STEWARTVILLE — The funeral for Leonard "Speed" Egen will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Griffin-Gray Funeral Home in Stewartville. Burial will be in St. Bernard’s Catholic Cemetery, Stewartville. Military honors will be by the Stewartville American Legion and VFW honor guards.
Mr. Egen, 88, formerly a longtime Stewartville resident, died Tuesday (Nov. 11, 2008) at Our House Memory Care Center in Austin, where he had resided for two years.
Born Feb. 8, 1920, in Stewartville, he graduated from Stewartville High School and attended Mankato Teachers College. He served in the Army in the Pacific Theater during World War II. After his discharge he returned to Stewartville, where he was a homebuilder and carpenter until his retirement.
On Feb. 6, 1987, he married Eleanor Johnson at Cape Coral, Fla. They were later divorced. Mr. Egen was a longtime member of Stewartville American Legion Post 164 and VFW Post 8980.
Survivors include three stepdaughters, Diana Johnson (Everett Rush) of Brownsdale, Cheryl (Jim) Wolfgram of McGregor, Minn., and Julie (Loren) Theel of Eyota; two stepsons, James (Lynn) Johnson of Rose Creek and Curtis Johnson of Kasson; 15 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three sisters, Beverly Reep of Lady Lake, Fla., Patty Butler of Las Vegas, and Carol Egen of San Francisco. Other survivors include 24 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two sisters and five brothers.
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Friends may call an hour prior to the service Friday at Griffin-Gray Funeral Home.
