**Leland Meyers Hummel (Aug. 1, 1922- May 5, 2002) [80] married Lois Nadyne Stepp (July 7, 1923- Oct.7, 2000) [77] on June 9, 1940. They remained married for just a little over 60 years. They stayed with each other and loved each other through thick & thin.
Lois, known to everyone as Dee or Dee Dee, was the daughter of Charles and Mary Stepp {Steppenowski} of Dixon, Illinois. Leland, known as Lee, worked in the Milledgeville meat market before moving to Polo to run the Polo Meat Market & Locker Plant, which for many years was the major retail outlet for fresh beef & pork in the entire Polo area of Illinois. All of his children worked there in their teen years and helped regularly with the operation of the business. Later he sold insurance, mostly with the Combined Insurance Company, and was one of their top agents in his region. He loved "the Golden Bowl" bowling league and very much LOVED the game of golf, and taught all four of his boys to play the game. [two of whom, Butch and Curt, proved to be local champions in golf, both in high school and early adulthood. Butch, perhaps (and even very likely) could have turned fully professional if he had determined to pursue that route in life].
Leland and wife, Dee Dee, also managed the Edgewood Public Golf Course for several years near Polo, Illnois, and then moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1975, living out the rest of their semi-retired life there at the Holiday Spa Trailer Park, - a very nice, cozy Trailer Park in the sunny, sunny Sunnyslope portion of Phoenix,AZ.
They had five children:
*Leland Meyers, Jr. (Butch) was born Jan 6. 1942. Growing up he worked most days at the meat market and could well manage the business when Dad was away; he also set pins at the bowling alley which was right next door to the market. [Lonnie & Steve held down the same kind of jobs when they were old enough in the early teens]
*Deborah Annette (Mar. 31,1946) married Steve Hunt on Aug. 13, 1966. They had two children, Suna and Ryan. Later, they were divorced and Debbie eventually moved to Surprise, Arizona, where she has worked as a healthcare professional. Both Butch & Debbie were gifted with very high IQ's in the near genius level.
*Leonard (Lonnie or Len Charles) was born July 29, 1947. After high school & college, he drifted around working many different jobs, living in Freeport, DeKalb, Polo, Miami, Miami Beach, and eventually Phoenix, Glendale, and (later) Manila & Cebu, Philippines. He and his wife, Lynne Suzanne, are currently missionaries in the Philippines since 1988, working on the mission field with (mostly) very poor families & destitute children for over 22 years. Lonnie is also a poet & writer. Lynne is completing, as of mid-2011, her lengthy 46 chapter biography & testimony book titled, FATHER TO THE FATHERLESS. They have published many dozens of booklets & tracts & pamphlets over the last 20 years, all related to the Christian Gospel & Christian living.
*Stephen Craig was born Feb.9, 1949. He and his wife, Anca, live in Glendale, Arizona. They have one son, Andrew, who hopes to study to be a medical doctor or surgeon.
*Curt Allen was born May 6, 1952. He and his wife Margarita lived in Florida. They had 3 children, Stacy, Kerry and Mallory. Curt was tragically killed in an automobile accident near Miami in the early 1980's.
The first child of Lee and Dee Hummel, *Leland M. Hummel, Jr. (Butch), married Sandra Jo Abels on June 19,1965. They lived in Baileyville , Illinois and Butch worked in the computer area at MicroSwitch Division of Honeywell in Freeport. He remained there until retirement in 2009. They have lived near Polo, Illinois since the early 1970's.
Leland [Lee] Hummel was always one of the most sociable, likable and well-liked persons in his community: both Polo and in Phoenix-Sunnyslope. Everyone who met him always thought or commented, "What a nice, 'upbeat', likeable guy!" and so he was. He always sought to be kind and positive to everyone he met. He was also a life-long Rotarian, well beloved by all. and who could ever forget his infectuous, loud-ish laughter ... that usually ended with tears in both eyes. ... :^)
He was a great Dad and a great Grampa. Truly no one who knew him will ever forget him.
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***Dad & Mom also had some very special children from a local family in Phoenix, [a family originally from India] that they virtually adopted as their own in their latter years: Laxmi and Ganesh Acharya, and Krishna and Arvind Vijayasarathi. These special children were a great joy to them as they spent many months & years taking care of these beautiful Indian children as tho they were their very own.** They were, in fact, treated as their very own children and were a constant source of laughter and joy to them. - truly, this was a blessing from GOD also.***
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Dad was cremated in May of 2002, and later his ashes were scattered near the old creek on the family farm in Spring Valley, Illinois were he spent most of his youth and early adulthood.
"This, for a fact, was a man any son or daughter or grandchild could be proud of". - and I know I speak for all the family in saying this. *he was the kind of man that no one, really, could dislike*. (and I think likely that if he had a grave-stone: *this* would be his epitaph). we all miss you terrible, Dad, Grandpa. ... see you in Heaven.
