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Bertha Henrichs was born on 23 September 1915 in Iowa.^1,2 She and Andrew Paul McLeish were married on 3 January 1935. She died on 22 March 1995, at age 79, in Oelwein, Fayette, Iowa.¹

Richard Andrew McLeish was born on 4 March 1939. He died on 4 March 1939, at age 0.

Eugene Laverne Geistfeld was born on 30 August 1939 in Independence, Buchanan, Iowa.¹ He died on 8 February 2003, at age 63, in Marion, Linn, Iowa.¹ He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Buchanan, Iowa.¹

Eugene Laverne Geistfeld was a Raw Materials Inspector and Engraver in Rockwell- Collins.² Eugene "Gene" LaVerne Geistfeld, 63, of 1060 27 th St., Mation, died Saturday, February 8, 2003, in his home following a long illness. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Marion, by the Rev. Thomas E. Hedtke and Vicar Jason Shaw. Graveside services: 3 p.m. Wednesday at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Independence. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 11) at Murdock Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, and from 10 a.m. until service time at the church on Wednesday.

Survivors include his wife, Nancy; two sons, Ronald Geistfeld and wife Regina of Birch Run, Michigan, and Larry Geistfeld and wife Helen of Pelia; a daughter, Joni Geistfeld and David Christiansen of Marion; a sister Karen Stewart and husband Alan of Victoria, Texas; and two grandchildren, Madelynne Marie Geistfeld and Tristen Levi Christiansen.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter Julie and a brother, Loren.

Eugene was born the son of Ernest and Nellie Polege Geistfeld on August 30, 1939, in Independence, Iowa. He was married to Nancy McLeish on June 18, 1961, in Oelwein. for thirty-five years, Eugene was employed by Rockwell-Collins, where he was a raw material inspector and engraver and where he had the opportunity to work on the Apollo program.. Eugene retired in 1995. He also drove a school bus for the Marion and Linn-Mar School districts. Eugene was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church.

Eugene was an avid camper and traveler and loved his Hawkeyes. Whenever you would go to visit him you would most likely find him working in the yard. Eugene was a loving husband, father and grandfather and will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.

Julie Ann Geistfeld was born on 7 February 1968 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa.¹ She died on 7 February 1968, at age 0, in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa.¹ She was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, Fayette, Iowa.¹

Fred Hughson was born on 12 June 1915.¹ He and Margaret Lillie McLeish were married on 19 September 1936.² He died in August 1985, at age 70, in Oelwein, Fayette, Iowa.¹

Robert Hughson was born on 31 March 1937.¹ He died on 31 March 2007, at age 70, in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa.¹

Martin Campbell was born in 1969. He died in 1969, at age ~0.