Leonard E. Wiese Sr.

WIESE, Leonard E. Sr. Leonard E. Wiese, Sr., 64, husband of Dolores "Lori" (Snurkowski) Wiese of Route 32, N. Franklin died on Friday, (November 26, 2004) at the Backus Hospital. He was born in Norwich on August 27, 1940, the son of the late Ernest J. Sr. and Virginia (Tubbs) Wiese. He was the former owner and operator of Environmental Spill Clean up Company Shire Corp. where he retired in 2003. He was a volunteer firefighter for the Poquetanuck Volunteer Fire Department and avid boater and motorcycle rider. Mr. Wiese was a lover of Arabian horses. Never able to say the word retire he spent his last years "pushing dirt" and could be seen daily operating heavy equipment. Above all he enjoyed a good cup of coffee with friends while debating almost any subject. He was united in marriage on June 11, 1966 in Preston to Dolores "Lori" (Snurkowski) Wiese, who survives, along with two sons, Leonard E. Wiese, Jr. and his wife, Belinda of Voluntown, Kenneth E. Wiese and his fiancee, Leslie of Mansfield; two daughters, Sally Wiese Kropp and her husband, Michael of N. Franklin, and Bonnie Tompkins and her husband, Robert of Groton; a brother, Ernest J. Wiese, Jr. of Preston; two sisters, Catherine A. Fish of Preston and Gina L. Murphy of N. Franklin; a cousin, Mary Elizabeth Kenyon of Norwich; and several friends and associates; eight grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews whom he loved dearly. Visitation Sunday 5-8 p.m. at Labenski Funeral Home, 107 Boswell Ave., Norwich. Funeral will assemble on Monday at 8 a.m. and proceed to a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Patrick Cathedral at 9 a.m., followed by interment in Preston City Cemetery, Preston.