Yolo County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....LEACH, Jane Rhodes April 27 2000 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/obits/ca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy B. Perazzo pbperazzo@comcast.net October 13, 2004, 11:19 pm “Winters Express,” Thursday, May 4, 2000 Jane Rhodes Leach Jane Rhodes Leach died peacefully during the night in her LaSelva Beach vacation home Thursday, April 27, at age 94. Born February 4, 1906, in Boone, Iowa, Mrs. Leach had been a Davis resident for 71 years. She resided at the Covell Gardens retirement center for the past five years. She was the daughter of the late Dr. Charles and Margaret Conn Rhoads. After receiving her elementary and secondary education in Boone schools, she attended Iowa State University, where she majored in home economics and journalism and was affiliated with the Delta Delta Delta sorority. Soon after earning her bachelor of science degree, she was married at Berkeley, Aug. 1, 1928. When her husband joined the department of plant pathology at UC Davis (then known as University Farm) in 1929, they moved to Davis. Following World War II, when Mrs. Leach’s husband participated in the Marshall Plan and other international exchange programs, they traveled widely and lived for extended periods in Denmark, Ireland, Chile, Uruguay and Spain. In 1963 Mrs. Leach, Dorothy Briggs and Esther Wagner founded the Discoveries gift shop in Davis. After her husband’s retirement from UCD in 1968, Mrs. Leach withdrew from the partnership. She continued to produce fabric crafts which she sold to regional shops until her death. Mrs. Leach was a homemaker and part-time reporter for The Davis Enterprise and Sacramento Bee newspapers. She was a member of Davis Community Church, served as a Girl Scout leader, and was active in University Farm Circle, Leisure Hours Club and Prytanean Society of UCD. She also served as a longtime member of Creators Unlimited, early board member of Davis Art Center, and docent for International House. Mrs. Leach is survived by her children, Joann Leach Larkey and her husband Dr. Richard Larkey of Winters, Douglas Leach and wife LaVerne of Orinda, and Janet Leach Chapman of Davis. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Diane Larkey Larson and husband Greg of Roseville, Jefferson Larkey and wife Barbara Piani of Santa Cruz, Kyle Leach and wife Betsey of Nevada City, Katherine Leach Rauch and husband William of San Francisco, Leslie Leach Miller and husband Major Joseph, M.D. of Olympia, Washington, Christy Chapman of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Brenna Chapman of Davis; and eight great-grandchildren. Also surviving are her sister, Betty Lee of Minneapolis, Minnesota; and five nieces and nephews. Mrs. Leach was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Lysle D. Leach, in 1987. Family and friends are invited to attend a memorial service scheduled at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 10, in Davis Community Church. The family suggests memorials be directed to the charity of the donor’s choice; or to UCD’s Lysle Leach Memorial Fund (created to assist plant pathology graduate students to defray expenses while attending scientific meetings) – make checks payable to UC Regents before mailing c/o department of plant pathology, 1 Shields Avenue, UC Davis, Davis, 95616. Additional Comments: Submitted with the permission of the “Winters Express,” 312 Railroad Ave., Winters, CA 95694. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/yolo/obits/gob1999leach.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb