This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LESSELYONG, LEINWANDER, REVOYR, SCHELLER, MASON, ERRINGTON, Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DGC.2ACI/1528 Message Board Post: Obit: Marshfield News Herald Dec. 5, 1941 Lesselyong Rites Set For Tuesday Mother of Son for Whom Legion Post Was Named to be Buried Here Funeral services for Mrs.Mary Lesselyong, 91, mother of William J. Lesselyong, World War I soldier for whom the local American Legion Post was named will be held Tues. morning at 9o'clock at St.John's Catholic Church. Mrs. Lesselyong died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs.R.E. Errington at Appleton. The Rev. Augustine Frisch will officiate at the Requiem High Mass and buriel will take place in the family lot at Hillside Cemetary. Hold Rosary Services The body will lie in state at the Rembs Funeral Home beginning this evening and a rosary service for the Altar Society at St.John's will be held there at 8 o'clock Mon. evening. Mrs.Lesselyong, nee Mary LEINWANDER, was born Jan 17,1850 in Austria-Hungary and lived there until she was about five years old when she moved with her parents to Appleton. She lived in Appleton until about eight years after her marriage to John E. Lesselyong when she moved to Marshfield with her husband and family. After the death of her husband 10years ago. Mrs.Lesselyong lived with her daughter, Mrs. William Scheller here during the summers and spent the winters with another daughter, Mrs.R.E. Errington in Appleton. Was Gold Star Mother Mr.&Mrs. Lesselyong celebrated their golden wedding anniv. 18yrs ago. She was one of the first Gold Star Mothers here, a member of St.John's Altar Society and charter member of the American Legion Auxillary of Marshfield. Surviving her are the following children: George, Tuolomme, Calif.; Jake, Clintonville; Mike, Appleton; Mrs.William(Rose) Scheller, Marshfield; Mrs.Robt E.(Eleanor)Errington, Appleton; Sixteen grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren also survive. Preceding her in death were her husband, three brothers, two sisters, and the following children; Mrs.John(Mayme)ReVoyr, Mrs.Gary(Helen)Mason, William J.Lesselyong and John Lesselyong Jr. Two daughters and a son died in childhood. Mrs.Lesselyong resided at 202 N.Vine St. Marshfield, WI