Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Leslie A. Sterling

Dec. 14, 1914 - Jan. 18, 2008

 

South Bend Tribune 1/21/2008
OSCEOLA - Leslie A. Sterling, 93, died of natural causes at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 18, 2008, in his home. He was born on Dec. 14, 1914, in Wisconsin Rapids, WI, to the late Allen and Frances (Cartwright) Sterling. He was preceded in death by a stepson, Dennis Simons; a sister, Dorothy Bennett; and by a brother, Raymond Sterling. He was a self-employed truck driver, and was a member of the Elkhart Vintage Auto Club.

 

On Jan. 15, 1961, in Niles, he married Katherine E. Peck, who survives. Also surviving are stepsons, James H. Simons of Niles, Patrick J. (Susan) Simons of Sedro Wooley, WA, Christopher (Marilyn) Simons of Osceola and Michael Simons of Los Angeles; 10 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; and sisters, Gladys Johnson of Harshal, WI, and Ruth Slater of Jonesville, WI.

 

Services will be at 11 a.m. today in the Zimmerman-Inman Funeral Home, 1109 Lincoln Way West, Osceola, with Rev. Sam Boys officiating. Burial will be at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Harbor Light Hospice, 4330 Miami St., South Bend, IN 46614.