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Leon James Harvey
1890 - 1973 (82 years)
Generation: 1
1. Leon James Harvey was born on 7 Feb 1890 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; died on 12 Jan 1973 in Orange City, Volusia County, Florida; was buried in Wayland Village Cemetery, Wayland, Steuben County, New York. Notes:
A funeral service was conducted Saturday in Orange City, Fla., for Leon J. Harvey, 82, of DeLand, Fla., a former Wayland resident, who died Friday (Jan. 12, 1973) in a DeLand hospital.
Born in the Town of Sparta, he had owned and operated the former Harvey Specialty Shop in Wayland for many years. He moved to Florida 15 years ago where he operated a television repair shop.
Mr. Harvey was a member of the F&AM of Wayland, the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of the Damascus Shrine Temple of Rochester.
Surviving are his wife, Edith M. Harvey; two step-daughters, Mrs. Marie Marquis of Orange City and Mrs. Dorothy Campbell of West Bath, Me.; a step-son, Ralph Wright of Carol Stream, Ill.; and seven grandchildren.
Burial was in Wayland Village Cemetery. (GCE, January 18, 1973, p3)