Born March 17, 1923, in Edinburg, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Leroy Parish and Marie Myers Parish.

Mrs. Leasure was a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church. She retired in June of 1985 from Penn Champ, where she worked on the assembly line. She was active in the Duffy Road Card Club for over fifty years, and in addition to cards, she was an avid bingo player and bowler.

Mrs. Leasure is survived by two sons, Paul W. Leasure and Lawrence R. Leasure, both of Butler; three daughters, Mrs. David "Kathleen" Haunty and Sandra Burke, both of Butler, and Mrs. John "Joanne" Sullivan of Lexington, South Carolina; one brother, Richard Parish of Las Cruces, New Mexico; nineteen grandchildren, forty great grandchildren; and three great great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Leasure was preceded in death by her husband, Paul W. Leasure, Sr., who she married on January 15, 1942 and who passed away on April 1, 2005; one son, three brothers, two sisters, two granddaughters and one great grandson.

Friends will be received at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Services will be held at the Trinity Presbyterian Church on Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. with Pastor Jeff Harris of Trinity Presbyterian Church officiating. Cremation and burial will follow in Arlington National Cemetery.

Memorial contributions for Mrs. Leasure may be made to the American Diabetes Foundation Western Region 300 Penn Center Boulevard, Suite 602, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15235