Monona County IA Archives Obituaries.....Allmon, Leland Howard May 1, 1964
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Obituary of
Leland Allmon			(From the collection of Vivian Norby Andersen)

	Leland Howard Allmon was born at Soldier, Iowa on October 21, 1921 and 
passed away May 1, 1964 in the Lancaster-Fairfield County Hospital, Lancaster, 
Ohio at the age of 42 years, 6 months and 7 days.
	He is survived by his wife, Edith; four children all at home; two step-
children; one brother, Lorne of Riverside, California and step-mother, Dorothy 
Allmon of Turin.
	He was preceded in death by his mother, Alice Conger Allmon in 1944 
and his father Lyle H. Allmon in 1961.
	Leland was a basketball letterman and 1939 graduate of Soldier High 
School.  In 1940 he enlisted in the U. S. Navy, served with the Atlantic 
Fleet, participated in World War II operations in the European Theater and was 
honorably discharged in 1946.  His Navy rating was Ship-fitter 1st Class.  He 
was employed by the Fairfield Plumbing Co. and in real estate sales for 
National Homes.
	The funeral was on Tuesday, May 5, 1964 at the Sheridan Funeral Home 
in Lancaster with the Rev. Frank A. Noel officiating.  American Legion Post 11 
conducted graveside military rites for the burial in Maple Grove cemetery at 
Lancaster.
	He underwent surgery for glandular cancer in October 1963 and seemed 
to be recovering, but the disease spread and was diagnosed as beyond medical 
help in April, 1964.




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