Mrs. Nelson LeClair, 84, of 2822 Lincoln Ave., Two Rivers, wife of a prominent
retired commercial fishermen and former member of the Wisconsin Conservation
Commission, died Wednesday morning at the family home.
Mrs. LeClair, nee Theresa Colling, was born Feb. 20, 1878, at Seymour, a daughter
of the late Leonard and Anna Baltus Colling. She was married April 20, 1898 to
Nelson LeClair of Two Rivers at Seymour. The couple made its home at Two Rivers
where she had resided since. She was a member of the St. Luke Alter Society and
the Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters.
Besides her husband she leaves five daughters, Mrs. J. J. Defnet, of Albuguerque,
N. M., Miss Loretta, Mrs. Arthur Kummerow and Miss Constance LeClair, of Two Rivers,
and Mrs. Raymond Schultz, of Wyandotte, Mich.; seven sons, Leonard, and Father
LeClair, of Manitowoc, Norbert of Rt. 2, Two Rivers, John, Lawrence and Victor, of
Two Rivers, and Dale, of Waukesha; two sisters, Mrs. Kate Lamb, of Neenah, and Mrs.
Edward LeClair, of Two Rivers; a brother, Christ Colling, of Seymour, 15 grand-
children and 12 great grandchildren.
Manitowoc Herald Times, January 9, 1963.
Mrs. Nelson LeClair, 84, of 2822 Lincoln Ave., Two Rivers, wife of a prominent
retired commercial fishermen and former member of the Wisconsin Conservation
Commission, died Wednesday morning at the family home.
Mrs. LeClair, nee Theresa Colling, was born Feb. 20, 1878, at Seymour, a daughter
of the late Leonard and Anna Baltus Colling. She was married April 20, 1898 to
Nelson LeClair of Two Rivers at Seymour. The couple made its home at Two Rivers
where she had resided since. She was a member of the St. Luke Alter Society and
the Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters.
Besides her husband she leaves five daughters, Mrs. J. J. Defnet, of Albuguerque,
N. M., Miss Loretta, Mrs. Arthur Kummerow and Miss Constance LeClair, of Two Rivers,
and Mrs. Raymond Schultz, of Wyandotte, Mich.; seven sons, Leonard, and Father
LeClair, of Manitowoc, Norbert of Rt. 2, Two Rivers, John, Lawrence and Victor, of
Two Rivers, and Dale, of Waukesha; two sisters, Mrs. Kate Lamb, of Neenah, and Mrs.
Edward LeClair, of Two Rivers; a brother, Christ Colling, of Seymour, 15 grand-
children and 12 great grandchildren.
Manitowoc Herald Times, January 9, 1963.
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