Services for Leighton M Geyer, 94, of 11564 Pierce Road, who died at 3:45 am Wednesday in Elkhart General Hospital, will be at 10:30 am Saturday in Rieth, Rohrer, Ehret & Lienhart Funeral Home, Wakarusa. Burial will be in Bremen Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-4 and 6-8 pm Friday and one hour before services Saturday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Wakarusa Public Library.
Mr Geyer was a farmer and worked at Brown & Brown Construction in Wakarusa for 17 years.
He was born Oct 7, 1901, in St Joseph County.
On June 10, 1941, he married Helen May Lechlitner. She survives with a daughter, Irene Geyer of Elkhart; two sons, James "Gene" of Baraboo, WI, and L Leon of Blacksburg, VA; four grandchildren; a sister, Edna Hunsberger of Nappanee; and a brother, Lloyd of Wakarusa.
He was a member of Madison Chapel.
Services for Leighton M Geyer, 94, of 11564 Pierce Road, who died at 3:45 am Wednesday in Elkhart General Hospital, will be at 10:30 am Saturday in Rieth, Rohrer, Ehret & Lienhart Funeral Home, Wakarusa. Burial will be in Bremen Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-4 and 6-8 pm Friday and one hour before services Saturday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Wakarusa Public Library.
Mr Geyer was a farmer and worked at Brown & Brown Construction in Wakarusa for 17 years.
He was born Oct 7, 1901, in St Joseph County.
On June 10, 1941, he married Helen May Lechlitner. She survives with a daughter, Irene Geyer of Elkhart; two sons, James "Gene" of Baraboo, WI, and L Leon of Blacksburg, VA; four grandchildren; a sister, Edna Hunsberger of Nappanee; and a brother, Lloyd of Wakarusa.
He was a member of Madison Chapel.
Family Members
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Grace Gertrude Geyer Flickinger
1887–1963
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Walter William Geyer
1890–1969
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Emma Edith Geyer Loucks
1891–1976
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Mabel Geyer Zeiger Richards
1893–1976
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Dora C Geyer Eby
1895–1984
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Roscoe C Geyer
1897–1988
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Warren W. Geyer
1899–1986
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Lloyd Millard Geyer
1905–1997
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Russell D. Geyer
1907–1907
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Florence J. Geyer
1909–1967
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