Leonard J. Lipke was the youngest child of a large German immigrant family. He was born on the family's farm in North Syracuse, New York. He attended the local one-room schoolhouse (Cicero School #9) and had his first Holy Communion at Assumption Catholic Church in Syracuse.
As a young man he graduated from Central City Business School and then worked at Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company as a stenographer/clerk/bookkeeper, both in Syracuse, New York. He was said to be "smart as a whip" and very good at math.
He married Loretta Butz at Assumption Church on 19 June 1937. They had two sons, James ("Jimmy") and Roger, and at one point lived in a house on South Bay Road built by his brother, Tony Lipke.
The family moved to Los Angeles, California circa 1947, staying at first with Leonard's sister, Helen Poehlman, until the family found a house on Pico Boulevard. At first Leonard worked for a glass company in Los Angeles, but then was employed for ten years as a clerk for the Southern Pacific Railroad. The family lived at 4441-3/4 Eagle Rock Boulevard (c. 1952-54) and at 367 Museum Drive (1958) in Los Angeles.
Leonard died just after 1:00 a.m. on June 20, 1958 at Santa Fe Coast Lines Hospital. He was ill for 13 days following an unexpected, massive gastric hemorrhage. He died just six days short of his 46th birthday.
L. J. Lipke Dies
In California
Word has been received here of the sudden death of Leonard J. Lipke, 46, a former resident of Syracuse, in California yesterday [Friday, June 20, 1958].
Mr. Lipke is survived by his wife, Mrs. Loretta Buts [sic; Butz]; two sons, James and Roger Lipke; a sister, Helen [Poehlman] of California; and two brothers, Frank of 116 Herbst Ave. Syracuse, and Anthony Lipke of Church street, North Syracuse.
Services and burial will be conducted Monday in California [June 23, 1958]
[Syracuse Herald-Journal, Saturday, June 21, 1958, page 6]
As a young man he graduated from Central City Business School and then worked at Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company as a stenographer/clerk/bookkeeper, both in Syracuse, New York. He was said to be "smart as a whip" and very good at math.
He married Loretta Butz at Assumption Church on 19 June 1937. They had two sons, James ("Jimmy") and Roger, and at one point lived in a house on South Bay Road built by his brother, Tony Lipke.
The family moved to Los Angeles, California circa 1947, staying at first with Leonard's sister, Helen Poehlman, until the family found a house on Pico Boulevard. At first Leonard worked for a glass company in Los Angeles, but then was employed for ten years as a clerk for the Southern Pacific Railroad. The family lived at 4441-3/4 Eagle Rock Boulevard (c. 1952-54) and at 367 Museum Drive (1958) in Los Angeles.
Leonard died just after 1:00 a.m. on June 20, 1958 at Santa Fe Coast Lines Hospital. He was ill for 13 days following an unexpected, massive gastric hemorrhage. He died just six days short of his 46th birthday.
L. J. Lipke Dies
In California
Word has been received here of the sudden death of Leonard J. Lipke, 46, a former resident of Syracuse, in California yesterday [Friday, June 20, 1958].
Mr. Lipke is survived by his wife, Mrs. Loretta Buts [sic; Butz]; two sons, James and Roger Lipke; a sister, Helen [Poehlman] of California; and two brothers, Frank of 116 Herbst Ave. Syracuse, and Anthony Lipke of Church street, North Syracuse.
Services and burial will be conducted Monday in California [June 23, 1958]
[Syracuse Herald-Journal, Saturday, June 21, 1958, page 6]
Leonard J. Lipke was the youngest child of a large German immigrant family. He was born on the family's farm in North Syracuse, New York. He attended the local one-room schoolhouse (Cicero School #9) and had his first Holy Communion at Assumption Catholic Church in Syracuse.
As a young man he graduated from Central City Business School and then worked at Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company as a stenographer/clerk/bookkeeper, both in Syracuse, New York. He was said to be "smart as a whip" and very good at math.
He married Loretta Butz at Assumption Church on 19 June 1937. They had two sons, James ("Jimmy") and Roger, and at one point lived in a house on South Bay Road built by his brother, Tony Lipke.
The family moved to Los Angeles, California circa 1947, staying at first with Leonard's sister, Helen Poehlman, until the family found a house on Pico Boulevard. At first Leonard worked for a glass company in Los Angeles, but then was employed for ten years as a clerk for the Southern Pacific Railroad. The family lived at 4441-3/4 Eagle Rock Boulevard (c. 1952-54) and at 367 Museum Drive (1958) in Los Angeles.
Leonard died just after 1:00 a.m. on June 20, 1958 at Santa Fe Coast Lines Hospital. He was ill for 13 days following an unexpected, massive gastric hemorrhage. He died just six days short of his 46th birthday.
L. J. Lipke Dies
In California
Word has been received here of the sudden death of Leonard J. Lipke, 46, a former resident of Syracuse, in California yesterday [Friday, June 20, 1958].
Mr. Lipke is survived by his wife, Mrs. Loretta Buts [sic; Butz]; two sons, James and Roger Lipke; a sister, Helen [Poehlman] of California; and two brothers, Frank of 116 Herbst Ave. Syracuse, and Anthony Lipke of Church street, North Syracuse.
Services and burial will be conducted Monday in California [June 23, 1958]
[Syracuse Herald-Journal, Saturday, June 21, 1958, page 6]
As a young man he graduated from Central City Business School and then worked at Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company as a stenographer/clerk/bookkeeper, both in Syracuse, New York. He was said to be "smart as a whip" and very good at math.
He married Loretta Butz at Assumption Church on 19 June 1937. They had two sons, James ("Jimmy") and Roger, and at one point lived in a house on South Bay Road built by his brother, Tony Lipke.
The family moved to Los Angeles, California circa 1947, staying at first with Leonard's sister, Helen Poehlman, until the family found a house on Pico Boulevard. At first Leonard worked for a glass company in Los Angeles, but then was employed for ten years as a clerk for the Southern Pacific Railroad. The family lived at 4441-3/4 Eagle Rock Boulevard (c. 1952-54) and at 367 Museum Drive (1958) in Los Angeles.
Leonard died just after 1:00 a.m. on June 20, 1958 at Santa Fe Coast Lines Hospital. He was ill for 13 days following an unexpected, massive gastric hemorrhage. He died just six days short of his 46th birthday.
L. J. Lipke Dies
In California
Word has been received here of the sudden death of Leonard J. Lipke, 46, a former resident of Syracuse, in California yesterday [Friday, June 20, 1958].
Mr. Lipke is survived by his wife, Mrs. Loretta Buts [sic; Butz]; two sons, James and Roger Lipke; a sister, Helen [Poehlman] of California; and two brothers, Frank of 116 Herbst Ave. Syracuse, and Anthony Lipke of Church street, North Syracuse.
Services and burial will be conducted Monday in California [June 23, 1958]
[Syracuse Herald-Journal, Saturday, June 21, 1958, page 6]
