Gladwin-Midland County MI Archives Obituaries.....THURSTON, LEON S. July 4, 1991
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Midland Daily News dated 07-06/1991 Column - 5 Page - B6
Leon S. Thurston, 74, of Midland, died Thursday, July 4, 1991, at MidMichigan 
Regional Medical Center. He was born in Grayling March 14, 1917. As a youth he 
moved to Midland where he was raised and educated. He married the former 
Harriet Hughes in Midland April 12, 1942.
    He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the European Theater. He 
worked at The Dow Chemical Company for 42 years, retiring in 1976. Leon 
attended aldersgate United Methodist Church. He was a life member of Midland 
VFW 3651, Dow Retirees and the Parkinson's Support Group.
   He is survived by his wife, Harriet; sons James (Sachyeo) Thurston of 
Denver, Douglas (Barbara) Thurston of Edenville, Ronald (Barbara) Thurston of 
Sanford, Kim (Debra) Thurston of Nashville, Tenn., and Curtiss (Rosalyn) 
Thurston of Baton Rouge, La.; daughters Barbara (Jim) Zimmerman of Midland, 
Connie (Richard) Brabaw of Sanford, Sherry (Jesse) Gonzales of Freeland and 
Kathy Hansen of LaMase, Calif.; brothers Gordon Thurston of Midland and Donald 
Thurston of Hope; sisters Joyce Austin of Cadillac and Marion Laughton of 
Midland; sister-in-law Clara Thurston of Midland; 21 grandchidren; and several 
great-grandchildren.
   Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, July 8, 1991, from 
Wilson Miller Funeral Home. The Rev. David Stout of Aldersgate United 
Methodist Church will officiate. 
   Friends may call at the funeral home today from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday 
from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Memorials are suggested to 
Northeast Chapter of Parkinson's Support Group or the Michigan Kidney 
Foundation. 

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