Source--Rutland Herald--Feb. 19, 1940 RITES FOR J. J. LEONARD. NORWICH, Feb. 18--Funeral services for J. J. Leonard, who died Thursday of pneumonia at the Hanover hospital, were held Saturday afternoon at the Congregation church. Rev. C. Arthur Hazen officiated. Burial was in Hillside cemetery. Mr. Leonard was born October 20, 1867 in Pomfret, son of Samuel and Linda (Maxham) Leonard. He had been a member of the Norwich Congregational church since 1904 and had been a deacon since 1907. He had also been an active member of University Grange for several years.Grange members attended the service. He is survived by his wife, Mary K. Leonard, who is seriously ill at the hospital of bronchial pneumonia.