Leonard Schiffman

Leonard James Schiff-

man, 100, went home to

his Lord and Savior on

Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020.

He was born May 1,

1919, on the family farm

in Stafford Township,

Renville County, rural

Sherwood, to Peter and

Maude (Callahan) Schiff-

man. He was one of eight

children. Leonard grew

up helping out on the

farm his dad homesteaded

in 1901. He went to

school in Stafford Town-

ship.

Leonard married Edna

Elaine Ackerson on June

14, 1941, in Tacoma,

Wash. Leonard and Edna

had four children,

JoAnne, Robert, Janette

and Joyce.

In August of 1942, dur-

ing WW II, Leonard was

drafted into the U.S.

Army. He served as a

Staff Sergeant in the Mili-

tary Police until he was

discharged in February of

1946. He returned to the

Sherwood area, Prosperity

Township, where he

farmed until 1981. Leo-

nard and Edna retired and

moved into Sherwood in

1981. When Edna broke

her hip in 2004, they

moved into the Good

Samaritan Home in

Mohall. Leonard and Edna

were married for 67 years.

Edna passed away June

17, 2008, and Leonard

chose to stay in Mohall.

Leonard served on the

Prosperity Township

board and school board

for Prosperity Township

and Sherwood, the St.

James Catholic Church

council, and the cemetery

board. He was a member

of the Bothun-Peterson

American Legion Post

#213 for over 70 years.

Leonard enjoyed playing

cards, fishing and visiting

with family and friends.

Family: children,

JoAnne (Jeff) Hurdelbrink,

Westminster, Colo.,

Robert (Eiko) Schiffman,

Aurora, Colo., Janette

(Matthew) Robinson,

Coleharbor, and Joyce

Schiffman Pistol, New

Rockford; grandchildren,

Jill and Jack (Julia) Hur-

delbrink, Teri (Toby) Ker-

by, Shawn (Marcella) Ro-

binson, Tracey (Scott)

Samuelson, Stacie (Justin)

Norris, Cody (Chantel)

Heskin;

great-grandchildren,

Kaitlyn Schiffman, Alex

Archer, Harper Kerby,

Martin, Magen and

LaRaeh Robinson, Sharon

Norris, Tatyn, Makaya

and Rylen Heskin; sisters,

Alice Knutson and Marie

Knutson; sister-in-law,

Emily Schiffman; and

several nieces and

nephews.

Leonard was preceded

in death by: his parents,

Peter and Maude Schiff-

man; wife, Edna; sisters,

Esther Ackerson, Leona

Kitto, and Goldie Glen

Clancy; brothers, Martin

and Lawrence Schiffman;

brothers-in-law, Sheldon

“Jack” Ackerson, Russell

Kitto, James Clancy,

Robert Glen, Richard

Knutson, and Alvin Knut-

son; sisters-in-law, Caro-

line Tveten and Shirley

Mau; and several nieces

and nephews.

Funeral: 2 p.m., Satur-

day, Feb. 1, 2020, at St.

James Catholic Church,

Sherwood.

Burial: Sherwood Un-

ion Cemetery, Sherwood,

in the spring.

Recitation of the

Rosary: 7 p.m., Friday,

Jan. 31, 2020, at the

church.

Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m.,

Friday, at the church.

Memorials: Memorials

preferred to an organiza-

tion of the donor’s choice.

Friends may sign the

online guestbook at

www.brosefuneralhome.

com.

(Brose Funeral Home,

Mohall)