John E. Leonard, 78 of Freedom Road, Butler, Pennsylvania passed away Friday, October 15, 2004 at 2:25 P.M. in the emergency room of the Butler Memorial Hospital.

Born in Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania on October 16,1925, he was the son of the late Edward F. Leonard and Mary Park Leonard.

Mr. Leonard was a veteran of the United States Army serving during World War II. He received a bachelor’s degree from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree from Westminster College. He retired in 1987 after thirty-six years from the Butler Area School District where he served as a senior high business teacher. He conducted the adult education classes and the co-op program. He was very active in The Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees. He was a member of The Westminster Presbyterian Church in America, A.A.R.P. and the Tanglewood Senior Center. He enjoyed music, gardening, golf and travel.

Mr. Leonard is survived by his wife Jessie Fowler Leonard, they were married on April 28,1951 by three sons, John E. (Ted) Leonard Jr. of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, David L. Leonard of Virginia Beach, Virginia and James R. Leonard of Bristol, Tennessee, one daughter, Cathy Leonard Getch of Wilmette, Illinois, eight grandchildren, three brothers, William Leonard and Thomas Leonard of Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania, Richard Leonard of Warren, Ohio, three sisters, Mrs. Helen Bush and Mrs. Thomas (Joan) Anderson of Niles, Ohio, Mrs. June Zike of Highpoint, North Carolina by seventeen nieces and nephews.  He was preceded in death by one son: Keith Fowler Leonard.

Friends and family of John E. Leonard will be received at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, 124 East North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania on Monday, October 18, 2004 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral Services will be from the funeral home on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 at 11:00 A.M. with the Reverend Dr. H. Curtis McDaniel pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church In America officiating. Interment will follow in the North Side Cemetery, Butler Pennsylvania

In lieu of flowers the family of John Leonard suggests donations to The Westminster Presbyterian Church in America, 420 North Main Street, Butler, Pennsylvania or to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Western PA/WV Chapter, 2 Gateway Center, 13 North, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222