Leslie C. Anklam, "Les," 94, formerly of rural Fall Creek, passed away Saturday evening, March 24, 2007, at the Osseo Nursing Home.
Leslie Clarence, son of Herman and Anna (Hennig) Anklam, was born April 1, 1912, in the town of Washington, rural Fall Creek. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in the town of Clear Creek. As a child, he attended Hillside Country School and then worked alongside his father on the family farm. During the Depression in the 1930s, in order to keep the farm, Les moved to Chicago where he was employed at the Chicago Stock Yards. During this time, he married Viola Thiel on November 20, 1937, in Chicago. The couple moved back to the farm in the early 1940s and farmed here until their retirement. They eventually built a new home on their property, where he lived until entering the Osseo Nursing Home in the fall of 2005.
Les and Viola had been members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Fall Creek; and to be closer to there home, they transferred their membership to Zion Lutheran Church in Cleghorn.
Les enjoyed spending time with his family, and especially his five grandsons. He loved to hunt and fish, often hunting out West and fishing in Canada. He also enjoyed traveling with his wife and the trips they took with family and friends. A part of farming that Les really enjoyed was working with the draft horses. Even when all the work was done with tractors, he still kept his horses. If weather permits, his casket will ride on one of his wagons that will be pulled by a team of horses for the three-mile trip from the church to the cemetery.
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Phyllis and Allen Wathke of rural Fall Creek; five grandsons and five great-grandchildren, Joe and Lynn Wathke of Fall Creek, Mike and Krissy Wathke and Madelyn of Green Bay, Jason and Tricia Wathke and Riley and Jacob of Fall Creek, Wyatt and Danielle Wathke and Tyler of Cleghorn, Kyle Wathke and special friend, Christine, and her daughter, Teresa, of Fall Creek; sister-in-law, Regina Thiel of Eau Claire, special friend, Gladys Olson of Eau Claire; nieces, nephews and many friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Viola on April 18, 1990; three sisters, Elsie Aiken, Edna Steinke, Louise in infancy; brothers-in-law, Alfred, Jule and Clarence Thiel; and sister-in-law, Lilly Sell.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 29, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, rural Eleva, with the Rev. Mark P. Braden officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul's Cemetery in Clear Creek Township.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at the Anderson Funeral Home in Augusta, and one hour prior to services Thursday at the church.
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ONE FINAL RIDE
Former farmer's wooden casket transported by beloved horses
Brad Bryan of the Leader-Telegram Staff, Eau Claire, WI
Leslie "Les" Anklam loved horses, plain and simple, and was especially fond of Belgian draft horses.
So when Anklam died on Saturday at age 94, the retired farmer from the town of Washington would get one last wagon ride.
Anklam's simple wooden casket was transported the final three miles of his life's journey by horse and wagon from Zion Lutheran Church in rural Eleva to St. Paul's Cemetery near Cleghorn following funeral services Thursday.
"I think he would have liked it," said his daughter Phyllis Wathke this morning. "That's why I chose the wooden casket too. That was his life — a simple farming life."
The team was driven by Tim Johnson and Jerry Wathke and pulled one of Anklam's wagons that Johnson now owns.
The idea to have to have his casket carried by wagon came from a conversation years ago between Anklam and his son-in-law Allen Wathke, who suggested it.
Anklam grew up on his family farm on Mueller Road without tractors. During the Great Depression he worked at the Chicago Stockyards, sending money home so his parents could keep the farm.
Although the now certified Century Farm would require tractors, Anklam kept horses around.
Even after he gave up farming in 1974, retired and sold off his team, Les couldn't give up on horses.
When his daughter and his son-in-law took over the farm and Anklam moved across the road from the family farm, he became associated with Tim and Howard Johnson, who gave horse rides for the Lowes Creek Tree Farm. Les helped take care of the Johnsons' horses and gave seasonal wagon and sleigh rides at Lowes Creek Tree farm for about five years.
