contributor: Ron Renquin

Oconto County Reporter  
16 July 1970  Page 2, Column 4

Mrs. Edna Leigh, 65, 1119 1/2 Main St., Oconto, died at the Oconto Memorial hospital on Friday, July 10, after a short illness. She was born January 8, 1905, in Oconto and lived here until 1951 when she moved to Milwaukee where she lived until returning to Oconto in 1968. She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge and the Christian Science church of Oconto.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Arnold (Nancy) Peterson and Mrs. Caryl Hazen, both of Oconto, and Mrs. Donald (Virginia) Gerdman of Oconomowoc; two sons David of Honolulu, Hawaii, and Terry of Peshtigo; two sisters, Mrs. Russel (Mary) Valentine of Suamico and Mrs. Kenneth (Peggy) Coopman of Oconto Falls; one brother, Richard Classon of Leadville, Colo., and 17 grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one daughter, Mrs. E. C. (Judy) Sehloff; a grandson, a sister and a brother. Funeral Services were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Gallagher funeral home. The Christian Science reader was Mrs. Neil Teschke. Cremation followed with interment at the Evergreen Cemetery, Oconto.