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Ed J. Leake Obituary

Written By: Talk of the Sound News

NEW ROCHELLE, NY –Ed J. Leake, 85, passed away on August 17, 2015.

Born in Maxton, NC, he was the husband of the late Priscilla Leake. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and a member of V.F.W. Post 392. He was a longtime Foreman from the city of New Rochelle NY, Public Works department, serving for thirty-five years.

Left to cherish his memory are his daughter, Donna Spencer and husband Thomas of Virginia Beach; son, Edward Leake of Ogdensburg, NY; sister, Mary Alice Stroud of Chicago, IL; two granddaughters, Priscilla Spencer and Candice Kneipp; a grandson, Horace Spencer; two great grandchildren, Sydney and Julian Kneipp; a close family friend, Wonchinna Hinton and a host of family and friends in New York and North Carolina.

Services and burial in Colonial Grove Memorial Park will be private. Arrangements are by Hollomon-Brown, Kempsville Chapel.