Obit: Leach, Ira S. (1889 - 1956)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Leach, Hanny, Paulley, Roder, Volk, Hoffman, Gosse, Holmes  
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) February 9, 1956 
 

Leach, Ira S. (27 April 1889 - 7 February 1956) 
 

Funeral services for Ira S. Leach, 66, long-time resident of Clark County, will be held from the Methodist Church in Neillsville Friday afternoon. Burial will be made in the Greenwood Cemetery. 
 

Mr. Leach died Tuesday afternoon in Neillsville, following a short illness.  The body was taken to the Georgas Funeral Home, where it will be in state until before the services.  Rev. Virgil Holmes will conduct the service. 
 

Active in county politics, Mr. Leach has served for several years on the county board of supervisors from Neillsville’s first ward.  He was an active member of the park commission, and gave much time and study to the recent development of the county’s park system.  He also was active and interested in Republican work, and was a member of the Clark County Republican Club. 
 

For many years Mr. Leach operated a meat market in Greenwood, first with his father, then continuing the business after his father’s death.  He retired to a farm, and in 1949 moved to Neillsville, where he has been a car salesman. 
 

He was born April 27, 1889, at Eleva, to Thomas and Edith (Hanny) Leach, and moved to Greenwood when a boy.   Mr. Leach was married to Etna Paulley June 21, 1910, in Neillsville. 
 

Surviving besides his wife are five children: Almond Leach of Victor, Mont.; Mrs. Robert (Juaneita) Roder of Owen; Mrs. Rudy (Bethel) Volk of Willard; Mrs. Erich (Covalie) Hoffman of Eden; and Mrs. Fred (Lucy) Gosse of Milwaukee.  Also surviving is a brother, Erwin of Greenwood, and 17 grandchildren. 
 

A son, John was killed in Italy during World War II.