OBITUARY: Albert L. Leeman, 1920-2004, Mitchell Co., Iowa
                            
[Adapted from Mitchell County Press-News online, posted March 10, 2004]



                             Albert L. Leeman

Albert L. Leeman died unexpectedly March 1, 2004, in Roseville, California.
He was the eldest son of 10 children of Bill and Mae Leeman. Born Dec.
7, 1920 in Rockford, Iowa, and raised in Osage, Iowa.

Upon graduation from Osage High School he enlisted in the Army Air Corps.,
ultimately serving for 31 years in the U.S. Air Force -- distinguishing
himself during World War II while stationed in the Aleutian Islands.
Among his many assignments was a tour of duty in Vietnam in 1964-65. He
attained the rank of Chief Master Sergeant and retired from the Air Force
as First Sergeant of the 55th Weather Squadron, McClellan Air Force Base,
Sacramento, California, in 1971.

Devoted to his family, he entertained them with songs, jokes and
limericks, Sunday drives to nowhere and cross-country trips with
10 children in a station wagon. He touched everyone who knew him
with humorous stories of his life's experiences.

During the last 38 years he resided in Sacramento, Lake of the Pines,
Roseville and Rocklin, California.

Albert was preceded in death by his son Keith and daughter Janice.

He will be greatly missed by Marie, his wife of 60 years and by his
children Kathy and Dick Smith of Aurora, Colorado, Marsha and Steve
Conley of Carmichael, California, Ken and Robin Leeman, of Roseville,
California, Marilyn and Mark McDonald, of Portland, Oregon, Michael
and Carrie Leeman, of Roseville, California, Allen and Dana Leeman,
of Newcastle, California, Janet Logsdon, of Fair Oaks, California,
and Linda and Tony Cimino, of Chico, California. Grandfather to 15
and great-grandfather to seven.
                               

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