Richard Ellsworth Leonard

1912 - 2002  (90 years)

• Name	Richard Ellsworth Leonard
  Nickname	Dick
  Birth	13 Mar 1912	Canyon Creek, Idaho
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Dec 2002	Orofino, Idaho
  Burial	Riverside Cemetery, Orofino, Idaho
  Person ID	I3613	Thompson
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2008

  
  

  Father	Harvey Abraham Leonard,   b. 24 Apr 1887, Ellis, Sherman County, Kansas d. 24 Mar 1969, Orfino, Indiana (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Jessie Geraldine Mullikan,   b. 04 Nov 1891, Ohiowa, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 31 Mar 1982, Fort Collins, Colorado (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	15 Mar 1909	Geneva, Nebraska
  Family ID	F680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Lindstrom   d. Oct 1980
  Marriage	08 Sep 1936
  Children	1. Larry Ellsworth Leonard   2. Jolene Ann Leonard   3. Kenneth LeRoy Leonard   4. Sharon Louise Leonard   5. Michael Eugene Leonard,   b. 24 Jul 1945   d. 2000 (Age 54 years)   6. Barbara Diane Leonard
  Family ID	F1370	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2008

  
  

• Notes

  Died: Obituary RICHARD ELLSWORTH LEONARD (3-13-1912 to 12-15-2002) Long time Orofino, Idaho resident, Richard Ellsworth Leonard, 90, died from complications related to age, Dec. 15, 2002, in Clarkston. Dick was born to Jesse and Harvey Leonard March 13, 1912, on a homestead on Canyon Creek above Orofino. The family moved to Colorado when he was a boy. He attended school there and returned to Orofino when he was in his 20’s. He married Agnes Lindstrom Sept. 8, 1936. She died in October 1980. Dick owned and operated a sawmill at Canyon Creek in the late 1940’s until the early 1950’s. He also worked in the woods from time to time. He operated the Richfield Service Station in Orofino in the 1950’s. In 1957 he began work as a heavy equipment operator for the U.S. Forest Service. He retired in 1972. Dick had a great love for the outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He worked as a guide for many local and out-of-state hunters. He was an accomplished trap shooter and a member of the Orofino Gun Club and the Camas Prairie Trap Shooting Association. He won numerous trap shooting titles, including the Handicap Champion of 1964. He is survived by his sons, Larry Leonard of Orofino and Kenneth Leonard of Twin Falls; daughters, Jolene Pierson of Port Townsend, Wash., Sharon O’Connor of Lewiston and Barbara (Babs) Ward of Orofino; sister, Doris Jean Mays, Leila Frazier, Verna Sorenson, Velma McDonald and Kathleen Lister, all living in Colorado. Dick had 18 grandchildren, 39 great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter. He was preceded in death by his wife, Agnes; his son, Michael in 2000; his sister, Ida; and brothers, George, Warren, Roy and Owen (Marion). Graveside service was at the Riverside Cemetery in Orofino. Idaho.