OBITUARY: Leslie V. Tibbits, 1904-1997, Mitchell County, Iowa [Based on an Obituary in the Mason City Globe Gazette; Jan. 3, 1997] Leslie V. Tibbits OSAGE, IOWA--Leslie V. Tibbits, 92, of Osage, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1997, at the Mitchell County Regional Health Care Center in Osage. Funeral services were held on Saturday, January 4th, at the Champion Funeral Home, with the Rev. John Bates officiating. Burial will be in the Osage City Cemetery. Leslie Tibbits was born May 27, 1904, in rural Osage. Survivors include one daughter, Bonnie Bly of Osage; two sons, Wayne Tibbets, Evansdale, and John Tibbits of Bloomington, Minn.; nine grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, two brothers and three sisters. Copyright 2004, K.L. Kittleson