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addition 4-6-07 Leader Telegram
Leslie Anklam is also survived by brothers-in-law Art Aiken and Bert Steinke.
Leslie Clarence, son of Herman and Anna (Hennig) Anklam, was born April 1, 1912, in the town of Washington, rural Fall Creek. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in the town of Clear Creek. As a child, he attended Hillside Country School and then worked alongside his father on the family farm. During the Depression in the 1930s, in order to keep the farm, Les moved to Chicago where he was employed at the Chicago Stock Yards. During this time, he married Viola Thiel on November 20, 1937, in Chicago. The couple moved back to the farm in the early 1940s and farmed here until their retirement. They eventually built a new home on their property, where he lived until entering the Osseo Nursing Home in the fall of 2005.
Les and Viola had been members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Fall Creek; and to be closer to there home, they transferred their membership to Zion Lutheran Church in Cleghorn.
Les enjoyed spending time with his family, and especially his five grandsons. He loved to hunt and fish, often hunting out West and fishing in Canada. He also enjoyed traveling with his wife and the trips they took with family and friends. A part of farming that Les really enjoyed was working with the draft horses. Even when all the work was done with tractors, he still kept his horses. If weather permits, his casket will ride on one of his wagons that will be pulled by a team of horses for the three-mile trip from the church to the cemetery.
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Phyllis and Allen Wathke of rural Fall Creek; five grandsons and five great-grandchildren, Joe and Lynn Wathke of Fall Creek, Mike and Krissy Wathke and Madelyn of Green Bay, Jason and Tricia Wathke and Riley and Jacob of Fall Creek, Wyatt and Danielle Wathke and Tyler of Cleghorn, Kyle Wathke and special friend, Christine, and her daughter, Teresa, of Fall Creek; sister-in-law, Regina Thiel of Eau Claire, special friend, Gladys Olson of Eau Claire; nieces, nephews and many friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Viola on April 18, 1990; three sisters, Elsie Aiken, Edna Steinke, Louise in infancy; brothers-in-law, Alfred, Jule and Clarence Thiel; and sister-in-law, Lilly Sell.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 29, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, rural Eleva, with the Rev. Mark P. Braden officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul's Cemetery in Clear Creek Township.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at the Anderson Funeral Home in Augusta, and one hour prior to services Thursday at the church.
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ONE FINAL RIDE
Former farmer's wooden casket transported by beloved horses
Brad Bryan of the Leader-Telegram Staff, Eau Claire, WI
Leslie "Les" Anklam loved horses, plain and simple, and was especially fond of Belgian draft horses.
So when Anklam died on Saturday at age 94, the retired farmer from the town of Washington would get one last wagon ride.
Anklam's simple wooden casket was transported the final three miles of his life's journey by horse and wagon from Zion Lutheran Church in rural Eleva to St. Paul's Cemetery near Cleghorn following funeral services Thursday.
"I think he would have liked it," said his daughter Phyllis Wathke this morning. "That's why I chose the wooden casket too. That was his life — a simple farming life."
The team was driven by Tim Johnson and Jerry Wathke and pulled one of Anklam's wagons that Johnson now owns.
The idea to have to have his casket carried by wagon came from a conversation years ago between Anklam and his son-in-law Allen Wathke, who suggested it.
Anklam grew up on his family farm on Mueller Road without tractors. During the Great Depression he worked at the Chicago Stockyards, sending money home so his parents could keep the farm.
Although the now certified Century Farm would require tractors, Anklam kept horses around.
Even after he gave up farming in 1974, retired and sold off his team, Les couldn't give up on horses.
When his daughter and his son-in-law took over the farm and Anklam moved across the road from the family farm, he became associated with Tim and Howard Johnson, who gave horse rides for the Lowes Creek Tree Farm. Les helped take care of the Johnsons' horses and gave seasonal wagon and sleigh rides at Lowes Creek Tree farm for about five years.
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addition 4-6-07 Leader Telegram
Leslie Anklam is also survived by brothers-in-law Art Aiken and Bert Steinke.
