Adolph William "Bus" Leistiko, son of Adolph and Tina Leistiko, was born July 21, 1915 Anaconda, Montana. Bus attended school in Anaconda, and went to work for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company as a Smelterman.
Lucille Marie Bailey, daughter of Thomas and Amelia (Allen) Bailey, was born in 1917 in Butte, Montana.
Bus and Lucille were married in 1934 had one child:
| Austin Eugene Leistiko | Born in 1935. |
Bus and Lucille were divorced in 1935.
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Rose Charlotte Richards, daughter of Charles Norman and Eliza Jane (Harris) Richards, was born in 1914 in McGill, Nevada. Bus remarried to Rose and they had 5 children, all born in Anaconda:
| Arleen Louise Leistiko | Born March 12, 1938. |
| Sharon Rose Leistiko | Born in 1940. |
| Norman William Leistiko | Born in 1941. |
| Sandy Lee Leistiko | Born in 1943. |
| Susan Kaye Leistiko | Also born in 1943. Sandy and Susan were twins. |
Their daughter Arlene married Richard Chambers and had 5 children: sons Richard and Charles ("Rocky"), and daughters Vicky, Lisa, and Tana. At the time of her death in Anaconda, Arlene and Richard had 6 grandchildren. Her obituary mentioned that Arlene worked several years at the Montana State Hospital in the '60s, then worked for 22 years at the Park Cafe. In later life she worked at various nursing facilities.
Bus died in 1950, and Rose remarried to Roy Bailey. Roy was Lucille Bailey's brother. Roy and Rose had one child:
| Laroy Wayne Bailey | Born in 1953. |
From left: Laroy Wayne Bailey, the twins Susan and Sandy Leistiko, then Arlene, Sharon, and Norman Leistiko. |