Verna Marie Gorby 1 2
- Born: 7 Mar 1928, Athens Co, Ohio
- Marriage (1): Dale Hubert Leas on 10 May 1947 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
- Died: 18 Oct 2006, Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, USA at age 78
General Notes:
LEAS, Verna Marie age 78, of Richmond, IN died Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006. Born March 7, 1928, in Athens, Ohio, to Lodes and Mabel Stotts Gorby, she was a resident of this area most of her life. Verna was a 1946 graduate of Roosevelt High School in Dayton, Ohio. She retired as a stock clerk from Woolworth in 1991 after 30 years. She was a life member of VFW 1108 Auxiliary and Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary. Survivors include her daughter, Linda Leas of Richmond; son, David Leas of Evansville, Ind.; two grandchildren, Gregory Dale Paretzoglou and wife Kellee of Centerville and Daniel Martin Leas of Evansville, Ind.; sisters, Jean Warner and husband Donald of Dayton, Ohio, and Pat Thomas and husband Wayne of Hudson, Fla.; brother, Robert Gorby and wife Midge of Plymouth, Fla.; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Dale Leas, who died in February 2002; her parents; and two brothers, Richard and Ralph Gorby. Funeral service for Verna Marie Leas will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23, 2006, in the Earlham Memorial Mausoleum, 1101 National Road W., Richmond, with Rev. Sam Smith officiating. Entombment will be in the mausoleum. Friends may call from noon-2 p.m. Monday at Doan & Mills Funeral Home, 790 National Road W., Richmond. 3
Verna married Dale Hubert Leas, son of Richard Hayes Leas and Rosa Mae Noggle, on 10 May 1947 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA. (Dale Hubert Leas was born on 10 Aug 1925 in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, USA, died on 1 Feb 2002 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA and was buried in Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, USA.)
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