Hi all, I found this at http://www.genealogybuff.com: From Woodbury County, Leo Pottebaum GRANVILLE, Iowa - Leo Pottebaum, 94, of Granville died Sunday, April 12, 1998, at Heartland Care Center in Marcus, Iowa, following a brief illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Granville, with the Rev. Dan Knipper, his nephew of Waterloo, Iowa, and the Rev. James Tigges of Alton, Iowa, officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. today, with a parish rosary at 5 p.m. and a vigil prayer service at 7:30 p.m., all at the church. Fisch Funeral Home of Remsen, Iowa, is in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Pottebaum was born Aug. 8, 1903, in rural Alton, the son of Bernard and Catherine (Friedmann) Pottebaum. He was raised in the Alton area and attended St. Mary's Academy in Alton. He then farmed with his father. He married Hilda Knipper on Sept. 4, 1928, in Dyersville, Iowa. The couple farmed near Granville and retired on the farm in 1957. She died April 14, 1991. He entered the Heartland Care Center in November 1996. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and the Fraternal Order of the Eagles in Le Mars. Survivors include his adopted daughter and her husband, Clare and Ivan Pottebaum of Granville; seven adopted grandchildren; 17 adopted great-grandchildren; a brother, Martin of Remsen; a sister-in-law, Marian Pottebaum of Marcus; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by six brothers, Frank, John, William, Anton, Henry and Al; and five sisters, Ann Streff, Sister Mary Leola, Mary Portz, Rose Minten and Hilda Haupert. Pallbearers will be Gerry Budden, Brad Fear, Jim Homan, Jim Lange, Leon Pottebaum and Glenn Reichle. Hope this helps. Bill