Obit of Bohannon, Leo Dale - Payne County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips  <okarchives@comcast.net>    17 Feb 2008
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::Cremated

Bohannon, Leo Dale

LEO DALE BOHANNON born April 30, 1923 in Stillwater Okla. Died June 
2, 2007 at Washington Hospital, Fremont, Calif., from complications 
of pneumonia. Memorial service will be held June 16 at a private home 
in Fremont. Ashes will be spread in Santa Cruz , where he and his 
wife of65 years, Marguerite Bohannon, were married. The son of the 
late Clarence and the late Bessie Bohannon, Mr. Bohannon is survived 
by his wife, four children Leona Bargabus of Milpitas, Dale Bohannon 
of Fremont, Sharron Leonard of Newark and Sue Marinucci of Newark, 
also two sisters, Mary Margaret Jefferson of Sacramento and Barbara 
Jean Brown of San Jose, six grandchildren and five great-
grandchildren. Mr. Bohannon moved to San Jose in 1942, then, in 1946, 
to Fremont's Irvington district and worked as a projectionist at the 
now defunct Leal Theatre. Mr. Bohannon was the founder-owner of 
Newark TV and Radio Service, which opened in 1953 and was the first 
business of its kind in the city. He retired from the business in 
1996. From the late '50s to early '60s during Newark's booming years, 
he was a planning commissioner. He was also active in several local 
civic organizations, including the Lions Club and the Boy Scouts.

Published in the ANG Newspapers from 6/14/2007 - 6/16/2007.
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