Bloomington Evening World 07/03/1939
Mrs. Lula D. Leach, 62 years of age, wife of Elder Harry[sic] D. Leach of the Church of Christ, died at 6:20 a. m. today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Owens, near Bloomfield. Mrs. Leach had been ill since last October and was taken on April 19 from her home at 416 east Fourth street to the Robert Long hospital in Indianapolis. While in the hospital she was given nine blood transfusions. She was brought home from the hospital on June 4 and a week later was taken to the home of her daughter.
Survivors are the husband, who in in charge of the Church of Christ at Secor, Ill., and was formerly at the North Maple Street Mission here; one son, Paul Leach, rural route five; one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Owens of near Bloomfield; her mother, Mrs. Mary Ellen Dillman, 89-year-old resident of Shoals; three sisters, Mrs. M. O. Porter of Elnora, Mrs. Omer Porter of Williams and Mrs. A. O. Crim of Shoals; three brothers, William E. Dillman of Trinity Springs, J. W. Dillman of Williams and James Thornton Dillman of Winfield, Kas.; and two grandchildren, Melvin Thomas Leach and Loretta Sue Leach.
Mrs. Leach was a member of the Lincoln Street Church of Christ and the funeral services will be held there at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The services will be conducted by Elders A. W. Harvey and W. J. Whaley. Music will be a male quartet in charge of Jules Brewer.
The body will lie in state at the Weir funeral home until 1:30 p. m. Wednesday.
Bloomington Evening World 07/04/1939
Funeral rites for Mrs. Lula D. Leach, wife of Elder Harry [sic] D. Leach, are to be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Lincoln Street Church of Christ and will be conducted by Elders A. W. Harvey and W. J. Whaley. Music will be by a male quartet of Jules Brewer, Randall Whaley, Joe Bill Spriggs and Gilbert Harris.
Interment will be in the Clear Creek cemetery and the pallbearers will be Walter, Wayne and Meredith Dillman, A. J. Peyton, Alfred Allen and Harry Brown. Flower bearers are Mrs. Clevy Lloyd, Mrs. Alfred Allen, Annabelle Owens and Gertrude Day.
Mrs. Leach, who had resided at 416 east Fourth street, died Monday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Owens, near Bloomfield. She had been ill since last October.
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Comments provided by Keith Owens
I'm her youngest grandchild. She died of leukemia. My mother was her daughter, Ruth, in whose home she died as was referenced in the obit. My parents were married in June of '38 and had both sets of parents living with them in the first three years of their marriage, but thankfully not at the same time. My grandmother had run a boarding house on 4th St in Bloomington, and never had the time to teach my mother any domesticated skills so I'm sure it was a time of great anxiety and pressure for my parents.
During and after her hospital stay (with 9 transfusions), the Drs leeched her hastening her death believing that removing the bad blood would hasten her recovery. Of course, the leeching merely hastened her death.
Mrs. Lula D. Leach, 62 years of age, wife of Elder Harry[sic] D. Leach of the Church of Christ, died at 6:20 a. m. today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Owens, near Bloomfield. Mrs. Leach had been ill since last October and was taken on April 19 from her home at 416 east Fourth street to the Robert Long hospital in Indianapolis. While in the hospital she was given nine blood transfusions. She was brought home from the hospital on June 4 and a week later was taken to the home of her daughter.
Survivors are the husband, who in in charge of the Church of Christ at Secor, Ill., and was formerly at the North Maple Street Mission here; one son, Paul Leach, rural route five; one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Owens of near Bloomfield; her mother, Mrs. Mary Ellen Dillman, 89-year-old resident of Shoals; three sisters, Mrs. M. O. Porter of Elnora, Mrs. Omer Porter of Williams and Mrs. A. O. Crim of Shoals; three brothers, William E. Dillman of Trinity Springs, J. W. Dillman of Williams and James Thornton Dillman of Winfield, Kas.; and two grandchildren, Melvin Thomas Leach and Loretta Sue Leach.
Mrs. Leach was a member of the Lincoln Street Church of Christ and the funeral services will be held there at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The services will be conducted by Elders A. W. Harvey and W. J. Whaley. Music will be a male quartet in charge of Jules Brewer.
The body will lie in state at the Weir funeral home until 1:30 p. m. Wednesday.
Bloomington Evening World 07/04/1939
Funeral rites for Mrs. Lula D. Leach, wife of Elder Harry [sic] D. Leach, are to be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Lincoln Street Church of Christ and will be conducted by Elders A. W. Harvey and W. J. Whaley. Music will be by a male quartet of Jules Brewer, Randall Whaley, Joe Bill Spriggs and Gilbert Harris.
Interment will be in the Clear Creek cemetery and the pallbearers will be Walter, Wayne and Meredith Dillman, A. J. Peyton, Alfred Allen and Harry Brown. Flower bearers are Mrs. Clevy Lloyd, Mrs. Alfred Allen, Annabelle Owens and Gertrude Day.
Mrs. Leach, who had resided at 416 east Fourth street, died Monday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Owens, near Bloomfield. She had been ill since last October.
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Comments provided by Keith Owens
I'm her youngest grandchild. She died of leukemia. My mother was her daughter, Ruth, in whose home she died as was referenced in the obit. My parents were married in June of '38 and had both sets of parents living with them in the first three years of their marriage, but thankfully not at the same time. My grandmother had run a boarding house on 4th St in Bloomington, and never had the time to teach my mother any domesticated skills so I'm sure it was a time of great anxiety and pressure for my parents.
During and after her hospital stay (with 9 transfusions), the Drs leeched her hastening her death believing that removing the bad blood would hasten her recovery. Of course, the leeching merely hastened her death.
