OCALA, FLORIDA: Leslie J. Schoelerman, age 94, formerly of Keystone and Cedar Rapids, died April 22, 2006 at his residence following an extended illness.

Funeral Services will be held at 11:30 AM Saturday, April 29, 2006 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel in Keystone with Rev. James F. Eggert officiating Private Committal Services will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery in Belle Plaine. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 AM until service time on Saturday.

Leslie was born July 21, 1911 at Keystone to George G. and Rosa Anna (Kuhl) Schoelerman. During World War II he served his nation in the US Army.

In 1937 he married Marion Jaeger at Keystone. The couple lived in Cedar Rapids where Leslie was employed as a shipping foreman at Iowa Manufacturing. In 1989 they moved to Ocala, Florida.

He is survived by his wife, Marion and his sons, Dennis Schoelerman of Ocala, FL

and Larry Schoelerman of Eugene, OR; his sister, Blanche Oehlerich of Keystone; and his brother, Wilbert Schoelerman of Belle Plaine.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Verna Andresen and Lois Hertle.