Leo William Schoenfield was born on 16 August 1902 in Sublime, Lavaca County, Texas. He was a twin of his brother Leonard. They were the third and fourth of five children of Paul Herman Schoenfield and Dorothea Schumaker Schoenfield.
The family attended the Zion Lutheran Church in Sublime where Leo and his twin brother Leonard were altar boys.
About 1912, Leo and his family moved to Taiton in Wharton County, Texas where they continued to be engaged in farming and ranching.
On 25 November 1922, tragedy struck the family when Leo's mother, Dorothea, died from a stroke. She was only 42 years of age.
Leo met "the girl next door," Douglas Elzira Richter. They were married at Leo's Taiton home at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, 15 Dec 1926 by Pastor R. C. Albert.
They were engaged in ranching and rice and watermelon farming. The couple became the parents of two children, Margie Lee Schoenfield in 1930 and Donald Gene Schoenfield in 1937.
Leo died on 2 March 1959 at their Taiton farm. He was only 56 years of age. He had been working cattle with his son Donald and son-in-law Victor Wiesner. He had a massive stroke in the cow lot and was taken to the hospital; he died within two hours.
Leo was a very generous and hard-working man who deeply loved his family.
~ by Linda Wiesner, granddaughter
The family attended the Zion Lutheran Church in Sublime where Leo and his twin brother Leonard were altar boys.
About 1912, Leo and his family moved to Taiton in Wharton County, Texas where they continued to be engaged in farming and ranching.
On 25 November 1922, tragedy struck the family when Leo's mother, Dorothea, died from a stroke. She was only 42 years of age.
Leo met "the girl next door," Douglas Elzira Richter. They were married at Leo's Taiton home at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, 15 Dec 1926 by Pastor R. C. Albert.
They were engaged in ranching and rice and watermelon farming. The couple became the parents of two children, Margie Lee Schoenfield in 1930 and Donald Gene Schoenfield in 1937.
Leo died on 2 March 1959 at their Taiton farm. He was only 56 years of age. He had been working cattle with his son Donald and son-in-law Victor Wiesner. He had a massive stroke in the cow lot and was taken to the hospital; he died within two hours.
Leo was a very generous and hard-working man who deeply loved his family.
~ by Linda Wiesner, granddaughter
Leo William Schoenfield was born on 16 August 1902 in Sublime, Lavaca County, Texas. He was a twin of his brother Leonard. They were the third and fourth of five children of Paul Herman Schoenfield and Dorothea Schumaker Schoenfield.
The family attended the Zion Lutheran Church in Sublime where Leo and his twin brother Leonard were altar boys.
About 1912, Leo and his family moved to Taiton in Wharton County, Texas where they continued to be engaged in farming and ranching.
On 25 November 1922, tragedy struck the family when Leo's mother, Dorothea, died from a stroke. She was only 42 years of age.
Leo met "the girl next door," Douglas Elzira Richter. They were married at Leo's Taiton home at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, 15 Dec 1926 by Pastor R. C. Albert.
They were engaged in ranching and rice and watermelon farming. The couple became the parents of two children, Margie Lee Schoenfield in 1930 and Donald Gene Schoenfield in 1937.
Leo died on 2 March 1959 at their Taiton farm. He was only 56 years of age. He had been working cattle with his son Donald and son-in-law Victor Wiesner. He had a massive stroke in the cow lot and was taken to the hospital; he died within two hours.
Leo was a very generous and hard-working man who deeply loved his family.
~ by Linda Wiesner, granddaughter
The family attended the Zion Lutheran Church in Sublime where Leo and his twin brother Leonard were altar boys.
About 1912, Leo and his family moved to Taiton in Wharton County, Texas where they continued to be engaged in farming and ranching.
On 25 November 1922, tragedy struck the family when Leo's mother, Dorothea, died from a stroke. She was only 42 years of age.
Leo met "the girl next door," Douglas Elzira Richter. They were married at Leo's Taiton home at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, 15 Dec 1926 by Pastor R. C. Albert.
They were engaged in ranching and rice and watermelon farming. The couple became the parents of two children, Margie Lee Schoenfield in 1930 and Donald Gene Schoenfield in 1937.
Leo died on 2 March 1959 at their Taiton farm. He was only 56 years of age. He had been working cattle with his son Donald and son-in-law Victor Wiesner. He had a massive stroke in the cow lot and was taken to the hospital; he died within two hours.
Leo was a very generous and hard-working man who deeply loved his family.
~ by Linda Wiesner, granddaughter
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