Lois, known to everyone as Dee or Dee Dee, was the daughter of Charles and Mary Stepp {Steppenowski} of Dixon, Illinois. Leland, known as Lee, worked in the Milledgeville meat market before moving to Polo to run the Polo Meat Market & Locker Plant, which for many years was the major retail outlet for fresh beef & pork in the entire Polo area of Illinois. All of his children worked there in their teen years and helped regularly with the operation of the business. Later he sold insurance, mostly with the Combined Insurance Company, and was one of their top agents in his region. He loved "the Golden Bowl" bowling league and very much LOVED the game of golf, and taught all four of his boys to play the game. [two of whom, Butch and Curt, proved to be local champions in golf, both in high school and early adulthood. Butch, perhaps (and even very likely) could have turned fully professional if he had determined to pursue that route in life].
Leland and wife, Dee Dee, also managed the Edgewood Public Golf Course for several years near Polo, Illnois, and then moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1975, living out the rest of their semi-retired life there at the Holiday Spa Trailer Park, - a very nice, cozy Trailer Park in the sunny, sunny Sunnyslope portion of Phoenix,AZ.
They had five children:
*Leland Meyers, Jr. (Butch) was born Jan 6. 1942. Growing up he worked most days at the meat market and could well manage the business when Dad was away; he also set pins at the bowling alley which was right next door to the market. [Lonnie & Steve held down the same kind of jobs when they were old enough in the early teens]
*Deborah Annette (Mar. 31,1946) married Steve Hunt on Aug. 13, 1966. They had two children, Suna and Ryan. Later, they were divorced and Debbie eventually moved to Surprise, Arizona, where she has worked as a healthcare professional. Both Butch & Debbie were gifted with very high IQ's in the near genius level.
*Leonard (Lonnie or Len Charles) was born July 29, 1947. After high school & college, he drifted around working many different jobs, living in Freeport, DeKalb, Polo, Miami, Miami Beach, and eventually Phoenix, Glendale, and (later) Manila & Cebu, Philippines. He and his wife, Lynne Suzanne, are currently missionaries in the Philippines since 1988, working on the mission field with (mostly) very poor families & destitute children for over 22 years. Lonnie is also a poet & writer. Lynne is completing, as of mid-2011, her lengthy 46 chapter biography & testimony book titled, FATHER TO THE FATHERLESS. They have published many dozens of booklets & tracts & pamphlets over the last 20 years, all related to the Christian Gospel & Christian living.
*Stephen Craig was born Feb.9, 1949. He and his wife, Anca, live in Glendale, Arizona. They have one son, Andrew, who hopes to study to be a medical doctor or surgeon.
*Curt Allen was born May 6, 1952. He and his wife Margarita lived in Florida. They had 3 children, Stacy, Kerry and Mallory. Curt was tragically killed in an automobile accident near Miami in the early 1980's.
The first child of Lee and Dee Hummel, *Leland M. Hummel, Jr. (Butch), married Sandra Jo Abels on June 19,1965. They lived in Baileyville , Illinois and Butch worked in the computer area at MicroSwitch Division of Honeywell in Freeport. He remained there until retirement in 2009. They have lived near Polo, Illinois since the early 1970's.
Leland [Lee] Hummel was always one of the most sociable, likable and well-liked persons in his community: both Polo and in Phoenix-Sunnyslope. Everyone who met him always thought or commented, "What a nice, 'upbeat', likeable guy!" and so he was. He always sought to be kind and positive to everyone he met. He was also a life-long Rotarian, well beloved by all. and who could ever forget his infectuous, loud-ish laughter ... that usually ended with tears in both eyes. ... :^)
He was a great Dad and a great Grampa. Truly no one who knew him will ever forget him.
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***Dad & Mom also had some very special children from a local family in Phoenix, [a family originally from India] that they virtually adopted as their own in their latter years: Laxmi and Ganesh Acharya, and Krishna and Arvind Vijayasarathi. These special children were a great joy to them as they spent many months & years taking care of these beautiful Indian children as tho they were their very own.** They were, in fact, treated as their very own children and were a constant source of laughter and joy to them. - truly, this was a blessing from GOD also.***
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Dad was cremated in May of 2002, and later his ashes were scattered near the old creek on the family farm in Spring Valley, Illinois were he spent most of his youth and early adulthood.
"This, for a fact, was a man any son or daughter or grandchild could be proud of". - and I know I speak for all the family in saying this. *he was the kind of man that no one, really, could dislike*. (and I think likely that if he had a grave-stone: *this* would be his epitaph). we all miss you terrible, Dad, Grandpa. ... see you in Heaven.
