David Edward Leeth

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• Obituary: Newspaper unknown - original clipping
• Retired: Haviland Clay Works Company
• Census: 1910, Highland Township, Defiance County, Ohio, United States; as David E. Leeth, son in the household of Leven Leeth
• Physical Description: 12 Sep 1918; medium height, slender build, grey eyes and black hair
• Military: 12 Sep 1918, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States; registered for the WWI Draft
• Occupation: 12 Sep 1918; Paper Mill - Larcote Box and Paper Co.
• Residence: 12 Sep 1918, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States; Address:
  Fairfield Hotel
• Census: 1920, Corozal, United States Military Forces, Panama Canal Zone; as David Leeth, Private, Troop A, Twelfth Regiment
• Newspaper: 4 Feb 1926; The Lancaster Daily Eagle (Lancaster, Ohio), 4 February 1926, p3
• Residence: 1927, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, United States; Address:
  410 West 4th Avenue
• Census: 1930, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States; as David E. Leeth, nephew, truck driver for saw mill, in the household of Sarah Snoke; Address:
  1246 East Walnut Street
• Occupation: 1932, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States; driver
• Residence: 1932, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States; Address:
  1246 Eash Walnut Street
• Residence: 1934, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States; Address:
  1100 East Main
• Residence: 1935, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States
• Occupation: 1936, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States; plater; Address:
  Hermann Manufacturing Company
• Residence: 1936, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States; Address:
  729 East Main
• Occupation: 1938, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States; laborer; Address:
  Hermann Manufacturing Company
• Residence: 1938, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States; Address:
  Corner of Ewing and Walnut
• Census: 1940, Jackson Township, Dekalb County, Indiana, United States; as David Edward Leeth, gear washer for Gear Mfg. Co., head of household, residence in 1935 Lancaster, Ohio; Address:
  1924 South Main Street
• Newspaper: 16 Dec 1953; Times-Bulletin (Van Wert, Ohio), 16 December 1953, p2
• Newspaper: 14 Nov 1955; Times-Bulletin (Van Wert, Ohio), 14 November 1955, p2
• Newspaper: 23 Aug 1956; The Payne Reflector and Press Review (Payne, Ohio), 23 August 1956, p5
• Newspaper: 20 May 1975; Times-Bulletin (Van Wert, Ohio), 20 May 1975, p18
• Obituary: 14 Oct 1987; Paulding Progress (Paulding, Ohio) 14 October 1987, p21

Notes:

Obituary:

SCOTT, OHIO — David E. Leeth, 87, died Thursday in Paulding County Hospital, Paulding.
He was retired from the Haviland Clay Works. His wife, Dorothy, died in 1960.
Surviving are three sons, two daughters, a sister, 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Services are 2 p.m. EDT (1 p.m. Fort Wayne time) Monday and calling is after 2 p.m. EDT Sunday in Slade Funeral Home, Payne. Burial will be in Wiltsie Cemetery, Payne.

Newspaper:

—Miss Dorothy Lucille Nutter, daughter of Mr. and Mr. Benjamin R. Nutter, of East Chestnut street became the bride of Mr. David E. Leeth of Ft. Wayne Indiana, this morning at eleven o'clock at the Sixth avenue M. E. Parsonage.
—The impressive ring ceremony was performed by Rev. M. V. B. Stump in the presence of Mrs. Mildred Nutter and Mr Don Nutter, sister-in-law and brother of the bride.
—The young couple left by motor for Ft. Wayne, Indiana to spend several days with the grooms parents after which they will reside in Columbus where the groom is employed at the Tire and Rubber Company.

Newspaper:

Train Strikes Truck: Driver Only Bruised
Dixon — David Leeth, 53, of Haviland RFD 1, driver for the Haviland Clay Works, escaped with shock and bruises Tuesday when his tractor-trailer outfit was hit by a westbound Pennsylvania passenger train at the Market Street crossing in Dixon.
Leeth, who was slumped in the demolished tractor cab when members of the train crew found him, was treated at the office of a Payne physician.
According to Allen County, Ind., authorities, the crash occurred a few feet inside the Indiana side of the street which is the state line.
Leeth was northbound and did not observe the train until the tractor rolled onto the westbound tracks.
The tractor was hurled back on the eastbound main tracks and was demolished. There was no damage to the trailer, which was empty, and little damage to the Diesel engine, which proceeded on to Fort Wayne.

Newspaper:

Eleven motorist have been charged in the city and area with traffic violations, according to local police sources.
City police reported the arrest of two men on drunken driving charges and two others on other traffic charges.
Arrested on the drunken driving charges were Dave Leeth, 55 of Haviland and Charles Leroy Andrews, 20, of Ashland. Both were arraigned in Mayor Don J. Underwood's court and assessed fines of $100 each and sentenced to three days in the county jail.

Newspaper:

Leeth Family Reunion
The Leeth family reunion was held Sunday, August 19, at the Antwerp Park at Antwerp, with an attendance of over eighty.
The officers elected for next year's reunion are: President, John M. Leeth of Payne; vice president, Jesse Leeth of White Pigeon, Mich; and Secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Dan Adams of Elkhart, Ind.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lee and children and Mr. and Mrs. Dave Leeth and daughter of Haviland; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Leeth and children and Mr. and Mrs. Charles of Lewisburg, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lee and children of Van Wert; Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Leeth and children, Richard, Dawn and Garnet, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Leeth, Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Leeth and children, Pamela and Angie, Mr. and Mrs. Orley Leeth and son, Roger, all of White Pigeon, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Lafie E. Leeth and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carter of Paulding; Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Shelley of Schoolcraft, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Ira Leeth of Kalamazoo, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Glen Jackson of Sturgis, Mich.; John L. Leeth and Mr. and Mrs. Don Adams of Elkhart, Ind.; Mrs. Edna Jewell of Bristol, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leeth, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Basil Leeth, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Leeth, Jim, Ella and Linda Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Griswold, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd V. Smith, all of Payne; Mrs. Mae Connor of Omaha, Nebraska; Nora Cromley, Gus Walkenstine of Antwerp; Mrs. Hetty Hosted, Mr. and Mrs. Argo Hosted and children of Richland, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bedwell and children of Dayton, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hosted of Ypsilanti, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hosted of Sturgis, Mich.; and Mrs. M. M. Leeth of Payne.
The reunion next year will be held in Elkhart, Ind.

Newspaper:

Passerby Rescues Elderly Payne Man From Burning Pickup Truck
A 75-year old Rt. 1, Payne man miraculously escaped death at 11:15 p.m. Monday when his pickup truck ran off a Paulding County road and caught on fire. Two other persons were injured in accidents in Van Wert and on Richey Road.
Van Wert Post, Ohio Highway Patrol, reported David E. Leeth was westbound on Ohio 500, one half mile west of Paulding County Road 87, when his car went off the road at a curve and into a ditch hitting an embankment.
The pickup truck caught on fire while Leeth was unconscious and Richard Richards, 30, of Payne, came along, found the truck on fire and pulled the man from the burning vehicle.
Leeth was taken to Paulding County Hospital by the Payne rescue squad and then to Parkview Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne where he was admitted for treatment of a head injury.
The Paulding Fire Department was summoned to the scene to extinguish the fire. The blaze destroyed the interior of the cab and front of the pickup truck.

Obituary:

David Leeth
SCOTT--David E. Leeth, 87, Scott, died at 11:40 a.m. Oct. 8 in Paulding County Hospital, Paulding
He was born Feb. 10, 1900, in Paulding County, the son of Levin and Louisa (Shelley) Leeth. He was a retired employee of Haviland Clay Works County.
Surviving are three sons, Ben of Vista, Calif., Jerry of Homestead, Fla., and Emmett, Middle Point; two daughters, Mrs. Kathryn Lee and Mrs. Ruth Baker, both of Scott; a sister, Mrs. Rhoda Baughman, Grand Blanc, Mich.; and 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Preceding him in death were his wife, Dorothy, in 1960; a son Veral; and a grandchild.
Services were Monday in Slade Funeral Home. Burial was in Wiltsie Cemetery.

David married Dorothy Lucille Nutter on 4 Feb 1926 in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. Dorothy was born on 2 Apr 1902 in Fairfield County, Ohio, United States; died on 13 May 1960 in Haviland, Paulding County, Ohio, United States; was buried in May 1960 in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1930, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States; as Veryl E. Leeth, great niece, in the household of Sarah Snoke; Address:
  1246 East Walnut Street
• Obituary: 3 Apr 1934; Lancaster Eagle-Gazette (Lancaster, Ohio) 3 April 1934, p1

Notes:

Obituary:

LANCASTER LADS 5-YEAR OLD COUSINS BOTH DIE TODAY
Same Affliction Fatal to Boys—Double Funeral Wednesday At Grandparents' Home
Two five year old boys, first cousins, died today in Lancaster, both victims of membranous croup.
The first to die was Veryl Edward Leeth, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Leeth, 1195 E. Chestnut St. who passed away at 12:25 a.m. at his home. He had been ill but a few days. Besides the parents there survive a sister Kathleen of the home and the grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Nutter of the same address.
The other lad Clifford Nutter, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Albert Nutter, 1100 E. Main St. who died at 4 a.m. at the home. He also had been ill but a few days. Besides the parents there survive a brother Max of the home and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Nutter 1195 E. Chestnut St. where double private services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. Interment is to be made in Forest Rose cemetery by James H. Sheridan.

Other Events:

• Residence: 1935, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, United States
• Census: 1940, Jackson Township, Dekalb County, Indiana, United States; as Katherine Leeth, daughter, in the household of David Edward Leeth, residence in 1935 Lancaster, Ohio
• Newspaper: 23 Aug 1956; The Payne Reflector and Press Review (Payne, Ohio), 23 August 1956, p5
• Obituary: 1 Jul 1998; Newspaper unknown

Notes:

Newspaper:

Leeth Family Reunion
The Leeth family reunion was held Sunday, August 19, at the Antwerp Park at Antwerp, with an attendance of over eighty.
The officers elected for next year's reunion are: President, John M. Leeth of Payne; vice president, Jesse Leeth of White Pigeon, Mich; and Secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Dan Adams of Elkhart, Ind.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lee and children and Mr. and Mrs. Dave Leeth and daughter of Haviland; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Leeth and children and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leeth of Lewisburg, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lee and children of Van Wert; Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Leeth and children, Richard, Dawn and Garnet, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Leeth, Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Leeth and children, Pamela and Angie, Mr. and Mrs. Orley Leeth and son, Roger, all of White Pigeon, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Lafie E. Leeth and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carter of Paulding; Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Shelley of Schoolcraft, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Ira Leeth of Kalamazoo, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Glen Jackson of Sturgis, Mich.; John L. Leeth and Mr. and Mrs. Don Adams of Elkhart, Ind.; Mrs. Edna Jewell of Bristol, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leeth, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Basil Leeth, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Leeth, Jim, Ella and Linda Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Griswold, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd V. Smith, all of Payne; Mrs. Mae Connor of Omaha, Nebraska; Nora Cromley, Gus Walkenstine of Antwerp; Mrs. Hetty Hosted, Mr. and Mrs. Argo Hosted and children of Richland, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bedwell and children of Dayton, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hosted of Ypsilanti, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hosted of Sturgis, Mich.; and Mrs. M. M. Leeth of Payne.
The reunion next year will be held in Elkhart, Ind.

Obituary:

Kathryn Lee
1931-1998
SCOTT — Kathryn L. Lee, 67, died at 6:55 p.m., Monday, June 22, at Vancrest Health Care Center, Van Wert, following an extended illness.
She was born May 14, 1931, in Lancaster, the daughter of the late David and Dorothy (Nutter) Leeth. In 1950, she married Richard F. Lee, who preceded her in death in 1994. She was a retired cook from the former Hometown Nursing Home, Paulding. She attended Scott Pentecostal Church, Scott.
Surviving are three daughters, Nikki Lee, Vivian Akom and Amy Morrow, all of Scott; three brothers, Jerry Leeth of Clairmont, Fla., Emmett Leeth of Middle Point, and Ben Leeth of Kingman, Ariz.; one sister, Ruth Baker of Scott; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Sally Murray; and a brother.
Services were held June 25 at 1 p.m. in Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home, Van Wert, with Rev. Don Rogers officiating. Burial was in Woodland Cemetery, Van Wert.
Preferred memorials are to Scott EMS or to the donor's choice.

Kathryn married Richard Franklin Lee on 4 Feb 1950 in Haviland, Paulding County, Ohio, United States. Richard was born on 1 Nov 1926 in Union Township, Van Wert County, Ohio, United States; died on 18 Jun 1994 in Van Wert County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 22 Jun 1994 in Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Jake Leeth
• Census: 1940, Jackson Township, Dekalb County, Indiana, United States; as Jerry Leeth, son, in the household of David Edward Leeth
• Newspaper: 12 Jun 1968; Times-Bulletin (Van Wert, Ohio), 12 June 1968, page 3
• Newspaper: 20 Dec 1972; Times-Bulletin (Van Wert, Ohio), 20 December 1872, p16

Notes:

Newspaper:


Times-Bulletin
Van Wert, Ohio
12 June 1968, p3
Bond Forfeitures
Jerry E. Leeth, 30, of 321 N. Walnut St., defective exhaust system; $25 bond.

Newspaper:

Heavy Property Damage Is Listed In Area Accidents
...Three persons were injured in several accidents investigated Tuesday and today by the Van Wert Post, Ohio Highway Patrol, and city Police. Property loss was high.
...The patrol reported Jerry E. Leeth, 35, of 310 n. Cherry St. was injured in a one-car accident at 8:40 p.m. Tuesday on U.S. 127, three miles north of U.S. 224.
...Leeth was taken to Van Wert County hospital by the Fire Department emergency squad where he was treated for a lip laceration and eye bruise. He was released.
...Officers stated Leeth was southbound and fell asleep while driving. the vehicle went off the left side of the highway and struck a power pole owned by the Paulding-Putnam REA.
...There was extensive damage to the front section, hood and left side of the automobile. The patrol cited Leeth for driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant. Sherriff Don Thomas; Department assisted at the scene.

Died:


OBITUARY-2
Jerry Leeth
—Jerry, son of David Leeth and Dorothy Nutter was born in Lancaster, Ohio on Jun 11 1937, and died at home in Weirsdale, Florida on Sunday Dec 15 2013. Jerry was married to Sandra Pontius on May 18 1963 in Van Wert, Ohio. They had one son.
—Jerry worked as an Iron Worker for 45 years. He enjoyed tinkering, watching westerns, and being with his family.
—His surviving relatives are his wife Sandra of over 50 years, his son Neil of Weirsdale, Florida. 2 brothers and 1 sister, Emmett Leeth and wife Becky Closson of Middle Point, Ohio, Ben Leith and his wife Jackie Wright of Kingman, Arizona, Ruth (Baker) of Englewood, Florida. He was preceded by his parents, 1 brother, 1 sister, David and Dorothy, Veryl, Katherine(Lee)
—Jerry will be cremated in Ocala, Florida. There will be no visitation or services.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Newspaper: 23 Aug 1956; The Payne Reflector and Press Review (Payne, Ohio), 23 August 1956, p5