LEONARD N. KOPLIEN, ARPIN, PASSED AWAY MONDAY, JULY 26,2021 AT COLONIAL CENTER, COLBY. HE WAS 89.  LEONARD WAS BORN DECEMBER 30,1931 TO ERVIN AND ELSIE (ZIEBEL) KOPLIEN. HE ATTENDED MEADOWBROOK SCHOOL IN ARPIN.  LEONARD MARRIED MARTHA GOTZ JUNE 25, 1955, THEY LATER DIVORCED.  LEN WORKED VARIOUS JOBS, WHILE FARMING IN ARPIN.  HE WAS ESPECIALLY PROUD OF HIS TIME HAULING MILK IN SPENCER.   IN HIS LATER YEARS LEN ENJOYED WATCHING THE BIRDS AND DEER THAT VISITED HIS YARD, TAKING PICTURES AND SHARING PHOTOS FROM HIS GAME CAMERAS. LEONARD HAD MANY WELL FED CATS, HE RAISED SHEEP, PIGS AND RABBITS, AND WOULD SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS MOWING HIS LAWN.   UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE AND FRIENDSHIP OF MIKE AND HELP FROM HIS CHILDREN, LEONARD WAS ABLE TO REMAIN AT HIS FARM UNTIL 2019.  LEONARD IS SURVIVED BY HIS CHILDREN KATHY (AL) HENDRICKSON, RUSS KOPLIEN, BARB WINSLOW, LAURA (DAVE) SMAZAL AND LISA KRALL (JEFF SCHMIDT), HIS GRANDCHILDREN, JEN (CHRIS) BURK, MINDY (ROBIN) TAYLOR, RYAN KOPLIEN, RYAN WINSLOW, BECCA WINSLOW, MICHAEL SMAZAL, LUKE SMAZAL, MARC (ASHLEY) SMAZAL, BOWDIE KRALL, TYMBAR WILLIAMSON, AND 9 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN  LEONARD WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS ERVIN AND ELSIE, HIS BROTHERS ROBERT, RICHARD AND DAVID, SISTER GLADYS, NEPHEW RONALD AND GREAT GRANDSON, SHEPARD.  A PRIVATE MEMORIAL IS BEING PLANNED FOR A LATER DATE.  LEONARDS FINAL RESTING PLACE WILL BE IN GREENWOOD CEMETERY, AUBURNDALE.  THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF AT COLONIAL CENTER FOR THE CARE LEONARD RECIEVED DURING HIS STAY AND FOR THE COMPASSION IN HIS FINAL DAYS.