**Leland Meyers Hummel (Aug. 1, 1922- May 5, 2002) [80] married Lois Nadyne Stepp (July 7, 1923- Oct.7, 2000) [77] on June 9, 1940. They remained married for just a little over 60 years. They stayed with each other and loved each other through thick & thin.
Lois, known to everyone as Dee or Dee Dee, was the daughter of Charles and Mary Stepp {Steppenowski} of Dixon, Illinois. Leland, known as Lee, worked in the Milledgeville meat market before moving to Polo to run the Polo Meat Market & Locker Plant, which for many years was the major retail outlet for fresh beef & pork in the entire Polo area of Illinois. All of his children worked there in their teen years and helped regularly with the operation of the business. Later he sold insurance, mostly with the Combined Insurance Company, and was one of their top agents in his region. He loved "the Golden Bowl" bowling league and very much LOVED the game of golf, and taught all four of his boys to play the game. [two of whom, Butch and Curt, proved to be local champions in golf, both in high school and early adulthood. Butch, perhaps (and even very likely) could have turned fully professional if he had determined to pursue that route in life].
Leland and wife, Dee Dee, also managed the Edgewood Public Golf Course for several years near Polo, Illnois, and then moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1975, living out the rest of their semi-retired life there at the Holiday Spa Trailer Park, - a very nice, cozy Trailer Park in the sunny, sunny Sunnyslope portion of Phoenix,AZ.
They had five children:
*Leland Meyers, Jr. (Butch) was born Jan 6. 1942. Growing up he worked most days at the meat market and could well manage the business when Dad was away; he also set pins at the bowling alley which was right next door to the market. [Lonnie & Steve held down the same kind of jobs when they were old enough in the early teens]
*Deborah Annette (Mar. 31,1946) married Steve Hunt on Aug. 13, 1966. They had two children, Suna and Ryan. Later, they were divorced and Debbie eventually moved to Surprise, Arizona, where she has worked as a healthcare professional. Both Butch & Debbie were gifted with very high IQ's in the near genius level.
*Leonard (Lonnie or Len Charles) was born July 29, 1947. After high school & college, he drifted around working many different jobs, living in Freeport, DeKalb, Polo, Miami, Miami Beach, and eventually Phoenix, Glendale, and (later) Manila & Cebu, Philippines. He and his wife, Lynne Suzanne, are currently missionaries in the Philippines since 1988, working on the mission field with (mostly) very poor families & destitute children for over 22 years. Lonnie is also a poet & writer. Lynne is completing, as of mid-2011, her lengthy 46 chapter biography & testimony book titled, FATHER TO THE FATHERLESS. They have published many dozens of booklets & tracts & pamphlets over the last 20 years, all related to the Christian Gospel & Christian living.
*Stephen Craig was born Feb.9, 1949. He and his wife, Anca, live in Glendale, Arizona. They have one son, Andrew, who hopes to study to be a medical doctor or surgeon.
*Curt Allen was born May 6, 1952. He and his wife Margarita lived in Florida. They had 3 children, Stacy, Kerry and Mallory. Curt was tragically killed in an automobile accident near Miami in the early 1980's.
The first child of Lee and Dee Hummel, *Leland M. Hummel, Jr. (Butch), married Sandra Jo Abels on June 19,1965. They lived in Baileyville , Illinois and Butch worked in the computer area at MicroSwitch Division of Honeywell in Freeport. He remained there until retirement in 2009. They have lived near Polo, Illinois since the early 1970's.
Leland [Lee] Hummel was always one of the most sociable, likable and well-liked persons in his community: both Polo and in Phoenix-Sunnyslope. Everyone who met him always thought or commented, "What a nice, 'upbeat', likeable guy!" and so he was. He always sought to be kind and positive to everyone he met. He was also a life-long Rotarian, well beloved by all. and who could ever forget his infectuous, loud-ish laughter ... that usually ended with tears in both eyes. ... :^)
He was a great Dad and a great Grampa. Truly no one who knew him will ever forget him.
*************************************************
***Dad & Mom also had some very special children from a local family in Phoenix, [a family originally from India] that they virtually adopted as their own in their latter years: Laxmi and Ganesh Acharya, and Krishna and Arvind Vijayasarathi. These special children were a great joy to them as they spent many months & years taking care of these beautiful Indian children as tho they were their very own.** They were, in fact, treated as their very own children and were a constant source of laughter and joy to them. - truly, this was a blessing from GOD also.***
***********************************************
Dad was cremated in May of 2002, and later his ashes were scattered near the old creek on the family farm in Spring Valley, Illinois were he spent most of his youth and early adulthood.
"This, for a fact, was a man any son or daughter or grandchild could be proud of". - and I know I speak for all the family in saying this. *he was the kind of man that no one, really, could dislike*. (and I think likely that if he had a grave-stone: *this* would be his epitaph). we all miss you terrible, Dad, Grandpa. ... see you in Heaven.
