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Eulogy for Robert B. Leisey
Prepared by Sandy Leisey First, on behalf of dad and mom and our family, I’d like to thank everyone for coming today. This means a great deal to all of us. And we’d also like to thank dad’s many personal physicians who took care of him over the years. We’d especially like to thank his Continue reading
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Joseph Leisey’s Birthplace
I had asked the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society to search for Joseph and Catherine’s arrival at the port of Philadelphia in 1770. I could never find the ship upon which they had arrived. Neither could they. They searched their records, Internet records and records at the Philadelphia archives without results. They did find an arrival Continue reading
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Nursing During WWII
Mary Helen Abbott Leisey When I entered Nursing School in September 1942, WWII was already in progress. Many of our staff physicians had already left our hospital to join Medical Armed Forces in all parts of the world. Our hospital was also lacking many of our recent nurse graduates who were now qualified Registered Nurses, Continue reading
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Randall Leisey – Hall of Fame Induction
Randall Abbott Leisey – Year of Graduation 1966 Born in 1948, Randy lived in 6 homes in four states in the northeast beforehe graduated from college. Fairhaven was the most beloved and memorable ofthose six locations. The second of six children born to Mary Helen and Alvin L. Leisey, Jr.,Randy and his sisters LaLoni and Continue reading
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Honey Brook Memorial Day Parade
Alvin L. Leisey, Jr. with his great grandson, Eli Baker (in the middle of the float), son of Jeffrey and Laura Baker, and grandson of Mary Ellen Leisey Baker in the 2017 Honey Brook, Pennsylvania Memorial Day Parade. Alvin received The Purple Heart after being wounded by a sniper and blown out of a foxhole Continue reading
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The 95th Birthday of Alvin Lewis Leisey, Jr.
Alvin Lewis Leisey, Jr. celebrated his 95th birthday on May 13, 2018 with 87 guests and relatives gathered for the occasion in Elizabethtown, PA. Alvin is the second longest-lived male in the Leisey family, according to tombstone records. His uncle Amos Leisey (long-time member of the Pennsylvania Legislature) lived to the age of 96. Family Continue reading
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A Portrait of Service & Sacrifice – Alvin L. Leisey, Jr.
From the Spring 2019 issue of the Village Voice magazine: https://www.calameo.com/masonic-village/read/007985253b33ba1f886ad Continue reading
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Don Leisey – Wall of Honor Induction
On May 15, 2019, Don Leisey was inducted into the West Chester University of Pennsylvania’s College of Education and Social Work Wall of Honor. The following is the inscription that appears on the plaque on the Wall of Honor at the College: Donald E. Leisey ’59 Few educators have experienced opportunities to practice their profession Continue reading
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Chris Leisey of the Sacramento Fire Department
Video featuring Chris Leisey of the Sacramento Fire Department and son of Evan and Patricia Leisey of Colorado. Continue reading
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Alvin L. Leisey, Jr. – 75 Years
Alvin L. Leisey, Jr., age 96, receives recognition from the Masonic Lodge at the Masonic Village in Elizabethtown, PA for being a Mason for 75 years. Continue reading
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Obituary for Alvin L. Leisey, Jr.
Alvin L. Leisey, Jr.1923 – 2020 Alvin L. Leisey, Jr. passed away on March 28, 2020. Al was born on May 10, 1923 in Birdsboro PA. to Alvin L. Leisey Sr. and E. Marie Leidenberger Leisey. His father was a sergeant in an artillery company in WWI and served in France. In 1938 the Leiseys Continue reading
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A Tribute To Uncle Don Leisey
By niece, Sandy Leisey Brown It’s sad to think that all of Mrs. Leisey’s angels are now really angels. But at least now they are legitimate angels. A quick note about The Leisey Angels as I remember them: If you needed a snack to hold you over for a few hours, go to Uncle Al… Continue reading
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Obituary for Betty J. (Stauffer) Leisey
Betty (Beck) Jane (Stauffer) Leisey died peacefully on Monday, September 9, after battling a brief illness. Betty was born on May 4, 1931 and the second daughter of James and Miriam (Davis) Stauffer. She grew up in the Downingtown area and in August 1950 she married Robert B. Leisey, who once lived next door to Continue reading
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Tribute to Betty Leisey
Dear Pam and Ricky, No one will miss Nan more than me. No one. Just very glad I had her for 72 years… most people don’t get to have their moms for that long. I didn’t get to see her everyday or weekend like you did and that was because I decided to live in Continue reading
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Indentured Servitude
by Donald E. Leisey, Ed.D In 1768, Joseph Leisey age 14 and his sister, Catherine, 10 years of age left Basel, Switzerland and traveled by boat on the Rhine River to Rotterdam for passage to the Colonies. Wikipedia defines an indentured servant as an unfree laborer under contract to work for a specified amount of Continue reading