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Balbina “Bena” <I>Rudinski</I> Leonard

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Balbina “Bena” Rudinski Leonard

Birth
Death
16 Oct 1997 (aged 59)
Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Home economics teacher at Apponequet Regional High School, Lakeville, MA. Husband of Luke Leonard, Jr.

Obit:
STOUGHTON -- Balbina R. "Bena" (Rudinski) Leonard, 59, of Howland Road, Lakeville, died Thursday, Oct. 16, 1997, at New England Sinai Hospital after a long illness. She was the wife of Luke Leonard Jr. and daughter of the late Louis J. and Helen (Kazanowski) Rudinski.

Born in Turners Falls, she lived in Lakeville for 37 years.
She was a 1960 graduate of the University of Massachusetts with a bachelor's degree in home economics.

Mrs. Leonard was a teacher in the Freetown-Lakeville regional school system at Apponequet Regional High School for 30 years, retiring in 1991. During her tenure at the school, she was head of the home economics department.
Mrs. Leonard was a life member of the Massachusetts Teachers Association and the National Educators Association, a member of the Cranberry Quilters of Carver-Plymouth and served for many years as registrar of voters in Lakeville.

She was a communicant of Sts. Martha and Mary Church in Lakeville.

Survivors include a son, Jeffrey L. Leonard of Greenfield; a daughter, Mary C. Davis of Hermosa Beach, Calif.; a brother, Louis Rudinski of Millersville, Md.; a sister, Virginia Newell of Ashfield; two aunts, a granddaughter and several nieces and nephews.

A funeral Mass will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Sts. Martha and Mary Church in Lakeville.

Arrangements are by the Kirby Funeral Home, 61 Tarkiln Hill Road, New Bedford.

Home economics teacher at Apponequet Regional High School, Lakeville, MA. Husband of Luke Leonard, Jr.

Obit:
STOUGHTON -- Balbina R. "Bena" (Rudinski) Leonard, 59, of Howland Road, Lakeville, died Thursday, Oct. 16, 1997, at New England Sinai Hospital after a long illness. She was the wife of Luke Leonard Jr. and daughter of the late Louis J. and Helen (Kazanowski) Rudinski.

Born in Turners Falls, she lived in Lakeville for 37 years.
She was a 1960 graduate of the University of Massachusetts with a bachelor's degree in home economics.

Mrs. Leonard was a teacher in the Freetown-Lakeville regional school system at Apponequet Regional High School for 30 years, retiring in 1991. During her tenure at the school, she was head of the home economics department.
Mrs. Leonard was a life member of the Massachusetts Teachers Association and the National Educators Association, a member of the Cranberry Quilters of Carver-Plymouth and served for many years as registrar of voters in Lakeville.

She was a communicant of Sts. Martha and Mary Church in Lakeville.

Survivors include a son, Jeffrey L. Leonard of Greenfield; a daughter, Mary C. Davis of Hermosa Beach, Calif.; a brother, Louis Rudinski of Millersville, Md.; a sister, Virginia Newell of Ashfield; two aunts, a granddaughter and several nieces and nephews.

A funeral Mass will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Sts. Martha and Mary Church in Lakeville.

Arrangements are by the Kirby Funeral Home, 61 Tarkiln Hill Road, New Bedford.



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  • Created by: Jim Grasela
  • Added: Nov 19, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80702380/balbina-leonard: accessed ), memorial page for Balbina “Bena” Rudinski Leonard (1 Jun 1938–16 Oct 1997), Find a Grave Memorial ID 80702380, citing Acushnet Cemetery, Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Jim Grasela (contributor 46482783).