Fourth Generation

29. Leonard Fredrick ZELLMER¹⁵ was born on 5 May 1919 in Twete, Blaine County, MT.³⁹ He was baptized on 14 May 1919. He was confirmed on 28 August 1932. Leonard graduated in May 1940 in Hogeland, Blaine County, MT. He died on 21 June 2001 at the age of 82 in Great Falls, Cascade County, MT.³⁹ He was buried on 25 June 2001 in Hogeland, Blaine County, MT.

Leonard Fredrick ZELLMER and Doris Adeline STRAIGHT were married on 15 November 1947 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^32,39,59 (They had six children.) Doris Adeline STRAIGHT¹⁵, daughter of Edwin Ray STRAIGHT and Adeline G. FUHRMANN, was born on 19 May 1926 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^32,37 She died on 26 January 2011 at the age of 84 in Chinook, Blaine County, MT.⁵⁹

Obituary Notes: "Doris Adeline Zellmer, 84, passed away Jan. 26,2011, at Sweet Memorial Nursing Home in Chinook, Mont., following complications of a stroke suffered on March 30, 2010.

Visitation was at Edwards Funeral Home in Chinook on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, from 4-5:30 p.m. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, February, 1, 2011, at 1:30 p.m. in the Hogeland American Lutheran Church with burial following in the Wing Cemetery.

Arrangements are by Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook.

Doris was born May 19, 1926, in Tomah, Wis., to Edwin Straight and Adeline (Fuhrman) Straight. She attended a rural country school near Tomah, Wisconsin, completing the 8th grade. Doris was the seventh child of nine children. Doris worked several jobs as a maid and waitress in Tomah. Doris was a natural- born musician playing numerous musical instruments. Throughout her life she entertained at numerous parties and events with her musical talents. Music, her children and grandchildren were her passion.

Doris met her husband, Leonard, at a custard shop in Tomah where she worked. Doris and Leonard were married Nov. 15, 1947, in Tomah and left for their farm home near Hogeland, Montana. They lived on the farm until November of 1987 when they retired and moved to Havre, Mont. They enjoyed their retirement years with their new friends in the Blue Horizons Good Sam Club.

Doris enjoyed her years on the farm cooking, gardening and spending time with her children and grandchildren. For several years, she and Leonard were partners in Big Flat Meats. Doris was also a great caregiver to many, always putting others first. Doris was an active member of the Hogeland American Legion Auxiliary Post #59, American Lutheran Church of Hogeland and Blue Horizons Good Sam Club. She enjoyed volunteering at the Senior Center in Havre.

Doris is survived by two daughters, Loretta Beck (Wally), of Hogeland, Mont., and Laura Sherwood (Dale) of Great Falls, Mont; four sons, Ed (Kathy) of Hogeland, Darwin (Betty) of Harlem, Mont., Wynn (Shirley) of Kalispell, Mont., and Erwin (Tawny) of Nashua, Mont.; one brother, Leroy Straight of Westfield, Wis.; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Doris is preceded in death by her husband Leonard; a granddaughter Dawn Zellmer; sisters Gertrude, Hazel, Mabel and Mildred; and brothers, Raymond, Donald and Leonard. Memorials may be sent to the American Lutheran Church of Hogeland, The Sweet Memorial Nursing Home in Chinook or to one’s choice."

Leonard Fredrick ZELLMER and Doris Adeline STRAIGHT had the following children: