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Lyle Alpha Leeper | Visitation:
Saturday, August 1, 2009
10:45 AM until 11:45 AM
following the service
Service:
Saturday, August 1, 2009
10:00 AM
Kuhn Funeral Homes
140 NW 2nd St.
Earlham, IA 50072
Special Services:
Entombment of Cremains at a later Date in Arizona
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Lyle A. Leeper was born the son of Carroll Francis and Elma Sonora (Callison) Leeper on February 10, 1925 in rural Madison County, Iowa. He died on July 28, 2009 at the Madison County Memorial Hospital in Winterset, Iowa at the age of 84 years, 5 months and 18 days.
Lyle attended Earlham High School and worked as a car auto and tractor mechanic for 10 years in the Madison County area. Lyle and Esther Taylor, a neighbor girl in the Penn Center area, were married in January of 1945. In 1954 Lyle started farming in the Penn Center area and farmed there for over 30 years. Lyle and Esther had wintered in Arizona for 10 years however in 1984 they retired to Arizona full time. Esther died in 1999. Lyle soon after moved to Texas, where he continued to work at part-time jobs for several years. In 2008 Lyle returned to Earlham, living at Madison Manor until his death. Lyle loved to go back to the home farm area for a visit and check on the crops, checking out the new equipment and catching up on new farming technology, and sometimes helping old friends and neighbors in various ways. He loved watching football, however was a regular fan at the Earlham girls home softball games. He enjoyed watching all sports on T.V.
Lyle leaves the following family to celebrate his life: sons Stephen Leeper of Urbandale, IA; son Randy Leeper; son Rick Leeper and wife Laurie of Earlham, IA; brother Gail Leeper and wife Sally of Winterset, IA; 4 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews, as well as numerous friends.
Lyle was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Esther, and a brother Corneil Leeper.
In Loving Memory of
Lyle Alpha Leeper
Age 84
Born February 10, 1925 - Madison County, Iowa
Died July 28, 2009 - Winterset, Iowa
MEMORIAL SERVICE
10:00 am August 1, 2009
Kuhn Funeral Home
Earlham, Iowa
OFFICIATING
Pastor Neal Hanley
Early Chapel Christian Church
SPECIAL MUSIC
“Angels Among Us”
“Grandpa, Tell Me About The Good Old Days”
“If You Came Back From Heaven”
“Look Heart - No Hands”
“What A Wonderful World”
INTERMENT OF CREMAINS
Mountain View
Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Mesa, Arizona
KUHN FUNERAL HOMES
Dexter Earlham Redfield
www.kuhnfuneralhomes.com
I’M FREE
Don’t grieve for me for now I’m free.
I’m following the path God laid for me.
I took His hand when I heard His call.
I turned my back and left it all.
I could not stay another day.
To laugh, to love, to work or play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way.
I’ve found my peace at the close of the day.
If parting has left a void.
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss.
Ah yes, these things I too will miss.
Be not burdened with time of sorrow.
I wish you sunshine of tomorrow.
My life’s been full. I’ve savored much.
Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch.
Perhaps my time seemed all to brief.
Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up you hearts and share with me.
God wanted me now, He set me free.
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