Kenneth H. Leach, 93, passed away August 1, 2019 at Cascades Living Facility, Grass Valley, California. He was born August 27, 1925 near Merriman, Nebraska.
Ken grew up in Merriman until his senior year in high school when the family moved to Portland, Oregon, where he graduated from Lincoln High School in 1942. A few months later, he joined the Marine Corps and served in the Pacific Theater in WWII, participating in the consolidation of the Northern Solomon Islands. He was honorably discharged in 1945 with the rank of Sergeant.
In 1946, he attended Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon and in 1948, he attended Stanford University and in 1950, the University of California at Berkeley. In 1953, Ken received his LL.B (bachelor of laws) degree from Boalt Hall. Ken practiced law in Berkeley and Oakland and in 1958 he became an Assistant District attorney in Butte County, California. In 1971, he was appointed as the District Attorney. He served as the District Attorney of Butte County from 1971 until 1979 and then moved to Penn Valley, California where he practiced law until 2010.
Ken enjoyed golf and was also an avid duck hunter. He loved his Labrador retrievers and had four throughout his lifetime. Many of his fondest moments were spent in the company of his hunting dogs.
Ken was preceded in death by his parents, Esther and Virgil Leach; brother, Millard (served in the Navy and was killed in the Pacific on the U.S.S. Calhoun in 1945); and sister, Lorraine.
Survivors: wife, Delores; children, Christopher Blum (Norma), Martha Blum, Louisa Lucie-Smith, Janet Bailey (Steve), Marsha Burch and Karen Anderson (Jeffrey); fourteen grandchildren, Nick Bailey, Christopher Bailey, Samantha Bailey, Anna Burch, Gavin Burch, Luke Anderson, William Anderson, Jordan Anderson, Jennifer Blum, Jeanne Blum, Cecilia Babcock, Theodore Babcock, Sophie Lucie-Smith, and Robert Lucie-Smith; and five great-grandchildren.
Interment will be in the Gordon Cemetery in his beloved Sandhills of Nebraska in a private ceremony.
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Ken grew up in Merriman until his senior year in high school when the family moved to Portland, Oregon, where he graduated from Lincoln High School in 1942. A few months later, he joined the Marine Corps and served in the Pacific Theater in WWII, participating in the consolidation of the Northern Solomon Islands. He was honorably discharged in 1945 with the rank of Sergeant.
In 1946, he attended Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon and in 1948, he attended Stanford University and in 1950, the University of California at Berkeley. In 1953, Ken received his LL.B (bachelor of laws) degree from Boalt Hall. Ken practiced law in Berkeley and Oakland and in 1958 he became an Assistant District attorney in Butte County, California. In 1971, he was appointed as the District Attorney. He served as the District Attorney of Butte County from 1971 until 1979 and then moved to Penn Valley, California where he practiced law until 2010.
Ken enjoyed golf and was also an avid duck hunter. He loved his Labrador retrievers and had four throughout his lifetime. Many of his fondest moments were spent in the company of his hunting dogs.
Ken was preceded in death by his parents, Esther and Virgil Leach; brother, Millard (served in the Navy and was killed in the Pacific on the U.S.S. Calhoun in 1945); and sister, Lorraine.
Survivors: wife, Delores; children, Christopher Blum (Norma), Martha Blum, Louisa Lucie-Smith, Janet Bailey (Steve), Marsha Burch and Karen Anderson (Jeffrey); fourteen grandchildren, Nick Bailey, Christopher Bailey, Samantha Bailey, Anna Burch, Gavin Burch, Luke Anderson, William Anderson, Jordan Anderson, Jennifer Blum, Jeanne Blum, Cecilia Babcock, Theodore Babcock, Sophie Lucie-Smith, and Robert Lucie-Smith; and five great-grandchildren.
