Mollie Jane (Berry) Leak (1950)
BERRY, GRAY, LEAK
Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:04:36
The Creston News Advertiser
Creston, Iowa
Saturday, December 30, 1950
Page 1, Column 5Former Resident Of Lorimor Dies
LORIMOR — Mrs. Weaver Leak, 60, of Norwalk, formerly of the Lorimor vicinity, died last night in a Des Moines hospital after a lingering illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Fellowship church, north of Lorimor, with Rev. Elmer McVety officiating. Burial will be in Hamblen cemetery, near the church.
Her body will remain at the Watts funeral home here until time of the services.
Mrs. Leak was born May 27, 1884, in the Kasson neighborhood northwest of Lorimor, where she lived until she married Weaver Leak. They operated a farm west of Lorimor until moving to the Norwalk vicinity 30 years ago.
Surviving are her husband and three children, Gail and Gile Leak and Mrs. Lois Gray, all of Des Moines.
________________________Transcriber's note: Full name taken from Iowa Delayed Certificate of Birth. Note that the IDCB says her year of birth is 1883.
Link to Gravestone Photo
Madison Obituaries maintained by Linda Griffith Smith.
WebBBS 4.33 Genealogy Modification Package by WebJourneymen