Bloomington Evening World 07/03/1939
Mrs. Lula D. Leach, 62 years of age, wife of Elder Harry[sic] D. Leach of the Church of Christ, died at 6:20 a. m. today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Owens, near Bloomfield. Mrs. Leach had been ill since last October and was taken on April 19 from her home at 416 east Fourth street to the Robert Long hospital in Indianapolis. While in the hospital she was given nine blood transfusions. She was brought home from the hospital on June 4 and a week later was taken to the home of her daughter.
Survivors are the husband, who in in charge of the Church of Christ at Secor, Ill., and was formerly at the North Maple Street Mission here; one son, Paul Leach, rural route five; one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Owens of near Bloomfield; her mother, Mrs. Mary Ellen Dillman, 89-year-old resident of Shoals; three sisters, Mrs. M. O. Porter of Elnora, Mrs. Omer Porter of Williams and Mrs. A. O. Crim of Shoals; three brothers, William E. Dillman of Trinity Springs, J. W. Dillman of Williams and James Thornton Dillman of Winfield, Kas.; and two grandchildren, Melvin Thomas Leach and Loretta Sue Leach.
Mrs. Leach was a member of the Lincoln Street Church of Christ and the funeral services will be held there at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The services will be conducted by Elders A. W. Harvey and W. J. Whaley. Music will be a male quartet in charge of Jules Brewer.
The body will lie in state at the Weir funeral home until 1:30 p. m. Wednesday.
Bloomington Evening World 07/04/1939
Funeral rites for Mrs. Lula D. Leach, wife of Elder Harry [sic] D. Leach, are to be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Lincoln Street Church of Christ and will be conducted by Elders A. W. Harvey and W. J. Whaley. Music will be by a male quartet of Jules Brewer, Randall Whaley, Joe Bill Spriggs and Gilbert Harris.
Interment will be in the Clear Creek cemetery and the pallbearers will be Walter, Wayne and Meredith Dillman, A. J. Peyton, Alfred Allen and Harry Brown. Flower bearers are Mrs. Clevy Lloyd, Mrs. Alfred Allen, Annabelle Owens and Gertrude Day.
Mrs. Leach, who had resided at 416 east Fourth street, died Monday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Owens, near Bloomfield. She had been ill since last October.
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Comments provided by Keith Owens
I'm her youngest grandchild. She died of leukemia. My mother was her daughter, Ruth, in whose home she died as was referenced in the obit. My parents were married in June of '38 and had both sets of parents living with them in the first three years of their marriage, but thankfully not at the same time. My grandmother had run a boarding house on 4th St in Bloomington, and never had the time to teach my mother any domesticated skills so I'm sure it was a time of great anxiety and pressure for my parents.
During and after her hospital stay (with 9 transfusions), the Drs leeched her hastening her death believing that removing the bad blood would hasten her recovery. Of course, the leeching merely hastened her death.
Mrs. Lula D. Leach, 62 years of age, wife of Elder Harry[sic] D. Leach of the Church of Christ, died at 6:20 a. m. today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Owens, near Bloomfield. Mrs. Leach had been ill since last October and was taken on April 19 from her home at 416 east Fourth street to the Robert Long hospital in Indianapolis. While in the hospital she was given nine blood transfusions. She was brought home from the hospital on June 4 and a week later was taken to the home of her daughter.
Survivors are the husband, who in in charge of the Church of Christ at Secor, Ill., and was formerly at the North Maple Street Mission here; one son, Paul Leach, rural route five; one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Owens of near Bloomfield; her mother, Mrs. Mary Ellen Dillman, 89-year-old resident of Shoals; three sisters, Mrs. M. O. Porter of Elnora, Mrs. Omer Porter of Williams and Mrs. A. O. Crim of Shoals; three brothers, William E. Dillman of Trinity Springs, J. W. Dillman of Williams and James Thornton Dillman of Winfield, Kas.; and two grandchildren, Melvin Thomas Leach and Loretta Sue Leach.
Mrs. Leach was a member of the Lincoln Street Church of Christ and the funeral services will be held there at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The services will be conducted by Elders A. W. Harvey and W. J. Whaley. Music will be a male quartet in charge of Jules Brewer.
The body will lie in state at the Weir funeral home until 1:30 p. m. Wednesday.
Bloomington Evening World 07/04/1939
Funeral rites for Mrs. Lula D. Leach, wife of Elder Harry [sic] D. Leach, are to be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Lincoln Street Church of Christ and will be conducted by Elders A. W. Harvey and W. J. Whaley. Music will be by a male quartet of Jules Brewer, Randall Whaley, Joe Bill Spriggs and Gilbert Harris.
Interment will be in the Clear Creek cemetery and the pallbearers will be Walter, Wayne and Meredith Dillman, A. J. Peyton, Alfred Allen and Harry Brown. Flower bearers are Mrs. Clevy Lloyd, Mrs. Alfred Allen, Annabelle Owens and Gertrude Day.
Mrs. Leach, who had resided at 416 east Fourth street, died Monday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Owens, near Bloomfield. She had been ill since last October.
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Comments provided by Keith Owens
I'm her youngest grandchild. She died of leukemia. My mother was her daughter, Ruth, in whose home she died as was referenced in the obit. My parents were married in June of '38 and had both sets of parents living with them in the first three years of their marriage, but thankfully not at the same time. My grandmother had run a boarding house on 4th St in Bloomington, and never had the time to teach my mother any domesticated skills so I'm sure it was a time of great anxiety and pressure for my parents.
During and after her hospital stay (with 9 transfusions), the Drs leeched her hastening her death believing that removing the bad blood would hasten her recovery. Of course, the leeching merely hastened her death.
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