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ALMA, Wis. (WKBT) LaVerne S. Gleiter beloved father, grandfather and brother passed away at age 88. He was born to John and Rose Gleiter in Alma, WI, one of seven siblings.
The family farmed in the Mill Creek Valley of Alma. On Sept 11, 1954, he married Marlene. They were married for 54 years until she passed away. He worked at the Alma creamery and at DIACRO Industries in Lake City, Minnesota, commuting even during flooding of the Mississippi River, needing to use a boat to go to work. When DIACRO moved the company to Ohio in 1984, he moved the family to Eau Claire and worked for Luther Hospital in the maintenance department until retiring in 1997. Family was everything to him. For his 25th wedding anniversary, he took his wife to Europe.