obituary for Leo Eastman from Ancestry.com from Winfield Courier 3-11-2000
Leo J Eastman, 88, of Route 2, Winfield, died March 11, 2000, at Cumbernauld Village.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Wilmot Cemetery. Friend may call at Miles Funeral Service until 9 tonight.
Memorials have been established with Central Baptist Church and Cumbernauld Village. Contributions may be made at the church or funeral home.
Eastman was born 8-26-1911, on a farm near Wilmot, to Bell (Bowen) and Henry Eastman. He attended Wilmot rural schools and at the age of 17 began his career with the Frisco Railroad.
On Aug 31, 1933, he married Thelma F Floyd in Newkirk. They lived in Wilmot before moving to Beaumont. They later lived in various locations in Oklahoma before returning to Winfield in 1946. He retired from Frisco on June 28, 1974, following 47 years' service as a section foreman and engine mechanic.
Survivors include his wife, Thelma Eastman, Winfield; his son, Jack Eastman, Onettia, and Ronald Eastman and Donald Eastman, both of Winfield, a daughter Patricia Ann Smith, Winfield,; a brother, Cecil Eastman, Winfield,; 2 sisters, Ruby Wagner, Desoto, TX, and Hilda Stewart, Wichita; 14 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Peggy Gray.
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obituary for Leo Eastman from Ancestry.com from Winfield Courier 3-11-2000
Leo J Eastman, 88, of Route 2, Winfield, died March 11, 2000, at Cumbernauld Village.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Wilmot Cemetery. Friend may call at Miles Funeral Service until 9 tonight.
Memorials have been established with Central Baptist Church and Cumbernauld Village. Contributions may be made at the church or funeral home.
Eastman was born 8-26-1911, on a farm near Wilmot, to Bell (Bowen) and Henry Eastman. He attended Wilmot rural schools and at the age of 17 began his career with the Frisco Railroad.
On Aug 31, 1933, he married Thelma F Floyd in Newkirk. They lived in Wilmot before moving to Beaumont. They later lived in various locations in Oklahoma before returning to Winfield in 1946. He retired from Frisco on June 28, 1974, following 47 years' service as a section foreman and engine mechanic.
Survivors include his wife, Thelma Eastman, Winfield; his son, Jack Eastman, Onettia, and Ronald Eastman and Donald Eastman, both of Winfield, a daughter Patricia Ann Smith, Winfield,; a brother, Cecil Eastman, Winfield,; 2 sisters, Ruby Wagner, Desoto, TX, and Hilda Stewart, Wichita; 14 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Peggy Gray.
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