This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Leonard, Carl, Ridenour Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4147 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. January 16, 1936. --Following funeral services Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian church, conducted by Rev. Ludy, newly installed pastor, the body of I. O. Leaonard, Sidney dry goods merchant, who died sundenly Saturday morning at his store, was taken to Edison, Nebraska, where burial was made Monday. When Miss Nelle Carl, saleslady, arrived at the store between 8:00 and 9:00 Saturday morning she found her employer prone upon the floor, a broom resting across his body. She hastily summoned nearby business men, but life was extinct. Apparently he had gone to the basement, replenished the furnace fire, and started to sweep out when he was seized with a heart attack. In accordance with his wishes, previously expressed, no obituary was read at the funeral service. Mr. Leonard was about 68 years of age and most of his life had been spent in merchandising. He at one time was located at Logan. He had been twice married and was the father of nine children by his first wife. He and the present Mrs. Leonard came to Sidney some nine years ago and opened a dry goods and shoe store. Ridenour Brothers of Lincoln, manufacturers of Ridco brand of work clothing, had an interest in the Sidney store. Verne Ridenour came to Sidney at once upon being notified of Mr. Leonard's death, and has put in the week invoicing the stock and preparing for settlement of Mr. Leonard's estate. At the present time no decision has been reached as to whether or not the store is to continue. A sale of merchandise starts tomorrow.