Dateline: Great Bend, Kansas

Name of Deceased: Billy Joe Leatherman                                         Age: 75

Date of Death: March 26, 2015

Place of Death: Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas

Date of Birth: August 11, 1939 at Stafford, Kansas

Parents Name: Merle M. & Marie (Koelsch) Leatherman

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

He married Iona Lebsack January 10, 1960 at Otis, Kansas.

He was an oilfield chemical salesman.

Mr. Leatherman was a Great Bend, Kansas resident since 1960, coming from St. John, Kansas.

 

SURVIVORS

wife: Iona Leatherman, of the home

one son: Steven R. Leatherman of Hutchinson, KS

one daughter: Sheila R. Panus of O’Fallon, MO

one brother: Merle D. Leatherman of McPherson, KS

one sister: Debra Welch of Wichita, KS

four granddaughters: Ashley Leatherman, Brianne Leatherman, Brittany Panus, and Bailey Panus

 

He was preceded in death by one son, Todd L. Leatherman.

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

Mr. Leatherman donated his body to science at the University of Kansas Medical Center.  Inurnment will be at a later date in Otis Lutheran Cemetery, Otis, Kansas. Memorials are requested to the Alzheimer’s Association or Gentiva Hospice, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.

 

Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net

                      Arrangements by    Bryant Funeral Home
1425 Patton Road       Great Bend, Kansas                      67530