Lily Eugenie VanDerSchaegen 
Born: 25-Aug-1923Died: 23-Jun-2012 HURLEY, Wis. - Lillian E. Leinon, 88, of Hurley, and a former longtime Iron Belt resident, died Saturday, June 23, 2012, in Hurley.
The former Lillian VanDerSchaegen was born Aug. 25, 1923, in Hinckley, Minn., daughter of the late August and Eugenie (DeVos) VanDerSchaegen, and attended Minnesota and Iron Belt schools.
She was united in marriage to Raymond L. Leinon on July 18, 1940, at the First Presbyterian Church in Hurley, by the late Rev. C.L. Harries. Raymond preceded her in death on Nov. 13, 1999.
Lillian was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Hurley. Her activities and interests included reading, crossword puzzles, game shows, Fox News-current events, cooking and baking, Grandmas Club, Iron Belt PTA, the Green Bay Packers and Wisconsin Badgers, and following her grandchildren and great-grandchildren in their activities and sports. She also loved to dance.
Surviving are a daughter, Darlene Laihinen, Beaver Dam; two sons, Dean (Karin), Waukesha, and David (Shelley), Iron Belt; six grandchildren, Chris (Sandy) Leinon, Sussex, Lori (Bill) Chronis, Mukwonago, Deena and Jamie Leinon, both of Iron Belt, Scott (Christine) Laihinen, Mequon, and Bart (Hilary) Laihinen, Lakeville, Minn.; nine great-grandchildren, Olivia and Lilly McNally, Brianna and Sam Leinon, and John, Jake, Jacqueline, Mitchel and Griffin Laihinen; numerous nieces and nephews; and brothers- and sisters-in-law, Esther VanDerSchaegen, Hinckley, Henry and Patricia Leinon, Hurley, Willard and Joyce Leinon, Montreal, and Paul and Marlene Masuga and Norma Leinon, all of Hurley.
Besides her parents and husband, Lillian was preceded in death by her son-in-law, Richard Laihinen, on Sept. 15, 2003; brothers, Rudolph, Valere, Wilbert and Michael VanDerSchaegen; and sisters, Mary Waller, Minnie Frase, Marie Elsberry, and Sarah, Flora and Martha VanDerSchaegen in infancy.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 28, at 11 a.m., preceded by visitation at 10 a.m., at the First Presbyterian Church in Hurley, with the Rev. Don Nickolson officiating.
Committal and interment will follow in Hillside Cemetery, Iron Belt.
Luncheon will be served at Joany's Sidekicks in Iron Belt immediately upon return from the cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Lillian's grandsons, Chris and Jamie Leinon, and Scott and Bart Laihinen, and great-grandsons, Jake Laihinen and Sam Leinon.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the First Presbyterian Church, Hurley.
Arrangements are entrusted to McKevitt-Patrick Funeral Home, Inc., Ironwood, Mich.
Comments: She often went by Lillian.