 2013)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Albrecht, Chipman, Clyde, Dassow, Diels, Frischman, Jari, Krueger, Lekie, Loeffler, Riley, Steen, Vignali, Vaughn, Weiler

----Source: The Star News (Medford, WI) 08/08/2013

Albrecht, Leona A. (Dassow) (24 SEP 1920 - 6 AUG 2013)

Leona A. Albrecht, 92, Medford, died on Tuesday, Aug. 6 at her home.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, Aug. 12 at 11 a.m. at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Medford, with Rev. James Krueger officiating. Interment will be at Medford Evergreen Cemetery II. Active pallbearers are Pete, Todd, Terry, Travis, Zachary, Michael and Jason Albrecht, and Derek Vaughn. Honorary pallbearers are Tracy Chipman, Amy Albrecht, Amber Riley, Tanya Clyde, Elizabeth Vignali, Craig Chipman and Adam Vaughn.

Visitation will be held at the church on Sunday, Aug. 11 from 4 to 7 p.m. and on Monday from 10 a.m. until the time of service.

Hemer Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake assisted the family with arrangements.

The former Leona Dassow was born on September 24, 1920 in Whittlesey to the late William E. and Magdalena (Frischman) Dassow Sr. She attended Gad School. She moved to Milwaukee where she was a live-in nanny, then worked at a shoe factory for a year until returning to the area.

On August 4, 1942 in Dubuque, Iowa, she married Lorin A. Albrecht, who survives. She was a homemaker and mother. She was also a seamstress.

She was a member of Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church and Sunny Hill Homemakers Club. She enjoyed fishing, camping, quilting, cooking and baking.

In addition to her husband, survivors include five children, Lorna Chipman, Gary (Georgine) Albrecht and Larry (fiancée Jane Lekie) Albrecht, all of Medford, George (Donna) Albrecht of Niceville, FL, and Bruce (Diane) Albrecht of Gad; 15 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two grandchildren, Michael and David Albrecht; six sisters, Elise Loeffler, Bert Diels, Amanda Steen, Gertrude Weiler, Hildagard Jari and Martha in infancy; and eight brothers, William, Ervin, Herbert, Ernest, Gerald, Lester, Raymond and Frank in infancy.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to her family to be designated at a later date.