Leslie C. Anklam, "Les," 94, formerly of rural Fall Creek, passed away Saturday evening, March 24, 2007, at the Osseo Nursing Home.
Leslie Clarence, son of Herman and Anna (Hennig) Anklam, was born April 1, 1912, in the town of Washington, rural Fall Creek. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in the town of Clear Creek. As a child, he attended Hillside Country School and then worked alongside his father on the family farm. During the Depression in the 1930s, in order to keep the farm, Les moved to Chicago where he was employed at the Chicago Stock Yards. During this time, he married Viola Thiel on November 20, 1937, in Chicago. The couple moved back to the farm in the early 1940s and farmed here until their retirement. They eventually built a new home on their property, where he lived until entering the Osseo Nursing Home in the fall of 2005.
Les and Viola had been members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Fall Creek; and to be closer to there home, they transferred their membership to Zion Lutheran Church in Cleghorn.
Les enjoyed spending time with his family, and especially his five grandsons. He loved to hunt and fish, often hunting out West and fishing in Canada. He also enjoyed traveling with his wife and the trips they took with family and friends. A part of farming that Les really enjoyed was working with the draft horses. Even when all the work was done with tractors, he still kept his horses. If weather permits, his casket will ride on one of his wagons that will be pulled by a team of horses for the three-mile trip from the church to the cemetery.
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Phyllis and Allen Wathke of rural Fall Creek; five grandsons and five great-grandchildren, Joe and Lynn Wathke of Fall Creek, Mike and Krissy Wathke and Madelyn of Green Bay, Jason and Tricia Wathke and Riley and Jacob of Fall Creek, Wyatt and Danielle Wathke and Tyler of Cleghorn, Kyle Wathke and special friend, Christine, and her daughter, Teresa, of Fall Creek; sister-in-law, Regina Thiel of Eau Claire, special friend, Gladys Olson of Eau Claire; nieces, nephews and many friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Viola on April 18, 1990; three sisters, Elsie Aiken, Edna Steinke, Louise in infancy; brothers-in-law, Alfred, Jule and Clarence Thiel; and sister-in-law, Lilly Sell.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 29, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, rural Eleva, with the Rev. Mark P. Braden officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul's Cemetery in Clear Creek Township.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at the Anderson Funeral Home in Augusta, and one hour prior to services Thursday at the church.
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ONE FINAL RIDE
Former farmer's wooden casket transported by beloved horses
Brad Bryan of the Leader-Telegram Staff, Eau Claire, WI
Leslie "Les" Anklam loved horses, plain and simple, and was especially fond of Belgian draft horses.
So when Anklam died on Saturday at age 94, the retired farmer from the town of Washington would get one last wagon ride.
Anklam's simple wooden casket was transported the final three miles of his life's journey by horse and wagon from Zion Lutheran Church in rural Eleva to St. Paul's Cemetery near Cleghorn following funeral services Thursday.
"I think he would have liked it," said his daughter Phyllis Wathke this morning. "That's why I chose the wooden casket too. That was his life — a simple farming life."
The team was driven by Tim Johnson and Jerry Wathke and pulled one of Anklam's wagons that Johnson now owns.
The idea to have to have his casket carried by wagon came from a conversation years ago between Anklam and his son-in-law Allen Wathke, who suggested it.
Anklam grew up on his family farm on Mueller Road without tractors. During the Great Depression he worked at the Chicago Stockyards, sending money home so his parents could keep the farm.
Although the now certified Century Farm would require tractors, Anklam kept horses around.
Even after he gave up farming in 1974, retired and sold off his team, Les couldn't give up on horses.
When his daughter and his son-in-law took over the farm and Anklam moved across the road from the family farm, he became associated with Tim and Howard Johnson, who gave horse rides for the Lowes Creek Tree Farm. Les helped take care of the Johnsons' horses and gave seasonal wagon and sleigh rides at Lowes Creek Tree farm for about five years.
