Born in Santa Fe, NM, Estella Bergere Leopold was a cultured woman of many talents.
Her father was a concert pianist and her mother was a descendant of a Spanish land grant family that included the Duke of Albuquerque.
Estella was a schoolteacher in New Mexico when she met Leopold, and they were married in 1912. They had their first four children in New Mexico, and their fifth after moving to Wisconsin in 1924.
Mrs. Leopold shared her love of classical Spanish music with her family, teaching them Spanish and Cuban folk songs that Leopold family descendants still sing together today.
Also a skilled outdoorswoman, she was Wisconsins woman archery champion five years in a row.
In 1973, Mrs. Leopold received an honorary doctor of science degree from Northland College.
She passed away in 1975 at the age of 84 in Santa Fe, NM.
Information contributed by Starfishin [#48860385]
Her father was a concert pianist and her mother was a descendant of a Spanish land grant family that included the Duke of Albuquerque.
Estella was a schoolteacher in New Mexico when she met Leopold, and they were married in 1912. They had their first four children in New Mexico, and their fifth after moving to Wisconsin in 1924.
Mrs. Leopold shared her love of classical Spanish music with her family, teaching them Spanish and Cuban folk songs that Leopold family descendants still sing together today.
Also a skilled outdoorswoman, she was Wisconsins woman archery champion five years in a row.
In 1973, Mrs. Leopold received an honorary doctor of science degree from Northland College.
She passed away in 1975 at the age of 84 in Santa Fe, NM.
Information contributed by Starfishin [#48860385]
Born in Santa Fe, NM, Estella Bergere Leopold was a cultured woman of many talents.
Her father was a concert pianist and her mother was a descendant of a Spanish land grant family that included the Duke of Albuquerque.
Estella was a schoolteacher in New Mexico when she met Leopold, and they were married in 1912. They had their first four children in New Mexico, and their fifth after moving to Wisconsin in 1924.
Mrs. Leopold shared her love of classical Spanish music with her family, teaching them Spanish and Cuban folk songs that Leopold family descendants still sing together today.
Also a skilled outdoorswoman, she was Wisconsins woman archery champion five years in a row.
In 1973, Mrs. Leopold received an honorary doctor of science degree from Northland College.
She passed away in 1975 at the age of 84 in Santa Fe, NM.
Information contributed by Starfishin [#48860385]
Her father was a concert pianist and her mother was a descendant of a Spanish land grant family that included the Duke of Albuquerque.
Estella was a schoolteacher in New Mexico when she met Leopold, and they were married in 1912. They had their first four children in New Mexico, and their fifth after moving to Wisconsin in 1924.
Mrs. Leopold shared her love of classical Spanish music with her family, teaching them Spanish and Cuban folk songs that Leopold family descendants still sing together today.
Also a skilled outdoorswoman, she was Wisconsins woman archery champion five years in a row.
In 1973, Mrs. Leopold received an honorary doctor of science degree from Northland College.
She passed away in 1975 at the age of 84 in Santa Fe, NM.
Information contributed by Starfishin [#48860385]
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