San Joaquin-Sacramento County CA Archives Obituaries.....Leonard, Lester Wallace "Wally"  September 12, 2005
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Lodi News-Sentinel  Sep 15, 2005
Lester Wallace "Wally" Leonard

Lester Wallace "Wally" Leonard, 70, passed away on September 12, 2005 in a Lodi 
hospital. He was born in Verdi, Nevada on Sept. 7, 1935 to Emmett and Louise 
Leonard. 

He attended Reno High School where he played football, baseball, and was a 
member of the downhill ski racing team. After serving two years in the US Navy, 
he graduated from the University of Nevada at Reno with a B.S. Degree in 
Electrical Engineering. 

He married his high school sweetheart, Helen Meader on April 14, 1957. They 
moved to Stockton, CA in 1973 where he worked 9 years as a sales engineer for 
Holt Bros. Engine Power Co. and traveled all over the world. 

He later worked in sales for Tesco Controls in Sacramento for 13 years. While 
there, he originated the idea of holding an annual company golf tournament, 
which he throughly enjoyed coordinating each year until his retirement in 2000. 

Following his retirement, the "Wally Leonard Golf Tournament" has continued to 
be an anual event for the company.

He especially loved fishing, hunting, gardening, cooking and entertaining for 
friends and family, and his weekly "coffee club'. An avid fan of art and 
history, along with his wife, he was an enthusiastic docent, volunteer and a 
member of the executive board of Haggin Museum in Stockton. In 2003, he and his 
wife took the trip of a lifetime to Australia and New Zealand. He was a devoted 
husband, loving father, and dear friend to all who knew him and will be greatly 
missed. We will always remember him for his generous heart, wonderful smile, 
and strong spirit. 

He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Helen Leonard of Lodi; two daughters, 
Diane and Joanne Leonard of Sacramento; and one sister Virginia Holt of Reno, 
Nevada. 

He was preceded in death by two sons, Michael and Danny. 

The family wishes to express their heartfelt gratitude to the ICU nurses, 
doctors and staff at Lodi Memorial Hospital for their loving care. 

Visitation will be held Monday, Sept. 19 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 
Rocha's Funeral Home, 215 S. School Street in Lodi. Services will be held 
Tuesday, September 20 at 3:00 p.m. in the Evergreen Chapel at Cherokee Memorial 
Park in Lodi, Hwy 99 at Harney Lane with internment immediately following. 
Remembrances may be made in Wally's honor to the Haggin Museum 1201 N. Pershing 
Ave., Stockton, CA 95203-1699 or to the American Diabetes Association  
www.diabetes.org.


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