Eleventh Generation

5187. Charles Bradford LEONARD was born on 25 Feb 1906 in Providence, R.I.. He died on 25 Jun 1998 in Englewood, FL. He was cremated on 27 Jun 1998 in Southeastern Crematory, Punta Gorda, FL. He was buried in Jul 1998 in Colonial Garden, Lot #50, Grave 1, Highland Memorial Park, 1 Rhode Island Avenue, Johston, R.I.. He was educated in Brown University, Ph.B, 1929. He had Social Security Number. Medical: His body just plain gave out at age 92. He fell and broke his hip (second time). Hospital repaired hip, but he never recovered and died within a month. He couldn't swallow, eat, or take fluids.

He graduated from Brown University, 1929. He took additional course workat Rhode Island College and Harvard University.

He worked for Brown and Sharp Manufacturing Co. in the accountingdepartment, 1930-32, then became a teacher and Assistant Principal,Valentine Almy School, Cranston, R.I., 1932-38, Superintendent ofSchools, Little Compton, RI, 1938-48, and Superintendent of Schools,Scituate, RI, 1948-63. He retired at a young age because, he said,"longevity doesn't run in the Leonard family." At Valentine Almy andJ.F. Wilbur schools, he concentrated on building up the athletic programsand later developed expertise in building schools. While UnionSuperintentdent of Scituate and Foster, he led the construction of thefirst consolidated elementary school in Foster, the Isaac Paine School(Foster had one-room schools scattered around town until that time).While in Scituate, he led the building of the town's first high school.

Resided: 84 Summer Street, Cranston, RI, 1934-36; 61 Waldron Ave.,Cranston, RI, 1936-38, South of Commons, Little Compton, RI, 1938-48,Westcott Road, North Scituate, RI, 1949-50, Rockland Road, NorthScituate, RI, 1950-65, Grove City, Florida, 1965-98.

Birth Certificate: Book 18, page 297. Shows father, Walter B., born inBristol, R.I., age 19, occupation: travelling salesman; mother, EdithA., born in East Providence, age 17, residing at 135 Reservoir Avenue,Providence, R.I.

Charles Bradford LEONARD and Dolores KELLS were married on 12 Oct 1933 in Cranston, R.I.. Dolores KELLS (daughter of Arthur Robert KELLS and Amy Alfrida JOHNSON) was born on 6 Apr 1912 in Cranston, RI. She died on 17 Nov 1961 in North Scituate, RI. She was buried in Colonial Garden, Lot #50, Grave 2, Highland Memorial Park, 1 Rhode Island Ave., Johnston, R.I. 02919. [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Funeral] Birth recorded in Cranston records, book no. 6, page 80.

Her baby book records her birth as Saturday, April 6, 1912, at 11:47p.m. The doctor was H. G. Partridge and the nurse, her grandmother, F.Lodema Kells. She weighed 8 1/2 lbs. She grew up in the Eden Parksection of Cranston, RI, at 71 Hawthorne Avenue and attended publicschools there. She played the piano. After graduating from high school,she worked as a stenographer.

Cause of death was a pulmonary embolus, according to Dr. Robert Spencer.She was living at Rockland Road, North Scituate, R.I., at the time of herdeath. She died around 8 a.m. in the morning. She called me the nightbefore she died (I was in graduate school at Syracuse University) and washaving difficulty breathing, but she said not to worry about her. Shehad had phlebitus and had been under a doctor's care for losing weight.She was taking several prescription medications. My father's theory wasthat there was a conflict between the prescriptions that caused her death.

She was a member of North Scituate Baptist Church, the Sadie R. PotterFriendly Circle, and the Ladies Aid Society. Charles Bradford LEONARD and Dolores KELLS had the following children:

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Charles Bradford LEONARD and Etta FISHER were married in 1965 in Maryland. Etta FISHER (daughter of James L. FISHER and FLORA) was born on 23 Jul 1905. She died on 10 Dec 1981 in Englewood, Charlotte Co., FL. She was cremated on 11 Dec 1981 in Sara-Mana Crematory, Sarasota, FL. She was buried in Moshassuck Cemetary, Central Falls, R.I., Lot 125, Section D, Avenue J. She had Social Security Number. She was in Office Manager, Machine Mfg. Co., R.I..