OBITUARY: Leo Michels, c1929-2004, Mitchell Co., Iowa Adapted from: Mitchell County Press-News online -- Oct. 6, 2004 Leo W. Michels Leo Michels, 75, formerly of Meyer, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, September 30, 2004, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services were held on Monday, Oct. 4, 2004, at Westover Funeral Home with burial to follow at Glendale Cemetery. There will be a Memorial Mass on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2004, at the Sacred Heart Church in Meyer, Iowa. Leo was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, raised in Meyer, Iowa and had lived in Des Moines for 50 years. He was a purchasing agent for DMACC for 16 years and for 10 years at Polk County. Leo is survived by his children Maria Michels and Martin Michels both of Des Moines; four sisters, Joan Hemann of Osage, Ann (Tom) Marsolek of Lakewood, Colo., Rose (Dale) Bock of Clive and Jeannette Brandt of Northfield, Minn.; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents. Leo and Pauline Michels; a brother Bob Michels, a sister Germaine Michels and a brother-in-law John Hemann. Copyright 2004, K. L. Kittleson, Coord. Mitchell County (IaGenWeb)