Loren Ray Leeper
Born: August 29, 1887 Greenfield, Adair Co., Iowa
Died: July 30, 1970 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa1
Buried: Lot 39
Married: R. Grace Thompson on January 23, 19172
Children: infant daughter
Married: Ann Kelly
Parents: William J. and Katherine (McCunn) Leeper
Ray Leeper Services Set
Services for Ray Leeper, 82, Embassy Manor, resident of Jasper County for 25 years, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Loehr Funeral Chapel.
The Rev. W. W. Johnson, pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Sugar Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. today.
Surviving are a brother, A. J. Leepr of Clinton; a sister, Mrs. B. E. (Nellie) Mulhern of Brandenton, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Grace Thompson, his second wife, Ann Kelly, a brother and a daughter in infancy.
Mr. Leeper was a member of the United Presbyterian Church and the Farm Bureau.
The son of W. J. and Katherine McCunn Leeper, he was born Aug. 29, 1887, at Greenfield.
Mr. Leeper, a retired farmer, died Thursday morning at Embassy Manor. ~ The Newton Daily News, July 31, 1970
R. Grace (Thompson) Leeper
Born: September 3, 18883 in Iowa4
Died: January 18, 1946 in Iowa City, Johnson Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 39
Married: L. Ray Leeper on January 23, 19172
Children: Infant daughter
Parents: Elmer Paul and Mary Luella Fisher Thompson3
Mrs. Leeper Is Dead
Stroke Friday Night Proves Fatal at
Iowa City Hospital Saturday
Mrs. Ray Leeper, 57, formerly of Newton, died at 4:20 o'clock Saturday morning at Mercy hospital in Iowa City a few hours after she had suffered a stroke at her farm home located near West Branch, Iowa. The Leepers had just purchased a home in Newton and were in the midst of moving to this city when Mrs. Leeper became stricken.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon from the Morgan Funeral home at 2:30 o'clock with interment at Sugar Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Leeper was preceded in death by one child who died in infancy. Survivors include her husband, her mother, Mrs. Louella Thompson of Cheswick, Iowa; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Bassett, Kellogg and Mrs. Arthur Harper of Sigourney; two brothers, Ivan Thompson of Kawanee, Illinois and Rufus Thompson of Des Moines. ~ Newton Daily News, January 21, 1946
1. Jasper Co., Iowa Death Record, Book 5, page 146
2. Descendants of John McCunn by rcochran@tucker-usa.com
3. World Connect submitted by Judith Lee at powercat3@earthlink.net
4. 1930 U.S. Census, Dist 26 Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa