Leonard Leroy WOLFE 16
- Born: 6 Mar 1908, Coyle, Payne, Oklahoma, USA 1056
- Marriage: Nora Viola LUNSFORD on 25 Dec 1929 1006
- Died: 26 May 1989, Choctaw, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA at age 81 1056
- Buried: 28 May 1989, Jones Cemetery, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma 1057
Death Notes:
Daily Oklahoman, The (Oklahoma City, OK) - May 29, 1989. Page: 16 Leonard Leroy Wolfe WOLFE
Leonard Leroy, 81, passed away May 26, 1989. Services were held on Sunday, May 28, 1989 at the Jones United Methodist Church with burial at the Jones IOOF Cemetery. Leonard was born to Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Wolfe on March 6, 1908 near Coyle, OK in Payne County. In the Fall of 1918 they moved to Jones, OK. Leonard was baptized into the Church of Brethren at the age of 12 years. He lived on a farm near State Center & graduated from high school there. He married Nora Viola Lunsford of Choctaw in 1929 . He drove a school bus from age 17-38 & farmed near Jones until 1963. He drove & delivered propane until retirement in Eastern Oklahoma County. Moved to Choctaw in 1963. Taught Sunday School Class off & on since the age of 17 until 10 years ago. Member of the Jones United Methodist Church since 1946. Past officer & charter member of Choctaw Kiwanis with 24 years perfect attendance. Life member of Kiwanis International. Preceded in death by his wife, Viola in Dec. 1984. He was a loving & dedicated Dad & is survived by 5 daughters, of Jones, of Fletcher, , OKC, , of the home, 1 brother, Ernest Wolfe, Jones & 5 sisters, Lenora Jones, Jones, , Denver, Co, , , both of Jones & of OKC, 14 grandchildren & 17 great grandchildren, as well as a host of other relatives & friends.
Noted events in his life were:
1. Census, 1910, Paradise Twp, Payne, Oklahoma. 273
2. Moved, 1918, Jones, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA. 1055
3. Census, 1920, Elk Twp., Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA. 274
4. Baptism: The Church of Brethren, Abt 1920.
5. Census, 1930, Elk Twp., Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA. 275
6. Residence, 3 May 1945, Jones, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA. 1051
7. Religion: Member of the Jones United Methodist Church, 1946, Jones, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA. 1055
8. Moved, 1963, Choctaw, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA. 1055
Leonard married Nora Viola LUNSFORD on 25 Dec 1929.1006 (Nora Viola LUNSFORD was born on 2 Sep 1905 in Waynoka, Woods, Oklahoma, USA,1052 died on 29 Dec 1984 in Choctaw, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA 1053 and was buried on 31 Dec 1984 in Jones Cemetery, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma 1054.)
Marriage Notes:
Family Marker in Jones Cemetery - married 12/25/1929
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