Bertha Mae (Kirk) Leonard
Mrs. Bertha Leonard Dies; Funeral Services in Ina

Mrs. Bertha Leonard, 77, of Creve Coeur, a former resident of Benton, 
died Wednesday at the Setzekorn Nursing Home in Mount Vernon after a 
lenghty illness.

A member of the Nazarene Church in Benton, she was the wife of William 
C. Leonard who survives.

She also leaves four daughters, Mrs. Grace Doxsie of Benton, Mrs Lousie 
Phillips of Cottage Hill, Mrs. Mildred Brown of Roxana and Mrs Thelma 
Summers of Creve Coeur, 14 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m., Friday, at the Ina Funeral 
Home with Rev. George Severin officiating.  Interment will be in the Kirk 
cemetery.  The body is in state at the Ina Funeral Home.


Source: Benton Evening News, Benton, Franklin Co, Illinois, p1, c7
Date: September 10, 1964
Submitted by: Jim Kirk 
Relationship - Grandnephew