Submitted by: Dan Rich

Leonard R. Brohman

Sept. 26, 1913 - June 10, 2001

South Bend Tribune 6/12/2001

Leonard R. Brohman, 87, of South Bend, Ind., passed away at 1:20 a.m. Sunday, June 10, in Memorial Hospital. He was born Sept. 26, 1913, in Niles, Mich., to the late Edward and Cora Brohman.

On July 23, 1938, in South Bend, he married Mildred King, who also preceded him in death in 1961.

On July 6, 1966, in South Bend, he married Barbara Pickett Lafler, who survives. He is also survived by a sister-in-law, Ardyst Brohman of Berrien Springs, Mich., and by many nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews. Mr. Brohman was a retired brick mason, worked for the Mumford Construction Company, and was a forty-year member of Brick Layers Union #4. Mr. Brohman served in the U.S. Army in World War II, was active in the Battle of the Bulge, and received the Purple Heart and Silver Star. He was a life member of American Legion Post #50, D.A.V. White Eagle Post #39.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 13, in the Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William Street, with the Rev. Mary Hubbard, pastor of Central United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be at Southlawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today, June 12, in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of donor's choice.