Leon Rudolph Wiese

Leon Wiese, 84, of Estes Park CO, passed away December 24 2023 at MorningStar at Mountain Shadows in Colorado Springs, CO. Leon Rudolph Wiese was born in 1939, in Bloomfield, NE, to Rudolph and Viola (Lemke) Wiese. Leon was raised on a farm in Bloomfield and graduated from Bloomfield High School. He attended and graduated from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and worked for Phillips Petroleum Company for 26 years. He married Sharon (Biester) Wiese at Grace Lutheran Church in Geneva, NE in October 1962. The couple lived in Idaho Falls, ID for three years, Bountiful, UT for nine years, Overland Park, KS for three years and Bartlesville, OK for 11 years. During 1989 and 1990, they joined Laborers for Christ, traveling through several states in their RV helping to build Lutheran churches and education centers. In 1990, they moved to Estes Park and purchased The Estes Park Campground, which they operated until 2001. Leon was an active member of Mount Calvary Lutheran Church and Sunrise Rotary Club in Estes Park. He was a member of the church choir and bell choir as well as served as church financial secretary. He was a handyman and his hobbies included photography, camping, traveling, vacationing with family, woodworking, computers, and helping with the family farm in NE. He flew his US flag regularly and enjoyed various friends and family events across the country. His parents, wife Sharon, and premature twin boys preceded Leon in death. He is survived by a son Jeff and his wife Kerrie, of Beavercreek, OH, a daughter Julie Wiese of Colorado Springs, three grandchildren Elizabeth Enderson and her husband Gavin of Anchorage, AK, Rebecca Wiese of Beavercreek, OH, and Rachel Wiese of Beavercreek, OH, a brother Duane Wiese and his wife Janet of Yankton, SD, sister Dianne Diekmann and her husband Jerry also of Yankton, SD, sister-in-law Anita Williams of Lincoln, NE, sister-in-law Maradeth Biester of Geneva, NE, brother-in-law Tom Chapman of Lincoln, NE, and sister-in-law Patti Kirkwood of Lincoln, NE. Visitation and funeral service in Colorado Springs will be Thursday, January 4th ,10am and 11am, at Family of Christ Lutheran Church. Visitation in Geneva, NE will be 9am-11am on Saturday, January 6th at Farmer & Son Funeral Home followed by a processional to Geneva Public Cemetery for a graveside service.

Memorial Contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Association (www.alz.org, Get Involved > Tribute Pages > Find a Tribute).