WAIT, Leon L. (1888-1985)

WAIT, BUCH, THOMAS, SNYDER, MYERS, GREEN, BLANKENSHIP, YOUNG, CODY

Posted By: Elaine Harrington (email)
Date: 11/11/2006 at 10:40:57

Leon L. Wait
Born August 27, 1888
Died February 1985

OPINION-TRIBUNE, GLENWOOD, IOWA
DATED WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13, 1985

Services were Tuesday in Glenwood for Leon L. Wait, 96, of Glenwood. He died Sunday at Glen Haven Home following a period of failing health.

Wait was born in Hampton and has lived and farmed most of his lifetime in the Council Bluffs and Glenwood areas.

Survivors include his daughter, Dorothy Buch of Glenwood; three granddaughters, Eleanor Thomas of Ames, Carol Snyder of North Platte, Neb., and JoAn Myers of Charles City; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sarah Green Wait, in 1963.

Services were at Raynor Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Laine Mathiason officiating. Casket bearers were Mike Blankenship, Walter Green, Arnim, Roger and David Young, and Richard Cody. Music was provided by Rev. Mathiason, soloist, and Carol Condon, organist. Interment will be at the Plumer Settlement Cemetery. Memorial may be made to the Salvation Army or Trinity Lutheran Church.