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- [schlotfeldt.FTW]
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 6, Ed. 1, Tree #3710, Date of Import: Jan 30, 2001]
Lenora is the originator of the famous Schlotfeldt family will. It was
probated in 1971. Fay Ernest Schlotfeldt of Rio Verde, Arizona has
a copy of the will (and is included in it.) Fay remembers Lenora from
his grade school days in Davenport, Iowa. After his father Ernest died,
his mother, Selma, eventually decided to buy a house near Lenora's
that had a beauty shop in it. This was on the advice of the family
attorney. He also suggested Lenora make Selma the loan as a
good investment. Before Lenora would do it. "I had to get all dressed-up
and go with Mom to get Lenora's approval. I got a lot of questions, but
was on my best decorum. Later, as I walked home from school, Lenora
would peek out the window at me, and if she didn't think I was properly
dressed, she would call Mom. I learned to take a different route if
I wasn't sure I would pass muster."
"My aunts, Leone Schlotfeldt Kruse, and Adela "Dayle" Schlotfeldt
Townsley, were the ones who really pushed that will. The attorney's
thought there weren't any Schlotfeldt's left around. It kind of became
a family joke that it was going to cost more attorney fees than anyone
would get. Rumor was they had to sell a farm to pay them. Don't know
if that was true, but we sure didn't get much out of it.
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1866 - 1955 (89 years)
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