John Henry LEEBRICK, Jr.

LEEBRICK, BELL, DAVIS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/21/2009 at 12:55:06

Funeral services for John H. Leebrick, of Belmond, former Hampton resident, who passed away very suddenly at his home, Monday, March 31st, were held last Thursday afternoon at the Methodist church, in Belmond, and burial was made in the Alexander cemetery with the Odd Fellow Lodge conducting the graveside services.

John Henry Leebrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Leebrick, was born May 6, 1892 at Hallsville, Missouri. His childhood was spent in Missouri and Arkansas and at the age of nineteen years, came to Iowa wehre he worked in the vicinity of Hampton and Chapin for several years. He later was employed by the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad and was employed by the railroad for more than twenty years. On January 4, 1927, he was united in marriage to Nellie E. Bell, of Alexander, and to this union one daughter, Eleanor, was born. In the spring of 1938 the family moved from Hampton to their farm home northwest of Alexander where they resided until they retired in 1947. Mr. Leebrick united with the Methodist church in Hampton in 1927 and later transferred to the Belmond church. He was an active member and trustee of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and recently was elected to the Belmond city council.

Mr. Leebrick is survived by his wife and daughter, one sister, Mrs. Carrie Davis, of Centralia, Missouri, and two brothers, A. R. Leebrick of Belmond, and Roy S. Leebrick, of Mexico, Missouri.

10 April 1952
Hampton Chronicle, Hampton, Iowa