Interment will be in the Gordon Cemetery in his beloved Sandhills of Nebraska in a private ceremony.
www.theunion.com
Kenneth H. Leach, 93, passed away August 1, 2019 at Cascades Living Facility, Grass Valley, California. He was born August 27, 1925 near Merriman, Nebraska.
Ken grew up in Merriman until his senior year in high school when the family moved to Portland, Oregon, where he graduated from Lincoln High School in 1942. A few months later, he joined the Marine Corps and served in the Pacific Theater in WWII, participating in the consolidation of the Northern Solomon Islands. He was honorably discharged in 1945 with the rank of Sergeant.
In 1946, he attended Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon and in 1948, he attended Stanford University and in 1950, the University of California at Berkeley. In 1953, Ken received his LL.B (bachelor of laws) degree from Boalt Hall. Ken practiced law in Berkeley and Oakland and in 1958 he became an Assistant District attorney in Butte County, California. In 1971, he was appointed as the District Attorney. He served as the District Attorney of Butte County from 1971 until 1979 and then moved to Penn Valley, California where he practiced law until 2010.
Ken enjoyed golf and was also an avid duck hunter. He loved his Labrador retrievers and had four throughout his lifetime. Many of his fondest moments were spent in the company of his hunting dogs.
Ken was preceded in death by his parents, Esther and Virgil Leach; brother, Millard (served in the Navy and was killed in the Pacific on the U.S.S. Calhoun in 1945); and sister, Lorraine.
Survivors: wife, Delores; children, Christopher Blum (Norma), Martha Blum, Louisa Lucie-Smith, Janet Bailey (Steve), Marsha Burch and Karen Anderson (Jeffrey); fourteen grandchildren, Nick Bailey, Christopher Bailey, Samantha Bailey, Anna Burch, Gavin Burch, Luke Anderson, William Anderson, Jordan Anderson, Jennifer Blum, Jeanne Blum, Cecilia Babcock, Theodore Babcock, Sophie Lucie-Smith, and Robert Lucie-Smith; and five great-grandchildren.
Interment will be in the Gordon Cemetery in his beloved Sandhills of Nebraska in a private ceremony.
www.theunion.com
Ken grew up in Merriman until his senior year in high school when the family moved to Portland, Oregon, where he graduated from Lincoln High School in 1942. A few months later, he joined the Marine Corps and served in the Pacific Theater in WWII, participating in the consolidation of the Northern Solomon Islands. He was honorably discharged in 1945 with the rank of Sergeant.
In 1946, he attended Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon and in 1948, he attended Stanford University and in 1950, the University of California at Berkeley. In 1953, Ken received his LL.B (bachelor of laws) degree from Boalt Hall. Ken practiced law in Berkeley and Oakland and in 1958 he became an Assistant District attorney in Butte County, California. In 1971, he was appointed as the District Attorney. He served as the District Attorney of Butte County from 1971 until 1979 and then moved to Penn Valley, California where he practiced law until 2010.
Ken enjoyed golf and was also an avid duck hunter. He loved his Labrador retrievers and had four throughout his lifetime. Many of his fondest moments were spent in the company of his hunting dogs.
Ken was preceded in death by his parents, Esther and Virgil Leach; brother, Millard (served in the Navy and was killed in the Pacific on the U.S.S. Calhoun in 1945); and sister, Lorraine.
Survivors: wife, Delores; children, Christopher Blum (Norma), Martha Blum, Louisa Lucie-Smith, Janet Bailey (Steve), Marsha Burch and Karen Anderson (Jeffrey); fourteen grandchildren, Nick Bailey, Christopher Bailey, Samantha Bailey, Anna Burch, Gavin Burch, Luke Anderson, William Anderson, Jordan Anderson, Jennifer Blum, Jeanne Blum, Cecilia Babcock, Theodore Babcock, Sophie Lucie-Smith, and Robert Lucie-Smith; and five great-grandchildren.
Interment will be in the Gordon Cemetery in his beloved Sandhills of Nebraska in a private ceremony.
www.theunion.com
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