Orvel Leisure

Orvel L. Leisure, 83, of Huron, died Monday, April 19, 2004 in Autumn Aegis Nursing Home, Lorain, after a 2 1/2 month illness. He was born May 26, 1920 in McHenry, KY, and lived in Vermilion since the 1960's. He was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Army. He served in Tunisia, Po Valley; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno and the North Appenines. He retired from Ford Motor, Lorain where he worked in the body shop. He was a life member of Vermilion VFW Post # 397. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and enjoyed boating. He is survived by a daughter, Debra Fortes of Garfield Heights; 2 sisters, Betty Nance of Hartford, KY and Hilda Wood of Belleville, MI; a brother, Woodrow Hines of Owensboro, KY; extended family Carol Pappas, and Ronald Layne, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his brother, Elwood Hines and his parents, Bick Lee and Ida Pearl (nee Kitchens) Leisure. The family will receive friends on Friday, April 23, 2004 from 2-4 and 7-9 pm at the Riddle Funeral Home, 5345 South Street, Vermilion, Ohio. Services will be held at the Riddle Funeral Home, Saturday, April 24, 2004, at 10 am. Interment will follow in Meadow Green Cemetery, Huron where Military Graveside Services will be conducted by the Vermilion Veterans Council.