Obituary: T. Leonard Sangston

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SANGSTON , T. LEONARD  Age 71 years, of Main Street, McClellandtown, Pa.,
passed away Saturday, July 11, 1981, in the Laurel Rest Home, Uniontown. He was born
Jan. 28, 1910, the son of the late Dr. J. Holmes and Evelyn Leonard Sangston. In addition
to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Pauline S. Messmore, and a brother,
J. Holmes Sangston Jr. Mr. Sangston was director of the T. Leonard Sangston Funeral
Home for 49 years; a member of the McClellandtown United Presbyterian Church, an
ordained deacon, and a member of the Light & Law Sunday School Class, member and
past president of the German Twp. Lions Club; member of the McClellandtown
Volunteer Fire Dept., the Valley Lodge, No. 459 F&AM of Masontown, the Uniontown
Lodge of Perfection, Pittsburgh Consistory, Syria Shrine, Caravan No. 9, Tall Cedars, the
Messmore Rod & Gun Club, and Circus Model Builders of America. Surviving are his
wife, Rose Marie Scherrer Sangston; two daughters, Mrs. Frank B. (Julianne) Loucks of
Ashtabula, Ohio, and Mrs. Robin N. (Marcia) Mallick of Masontown; five grandchildren;
one greatgrandson and one sister, Mrs. Frederick (Virginia) Jussen of Kenneth Square,
Pa. Friends are being received in the T. Leonard Sangston Funeral Home,
McClellandtown, today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday until 2 p.m., the hour
of service. Dr. Earl P. Confer and Rev. Raymond Feyes will officiate. Interment will be
private for the family in the McClellandtown Presbyterian Church Cemetery. In lieu of
flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the Building Fund of the
McClellandtown Volunteer Fire Dept. The McClellandtown Volunteer Fire Dept. will
hold memorial services this evening at 7 and the Valley Lodge No. 459 F&AM of
Masontown will conduct services at 8 p.m.