Donald Keith Leas ^{1 2}

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From the Huntington Herald Press Online, August 29, 2000

Donald Keith Leas, 73, Bluffton, died at 6:15 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 27, 2000) at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland. Mr. Leas owned and operated Leas Feed Co., Montpelier, from 1956 to 1988. He served on the Montpelier and Blackford County school boards for six years and was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church, Hartford City, and its Men's Club.He was a former resident of Huntington and had farmed in Huntington and Wells Counties. He graduated from Jackson Township High School, Wells County, in 1945.

He was born April 23, 1927, in Bluffton, a son of Ralph Lugar Leas and Ruey Glee Slusher Leas. He married Virginia M. Stinson July 24, 1949, in Jackson Township, Wells County. His wife survives. Additional survivors include three sons, Ted A. Leas of Hartford City and Terry K. Leas and Tim D. Leas, both of Montpelier; four brothers, Gail Leas and Jack Leas, both of Warren, Jim Leas of Montpelier, and Bob Leas of Columbia City; a sister, Lois Jane Carpenter, Bluffton; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister, Lillian Bradford, and a brother, Norman Leas.

Calling is 2-8 p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Grace United Methodist Church, 312 W. Washington St., Hartford City. Services will be held at the church at 2 p.m. Wednesday, with Rev. Steve Kaehr officiating. Burial will be at Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Muncie. Keplinger Funeral Home, Hartford City, is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Grace United Methodist Church, 312 W. Washington St., Hartford City IN 47348.

Donald married Virginia Marie Stinson, daughter of Living and Living, on 22 Jul 1949 in Jackson Township, Wells County, Indiana, USA. (Virginia Marie Stinson was born on 24 Mar 1930 in Wells County, Indiana, USA and died on 20 May 2021 in Heritage Pointe of Warren, Warren, Huntington County, Indiana, USA.)