Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Orrville with the Rev. Dennis Rinehart officiating.
He was born on Jan. 1, 1920 in China to Henry Samuel Howard Leitzel and Ruth (Rossiter) Leitzel Firestone. He married Charlotte Zema on June 26, 1943 in Boulder, Colo. She survives.
He lived in China until the age of 19, graduated from Allegheny College and served in the US Navy during World War II. He entered the US Navy Japanese Language School in December 1942.
He worked for the Westinghouse Electrical Corporation in Pittsburgh and Orrville for 41 years, retiring in 1985 as an electrical engineer.
He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Cedar Lodge No. 430 F&AM, Exchange Club and the Zoning Board, all in Orrville. He was also a member of the Al Koran Shrine and the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.
Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, H. Calvin (Diane) Leitzel Jr. of Middleburg Heights; a daughter, Cynthia (David) Withrow of North Lawrence, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
A brother, Richard Leitzel, died previously.
Source: The Daily Record (Wooster) Obituaries, February 20, 2003
Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Orrville with the Rev. Dennis Rinehart officiating.
He was born on Jan. 1, 1920 in China to Henry Samuel Howard Leitzel and Ruth (Rossiter) Leitzel Firestone. He married Charlotte Zema on June 26, 1943 in Boulder, Colo. She survives.
He lived in China until the age of 19, graduated from Allegheny College and served in the US Navy during World War II. He entered the US Navy Japanese Language School in December 1942.
He worked for the Westinghouse Electrical Corporation in Pittsburgh and Orrville for 41 years, retiring in 1985 as an electrical engineer.
He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Cedar Lodge No. 430 F&AM, Exchange Club and the Zoning Board, all in Orrville. He was also a member of the Al Koran Shrine and the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.
Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, H. Calvin (Diane) Leitzel Jr. of Middleburg Heights; a daughter, Cynthia (David) Withrow of North Lawrence, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
A brother, Richard Leitzel, died previously.
Source: The Daily Record (Wooster) Obituaries, February 20, 2003
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