Re: Iona Lickliter / Lechliter / Lechleitner..you name it

Hi Dan,

Raymond/Iona (Lechleitner)Paustian are my uncle/aunt.

I've found the obit for Iona's brother Allan which also lists their parents:

Also, I've been trying to find the immigration/ship manifest for Hans Paustian (no luck yet) and Sylvester Mahoney (m ggfather) Any chance you can let me know where/details of their immigration?

Allan Lechleitner

Allan F. Lechleitner, 50, of Grand Island died Sunday, May 12, 2002, at BryanLGH East in Lincoln.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Apfel-Butler-Geddes Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Jim Henry will officiate. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 8 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested to the family.

Mr. Lechleitner was born Aug. 28, 1951, at Grand Island to Bernard J. and Ruth (Canon) Lechleitner. He grew up and was educated in Grand Island.

He married Linda Taylor in 1982 in Hastings. The couple lived in Grand Island. He worked for Clark Sanitation, Monfort and Diamond Plastics where he retired from in 1992 due to disability.

He enjoyed fishing, hunting and drinking coffee.

Survivors include his wife; daughters and son-in-law, Lisa Taylor and Brad Janssen, and Brandie Lechleitner, all of Rushville, and Holly Lechleitner of Grand Island; two grandchildren; brothers and sister-in-law, Dennis and Bonnie Lechleitner of Cozad and Darrell Lechleitner of Grand Island; and sisters and brother-in-law, Iona and Ray Paustian of Florida and Deby Daly of Delaware.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Melvin Lechleitner, and a sister, Marie.