Leonard Otto Jepson

Born Leonard Otto Jepson on June 21, 1917, the youngest child of Marius and Martina Jorgenson Jepson. He attended District #103 in Bath Township. Leonard married Nora Christina Jepson, daughter of Tosten and Inga Madson Reistad on February 6, 1938, in Northwood, Iowa in a judge's home. Leonard and Nora were faithful members of Grace Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. Leonard worked at Speltz Elevator and also at Enderes Tool Co. from 1959 - 1982, when he retired. He loved working with his hands and making things and going fishing. Survivors include his two daughters, Ruth Ann Larry Majeski of Wells, MN, and Doris Tom Bartholomew of Belle Plaine, MN; grandchildren, Lisa Johnson, Douglas Schroeder, Sherry Bartholomew, Blaine Schroeder, Justin Bartholomew, and Troy and Chad Jensen; great-grandchildren, Nicholas and Christina Johnson, Kendra and Kellie Schroeder, Angela, Brook and Annie Schroeder, Haley Bartholomew, Kasey, Tyler, Damion, and Andrew Jensen, and Dylan and Brittany Jensen; and one great-great-grandson, Jose Mario Navarrete, Jr.; sister-in-law, Irene Ervin Pietan of Wells; and brother-in-law, Vernon Ethel Jepson, of Waseca, MN. Leonard was preceded in death by his loving wife, Nora in 2003; his parents; sisters: Anna, Mary, Alma, Emma, and Lily; brothers, Jens and Raynard; and son-in-law, Charles Schroeder. Leonard was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He will be greatly missed by all of us whose heart he touched. Blessed be his memory.