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Schrader     02-13-2007 @ 9:10 PM
         
Elvera Louise Leuch  (1/12/13 – 2/12/2007)

Elvera “Vera” Louise Leuch, age 94, of  Mountain Home, Arkansas, formerly of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully Monday, February 12, 2007, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home.

She was born January 12, 1913 in Marinette, Wisconsin to the late Fred and Jessie (Hanson) Beattie. 

Mrs. Leuch married Rupert “Bert” Leuch on June 19, 1937, almost 70 years ago in Menominee, Michigan.

The Leuchs were charter and lifetime members of the Wally Byam Caravan Club International. She was secretary of several units and active in others. This gave her an opportunity to travel extensively.

Mrs. Leuch trained to be a teacher and taught for one year in Ingallston, Michigan, before the small town schools were consolidated with the larger city schools.

She loved to write and published numerous stories in magazines and wrote a book called “Camping Memories”. She also enjoyed ballroom and square dancing and she and Bert were frequently dancing at the International Rallies, as late as the 2005 Rally in Springfield, Missouri.

Mrs. Leuch is survived by her husband Rupert “Bert” Leuch of the home, two daughters:  Anna L. Stefanovsky of Hermitage, Pennsylvania and Kathryn M. Eastberg and husband Anthony of Berlin, Wisconsin, one son: Edward H. Leuch and wife Sandy of Tarpon Springs, Florida, ten grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren, two sisters: Kathryn Stucker and Helen Weinschrott both of Menominee, Michigan and one sister-in-law: Marion Beattie of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  She was also preceded in death by a son-in-law Ernie Stefanovsky and a grandson Robbie Leuch.

There will be no funeral service.

A memorial service is being planned and an attempt is being made to have the service in conjunction with the dedication ceremony for the plaque commemorating the first WBCCI International Rally at Bull Shoals State Park on Friday, April 20. Bert and Vera Leuch were instrumental in arranging for the plaque to be created  and hung at the new Bull Shoals-White River State Park Visitor Center near Mountain Home.

Arrangements are by Roller Funeral Home.

You can view and sign the guest book by going to the funeral home’s Web site at rollerfuneralhomes.com. Click on locations, then Mountain Home.

66Overlander    02-13-2007 @ 9:52 PM
         
One cannot help but feel the loss when a charter member passes on.  I never met the Leuch's, but have read about them.  It sure sounds like Bert and Vera had many happy years together in the club.  My thoughts will be with Bert and the entire Leuch family.

Joe Peplinski

wheelinterested    02-13-2007 @ 11:36 PM
         
That's nice that a memorial service for one of our last charter members is being planned in conjunction to the plaque.  I wonder if that book is still in print that she wrote. I don't know if the Blue Beret would be considering a memorial page.  Being such a historic figure as she in the club something like a pictorial timeline might be a fitting tribute to her activity.  Were they the couple featured in Airstream Life as the oldest traveling members of the club? My condolences to her family and friends. What a wonderfully full life she led.  Who could ask for more?

This message was edited by wheelinterested on 2-13-07 @ 11:37 PM

rideair    02-14-2007 @ 2:17 PM
         
My wife, child and I had the chance to meet them at the Florida State Rally a few years ago. In fact, at the flea market they were selling their book. We had the gift of getting to buy the last copy they had for sale. We even had them write on the inside cover "The last one ever sold" and had them both sign it. They would be the true meaning of "You get back what you put in"

Paul Waddell
WDCu Prez

Jody    02-14-2007 @ 7:35 PM
         
I bought their memories book in Vermont at the flea market. For the Leuchs’it was more than just selling a book, they wanted to know who you were and where you were from. I didn’t know any thing about them or what the book was even really about, but something peaked my interest enough to pick it up. The following year in Lansing we were parked in the same lot as the Leuchs’. Often times as we milled around late in the evening along came the Leuch’s hand in hand after the evening dancing. Feeling like I knew them from their book, I would pause for a minute, exchange smiles and think how full and wonderful their lives are. WBCCI will miss her, but I’ll always remember their evening strolls hand in hand. Bless her and her family.