Son of Frank Ryan and Lena Gollaher. Born 1 January 1899 in St. Louis, Missouri. Worked as a farmer. Spent most of his life in Adams county, Illinois.
Leslie Ryan married Georgia Ellen Elfers in 1924 in Adams county Illinois.
[Illinois County Marriage Records, 1800 - 1940.]
Their children included Lena Mildred, who married Jerry Lee Hammond 4 February 1948 (divorced 2 June 1953), and Frank McCloud 20 November 1953 (divorced 16 October 1956.)
In the 1940 federal census, Leslie, Georgia, and Lena Ryan reside with Leslie's mother "Leona Cooper," in Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois. Other childen are listed in this enumeration as sharing this household: Ethel Ryan 11, Leroy Ryan, and Leslie G. Ryan 5.
Their son Leroy later went by the surname Kooper. Pvt Leroy Kooper was killed in action, 29 May 1951 in the Korean War. Pvt Kooper received several posthumous medals.
Leslie Ryan Sr. passed away at a tuberculosis sanatorium in Adams county Illinois. His wife predeceased him.
Left to mourn were: sons LeRoy and Leslie; daughters Mrs. Lena Hammond, Mrs. Ethel Corbin, and Miss Rosie Ryan; Mrs. Lena Kooper, Leslie Ryan Sr's mother; also three grandchildren.
- bio written with information from various records and decedent's obituary.
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Cemetery information:
Died aged 50 years, 10 months, 20 days.
Interred: 25 November 1949.
Leslie Ryan married Georgia Ellen Elfers in 1924 in Adams county Illinois.
[Illinois County Marriage Records, 1800 - 1940.]
Their children included Lena Mildred, who married Jerry Lee Hammond 4 February 1948 (divorced 2 June 1953), and Frank McCloud 20 November 1953 (divorced 16 October 1956.)
In the 1940 federal census, Leslie, Georgia, and Lena Ryan reside with Leslie's mother "Leona Cooper," in Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois. Other childen are listed in this enumeration as sharing this household: Ethel Ryan 11, Leroy Ryan, and Leslie G. Ryan 5.
Their son Leroy later went by the surname Kooper. Pvt Leroy Kooper was killed in action, 29 May 1951 in the Korean War. Pvt Kooper received several posthumous medals.
Leslie Ryan Sr. passed away at a tuberculosis sanatorium in Adams county Illinois. His wife predeceased him.
Left to mourn were: sons LeRoy and Leslie; daughters Mrs. Lena Hammond, Mrs. Ethel Corbin, and Miss Rosie Ryan; Mrs. Lena Kooper, Leslie Ryan Sr's mother; also three grandchildren.
- bio written with information from various records and decedent's obituary.
__________
Cemetery information:
Died aged 50 years, 10 months, 20 days.
Interred: 25 November 1949.
Son of Frank Ryan and Lena Gollaher. Born 1 January 1899 in St. Louis, Missouri. Worked as a farmer. Spent most of his life in Adams county, Illinois.
Leslie Ryan married Georgia Ellen Elfers in 1924 in Adams county Illinois.
[Illinois County Marriage Records, 1800 - 1940.]
Their children included Lena Mildred, who married Jerry Lee Hammond 4 February 1948 (divorced 2 June 1953), and Frank McCloud 20 November 1953 (divorced 16 October 1956.)
In the 1940 federal census, Leslie, Georgia, and Lena Ryan reside with Leslie's mother "Leona Cooper," in Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois. Other childen are listed in this enumeration as sharing this household: Ethel Ryan 11, Leroy Ryan, and Leslie G. Ryan 5.
Their son Leroy later went by the surname Kooper. Pvt Leroy Kooper was killed in action, 29 May 1951 in the Korean War. Pvt Kooper received several posthumous medals.
Leslie Ryan Sr. passed away at a tuberculosis sanatorium in Adams county Illinois. His wife predeceased him.
Left to mourn were: sons LeRoy and Leslie; daughters Mrs. Lena Hammond, Mrs. Ethel Corbin, and Miss Rosie Ryan; Mrs. Lena Kooper, Leslie Ryan Sr's mother; also three grandchildren.
- bio written with information from various records and decedent's obituary.
__________
Cemetery information:
Died aged 50 years, 10 months, 20 days.
Interred: 25 November 1949.
Leslie Ryan married Georgia Ellen Elfers in 1924 in Adams county Illinois.
[Illinois County Marriage Records, 1800 - 1940.]
Their children included Lena Mildred, who married Jerry Lee Hammond 4 February 1948 (divorced 2 June 1953), and Frank McCloud 20 November 1953 (divorced 16 October 1956.)
In the 1940 federal census, Leslie, Georgia, and Lena Ryan reside with Leslie's mother "Leona Cooper," in Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois. Other childen are listed in this enumeration as sharing this household: Ethel Ryan 11, Leroy Ryan, and Leslie G. Ryan 5.
Their son Leroy later went by the surname Kooper. Pvt Leroy Kooper was killed in action, 29 May 1951 in the Korean War. Pvt Kooper received several posthumous medals.
Leslie Ryan Sr. passed away at a tuberculosis sanatorium in Adams county Illinois. His wife predeceased him.
Left to mourn were: sons LeRoy and Leslie; daughters Mrs. Lena Hammond, Mrs. Ethel Corbin, and Miss Rosie Ryan; Mrs. Lena Kooper, Leslie Ryan Sr's mother; also three grandchildren.
- bio written with information from various records and decedent's obituary.
__________
Cemetery information:
Died aged 50 years, 10 months, 20 days.
Interred: 25 November 1949.
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