GALLUP — Memorial service for Wallace A. Leach, 86, will be 10 a.m., July 17, at First United Methodist Church, Gallup. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
Leach died June 24, 2010, in Scottsdale. He was born June 9, 1924, in Clovis.
Leach graduated from Portales High School and attended Eastern New Mexico College. He reached the rank of Master Sergeant in the Army during WWII. He was former rancher and farmer in the Clovis area as well as a pressman and Linotype operator at teh Portales Daily News and the Clovis New Journal. He was a resident of Gallup for 55 years, was the former owner of Gallup Saddle Shop, former District Governor for the Lions Club and former President of the Gallup Lions Club. He was President of the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association, the Gallup-McKinley County Chamber of Commerce and the Gallup Yeis. He was a member of BPOE Elks Lodge, the New Mexico Press Association and New Mexico Newspapers Association.
Survivors include his wife, Jessie; son, Terry Leach of Albuquerque; daughter, Jan Smith of Gallup; stepchildren, Joel Quinones of Gallup, Linda DeSpain of Joseph City; brother, Earnest Leach; sister, Mary Blakely; 13 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren.
Leach was preceded in death by his wife, Babe; parents, John and Mary Leach; many brothers and sisters.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to New Mexico Lions Eye Bank, 2501 Yale Blvd. SE, Suite 100, Albuquerque, NM 87106, 888-616-3937)
Leach died June 24, 2010, in Scottsdale. He was born June 9, 1924, in Clovis.
Leach graduated from Portales High School and attended Eastern New Mexico College. He reached the rank of Master Sergeant in the Army during WWII. He was former rancher and farmer in the Clovis area as well as a pressman and Linotype operator at teh Portales Daily News and the Clovis New Journal. He was a resident of Gallup for 55 years, was the former owner of Gallup Saddle Shop, former District Governor for the Lions Club and former President of the Gallup Lions Club. He was President of the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association, the Gallup-McKinley County Chamber of Commerce and the Gallup Yeis. He was a member of BPOE Elks Lodge, the New Mexico Press Association and New Mexico Newspapers Association.
Survivors include his wife, Jessie; son, Terry Leach of Albuquerque; daughter, Jan Smith of Gallup; stepchildren, Joel Quinones of Gallup, Linda DeSpain of Joseph City; brother, Earnest Leach; sister, Mary Blakely; 13 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren.
Leach was preceded in death by his wife, Babe; parents, John and Mary Leach; many brothers and sisters.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to New Mexico Lions Eye Bank, 2501 Yale Blvd. SE, Suite 100, Albuquerque, NM 87106, 888-616-3937)
GALLUP — Memorial service for Wallace A. Leach, 86, will be 10 a.m., July 17, at First United Methodist Church, Gallup. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
Leach died June 24, 2010, in Scottsdale. He was born June 9, 1924, in Clovis.
Leach graduated from Portales High School and attended Eastern New Mexico College. He reached the rank of Master Sergeant in the Army during WWII. He was former rancher and farmer in the Clovis area as well as a pressman and Linotype operator at teh Portales Daily News and the Clovis New Journal. He was a resident of Gallup for 55 years, was the former owner of Gallup Saddle Shop, former District Governor for the Lions Club and former President of the Gallup Lions Club. He was President of the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association, the Gallup-McKinley County Chamber of Commerce and the Gallup Yeis. He was a member of BPOE Elks Lodge, the New Mexico Press Association and New Mexico Newspapers Association.
Survivors include his wife, Jessie; son, Terry Leach of Albuquerque; daughter, Jan Smith of Gallup; stepchildren, Joel Quinones of Gallup, Linda DeSpain of Joseph City; brother, Earnest Leach; sister, Mary Blakely; 13 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren.
Leach was preceded in death by his wife, Babe; parents, John and Mary Leach; many brothers and sisters.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to New Mexico Lions Eye Bank, 2501 Yale Blvd. SE, Suite 100, Albuquerque, NM 87106, 888-616-3937)
Leach died June 24, 2010, in Scottsdale. He was born June 9, 1924, in Clovis.
Leach graduated from Portales High School and attended Eastern New Mexico College. He reached the rank of Master Sergeant in the Army during WWII. He was former rancher and farmer in the Clovis area as well as a pressman and Linotype operator at teh Portales Daily News and the Clovis New Journal. He was a resident of Gallup for 55 years, was the former owner of Gallup Saddle Shop, former District Governor for the Lions Club and former President of the Gallup Lions Club. He was President of the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association, the Gallup-McKinley County Chamber of Commerce and the Gallup Yeis. He was a member of BPOE Elks Lodge, the New Mexico Press Association and New Mexico Newspapers Association.
Survivors include his wife, Jessie; son, Terry Leach of Albuquerque; daughter, Jan Smith of Gallup; stepchildren, Joel Quinones of Gallup, Linda DeSpain of Joseph City; brother, Earnest Leach; sister, Mary Blakely; 13 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren.
Leach was preceded in death by his wife, Babe; parents, John and Mary Leach; many brothers and sisters.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to New Mexico Lions Eye Bank, 2501 Yale Blvd. SE, Suite 100, Albuquerque, NM 87106, 888-616-3937)
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