Obituary of John E. Leonard

John E. "Dutch" Leonard, 73, of 15 Catlin Avenue, died Wednesday May 4, 2011, in WCA Hospital. He was a loving husband, father, Pap, Papa and friend to so many. He was born July 29, 1937, in Sharon, PA, a son of the late Earl and Mary Bray Leonard. He was a graduate of Butler High School and Grove City College. Dutch was the first 1000 point scorer and set the standards for those who followed. Prior to his retirement in 1997, he was employed for over 37 years by the Jamestown Board of Education. He truly touched so many lives as a high school math teacher and also as the "Coach" of the boys high school basketball team for 18 years. A gifted athlete, he was inducted in to the Butler Sports Hall of Fame in 1981 and Grove City College Hall of Fame in 2009. He was a member of Lakewood Rod and Gun Club and American Red Cross Century Club. He was an ever present fixture at The Pub in downtown Jamestown which he enjoyed weekly. He was an avid sport fan especially of the Boston Celtics, Boston Red Sox and Jamestown High School Red Raider Boys Basketball Team. Surviving are four children Susan Lewellen (Dave Johnson) of Jamestown, John (Kim) Leonard of Coconut Creek, FL, Kimberly (James) Fletcher of Canandaigua, NY and Amy (Michael) Cole of Houston, TX; seven granddaughters Brittany Lewellen of Jamestown, Alexandra Senglaub of Canandaigua, Taylor Leonard of Knoxville, TN, Marissa Cole of Houston, Katie Leonard of Knoxville, Grace Fletcher of Canandaigua and Brooke Kneer of Coconut Creek and a brother Richard Leonard of Butler, PA. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his wife the former Chervyl Cavalero, whom he married August 1, 1959, and who died December 19, 1996. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, in the Lind Funeral Home. Burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery. Friends will be received from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to American Red Cross, Chautauqua County Chapter, 325 East Fourth Street, Jamestown, NY 14702-0099 or American Cancer Society, Memorial Processing Center, 6725 Lyons Street, PO Box 7, East Syracuse, NY 13057. You may light a candle in remembrance of Dutch at www.lindfuneralhome.com