Jeremiah Larkin Leslie, 1853-1940
LESLIE, BASKIN, JUNKERMEIER
Posted By: Clay County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/27/2014 at 16:18:26
LAST RITES HELD FOR "DAD" LESLIE
Aged Resident of Peterson Passes Away Friday Evening Following Stroke--Services Monday
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church last Monday afternoon for Jeremiah L. Leslie, known to everyone as "Dad" Leslie, who passed away Friday evening following a paralytic stroke on Wednesday, from which he never regained consciousness. Mr. Leslie was a well known and beloved figure in Peterson for many years.
Rev. H.V. Bartz officiated at the services and a male quartette composed of Dr. W.N. Gaston, Dr. H.W. Loucks, Ivan Reed and Ralph Gilbert sang several selections accompanied by Mrs. H.G. Morrison at the piano. Pall bearers were C.E. Batcheler, R.B. Anderson, G.F. Tumler, Don Hoover, Leo F. Richard and Robert Baier.
Interment was made at the Oakland cemetery where the service was conducted by the Masonic lodge of which Mr. Leslie was a member for over fifty years.
Obituary
Jeremiah Larkin Leslie was born in Allen county, Indiana, February 9, 1853 and passed away at the home of his sisters-in-law, Elizabeth and Lillian Baskin, in Peterson on February 2, 1940, at the age of 86 years, 11 months and 24 days. He was the son of William and Sarah Leslie, the youngest child in a family of eleven children. When a child of three years, he moved with his parents to a farm near Janesville, Iowa, where they lived for many years.
In 1876 he was united in marriage to Elsie Jane Baskin, and to this union two children were born, Myrtle Belle and Paul R., both of whom preceded him in death.
After his marriage he continued to live in and around Janesville for several years, and then came to a farm near Webb, later moving to Peterson which he has called his home since that time. In November, 1917, following the death of his son, Paul, the family spent a few months in Asotin, Washington, and then returned to Peterson to reside. "Dad", as he was a known to countless numbers, was a member of the Methodist church.
Mr. Leslie had enjoyed fairly good health until Wednesday noon, when he was stricken with a paralytic stroke from which he never regained consciousness.
In passing he leaves to mourn his death two grandchildren, Burr of Center Point, Iowa, and Maxine of Marathon, and three great grandchildren, Roger Leslie of Center Point, and Billy and Jo Ellen Junkermeier of Marathon.
Source: The Peterson Patriot, Peterson, Clay County, Iowa; February 8, 1940.
Interment in Oakland cemetery
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