Roy Lesmeister

LeRoy "Roy" August Lesmeister, son of Zeno and Ida (Jost) Lesmeister, was born August 31, 1918 in Montrose, Missouri. He traveled with his parents and two older brothers to the Morris area. Roy was united in marriage to Alice Podratz on October 10, 1940. This union was blessed with five children: Dennis, Janice, Richard, Joseph "Ricky" and Judy. The couple first farmed near Donnelly, Kensington and then settled on a farm near Herman. Roy did a lot of custom work and he loved his Minneapolis Moline Baler. He was always in his shop fixing his machinery. Whenever his neighbors were in need Roy was there with a helping hand. In 2002 Roy was married to Elsie Schuman. When he retired to Hoffman he took up golfing and loved it. Roy loved having his family around him. He really liked his Johnny cake with steak and gravy. Roy enjoyed his Westerns, especially John Wayne. He could watch them all day, along with playing his computer games.



LeRoy died on Thursday, January 26, 2006 at the SCMC Courage Cottage in Morris, having lived to reach the age of 87 years.



He is survived by his wife: Elsie Lesmeister of Hoffman; sons: Dennis (Carolyn) Lesmeister of Moab, UT and Richard (Dottie) Lesmeister of Rockford, MN; daughters: Janice (David) Tolifson of Alexandria and Judy (Scott) Neuman of Herman; step-daughter: Judith (Stan) Hansen of Benkelman, NE; step-son: Richard (Gail) Schuman of Atlanta, GA; brothers: Eugene (Katie) Lesmeister of Morris, Bernard (Jackie) Lesmeister of CA and James Lesmeister of Cyrus; sisters: Deloris (Bob) Buhl of Graceville, Helen Staples of Morris, Irene (Ben) Sauter of Pine City, Loretta (Herbert) DeVaan of Wayzata, Joan (Richard) Hanrahan of Morris and Dorothy Aschman of Burnsville; ten grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; one step-great-grandchild and several nieces and nephews. Roy was preceded in death by his wife: Alice; parents; son: Joseph; three brothers: Leonard, William and Richard and one sister, Valeria Osterman.



Pallbearers for the service are: Tyson Lesmeister, Jay Lesmeister, Jessie Lesmeister, Mike Neuman, Chris Tolifson and Andy Volkmann. Honorary pallbearers are: Troy Scovill, Dwaine Christensen, Willard Giese, Ray "Sparky" Sperr, Duane Hamele, Stanley Vipond and Harold "Scottie" Schuman. Marilyn Backman will serve as organist for the service with Greg Sperr and Jeanne Sperr will be providing special music. Pedersen Funeral Home in Morris is in charge of the arrangements.