Elizabeth R. Leonard

Elizabeth Lobitz was born on August 14, 1917, in Baker, MN, to Lewis G. and Marie Burke Lobitz. She grew up and attended school in Sabin and one year in Barnesville. During her schooling in Barnesville she traveled by train back and forth to Barnesville as her father was the Depot Agent for Great Northern. She graduated from Moorhead High school in 1936. She moved to Denver, CO, where she married Stanley Leonard in 1942. They lived in various communities before retiring in Avon, MN.Elizabeth is survived by two sisters, Marge Paasch, Moorhead, and Janice "Boots" Carl Anderson, Dilworth, MN; step-sisters, LaVerne Rowlett, Moorhead, and June Beck, Austin, TX; step-brother, Ken Johnk, Portland, OR; many nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews including her nephew Mike Jolene Lobitz, of Avon, MN, who cared for her for many years. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Stan; two brothers, Fred "Bud" and George Lobitz; three sisters, Dorothy Krabbenhoft, Esther Schmidt and Lois Snyder.