Newspaper; Valley Herald
Milton-Freewater, Umatilla County, Oregon


Sample,
Leonard
The East Oregonian
Friday, June 13, 1952

Funeral Rites Held For Leonard Sample

Leonard Sample, a native of Milton-Freewater, died Saturday afternoon, June 7, in a Walla Walla hospital following a long illness. He was 55 years old.
Sample was born in Milton August 7, 1896, and had lived here most of his life. He had been employed by the city of Milton for 25 years, most of that time as distribution Superintendent and line foreman. He was also chief of the fire department for 12 years.
He was a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Sample leaves two survivors- his widow, Myrtle of Milton-Freewater, and a sister, Mrs. Blanche Daughterty, also of Milton Freewater.
Funeral service were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday from Munselle Chapel. Chaplain Lawrence Cousins of Walla Walla officiating. Interment was at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Out of town relatives here for the funeral were: an uncle, Delbert Rector of St. Mary’s Ida.; Mr. And Mrs. Miles Sparger of Seaside Ore., Mr. and Mrs. Will McEachern of Roseburg; and Mrs. Agnes Hamley of Waitsburg. The latter three ladies are sisters of Mrs. Sample.