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addition 4-6-07 Leader Telegram
Leslie Anklam is also survived by brothers-in-law Art Aiken and Bert Steinke.
Leslie Clarence, son of Herman and Anna (Hennig) Anklam, was born April 1, 1912, in the town of Washington, rural Fall Creek. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in the town of Clear Creek. As a child, he attended Hillside Country School and then worked alongside his father on the family farm. During the Depression in the 1930s, in order to keep the farm, Les moved to Chicago where he was employed at the Chicago Stock Yards. During this time, he married Viola Thiel on November 20, 1937, in Chicago. The couple moved back to the farm in the early 1940s and farmed here until their retirement. They eventually built a new home on their property, where he lived until entering the Osseo Nursing Home in the fall of 2005.
Les and Viola had been members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Fall Creek; and to be closer to there home, they transferred their membership to Zion Lutheran Church in Cleghorn.
Les enjoyed spending time with his family, and especially his five grandsons. He loved to hunt and fish, often hunting out West and fishing in Canada. He also enjoyed traveling with his wife and the trips they took with family and friends. A part of farming that Les really enjoyed was working with the draft horses. Even when all the work was done with tractors, he still kept his horses. If weather permits, his casket will ride on one of his wagons that will be pulled by a team of horses for the three-mile trip from the church to the cemetery.
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Phyllis and Allen Wathke of rural Fall Creek; five grandsons and five great-grandchildren, Joe and Lynn Wathke of Fall Creek, Mike and Krissy Wathke and Madelyn of Green Bay, Jason and Tricia Wathke and Riley and Jacob of Fall Creek, Wyatt and Danielle Wathke and Tyler of Cleghorn, Kyle Wathke and special friend, Christine, and her daughter, Teresa, of Fall Creek; sister-in-law, Regina Thiel of Eau Claire, special friend, Gladys Olson of Eau Claire; nieces, nephews and many friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Viola on April 18, 1990; three sisters, Elsie Aiken, Edna Steinke, Louise in infancy; brothers-in-law, Alfred, Jule and Clarence Thiel; and sister-in-law, Lilly Sell.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 29, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, rural Eleva, with the Rev. Mark P. Braden officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul's Cemetery in Clear Creek Township.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at the Anderson Funeral Home in Augusta, and one hour prior to services Thursday at the church.
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ONE FINAL RIDE
Former farmer's wooden casket transported by beloved horses
Brad Bryan of the Leader-Telegram Staff, Eau Claire, WI
Leslie "Les" Anklam loved horses, plain and simple, and was especially fond of Belgian draft horses.
So when Anklam died on Saturday at age 94, the retired farmer from the town of Washington would get one last wagon ride.
Anklam's simple wooden casket was transported the final three miles of his life's journey by horse and wagon from Zion Lutheran Church in rural Eleva to St. Paul's Cemetery near Cleghorn following funeral services Thursday.
"I think he would have liked it," said his daughter Phyllis Wathke this morning. "That's why I chose the wooden casket too. That was his life — a simple farming life."
The team was driven by Tim Johnson and Jerry Wathke and pulled one of Anklam's wagons that Johnson now owns.
The idea to have to have his casket carried by wagon came from a conversation years ago between Anklam and his son-in-law Allen Wathke, who suggested it.
Anklam grew up on his family farm on Mueller Road without tractors. During the Great Depression he worked at the Chicago Stockyards, sending money home so his parents could keep the farm.
Although the now certified Century Farm would require tractors, Anklam kept horses around.
Even after he gave up farming in 1974, retired and sold off his team, Les couldn't give up on horses.
When his daughter and his son-in-law took over the farm and Anklam moved across the road from the family farm, he became associated with Tim and Howard Johnson, who gave horse rides for the Lowes Creek Tree Farm. Les helped take care of the Johnsons' horses and gave seasonal wagon and sleigh rides at Lowes Creek Tree farm for about five years.
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addition 4-6-07 Leader Telegram
Leslie Anklam is also survived by brothers-in-law Art Aiken and Bert Steinke.
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