Obit: Plunkett, LeRoy Eugene (1924 - 1959)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Plunkett, Beaufort, Shea, McCarty

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) May 7, 1959

Plunkett, LeRoy Eugene (4 July 1924 - 3 May 1959)

LeRoy Eugene Plunkett, 34, of New Brighton, Minn., son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Plunkett of Greenwood, was injured in a motor scooter accident at St. Paul, Minn., Saturday evening, May 2, and died early Sunday morning, May 3, at the Anchor Hospital in St. Paul.

Mr. Plunkett was born July 4, 1924, at Duluth, Minn.  He graduated from the eighth grade at St. Luke’s parochial school in River Forest, Ill., and came from there to Greenwood with his parents April 17, 1938.  He graduated from Greenwood High School in 1942.  He was a veteran, having served in the air force.

He was married at Eau Claire to Kay Shea June 20, 1953.  After their marriage, he was employed at New Brighton, where he had resided since.

He is survived by his wife, two daughters, LeAnn, 18 months, and Caroline, three months; his parents, Harry and Frances (Beaufort) Plunkett of Greenwood; four brothers and one sister: Patrick of Greenwood, Joseph of Minneapolis, Harry of Milwaukee, George, who attends State College at La Crosse, Mrs. Dennis (Alice Ann) McCarty of Marion, Ill., and Timothy, at home.

Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. in Minneapolis.  Burial was made in Eau Claire.