Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-25
Funeral Services Held at conareaa.
tional Church Monday
Afternoon. 1.

~ NsAIAS anu GTSSL Up lOF u SNORT 4LlIue
n Hinsdale. near Chicago, was select
ed as the most accessible place.. and
IL accomDanied by DIR. H. "A. Dittmel
he went there on Tuesday afternoon
n Of last week. On the way he became
81 much worse and before he reached
& Chicago It was quite apparent that
he was suffering from an attack OF
5erysipelas, which made its first ap.
III pearAnce on his face. 5s.$ 4 .l /.
Up until last Friday evening, his
condi ditiOn was not considered serious,
but after that time he sank rapidly
- and ct fifteen minutes to four
IL o'clock Saturday zmorning God 8
finger touched him and he ia slept"
u His son Allen and his brother, Fred
Leroy of # Streator; Illinois,
were with him during the last days
& OF his. sickness. The absence In a
foreign land Of Mrs. Leroy and his
n daughters Alma and Dora, added a
tragic feature to his sudden and un-
timely death, They could not be
communicated with until they reach
\ ed @COnstantinople, and it may be
4 ftfteeR days or more before they will
b able to reach their home. 9s,S 5s. Y ", !.
Mr.. Leroy was born in Manchester.
Indiana. January 16, 1885,. His faith
i er was Of Scotch ancestry. The fam
~ ily moved to Morris, Illinois, and
there Mr.. Leroy spent hts boyhood
R years. He received a good common
II and high. scho6f education at Morris,
4 after which he was graduated from
the commercial department sof .Clark's
seminary Iof N Aurora, Illinois, and
completed ibis collegiate education at
Moore Htl College, Indiana. grad
uatinI from the latter u institution
with the degree Of Bachelor OF
s Science In the spring OF 1863. I'm
mediately thereafter he entered the
law department OF the Iowa State
26University from which he was grad
LIB. and the light to practice. 81 In
Time htsf1ather had become q citizen
i7f;s Manchester and Mr. Leroy came
Ihere and commenced the practice Of
I the law alone: y: s3 4 s 5s Il
Ns$ On November s, 1873 he became
Z law partner of Charles E. Bron-
! son. and In 1884 the partnership was
enlarged by the association OF E.
IN. Carr That firm continued for a.
number of years until Mr.. Leroy re-
tired to engage in the banking bust.
ness. ~, f5
During his entire life Mr.. Leroy
was lover Of books and periods
scals, and was one OF the most wide
i " read men in this part of the state.
On the organization Of the First
National Bank OF Manchester, in
February, 1890, he was elected
4 cashier, and after the death Of the
late "a. n. Loomis he was elected
nresident OF that institution, posi-
ton he held until the time of his
death. q g. %
On June Q, 1874, Mr.. Leroy mar
fried Miss Jennie p. Loomis. This
union was blest with family of
three children, Dora M, Alma NJ,
and Allen r. SII.
During his entire business life Mr.,
\ Leroy took an active interest in
public affairs and civic and fraternal
work. He was member Of the Man.
chester school board for more thai
i score Of years and was either sec
B retary or president Of the board
most Of that time. {si,S
9 In March, 1911, Mr.. Leroy was
elected mayor OF the city OF Man
chester, Iowa, and during his admin
lslrauon the city enjoyed progress
4 siYeness never before equalied IL,
Its history.
before the end OF his two year
4 term as mayor. he was elected to the
state legislature and served with dis
tinction as al member Of the House
during the last session Of the Gen
i eral Assembly, and his untimely
6 death has caused vacancy in that
{ body.
AZ the time Of his death. in addi-
ton to his position %.s president OF
+ The First Naties-4l Bank OF this
4 city, he was chairman Of the finance
& committee %of The Fraternal Union
OF America with headquarters at Den,
yer, Colorado. He spent part Of
4 every month in Denver caring for
the large trust fund held by that
4 lie insurance company. In addition
I to that, he was a director and officer
Z In the Manchester & Oneida Rail
way, q director and officer in the
Dairy City Creamery company and
director and officer in other small
er corporations. t.. SIS. &
Mr.. Leroy was prominent in fra
I ternal organizations, being a mem;
n Der of the T. O.. o. F., Knights OF
IA. F. & A. M, Olive Branch Chap
1 ter. No. 48, r.. a. NJ, Elan Council,
Il No. 9. r.. and S. M, Nazareth Com
mandery, No. 33, knights Templar,
Of which he was past commander;
De Molay Consistory, No. l, A. A.
S. C. r. M, and Ell Kahir Temple,
"a IA. o. N. M. S. At one time he
held the position of Department Com
mander Of the Patriarch Militant, I.
20. o. F. OF Iowa, with the rank OF
Major General. This is the highest
office in Iowa odd Fellowship.
Among those from out Of town
who were here to attend the, funeral
Of Mr.. Leroy were: Mr. and Mrs:
y A. r. Loomis, Ft. Dodge, Iowa, Fred
Leroy, Streator, Ill, Chas. NJ. bow;
ers and daughter, Florence, o.
Moore's Hill, Ind, DR.. and Mrs. r
H. Cutler, and Miss Alma Cutler, Of
Cedar Falls, Iowa, H. vonOven
Beloit,, Wis, Mr.. and Mrs. e. II
Hoyt, Muskogee, Okla, S. Z. Kern
Denver, Colo, Kent c.. Child, Chica
= go, Ill, and Mrs. Kate Agard, Du
buuue, III.
Mr.. Leroy was the embodiment o
II all the national qualities Of that lib
II erty loving race from which b
sprung and he gloried in Its histor!
and traditions. He, never pandered Y
power nor lowered his nag In tn