The Pantagraph
7/28/2018
Leo E. Mollet
Leo E. Mollet, 86, of DeWitt, passed away at 3:35 p.m. (July 26, 2018) at Warner Hospital & Health Services, Clinton.
Graveside services with military honors will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday (July 31, 2018) at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Wapella, with his son, Chaplain Joseph Allen Mollet, officiating. Visitation will be 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday at Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton.
Memorials may be directed to the Special Olympics, The American Cancer Society or the Wounded Warrior Project.
Leo was born July 13, 1932, in Highland, the son of Fremont Robert and Eva Mary Knabel Mollet. He married Mary Lou Blew in 1957 in Chillicothe. She passed away May 15, 1990.
He was preceded in death by his parents; infant daughter, Victoria Susanne Mollet; and three brothers.
Leo was an Army Veteran who served in Korea. He served on the village board for Wapella and DeWitt, was a past mayor or Wapella and was a Wapella Fire Chief for 10 years. Leo was a truck driver and a proud Teamster.
(obit made by family, edited for the living)
PFC US ARMY (NG)
CO G 8th CAVALRY REGIMENT
Service No. NG 26 347 626
Active Military Service: 15 February 1952 - 18 October 1953
Service: 6 November 1950 - 5 November 1953
Enlistment: 6 November 1950, Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA
Entered: Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Discharged: Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Place of Separation: Camp Carlson, Colorado, USA
Military Qualifications:
Machine Gun Caliber 302nd C1 (25 July 1951)
Pistol Automatic Caliber 45 MKSM (25 July 1951)
Machine Gun Caliber 30 2nd C1 (15 October 1951)
Honorable Discharge
7/28/2018
Leo E. Mollet
Leo E. Mollet, 86, of DeWitt, passed away at 3:35 p.m. (July 26, 2018) at Warner Hospital & Health Services, Clinton.
Graveside services with military honors will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday (July 31, 2018) at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Wapella, with his son, Chaplain Joseph Allen Mollet, officiating. Visitation will be 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday at Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton.
Memorials may be directed to the Special Olympics, The American Cancer Society or the Wounded Warrior Project.
Leo was born July 13, 1932, in Highland, the son of Fremont Robert and Eva Mary Knabel Mollet. He married Mary Lou Blew in 1957 in Chillicothe. She passed away May 15, 1990.
He was preceded in death by his parents; infant daughter, Victoria Susanne Mollet; and three brothers.
Leo was an Army Veteran who served in Korea. He served on the village board for Wapella and DeWitt, was a past mayor or Wapella and was a Wapella Fire Chief for 10 years. Leo was a truck driver and a proud Teamster.
(obit made by family, edited for the living)
PFC US ARMY (NG)
CO G 8th CAVALRY REGIMENT
Service No. NG 26 347 626
Active Military Service: 15 February 1952 - 18 October 1953
Service: 6 November 1950 - 5 November 1953
Enlistment: 6 November 1950, Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA
Entered: Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Discharged: Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Place of Separation: Camp Carlson, Colorado, USA
Military Qualifications:
Machine Gun Caliber 302nd C1 (25 July 1951)
Pistol Automatic Caliber 45 MKSM (25 July 1951)
Machine Gun Caliber 30 2nd C1 (15 October 1951)
Honorable Discharge
The Pantagraph
7/28/2018
Leo E. Mollet
Leo E. Mollet, 86, of DeWitt, passed away at 3:35 p.m. (July 26, 2018) at Warner Hospital & Health Services, Clinton.
Graveside services with military honors will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday (July 31, 2018) at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Wapella, with his son, Chaplain Joseph Allen Mollet, officiating. Visitation will be 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday at Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton.
Memorials may be directed to the Special Olympics, The American Cancer Society or the Wounded Warrior Project.
Leo was born July 13, 1932, in Highland, the son of Fremont Robert and Eva Mary Knabel Mollet. He married Mary Lou Blew in 1957 in Chillicothe. She passed away May 15, 1990.
He was preceded in death by his parents; infant daughter, Victoria Susanne Mollet; and three brothers.
Leo was an Army Veteran who served in Korea. He served on the village board for Wapella and DeWitt, was a past mayor or Wapella and was a Wapella Fire Chief for 10 years. Leo was a truck driver and a proud Teamster.
(obit made by family, edited for the living)
PFC US ARMY (NG)
CO G 8th CAVALRY REGIMENT
Service No. NG 26 347 626
Active Military Service: 15 February 1952 - 18 October 1953
Service: 6 November 1950 - 5 November 1953
Enlistment: 6 November 1950, Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA
Entered: Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Discharged: Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Place of Separation: Camp Carlson, Colorado, USA
Military Qualifications:
Machine Gun Caliber 302nd C1 (25 July 1951)
Pistol Automatic Caliber 45 MKSM (25 July 1951)
Machine Gun Caliber 30 2nd C1 (15 October 1951)
Honorable Discharge
7/28/2018
Leo E. Mollet
Leo E. Mollet, 86, of DeWitt, passed away at 3:35 p.m. (July 26, 2018) at Warner Hospital & Health Services, Clinton.
Graveside services with military honors will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday (July 31, 2018) at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Wapella, with his son, Chaplain Joseph Allen Mollet, officiating. Visitation will be 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday at Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton.
Memorials may be directed to the Special Olympics, The American Cancer Society or the Wounded Warrior Project.
Leo was born July 13, 1932, in Highland, the son of Fremont Robert and Eva Mary Knabel Mollet. He married Mary Lou Blew in 1957 in Chillicothe. She passed away May 15, 1990.
He was preceded in death by his parents; infant daughter, Victoria Susanne Mollet; and three brothers.
Leo was an Army Veteran who served in Korea. He served on the village board for Wapella and DeWitt, was a past mayor or Wapella and was a Wapella Fire Chief for 10 years. Leo was a truck driver and a proud Teamster.
(obit made by family, edited for the living)
PFC US ARMY (NG)
CO G 8th CAVALRY REGIMENT
Service No. NG 26 347 626
Active Military Service: 15 February 1952 - 18 October 1953
Service: 6 November 1950 - 5 November 1953
Enlistment: 6 November 1950, Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA
Entered: Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Discharged: Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Place of Separation: Camp Carlson, Colorado, USA
Military Qualifications:
Machine Gun Caliber 302nd C1 (25 July 1951)
Pistol Automatic Caliber 45 MKSM (25 July 1951)
Machine Gun Caliber 30 2nd C1 (15 October 1951)
Honorable Discharge
