Submitted by:
Nadine A. Hardin
Obituary Name: Leighton M. Geyer
Names mentioned: Geyer, Lechlitner,
Hunsberger
South Bend Tribune, Indiana-Mishawaka
Deaths, Wednesday, December 06, 1995
Leighton M. Geyer
WAKARUSA - Leighton M. Geyer, 94, of
11564 Pierce Road, died at 3:45 a.m. today in Elkhart General
Hospital. Reith, Rohrer, Ehret & Lienhart Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
South Bend Tribune, Indiana-Michigan Deaths,
Thursday, December 07, 1995
Leighton M. Geyer (Oct. 7, 1901-Dec.
6, 1995).
WAKARUSA - Services for Leighton M. Geyer,
94, of 11564 Pierce Road, who died at 3:45 a.m. Wednesday in
Elkhart General Hospital, will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in
Rieth, Rohrer, Ehret & Lienhart Funeral Home, Wakarusa.
Burial will be in Bremen Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4
and 6 to 8 p.m. 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, Wis., 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.