The Topeka Daily Capital Thursday March 29, 1951 Mrs. Leota B. French. Mrs. Leota Belle FRENCH, 80, widow of the late Emmett O. French, died Wednesday afternoon at ther home in Rossville. She was born March 27, 1871, in Laurel County, Ky., and had been a resident of Rossville 25 years. She was a member of the Rossville Christian Church. She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Orville BARNES, Dodge City; Mrs. Roy COOK, Redlands, Calif.; Mrs. R.W. KELSEY, and Mrs. H.D. CHAPMAN, both of Kansas City, Mo.; four sons, Wiliam French, Follett, Texas; Alfred and Howard French, both of Rossville; and Leslie French, Minneapolis, Minn., 15 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Catherine BERRY, Portland, Ore., and a brother, James BLANKENSHIP, Bonner Springs.