Funeral Services for John Leek, 81 years old, former Aledo resident, who died at the home of his son, Thomas Leek, in Lake Lillian, Minnesota, Wednesday, Aug 1, were held at 2:30 pm Saturday from the Murphy funeral home in Aledo with Rev Frank Jay Medford, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment was made in the Aledo cemetery.
Mr Leek was well known in Aledo and for several years drove the water wagon used in sprinkling the streets here, He was a native of Wales, born Aug 10, 1853 in Victoria, the last of a family of nine children. He came with his parents to Mineral Ridge, O., in 1858.
Moved Here in 1901
In 1877, he was married to Miss Mary A Baker, of Mineral Ridge and in 1881, they moved to Mercer county, coming to Aledo in 1901.
Mrs Leek died in June , 1912.
Surviving are one half-brother, Dan Jones, of Mineral Ridge, O; two sons, Thomas Leek of Lake Lillian, Minn and George Leek of ? Saskatchewan, Canada: one daughter, Mrs Catherine Denen of Aledo and 15 grandchildren and ? great grandchildren. Mr Leek was a member of the Ioof Lodge
The Times Record Aug 8, 1953.
Mr Leek was well known in Aledo and for several years drove the water wagon used in sprinkling the streets here, He was a native of Wales, born Aug 10, 1853 in Victoria, the last of a family of nine children. He came with his parents to Mineral Ridge, O., in 1858.
Moved Here in 1901
In 1877, he was married to Miss Mary A Baker, of Mineral Ridge and in 1881, they moved to Mercer county, coming to Aledo in 1901.
Mrs Leek died in June , 1912.
Surviving are one half-brother, Dan Jones, of Mineral Ridge, O; two sons, Thomas Leek of Lake Lillian, Minn and George Leek of ? Saskatchewan, Canada: one daughter, Mrs Catherine Denen of Aledo and 15 grandchildren and ? great grandchildren. Mr Leek was a member of the Ioof Lodge
The Times Record Aug 8, 1953.
Funeral Services for John Leek, 81 years old, former Aledo resident, who died at the home of his son, Thomas Leek, in Lake Lillian, Minnesota, Wednesday, Aug 1, were held at 2:30 pm Saturday from the Murphy funeral home in Aledo with Rev Frank Jay Medford, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment was made in the Aledo cemetery.
Mr Leek was well known in Aledo and for several years drove the water wagon used in sprinkling the streets here, He was a native of Wales, born Aug 10, 1853 in Victoria, the last of a family of nine children. He came with his parents to Mineral Ridge, O., in 1858.
Moved Here in 1901
In 1877, he was married to Miss Mary A Baker, of Mineral Ridge and in 1881, they moved to Mercer county, coming to Aledo in 1901.
Mrs Leek died in June , 1912.
Surviving are one half-brother, Dan Jones, of Mineral Ridge, O; two sons, Thomas Leek of Lake Lillian, Minn and George Leek of ? Saskatchewan, Canada: one daughter, Mrs Catherine Denen of Aledo and 15 grandchildren and ? great grandchildren. Mr Leek was a member of the Ioof Lodge
The Times Record Aug 8, 1953.
Mr Leek was well known in Aledo and for several years drove the water wagon used in sprinkling the streets here, He was a native of Wales, born Aug 10, 1853 in Victoria, the last of a family of nine children. He came with his parents to Mineral Ridge, O., in 1858.
Moved Here in 1901
In 1877, he was married to Miss Mary A Baker, of Mineral Ridge and in 1881, they moved to Mercer county, coming to Aledo in 1901.
Mrs Leek died in June , 1912.
Surviving are one half-brother, Dan Jones, of Mineral Ridge, O; two sons, Thomas Leek of Lake Lillian, Minn and George Leek of ? Saskatchewan, Canada: one daughter, Mrs Catherine Denen of Aledo and 15 grandchildren and ? great grandchildren. Mr Leek was a member of the Ioof Lodge
The Times Record Aug 8, 1953.
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