Obituary:  Margaret Jane Harnisch


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SUBJECT: Margaret Jane Harnisch
SUBMITTER: David Henry Harnisch
EMAIL: Harnisch@Tomah.com
DATE: Aug 09, 1999
SURNAMES: Harnisch, Schleifer, Bottjer, Nicholson, Sterling, Waldenberger,
Landry

ONALASKA, Wis.--Margaret Jane Harnisch, 72 years of age, of Onalaska, died
suddenly Thursday, July 31, 1997 at the Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in
La Crosse.
She was born March 13, 1925 in Mindoro, Wisconsin to Raymond and Katherine
(Bottjer) Schleifer. She married Le Roy Harnisch in 1942, and he preceded
her in death on May 28, 1971. Margaret grew up in the Burr Oak area, near
Mindoro, and formerly worked at Outer's in Onalaska during the war, and
later with her husband, owned Lee and Mug's Restaurant in Bangor and Onalaska.
She later became a real estate broker, and was formerly associated with
the United Farm Agency, Wheeler, and Weber realty agencies, until her retirement,
in 1993. She was a member of the Onalaska Chapter #249 Order of Eastern
Star, and Wisconsin Board of Realtors.
She is survived by three sons, James Le Roy (Julie) Harnisch of Eau Claire,
Thomas William (Pam) Harnisch of Neillsville, and David Henry (Carol) of
Tomah; seven grandchildren; one great-grandaughter; two brothers Robert
(Joe Ann) Schleifer of Onalaska, Lyle (Sylvia) Schleifer of Janesville;
three sisters, Delores (R.G.) Nicholson of La Crosse, Violet Sterling of
Blaine, Washington, and Sharon (Everett) Waldenberger of Holmen; two sisters-in-law,
Glendora Schleifer of South Beloit, Illinois, Dena Schleifer Landry of
Mindoro.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, and
two brothers, Ellsworth Schleifer and Raymond Schleifer (Jr.).
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, August 4, 1997 at the
United Methodist Church in Onalaska. Rev. Jeff Hoch will officiate. Burial
will be in the Onalaska Cemetery. Friends may call at the Fossum Funeral
Home in Onalaska from 4 till 8 p.m. on Sunday, with a 7:30 p.m. Eastern
Star service to be held at the funeral home; and at the church on Monday
from 10 a.m. till time of services.