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Oconto County Reporter
Feb. 27, 1908

Leon Westfall Dead
Passed Away at Home of Parents Sunday Evening

Leon Clarence Westfall, the 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Westfall, died at the home of his parents, in the Eastward, at 8:20 Sunday evening after a brief illness of peritonitis. While he complained of feeling badly the Sunday before his death he was not confined to his bed until Tuesday and even then his condition was not thought to be serious and on Saturday he seemed better and rested well that night but about 8:30 Sunday morning he was taken worse and twelve hours later passed away. He was conscious until the last and just before the end asked the time.

He is survived by his sorrowing parents and four brothers, Clyde, Herbert, William and Robert. Leon was a favorite among all who knew him on account of his thoughtfulness and consideration for others and especially in the home circle where he will be greatly missed. He was in the seventh grade at the Lincoln school the members of which class marched from the house to St. Mark’s Church where the funeral was held at 1:30 yesterday afternoon, Rev. Hopkins officiating with internment in Evergreen cemetery. Six of his young classmates, Earl Raif, Russell Hawkins, Francis Barden, Truman Bond, Jacob Kiehl and Ed Geschke acted as pallbearers.