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Jake Leerar

1/14/1907 - 11/23/2001


Obituary


Jake Leerar, 94, of the Kanawha Community Home passed away Friday, November 23, 2001 at his home.

Jake, the son of Joseph and Tina (Sweers) Leerar, was born January 14, 1907, on a farm near Stilson.  He attended country schools.

On January 6, 1929, he was united in marriage with Vestus Whitehurst in the Methodist Parsonage at Britt.  The couple started farming in 1930.  They retired from farming in 1972 and moved to Corwith in 1973.

Jake is survived by one son Leonard and his wife, Donna of Britt; three daughters Dorothy Studer and her husband, Gary of Corwith, Audrey Meyers and her husband, William (Bill) of Corwith, and Deloris Fleming and her husband, Wayne of Parker, Colorado; 11 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; 5 step great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; 7 step great-great grandchildren; 2 sisters Esther Monson of Mason City and Caroline Slagle of Missoula, Montana, and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Hilda Leerar and Ruth Gremmer and five brothers: William, Herman, Alvin, Freddie, and Edward.