Byron Oscar Leeth

Other Events:

• Residence: 1935, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, United States
• Census: 1940, Fort Wayne, Wayne Township, Allen County, Indiana, United States; as Byron Leeth, son, in the household of Oscar R. Leeth
• Newspaper: 17 Oct 1940; The Payne Reflector and Press Review (Payne, Ohio), 17 October 1940, p1
• Newspaper: 24 May 1945; The Payne Reflector and Press Review (Payne, Ohio), 24 May 1945, p5

Notes:

Newspaper:

Married Fifty-Five Years
Mr. and Mrs. Martin M. Leeth quietly celebrated their fifth-fifth wedding anniversary, Tuesday They were honored at a family dinner at noon Sunday which was attended by the following members of the family: Emmett Leeth and daughter Mary Jane, Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan McNie and daughter Judith Ann, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Knisely, all of Detroit, Mr and Mrs. Oscar Leeth, son Byron and daughter Patricia, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Leeth of Fort Wayne.
Mr. Leeth is a retired mail carrier. Mrs. Leeth is the former Miss Louisa Jane Underwood. They have lived in Payne all their married life. Their children are Emmett Leeth of Detroit, Clyde Leeth of Louisville, Ky., Oscar R. Leeth and Mrs. Alvin Silvers of Ft. Wayne. They have ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Newspaper:

Mrs. M. M. Leeth had for her guests over the week-end Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Leeth, Mr. and Mrs. James Saylor of Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Leeth, Mrs. Oscar Leeth and daughter, Mrs. Edward Leeth, all of Fort Wayne.

Byron married Betty Jeanne Payton on 25 Nov 1942 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, United States. Betty was born on 11 Jan 1922 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, United States; died on 27 Feb 2007 in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, United States; was buried in Feb 2007 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]