Mildred Iona Leas ²

  General Notes:

FROM AUDREE SEIBEL LEWIS' CARD FILE, CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF STEUBEN COUNTY, ANGOLA, INDIANA.

MILDRED I. (LEAS) WEICHT, 30 Jan 1895 - 06 Mar 1963

A resident of Route 1, Hudson, Mildred I. Weicht, 88, died
Sunday morning in Cameron Memorial Hospital.
She was born in Hudson, the daughter of Marvin and Jenny
Henny Leas, and was a lifetime resident there.
She was the widow of Vern Weicht who died Nov. 14, 1975.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Billy (June) Sunday of
Angola, two grandchildren and four great-granddaughters.
The Rev. John Newell will conduct services at 2 p.m. today
(Wednesday) in the Salem Center Presbyterian Church where she
was a member. Burial will be in Block Cemetery, Salem
Center. Arrangements were made by Kistler's of Ashley-
Hudson.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Mildred I. (Leas) Weicht, 30 Jan 1895 - 06 Mar 1983, the
daughter of Marvin and Elizabeth Jane/Jenny (Henny) Leas, on
26 Nov 1912, married Vern D. Weicht, 30 Oct 1889 - 12 Nov
1975. Mildred and Vern are buried at the Block Cemetery.
Marvin and Elizabeth Jane are buried at O-HUD, Steuben
County, Indiana.
Marvin Leas was the son of Jacob, 08 Mar 1821 - 26 Jan
1887, and Isabell (Shipe) Leas, who died 26 Sep 1901, aged 71
years, 1 month and 27 days. They are buried at County Line
Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana. The 1880 United States
Census, Salem Steuben County, Indiana, Family History Library
Film #1254312, NA film Number T9-0312, page #285A, lists
Jacob, Isabell and their sons John T. and Marven in addition
to a Savilla Shipe listed as a domestic servant. Possibly
she is a relative since she has the same name as Isabell's
maiden name.
Vern D. Weicht was the son of Eugene F. Weicht, 1857 -
1932, and Effie M. (Silvey) Weicht, 1865 - 1943. Eugene was
the son of Dr. Frederick L. H. Weicht and Susan (McEntaffer)
Weicht Dole St.Clair. Eugene and Effie are buried at Block
Cemetery. Dr. Frederick L. H. and Susan are buried at Old
Angola Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana.
Brother John Timothy Leas, 1857 - 1927, married Mary/Molly
M. (Norman) Leas, 1868 - 1916. They are buried at O-HUD
Cemetery.

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree
Seibel Lewis, Vol 2, pages 1106, 1107, 1108, 1743, 1911,
1912.
Submitted by: Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail: hilbeck@voyager.net

Mildred married Vern Dawson Weicht, son of Eugene F. Weicht and Effie M. Silvey, on 26 Nov 1912 in Angola, Steuben Co, IN.¹ (Vern Dawson Weicht was born on 30 Oct 1889 in Pleasant Township, Steuben Co, IN,¹ died on 12 Nov 1975 in Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, Angola, Steuben Co, IN ¹ and was buried on 15 Nov 1975 in Block Cemetery, Salem Ctr, Steuben Co, IN.)