This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/1967 Message Board Post: ©The Harlan Tribune 09/01/2005 Alfred Leonard Leonard, 78, Elk Horn, died Aug. 31, 2005. ELK HORN -- Alfred L. Leonard, 78, Elk Horn, died Wednesday, Aug. 31 at Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan. Services will be held Saturday, Sept. 3 at 10 a.m. at First United Methodist Church with burial in the Anderson Grove Presbyterian Cemetery in Bellevue, Neb. Visitation was Thursday, Sept. 1 from noon-9 p.m., and continues Friday, Sept. 2 from 8 a.m.-9 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan. Family will greet friends Friday from 6-8:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Leonard is survived by his wife, Bernice, of Harlan; daughters Elaine (Roger) Bruck of Persia and Char (Denny) Arkfeld of Defiance; son Leo (Denise) Leonard of Waterloo; sister Adelaide Hendrickson of Omaha; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Alfred Leo Leonard Sr. 09/15/2005 Alfred Leo Leonard Sr., 78, died Aug. 31 at Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan. Funeral services were held Saturday, Sept. 3 at First United Methodist Church in Harlan with Rev. Dave Swinton. Dorothy Norgaard accompanied vocalist Keith Bruck. Casket bearers were Adam Bruck, Richard Bruck, Justin Leonard, Jenna Leonard, Peggy Cole, Keith Bruck, Nathan Leonard and Ashley McDonald. Military rites were conducted by the Nebraska Military Honors Team at Anderson Grove Presbyterian Cemetery in Bellevue, Neb. with clergy Dr. Joe Scahill. Alfred was born July 24, 1927 at Redfield, S.D. He attended school at Redfield, S.D. He and his family moved to Bartlett, Iowa where he finished grade school and graduated high school as valedictorian. Following graduation, Alfred helped his parents on the farm. He joined the HQ and HQ Co. 168th Infantry National Guard in Council Bluffs in 1949. Alfred was stationed at Fort Mammoth, N.J. Following his honorable discharge, he returned to Bartlett to ! farm. On June 14, 1953, Alfred was united in marriage to Bernice Ruth Petersen at Anderson Grove Church in Fort Crook, Neb. The couple moved to Fort Crook after living in an apartment in Omaha for six months. Four children were born to this union: Elaine, Leo, Donald, and Char. They lived in Fort Crook where Alfred farmed for nine years. In 1962, they purchased a farm and relocated to Portsmouth, where they farmed until retiring in 1988. Alfred worked at local golf courses and then in 1991, moved to Harlan. He became a resident of Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn in February of 2003. Alfred was a member of the Anderson Grove Presbyterian Church in Fort Crook, Neb. and the Farm Bureau. Survivors include his wife, Bernice Leonard of Harlan; children Elaine and her husband Roger Bruck of Persia, Leo Leonard and his wife Denise of Waterloo, Char and her husband Denny Arkfeld of Defiance; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; two step great-grandc! hildren; sister Adelaide Hendrickson of Omaha, Neb; other relatives an d many friends. The Pauley Funeral Home in Harlan was in charge of the arrangements.