WARD, Leonard Risdon

1892 - 1971  (78 years)

• Name	WARD, Leonard Risdon
  Born	8 Apr 1892	Alameda, Alameda County, California
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Apr 1971	Fresno, Fresno County, California
  Person ID	I4508	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	WARD, Thomas Warner,   b. 19 Nov 1855, Middlefield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts ,   d. 4 Jul 1933, Oakland, Alameda County, California  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	RISDON, Elizabeth Eldridge,   b. 2 Aug 1857, Decator, Illinois ,   d. 25 May 1910, 538 32nd Saint Oakland, California  (Age 52 years)
  Married	1881
  Family ID	F961	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	COFFIN, Alpha Mary,   b. 5 Sep 1894, Boise, Ada County, Idaho ,   d. 4 Aug 1983, Sebastapol, Sonoma County, California  (Age 88 years)
  Married	14 Aug 1922	Oakland, Alameda County, California
  Children	1. WARD   2. WARD, Doris Alpha,   b. 14 Jun 1927, Oakland, Alameda County, California ,   d. 4 Jan 1930, Hanford, Kings County, California  (Age 2 years)   3. WARD, Nancy Lou,   b. 12 Sep 1931, Oakland, Alameda County, California ,   d. 3 Apr 1992, Sebastapol, Sonoma County, California  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F1472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Leonard enlisted in the army in 1917 at the beginning of WWII while still a junior at UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Ca. He rose to the rank of Seargent and served 18 months in Europe. He was in the 91st Div. C 363rd (Infantry Chemical Warfare Division) and he saw action at St. Mehiel, Argonne, France. After the war he graduated from UC Davis with a teaching degree and moved to Lemore, Ca. in 1923. He retired as principal of Lemore High School in 1957. He was very active in the Scottish Rite Tehran Temple, and numerous educational and civic organizations. He and Alpha had 3 children, one Doris died at 6 months. He and Alpha are buried at MT. View Cemetery in Oakland, CA.