Lois, known to everyone as Dee or Dee Dee, was the daughter of Charles and Mary Stepp {Steppenowski} of Dixon, Illinois. Leland, known as Lee, worked in the Milledgeville meat market before moving to Polo to run the Polo Meat Market & Locker Plant, which for many years was the major retail outlet for fresh beef & pork in the entire Polo area of Illinois. All of his children worked there in their teen years and helped regularly with the operation of the business. Later he sold insurance, mostly with the Combined Insurance Company, and was one of their top agents in his region. He loved "the Golden Bowl" bowling league and very much LOVED the game of golf, and taught all four of his boys to play the game. [two of whom, Butch and Curt, proved to be local champions in golf, both in high school and early adulthood. Butch, perhaps (and even very likely) could have turned fully professional if he had determined to pursue that route in life].
Leland and wife, Dee Dee, also managed the Edgewood Public Golf Course for several years near Polo, Illnois, and then moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1975, living out the rest of their semi-retired life there at the Holiday Spa Trailer Park, - a very nice, cozy Trailer Park in the sunny, sunny Sunnyslope portion of Phoenix,AZ.
They had five children:
*Leland Meyers, Jr. (Butch) was born Jan 6. 1942. Growing up he worked most days at the meat market and could well manage the business when Dad was away; he also set pins at the bowling alley which was right next door to the market. [Lonnie & Steve held down the same kind of jobs when they were old enough in the early teens]
*Deborah Annette (Mar. 31,1946) married Steve Hunt on Aug. 13, 1966. They had two children, Suna and Ryan. Later, they were divorced and Debbie eventually moved to Surprise, Arizona, where she has worked as a healthcare professional. Both Butch & Debbie were gifted with very high IQ's in the near genius level.
*Leonard (Lonnie or Len Charles) was born July 29, 1947. After high school & college, he drifted around working many different jobs, living in Freeport, DeKalb, Polo, Miami, Miami Beach, and eventually Phoenix, Glendale, and (later) Manila & Cebu, Philippines. He and his wife, Lynne Suzanne, are currently missionaries in the Philippines since 1988, working on the mission field with (mostly) very poor families & destitute children for over 22 years. Lonnie is also a poet & writer. Lynne is completing, as of mid-2011, her lengthy 46 chapter biography & testimony book titled, FATHER TO THE FATHERLESS. They have published many dozens of booklets & tracts & pamphlets over the last 20 years, all related to the Christian Gospel & Christian living.
*Stephen Craig was born Feb.9, 1949. He and his wife, Anca, live in Glendale, Arizona. They have one son, Andrew, who hopes to study to be a medical doctor or surgeon.
*Curt Allen was born May 6, 1952. He and his wife Margarita lived in Florida. They had 3 children, Stacy, Kerry and Mallory. Curt was tragically killed in an automobile accident near Miami in the early 1980's.
The first child of Lee and Dee Hummel, *Leland M. Hummel, Jr. (Butch), married Sandra Jo Abels on June 19,1965. They lived in Baileyville , Illinois and Butch worked in the computer area at MicroSwitch Division of Honeywell in Freeport. He remained there until retirement in 2009. They have lived near Polo, Illinois since the early 1970's.
Leland [Lee] Hummel was always one of the most sociable, likable and well-liked persons in his community: both Polo and in Phoenix-Sunnyslope. Everyone who met him always thought or commented, "What a nice, 'upbeat', likeable guy!" and so he was. He always sought to be kind and positive to everyone he met. He was also a life-long Rotarian, well beloved by all. and who could ever forget his infectuous, loud-ish laughter ... that usually ended with tears in both eyes. ... :^)
He was a great Dad and a great Grampa. Truly no one who knew him will ever forget him.
*************************************************
***Dad & Mom also had some very special children from a local family in Phoenix, [a family originally from India] that they virtually adopted as their own in their latter years: Laxmi and Ganesh Acharya, and Krishna and Arvind Vijayasarathi. These special children were a great joy to them as they spent many months & years taking care of these beautiful Indian children as tho they were their very own.** They were, in fact, treated as their very own children and were a constant source of laughter and joy to them. - truly, this was a blessing from GOD also.***
***********************************************
Dad was cremated in May of 2002, and later his ashes were scattered near the old creek on the family farm in Spring Valley, Illinois were he spent most of his youth and early adulthood.
"This, for a fact, was a man any son or daughter or grandchild could be proud of". - and I know I speak for all the family in saying this. *he was the kind of man that no one, really, could dislike*. (and I think likely that if he had a grave-stone: *this* would be his epitaph). we all miss you terrible, Dad, Grandpa. ... see you in Heaven.
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