Leon Belford Leitzel1
M, #26143, b. 17 September 1919, d. 13 March 1994
Last Edited=3 Jul 2022
- Relationship
- 5th cousin of Max Edwin Klinger
Leon Belford Leitzel was born on 17 September 1919, Hebe, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA.1 He married Norma Abby Zerby, daughter of John Zerby and Ida Wilkinson, on 22 October 1942.2,1 Leon Belford Leitzel died on 13 March 1994, Community Hospital, Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA, at age 74.3,1
Newspaper obituary:
Leon B. Leitzel,74, Klingerstown
TV repairman
KLINGERSTOWN Leon B. Leitzel, 74, of Klingerstown died at 9:52 p.m. Sunday, March 13, 1994, at , Sunbury Community Hospital.
Born Sept. 17, 1919, in Hebe, he was a son of the late Warren and Elva Mary (Wiest) Leitzel. In 1942, he was married to the former .Norma A. Zerby.
He attended the Hubley Township schools.
Mr. Leitzel owned and operated Leon Leitzel and Sons TV Repair, Klingerstown.
He was a member of St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Klingerstown, where he was a in the choir and formerly served on the church council; Klingerstown Fire Company; past master of Masonic Lodge4No. 702, Herndon; Upper Dauphin Shrine Qub, Elizabethville; Zembo Temple and Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, both of Harrisburg; and Scottish Rite Club of Schuylkill County.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by three sons, Larry L. of Winston-Salem, N.C., Glenn R. of Harrisburg and David R. of Franktown, Colo; three grandsons; one brother, Ray of Gratz; and four sisters, Irene Bohner of Selinsgrove, Gladys Maurer of Sunbury, Roxie Wetzel of Herndon and Marlene Matter of Herndon RD1.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Glenn and Marlin.
The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Klingerstown, by the Rev. Walter L. Hafer. Burial will be in St. Michael's Lutheran Cemetery, Klingerstown.
Visitors may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Stephen R. Rothermel Funeral Home, Klingerstown RD1, where a Masonic service will be conducted at 7:30, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the church.
Contributions in his memory may be made to St. Michael's Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, Klingerstown 17941.
The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 15 Mar 1994, Tue, Page 15.4
He was buried on 17 March 1994, at Saint Michael's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA.5,4
Newspaper obituary:
Leon B. Leitzel,74, Klingerstown
TV repairman
KLINGERSTOWN Leon B. Leitzel, 74, of Klingerstown died at 9:52 p.m. Sunday, March 13, 1994, at , Sunbury Community Hospital.
Born Sept. 17, 1919, in Hebe, he was a son of the late Warren and Elva Mary (Wiest) Leitzel. In 1942, he was married to the former .Norma A. Zerby.
He attended the Hubley Township schools.
Mr. Leitzel owned and operated Leon Leitzel and Sons TV Repair, Klingerstown.
He was a member of St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Klingerstown, where he was a in the choir and formerly served on the church council; Klingerstown Fire Company; past master of Masonic Lodge4No. 702, Herndon; Upper Dauphin Shrine Qub, Elizabethville; Zembo Temple and Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, both of Harrisburg; and Scottish Rite Club of Schuylkill County.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by three sons, Larry L. of Winston-Salem, N.C., Glenn R. of Harrisburg and David R. of Franktown, Colo; three grandsons; one brother, Ray of Gratz; and four sisters, Irene Bohner of Selinsgrove, Gladys Maurer of Sunbury, Roxie Wetzel of Herndon and Marlene Matter of Herndon RD1.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Glenn and Marlin.
The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Klingerstown, by the Rev. Walter L. Hafer. Burial will be in St. Michael's Lutheran Cemetery, Klingerstown.
Visitors may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Stephen R. Rothermel Funeral Home, Klingerstown RD1, where a Masonic service will be conducted at 7:30, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the church.
Contributions in his memory may be made to St. Michael's Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, Klingerstown 17941.
The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 15 Mar 1994, Tue, Page 15.4
He was buried on 17 March 1994, at Saint Michael's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA.5,4
Children of Leon Belford Leitzel and Norma Abby Zerby
Citations
- [S314] Bruce Travis Hall, "Genealogical Database," Bruce Travis Hall (Annapolis MD), data uploaded from CD December 2, 2005.
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Norma A. Leitzel, Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 08 Sep 2009, Tue, Page A9.
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Leon B. Leitzel, Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 14 Mar 1994, Mon, Page 3.
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Leon B. Leitzel, The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 15 Mar 1994, Tue, Page 15.
- [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29995233/leon-b-leitzel. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.