OBIT: Shawnee County, KS; LEESE, Mrs. Emma B., 1939 http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/shawnee/obits/leeseeb.txt From : "James Laird" To : KS-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Subject :[KS-FOOT] Obit: LEESE; June 29, 1939; Shawnee Date : Sat, 21 Dec 2002 added to the archives: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 see copyright notice at end of file. =================================================== The Topeka Daily Capital Thursday June 29, 1939 Mrs. Emma B. Leese. Mrs. Emma B. LEESE, 79, resident of Topeka for fifty-one years, and lived in the same house until the time of her death. She died Wednesday afternoon at ther home, 325 Paramore Street. She was born November 20, 1859, in Jacksonville, Ill., and came to Kansas with her parents when a small girl. Her husband, Henry H. LEESE, preceded her in death in 1927. Mrs. LEESE was a member of the Kansas Avenue Methodist Church for over fifty years. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Howard GREEN, Topeka, and Mrs. Emma L. CUMMINS of the home; three sons, Walter C. LEESE, Los Angeles, Calif.; Benjamin H. LEESE, Brooklyn, N.Y.; and George W. LEESE, Palesades Park, N.J.; three sisters, Mrs. G.W. DONNELL, living in California; Mrs. Walter MORRIS, Topeka and Mrs. E.H. BLANGERES, Topeka and six grandchildren. The body was taken to Peebler's Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements. Burial will be in the Rochester Cemetery. =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the KSGenWeb USGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.